Past exams online

May 16, 2012 – 3:41 pm
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Exams start in a couple of weeks, and Past Exams papers from Semester 1, 2010 onwards are available online.

Please note that not all exams are in the database.

A few quick tips:

  • Enter the unit code in with no spaces – eg EDFD454
  • If you only put the letters of a unit code – you have to put the * truncation in – eg EDLA*
  • Some nursing units have changed from NRSG to HLSC codes. You will need to know the NRSG code if you are looking for a past exam, so try NRSG* for a full list.
  • If off-campus, you must login to access the past exam papers.

Good luck with your exams!

 

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North Sydney escapes!

May 16, 2012 – 3:28 pm
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North Sydney escapes…reality.

Apparently this will change over time. :)

Stay tuned.

Escape – National Year of Reading 2012 monthly theme for May. There will be a live twitter discussion 29 May starting at 8.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (and lasting until about 10.00pm Western Standard Time). Use the tag #NYR12 as you discuss your reading which is an escape.

 

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Maurice Sendak celebrated at Strathfield

May 16, 2012 – 3:19 pm
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The wonderful life and work of Maurice Sendak is celebrated at Strathfield campus library by a display of illustrations, books and soft toys.

If you are at Strathfield please come and take a look.

Don’t forget that the Library has many books and DVDs of Maurice Sendak, including:

The art of Maurice Sendak

Where the wild things are – DVD. 2009 film directed by Spike Jonze

…. and the books that Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated – Where the wild things are, Chicken soup with rice, In the night kitchen, Kenny’s window  – to name a few.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read also, a short reflection by Neil Gaiman on Maurice Sendak from The Guardian – My hero: Maurice Sendak

 

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RIP Maurice Sendak

May 11, 2012 – 2:44 pm
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Maurice Sendak died earlier in this week, and his passing has resonated with people all over the world.

Maurice Sendak was an author and artist who wrote many books including ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and ‘In the Night Kitchen’.

I like the New York Times article called ‘Maurice Sendak, author of splendid nightmares, dies at 83′. This article says that Sendak went against popular US children’s writing of the time. His children were not well behaved or well scrubbed, but bossy, headstrong and sometimes obnoxious.

What I especially like and will remember about Maurice Sendak is ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and reading the book to my two children. Over and over. We can all still recite almost the whole book off by heart. Such a great story and the images were so evocative. And you can have an adventure and still be at home in time for supper. I even liked the film adaptation.

His mother called him “WILD THING!”

and Max said “I’LL EAT YOU UP!”

Kate/Canberra

Do you have a Maurice Sendak memory or comment you would like to share?

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Downtime this Sunday 13 May

May 11, 2012 – 11:21 am
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Our library Search will have some intermittent downtime between 8-10pm this Sunday 13 May due to installation of an upgrade.

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Downtime this Friday 6-6.30pm

May 8, 2012 – 3:45 pm
ACULibrary

Due to server maintenance there will be some interruptions to the following services between 6-6.30pm this Friday 11 May:

  • MyPC for Brisbane only.
  • There may be limited/interrupted access to electronic resources during this period. If you are having troubles accessing your resource links, please go to the databases page and try your search again.

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Trial: BioOne Online Journals

May 8, 2012 – 3:16 pm
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BioOne is a global, not-for-profit collaboration bringing together scientific societies, publishers, and libraries to provide access to critical, peer-reviewed research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

BioOne provides a unique aggregation of high-impact bioscience research journals, featuring timely content on a wide-array of today’s most pressing topics, including global warming, stem cell research, ecological and biodiversity conservation.

We have BioOne on trial until 15 June, so please take a look at this collection, and let us know what you think using the online form.

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New print books for April

May 8, 2012 – 10:45 am
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Check out the new print items for April:

 

 

 

 

 

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Prezi vs PowerPoint?

May 8, 2012 – 10:08 am
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Have you heard of Prezi?

Prezi is a free online program you can use to create presentations that are similar to powerpoints but more interactive.

Here are some of the main differences with prezi:

1. It moves and is interactive. With prezi you have to keep clicking your mouse or a key on your keyboard to view each part of the presentation and it moves around on your screen focusing in and out on various words, pictures and videos.

2. It is easier to insert videos, pictures and other multimedia into your presentation.

3. It’s not PowerPoint, therefore avoiding the classic death by PowerPoint syndrome.

4. You can place emphasis on various words easily and effortlessly.

5. There is a feeling that the presentation is more fluid and more visual even if it maybe isn’t.

Have you used prezi in place of PowerPoint? What did you think?

(thanks to Anna Laura Brown Social Networking Librarian for this).

stop press!

If you have old PowerPoint slides that you would love to “prezify”, you can now with Prezi PowerPoint Import feature. Take a look at the video below for more details.

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Canberra escapes in May

May 8, 2012 – 8:40 am
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Canberra Library felt the month of April was great for the National Year of Reading but they have now escaped into the theme for May.  Canberra staff and students have also made numerous entries in Escape eBook Challenge so if you are feeling creative, help your campus lead the way in creative writing and win some prizes in the process!

Let us know how you escape into a book.

And don’t forget our Escape eBook Challenge – finishes Friday 11 May!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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