Just added: April 2007

• Building a website using a CMS in 90 minutes – Martin Bailey (LR)
• The Rough Guide to MySpace and online communities – Peter Buckley (LR)
• Computing projects in Visual Basic – Derek Christopher
• Psychology and social care – David J Messer (SC)
• Understanding children’s development in the early years  - Christine MacIntyre
• How to change your life in 7 steps – John Bird (CS)
• Survive the worst and aim for the best – Kerry Katona (CS)
• Self-harm (Issues) – Lisa Firth (R)
• Social trends 37
• The Scottish building standards technical handbook : Domestic (R)
• The Scottish building standards technical handbook : Non-domestic (R)
• Social work practice : an introduction – Veronica Coulshed (SC)
• Social welfare alive! – Stephen Moore (SC)
• Social care, health and welfare in contemporary Scotland. – Gerry Mooney (SC)
• Care practice for S/NVQ3 – Janet Miller (SC)
• Coping with disability (Issues) – Lisa Firth (R)
• Crime and anti-social behaviour (Issues) – Lisa Firth (R)
• Reflection in learning and professional development – Jennifer A. Moon (ST)
• The education problem (Issues) – Lisa Firth (R)
• Observing, assessing and planning for children in the early years – Sandra Smidt
• Circle time for young children – Jenny Mosley
• Supporting ICT in the early years  - John Siraj-Blatchford
• Understanding children’s language and literacy – Penny Mukherji
• Customers and consumerism (Issues) – Lisa Firth (R)
• Really simple English grammar – Carolyn Humphries (CS)
• Basic grammar – Don Shiach (CS)
• Dictionary of perfect spelling – Christine Maxwell (CS)
• The anatomy & physiology workbook for beauty & holistic therapies at levels 1-3 (R)
• Electronics fundamentals : circuits, devices and applications – Thomas L.Floyd (ST)
• Digital fundamentals – Thomas L.Floyd (ST)
• How the way we talk can change the way we work – Robert Kegan
• A genetically modified future? (Issues) – Lisa Firth (R)
• Digital moviemaking with Pinnacle Studio Plus 10 – Dmitry Kiryanov
• Aim high – Tanni Grey-Thompson (CS)
• To kill a mockingbird – Harper Lee
• R.L. Stevenson’s Kidnapped – John Kennett (CS)
• Lily : a ghost story – Adèle Geras (CS)
• A dream come true – Maureen Lee (CS)
• The rubber woman – Lindsay Ashford (CS)
• Bring it back home – Niall Griffiths (CS)
• A day to remember – Fiona Phillips (CS)

CS=Core Skills, R=Reference, LR=Library Reference, ST=Staff, SC=Social Care

  

ICE Virtual Library

ICE? That’s the Institution of Civil Engineers. The college now has access to the following ICE publications. Direct access from any PC on the college network.

ICE Proceedings

Engineering Division Papers

Civil Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Municipal Engineer

Structures and Buildings

Transport

Water and Maritime Engineering

Water Maritime and Energy

Selected Engineering Papers

ICE Transactions

Journal of the ICE

Life of Telford

Minutes of the Proceedings

Should be of interest to engineers, construction people & historians.

Guide To Support For Deaf Students

 This interactive resource has been developed for students who are deaf, or have hearing loss, and the people who work with them.

Featuring contributions from students and professionals in Scottish Further Education colleges plus experts from organisations providing services to deaf people, the guide features information on a range of support options and technology.

While this is a student-centred resource, it is also linked to a staff guide compiled by the group ‘Furthering Access to College Education for Deaf Students (FACE)’.

http://www.brite.ac.uk/resources/deaf.htm

BMJ Clinical Evidence

BMJ Clinical Evidence has been added to the our growing portfolio of electronic resources. This service has been provided by the good people at NHS Scotland and NHS Wales for all Athens accounts within Scotland and Wales.

If you don’t already know this publication:

Clinical Evidence is a database of the very best evidence for effective health care, put together by the BMJ – one of the world’s most trusted and authoritative medical sources.

Clinical Evidence summarises the current state of knowledge and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions, based on thorough searches and appraisal of the literature. It is neither a textbook of medicine nor a set of guidelines. It describes the best available evidence from systematic reviews, RCTs and observational studies where appropriate, and if there is no good evidence it says so.

Best accessed through MyAthens.

