Choose your keywords carefully. If your topic is "an Australian who is a positive influence" then you might need to do some thinking first. Typing something like "good person" may not get you what you want!
Influential person X (You probably won't get Australians) Australian X (You probably won't get influential people... you might not get people!) Australian of the year ✓ (Australian people who do good things) Australian award winners ✓ (Australian people who do good things) Famous Australians X (You'll get famous people, but do they do good things?) Is X (You'll get nothing!) Important Australians ✓ (Your chances are good - they might not all do good things) Influential Australians ✓ (Your chances are good - they might not all do good things)
Finding information online: If our key word is "peace":
You can use Google News to find more reputable (trustworthy) sources
You can use location: France to find a particular country
Use Ctrl + f to quickly find your key words in a document. (Ctrl + f for Windows, command + f for Mac)
Use "AND" or "OR" in capitals to filter results: peace OR human rights
You can look for reputable (trustworthy) sites: site:org peace, site:gov peace, site:edu peace
To find published documents filetype:doc peace
You can use googlenewspaperarchives to find newspaper articles going back to the 1800s
To search for websites similar to one you like, type related: New York Times