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).

MyIntute

MyIntute is a new service which exploits Web 2.0 technology – users can register for their own personal account where previously made searches and selected records can be saved and weekly email alerts are received which match specific interests. A Quick Guide to MyIntute is located here (Word .doc). Please note that this requires Javascript so there might be some accessibility issues.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/myintute/index.php

Intute

The Resource Discovery Network (RDN) which consisted of a number of JISC-funded subject gateways has become Intute.

Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in their database and write high quality descriptions of the resources. The database contains 113377 records, covering Science & Technology, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Health & Life Sciences. There’s also a dedicated FE section.

Full documentation of this excellent service is available here.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/

New and noted

Some websites which should be of interest.

• Squashed Philosophers – abridged versions of some classic philosophical texts;
• Sports Management Report - online full-text journal on sports management;
• Moving Image Gateway (MIG) - directory of education sound & video;
• CompWisdom - search engine for computing, programming, Internet resources;
• Artpromote – directory covering visual art, music, and literature;
• Search Medica - directory of health information chosen by GPs;
• Flash Earth - Flash mapping like Google Earth.

Athens Toolbar

The MyAthens IE toolbar is an Internet Explorer add-on designed to assist existing Athens users manage their accounts and navigate between Athens resources. The toolbar should have been installed on most, if not all, college PCs over the summer.

It should be visible below the address bar of Internet Explorer. If it is not, go to the menu View/Toolbars/Athens Toolbar to turn the toolbar on. Athens Options now allows you to log directly on to Athens. When you’ve done so you’ll get a list of options including a pull-down menu which takes you directly to your available resources.

New MyAthens service

Over the summer Eduserv launched the new MyAthens service. MyAthens has been redesigned and there are several new and innovative features.
These include:

• a MyAthens homepage with an account summary and list of ‘favourite’ resources;
• an improved Resources list:- allows the selection of ‘favourite’ resources to display on the homepage;
• a keyword search that dynamically displays a subset of your resources (this searches the resource title and URL);
• a ‘Recent’ tab showing the resources used in the previous two weeks;
• the Account Details page now shows the organisational contact details;
• a comments form allowing users to e-mail their Athens administrator if they need support.

Hopefully this service will make all our lives much more simple.