Help Resources

Guides, brochures and bookmarks

What is the SORA app?

The SORA app is a student friendly interface for reading and listening via Overdrive. To find out more visit the Reading Online with SORA - a help page 


Download the Guide here

A short video on how to access and borrow from the SORA ebook and audiobook collection

Untitled: Mar 18, 2020 3:05 PM.webm
Student-Magazines-on-SORA.pdf
Wheelers screencast.webm

A short video on accessing ebooks via CSPD Wheelers ebook platform. 

Guides- Research Resources

Guides for Students

Click on the images or links to access PDFs of the guides for students

02032023-Primary-Students-Guide-to-Databases-21042021.pdf
03022023-Secondary-Students-Guide-to-Databases-New-Logo (1).pdf

Accessing Research Resources (eResources)

This video demonstrates how to access eResources databases for searching quality articles and magazines. 

Eresources screencast.webm

Creating Alerts in EBSCO databases

This screencast demonstrates how to create alerts in EBSCO databases.

Creating Alerts in EBSCO 1.webm

Finding Short Fiction stories in EBSCO

How to find great short stories in Ebscohost eMagazines and record reading them to your class

Recording reading of a story from our Ebscohost databases.webm

Some examples of short fiction stories available in the magazines

Highlights magazine Yrs K-6

The Umbrella Lady.      Veronica's pack

The Case of the missing turtle

Ladybugs magazine Yrs PreK -1

No-one makes the dog do that.       A share of socks

Humpty Dumpty Magazine Yrs PreK-1

The picnic

Storyworks Magazine Yrs 3-5

My chance to be king.          The Worm turns


Use the EBSCO support site to find additional training resources, promotional tools and EBSCO help.

Guides for Staff

Guide staff ebooks 2021.pdf

Alert for the Sydney Morning Herald

This screencast demonstrates how to create an alert for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Creating an Alert For Sydney Morning Herald.webm

EBSCO Webinars

History Reference Centre

NoveList Plus-

Science Reference Centre 

Free Digital Resources for schools

Google News - Archive of historic newspapers across the world news.google.com/newspapers