The future of publishing...

This is a clever little video I found about the future of publishing - you'll find that more people than you think agree with the message in it. It's definitely worth a watch!

Latest DVD additions to our collection

The following is a chart of the most recent additions to our DVD collection we have made. These are available for borrowing straight away, so please feel free to request any you would like to borrow. If you're after more information about any of the DVDs just click on the title.

Title	Rating	Call Number
The Descendants	M	DVD DES
Dolphin Tale	PG	DVD DOL
Happy Feet Two	G	DVD HAP
We Bought a Zoo	PG	DVD WEB
A Streetcar Named Desire	PG	DVD STR
Minuscule - Volume 1	G	DVD MIN
Anonymous	M	DVD ANO
The Adventures of Tintin	PG	DVD ADV
The Illusionist	PG	DVD ILL
War Horse	M	DVD WAR
Evolution	E	DVD 576.8 EVO
New York: a documentary film	M	DVD 917.471 NEW
Writing a Personal Imaginative Essay		DVD 808.042 WRI
Quick as Light		DVD 535 QUI
Daily Life in Ancient Rome		DVD 937 DAI
Science Bank		DVD 500 SCI
Fat – the best friend of mankind		DVD 612.397
Girl Wrestler		DVD 796.082 GIR
Cracked Not Broken		DVD 616.86 CRA
Body Parts		DVD 570 SCI
Peas in a Pod		DVD 572.86 CRA
The Seeds of a New Era		DVD 572.86 CRA
Understanding the Book of Life		DVD 572.86 CRA
Reading the Book of Life		DVD 572.86 CRA

Google Research Tool

Google has just made multitasking that little bit easier, using Google docs and their new Google Research tool which you can use side by side. Simply named 'Research' the new tool allows you to conduct searches for terms related to your document or search for images, maps and websites from a panel that appears next to your document.
Here's how to search for things using Research:
Maps: searching for a location will automatically bring up a Google map. You can insert this into your document as is or edit it by zooming in or out.
Photos: These can be inserted directly into your document after conducting a search. The great thing is that photos can be filtered to include those that are licensed for free use - a way to avoid copyright issues.
Webpages: for webpage results, hovering over the link will allow you to see a preview of the page. If you like what you see click 'insert link' to add it to your text.

What I like about this tool is that it allows you to insert a citation, automatically formatted, into your document. All you have to do (after you've inserted a link) click 'cite'. Google will add a footnote number to the link in your text and generate a properly constructed footnote at the bottom of the page.

If Research doesn't automatically appear next to your document all you have to do is select Research from the Tools menu, or alternatively press Ctrl + Alt + R on your keyboard.

Here's a great video from Bright Ideas that shows how to use Research and shares their first impressions of Google's new tool.

NEW! Senior Fiction collection

Thanks to a great idea from Helen O'Keefe we have now started a Senior Fiction collection in the Library. And before you ask, no it's not just for senior citizens - it's intended for anyone from Senior students, staff and even parents. Our collection is still pretty small since we've only just started adding to it but we're hoping that it will grow over time. Please feel free to let us know if you want to borrow any of these books - or recommend any titles you would like us to get.

The following is a slideshow of the titles we have so far (you'll be able to see that not all of the books are fiction - but we've decided to still keep them all under the Senior Fiction heading). If you want to find out more about any of the books you see just click on it.