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Home **Library Resources ** ﻿ ﻿ The resources below can be found in the library. Use the enquiry terminal to find other books available. Check out the //**keywords and search engines**// links to help you. Read the information under each title to see if the resource is relevant to your topic and task.

__**Non-Fiction Books **__  **307.7 - ****__River Towns__ ** **Margaret Roc & Kathleen Hawke ** This is a book from the Australian Communities Series. It does not have difficult text to read. The content clearly labels the topics within the book and could be used to complete topic 2 and 3 in the task. It relates to the Murray-Darling River and the towns and settlements along these two river systems. There is also a component on looking after the rivers. **363.7 - **__**Protecting Rivers and Seas **__ **Kamini Khanduri ** This book is from the Usborne Conservation Guides Series. Although this book looks at seas as well, there is detailed information about the conservation of all waterways including the river system. It is an easy to read text with facinating facts and detailed illustrations. It clearly explains in simple terms what can and must be done to protect natural habitats. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**333.7 -**__**Rivers Program: Managing Catchments**__ <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Murray-Darling Basin Commission** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This booklet is one in the Rivers Program series devloped by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. It is written with very specific scientific language. It gives information specific to understanding and managing the riverine environment in the Murray-Darling Basin. It focusses on issues that affect catchment management, e.g. water nutrients, landuse and biodiversity of the flood plain. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">__**﻿**__ __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Non-Print Resources **__

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿333.7 CD-ROM - **__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Waterlines **__ **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Murray Darling Basin Commission ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This CD explores the Barmah-Milewa forest in the Murray-Darling Basin. There is information and interactive links to animal and bird calls, historic news reports and interviews with scientists, forest managers and old time river people. There is an extensive resource library on the CD-ROM about geography, environmental studies, ecology and history. There is a link to an Aboriginal artist about his paintings of the forest and the river. The CD-ROM also discusses what may happen to the river in the future. INformation all relevant to each of the topic areas for the task. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿ <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**333.7 DVD -__Living River__** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Murray-Darling Basin Commission** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The DVD is about the Murray River but has relevance to all rivers across the Murray-Darling basin. It is about one of the greatest river systems in the world. It has beed developed by students and teachers on and around the Murray-Darling Basin. It discusses elements such as; clean rivers, healthy rivers and productive rivers.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**334.7 Poster -__The Murray-Darling Basin__** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Murray- Darling basin Commission** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This poster is double sided and displays illustrations of flora and fauna within the Murray-Darling basin. It also displays a map of the region and information about the used of the Murray- darling Basin. There is a small part that discusses the Aboriginal use of the region.



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">__**Reference Resources**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Reference Books are a good way to get the general idea about the topic you are researching. Use your keywords to locate other good reference sources in the library. Use the enquiry terminal to search for other information in the reference section of the library. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Online Resources <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">