Searching for The Origin

Searching for The Origin

Charles Darwin has received quite a bit of publicity this year. If he was alive he would be blowing out 200 candles on his birthday cake! To mark this anniversary, plus the 150th anniversary of his work The Origin of the Species, there has been a range of publications, conferences and exhibitions marking his life and work in the field of evolutionary biology.

A lot of quality information about Darwin and his work can be found in the range of online databases offered by CityLibraries Townsville. All of these databases are free to use, you just need a library card (also free) to login from home. Visit the online databases page and check out the following resources.

An online database is a collection of information about a particular topic which is written, selected and organised by experts and professionals in a particular field. Some databases are collections of articles (usually full-text) from newspapers, magazines and other publications

The Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre has the full text of newspaper and magazines from around Australia and the world. Searching for Charles Darwin in this database will provide recent articles about his anniversary and reports of various events and exhibitions. Articles can be saved and emailed to your personal email address.

Biography Resource Centre contains over 415,000 biographies of prominent people from around the world, throughout history and across all subject areas. There are several articles on Charles Darwin from various publications. The articles range from short overviews to long detailed essays.

If you have a student in the family studying biology, point them towards the Science Resource Centre database. It has a wealth of articles on evolutionary biology, from the work of Darwin to recent research.

The whole idea of evolution versus creation can cause significant debate, so to get both sides of each story, head to the Opposing Viewpoints Resource centre. This database brings together all the information that's needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics.




Need help searching the web? Contact your local CityLibrary branch:

CityLibrary Aitkenvale 4727 8312
CityLibrary Flinders Mall 4727 9665
CityLibrary Thuringowa 4773 8601 or infodesk@townsville.qld.gov.au