Browsing magazines on-line

Many people know about our databases of full-text journals. These are accessible by all TAFE Staff and students. They are promoted at all Library induction sessions and a workshop on this subject earlier this year was well attended. A keyword search will turn up a plethora of quality related journal articles useful for research. All you need is the User Id and password issued by the Library.


Sometimes however you may only wish to browse magazine articles of a particular title. But finding a title has been a little long-winded, needing to choose relevant databases. Now however, it's just one click away. Try the following link:

eJournal A-Z

You can also find this link in the e-resources tab of the TAFECAT

Here you may search for you favourite magazine title and be able to browse through many years of back issues, in most cases.

You can also search journals by their subject. Under History of Australia and Oceania there are more than twenty titles available, with Australian Aboriginal Studies and Australian Historical Studies as examples.

Please note however that you will be asked for your DET User Id and Password, issued to all TAFE students.

Lunch in Paris...anyone?

‘The chocolate centre flows like dark lava onto the whiteness of the plate. The last ounce (28 grams lol!) of stress drains from my body....I have discovered the French version of Death by Chocolate.’ Such wrote Elizabeth Bard in her book 'Lunch in Paris'
Such decadence! But as in all the food TV-shows we are allowed to enjoy life vicariously. So it's time to indulge because the library has just splashed on fifty new books selected from the Top 100 list.

Some other books from the list include 'The Alchemist' from Paulo Coelho, a modern fable published more than twenty years ago and still in the top 100, Picoult's 'My Sister's Keeper' and Michael J. Fox uplifting 'Always Looking Up'.

Following is the complete list:

61 Hours by Lee Child
Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and P Coelho
All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell
Always Looking Up: The Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox
Anybody Out There by Marian Keyes and Keyes
Atonement by Ian Mcewan
Book Of Emmett by Deborah Forster
Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
Breath by Tim Winton
Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Dirt Music by Tim Wilton
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Shaffer and Barrows
Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Hourglass by Claudia Gray
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
Jessica by Bryce Courtenay
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
Lunch In Paris: A Love Story, With Recipes by Elizabeth Bard
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
Marley And Me: Life And Love With The World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody
Once In A Lifetime by Cathy Kelly
Pacific (The Official Hbo/Sky Tv Tie-In) by Hugh Ambrose
Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult
Parrot And Olivier In America by Peter Carey
Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
Ps, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Rain Wild Chronicles - Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb
Road by Cormac Mccarthy
Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
Silent Sea by Cussler , Clive Cussler and Dubrul
Stand by Stephen King
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Truth by Peter Temple
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Tully by Paullina Simons
Skin Trade by Laurel Hamilton

PAST TAFE EXAMS NOW ON-LINE!

From 2011, CD-ROMs of past TAFE Exam Papers are no longer being produced because copies of exam papers from the past 5 years are now available online. They have been added to the TAFE NSW Learning Content Management System (Equella), which can be accessed by any person with a DET username and password. A link has been placed under the e-Resources tag of the TAFEcat or click here for quick access to the TAFE EXAMS 

What are Databases?

Databases are full text journal articles, encylopedias and other electronic resources and many libraries today make them available to its users. Granville College Library subscribes to a number of them but few people realize just what useful treassure trove of information lies therein. To this end the library set-up a kiosk for anyone to drop in and have a 'stickybeak', find out as much or little as they like about it.
The kiosk was located on the second level near the Information Desk and was serviced by staff for an hour everyday from the 7th to the 18th of March. The event was promoted widely throughout the college and listed on 'Granville This Week'. Many students and staff dropped in for a session, proving that it was a worthwhile initiative.

Yes we do...have a Wiki

Get more from your library, visit our Wiki and find great support resources for your course. Learn how to 'point a wall'...yes 'point' not paint a wall or maybe learn to fix that leaking tap. Find previous HSC exams with mark guides or download and print a list of DVDs and Magazines found at the library. Even just check the grammar on that important essay.
Explore Wikispaces and find much more. Visit http://granvillelibrary.swsi.wikispaces.net

Library Tours for 2011

We are currently taking bookings for promotional tours of the Library services available to students and staff. Teachers are encouraged to take advantage of this. Give your student every chance to succeed in their course by maximising their skills in getting access to the materials and services they may need.

The Library does Basic Tours for beginners and also Specialized Tours focusing on accessing e-data. Contact the library now to organise a mutually suitable timeslot.

Get Smart, Get on Board!

The Library now joins many of the College's classrooms with a new Smart Board of it's own. It is located in AV3 and we are now taking bookings. Avoid the rush and ring 9682 0311 now!