Just Added – October 2006 – I

• Firefox and Thunderbird garage – Chris Hofmann
• Don’t click on the blue e! : switching to Firefox – Scott Granneman
• E-JASL; the electronic journal of academic and special librarianship (EJ)
• The abortion debate (Issues) – Craig Donnellan, ed. (R)
• Red sky at morning : America and the crisis of the global environment – James Gustave Speth
• Always Coca Cola : the other face of a multinational (DVD)
• Social work & society – (EJ)
• The theory and practice of teaching – Peter Jarvis, ed. (S)
• Educating the Net Generation – Diana G. Oblinger (EB)
• Bullying (Issues) – Craig Donnellan, ed. (R)
• Communication skills for nursing practice – Catherine McCabe
• Young people & health (Issues) – Craig Donnellan, ed. (R)
• Understanding depression (Issues) – Craig Donnellan, ed. (R)
• Eating disorders (Issues) – Craig Donnellan, ed. (R)
• Oil & Gas Science And Technology – Revue de l’Institut Français du Pétrole (EJ)
• The Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education (EJ)
• Parenting issues (Issues) – Craig Donnellan, ed. (R)
• Management: an introduction – David Boddy (R)
• The game plan : a winning approach to mental toughness in business – Steve Bull
• The Barbour compendium 2006 (R)
•  In a lonely street : film noir, genre, masculinity – Frank Krutnik
• The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson (EB)

Location: (R) = Reference, (EJ) =  Electronic journal, (EB) = Electronic book, (S) = Staff

Just Added – September 2006 – II

• Training in ECDL: a practical course for StarOffice 8 – Paula Kelly (R) 
• First steps with your computer – Tom Mac Mahon  
• Silicon snake oil – Clifford Stoll
• Companion to the European Union – Alasdair Blair
• The SAGE handbook of counselling and psychotherapy – Colin Feltham, ed. (S)
• The intermediate food hygiene handbook – Richard A. Sprenger
• The motivated school – Alan McLean (S)
• Overcoming dyslexia for dummies – Tracey Wood
• New playwork – Annie Davy
• Russian for dummies – Andrew Kaufman (S)
• China (International cuisine) – Christine Yau (R)
• India (International cuisine) – Cyrus Todiwala (R)
• City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate in salon services – Gilly Ford
• Management : an introduction – David Boddy (R)
• The diversity training handbook – Phil Clements (S)
• The training design manual -  Tony Bray (S)
• Successful project management – Trevor L Young
• The game plan – Steve Bull (S)
• The corporate blogging book – Debbie Weil (S)
• 500 more digital photography hints, tips and techniques – Philip Andrews 
• The art of music production – Richard James Burgess
• Start an independent record label – J.S. Rudsenske
• The numeracy test handbook – Mike Byron (C)
• Film noir – Eddie Robson
• Soccer coaching – the professional way – Malcolm Cook

Locations – (R) = Reference, (C) = Core Skills, (S) = Staff

Oxford Journals @ RKC

The following Oxford Journals have been added to the library catalogue for ease of access. More to follow.

• Age & Ageing
• American Literary History
• Annals of Occupational Hygiene
• British Journal of Social Work
• The Cambridge Journal of Economics
• The Community Development Journal
• The Computer Journal
• The English Historical Review
• The ELT Journal
• European Sociological Review
• Health Education Research
• Health Promotion International
• History Workshop Journal
• Journal of Islamic Studies
• Journal of Pediatric Psychology
• Mind
• Music and Letters
• Notes and Queries
• Parliamentary Affairs
• Past and Present
• Twentieth Century British History
• The World Bank Economic Review

Full details of each journal & availability included.

Just Added – September 2006 – I

Bereavement : studies of grief in adult life – Colin Murray Parkes 

Grief counselling and grief therapy – J. William Worden

On death and dying – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The business of tourism – J Christopher Holloway (R)

An A-Z of counselling theory and practice – William Stewart

The trainee handbook : a guide for counselling and psychotherapy trainees

Care in practice for Higher Still

Study skills for nurses – Elizabeth Whitehead

Using Moodle – Jason Cole (S)

Moodle e-learning course development – William H. Rice IV (S)

The complete guide to sports nutrition – Anita Bean

Reflexology -  Denise Whichello Brown

Belgian chocolates – Roger Geerts (S)

Advanced practical cookery – John Campbell

Food and beverage service – Dennis Lillicrap

Dealing with difficult people – Roy C Lilley

Materials, structures, and standards for architects – Julia McCurrough

High John the Conqueror – Jim Younger (F)

Libya (Lonely Planet) - Anthony Ham (R)

JISC Resources for Further Education

JISC negotiates for and provides a vast range of online resources that can enrich education and research. But how can practitioners make the most of these resources? And how can they be used to support classroom learning and home study?

JISC has commissioned a series of five exemplars which demonstrate how FE practitioners can use content found in online resources to support their teaching.

There are five Exemplars covering the following subjects. (Please note that you will need to be using a computer in college in order to access them online):

• History
• Leisure
• Hairdressing
• Business
• Skills for Life

CD-ROM versions should be in every department & there’s still a few left in the library.

Internet Detective

Internet Detective is a free online tutorial designed to help students develop their Internet research skills. The tutorial looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites.

The tutorial is specifically designed to help university and college students to develop skills that will help them use the Internet more effectively to support their research for coursework and assignments.

It takes around an hour to complete the tutorial, though the advantage of an online tutorial is that students can go over the material as often as they wish, practice their skills and test their understanding. It can easily be embedded into taught courses, Web pages and VLEs and is freely available in two formats; a Web version and a downloadable version for use in Virtual learning Environments (VLEs).