HSC Survivor Seminars

Marrickville Library and History Serivices organises a range of HSC Seminars every year for year 12 students.

 

HSC Links

General

  • Online databases
    The library provides a range of databases to assist you in a variety of school subjects. The library subscribes to a range of specific databases and general databases. Some of the databases include
  • Inside Break
    www.insidebreak.org.au
    Excellent HSC resources website provided by Manly, Warringah and Pittwater libraries.
    It contains information on services available for HSC students as well as information on a wide range of HSC subjects. Bookmark this site!
  • Board of studies
    http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ 
    This site covers syllabus requirements, past papers and exam times.
  • Bored of Studies
    http://www.boredofstudies.org/ 
    Created by students for students, it has forums and loads of other support.
  • HSC Online
    http://hsc.csu.edu.au/ 
    This has information to help you prepare for the exams, including study strategies, advice on exam techniques and information about 48 different subjects.
  • Infocus
    http://www.infocus.sl.nsw.gov.au/res/home.cfm 
    This site links students studying for the HSC with information from the state Library of New South Wales. You can search for a topic, keyword, author or title or you can browse through lists of resources arranged by HSC subject area or topic by clicking on the "browse" button.
  • Skills one
    www.skillsone.com.au
    This is one of Australia’s leading websites designed to help students, career advisers and parents in career decision-making, and help them to gain a better understanding of what it’s like to work in a specific industry.
  • HSC/TAFE Credit transfer
    www.det.nsw.edu.au/hsctafe 
    This site is designed to assist secondary school students in course selection for the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) in order to maximise credit transfer into TAFE NSW courses. This site also provides useful information to school leavers about credit transfer opportunities in TAFE NSW courses.

Ancient History

Chemistry

  • Key Centre for Polymer and Colloids
    www.kcpc.usyd.edu.au/discovery/ 
    This is an international centre of excellence for research and training. The researchers at the Key Centre for Polymer Colloids have prepared a number of trails that give information about the NSW HSC Chemistry Syllabus and how polymer chemistry is involved in our everyday lives. It is recommend that you read through our meta-trail so you can get the most out of this site.

English

Legal Studies

  • Legal Information Access Centre
    http://www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/
    The Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) is a specialist information service of the State Library of NSW. It provides access to information about the law for all members of the community in NSW.

Modern History

Physics

  • Physics resources for HSC students and science teachers
    www.phys.unsw.edu.au/hsc/
    Loads of information provided by the University of New South Wales in the field of HSC Physics resources (preliminary, core and optional components). Site includes: HSC bulletin board, HSC FAC, Information about the research in the school of Physics, resources for students and other HSC workshops being offered.

Society and Culture

  • ANZ Reference centre database & Points of View database
    http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/library/web_resources/online_resource_databases.
    These databases provide a range of reviews, study guides, timelines, biographical information on authors and texts. Well worth exploring.
  • ABC Website
    www.abc.net.au
    Link to ABC programs, current affairs and social issues. Many of the sites have their own links.
  • Ask Asia Website
    www.askasia.org
    Resource devoted to the Asian region, specifically designed for students and teachers.
  • Australian Newspapers Online
    www.trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper 
  • Blackwell Publishers Cultural Studies Resources page
    www.blackwellpublishing.com.subjects/SI
    Links to areas such as: cultural policy, material culture, gender, race and sexuality, labour, class, and social movements, media culture journals publishers and organisations.
  • Online Newspapers
    www.onlinenewspapers.com
    Full text versions of hundreds of newspapers from around the world
  • SBS Online
    www.sbs.com.au
    Excellent link to SBS programs, current affairs and social issues. Many of the sites have their own links to external resources
  • Society and Culture Association Website
    www.scansw.com.au/resources.html
    The SCA provides a forum for discussion of issues relating to the Society and Culture course, resources for teaching and learning, a professional journal, professional development activities for teachers and Personal Interest Project and HSC study days for students.The association produces a journal called Culturescope.
  • The Australian Bureau of Statistics
    www.abs.gov.au 
    The official government statistic site provides a range of informative statistics and articles on social issues.

Studies of Religion

Visual Arts

  • Google art project
    www.googleartproject.com
    Explore museums from around the world.
  • http://artexpress.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/
    The official artexpress website. It contains past art express artwork and resources for students to access.
  • www.stateart.com.au/sota
    Visual arts in NSW, exhibition information and links.
  • The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
    www.getty.edu/gri
    Includes access to large indexes such as BHA and RILA. The Getty also has a museum homepage and an art education site. Searching can be frustrating at times due to slowness in downloading files.