Perth College Library Blog

Top Search Tips From UKeiG

2008-05-21T14:31:00.003+01:00

UKeiG, the UK eInformation Group, is a professional body for users and developers of electronic information resources.
This is a good post with some quality tips for web searching..

Making The Most Of The Web

2008-05-21T08:08:00.004+01:00

A useful piece from Seb Schmoller about making best use of the web and its resources.
I particularly like the points about collaboration, using social bookmarking (you lose so much less this way) and using your library, because it's not always on the web!

Summer borrowing

2008-05-15T11:42:00.003+01:00

Although many students will be moving on to pastures new in the next few weeks, some of you may wish to come in and use the Library service over the summer break, in order to prepare for continued studies in August. If this is the case then please get in touch with your student advisor who can pass your name and student number on to us and we will set up summer borrowing on your behalf.

During the summer months the Library continues to open on holiday hours. These are listed below.

Mon - Fri : 9am - 4.45pm

New titles: Aircraft Engineering

2008-04-22T14:14:00.004+01:00

Gas turbine pollutant emissions, by IMechE

Combustion instabilities in gas turbine engines, ed. Timothy C. Liewan

Aircraft landing gear, by Norman S. Currey

Composite materials for aircraft structures, ed. Alan Baker

Airport operations, by Norman Ashford

RDS-Student, by Daniel P. Raymer

New Titles: Aircraft and Aviation

2008-03-17T15:29:00.002Z

Aviation Maintenance Management, Harry A Kinnison Ph.D

Airworthiness, by Filippo De Florio

Aircraft Communications and Navigation Systems, by M Tooley & D Wyatt

Aircraft Instruments & Integrated Systems, by EHJ Pallett

New Titles: Sociology

2008-03-17T14:52:00.005Z

No Fear. Growing up in a risk averse society, by Tim Gill

The Ambiguity of Play, by Brian Sutton Smith

Centuries of Childhood, by Philippe Aries

The Ghetto Underclass, ed William Julius Wilson

Finding a voice: Asian women in Britain, by Amrit Wilson

Toxic Childhood: how the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it, by Sue Palmer

Microsoft Office

2008-03-12T17:58:00.004Z

As you know Microsoft Office is available on all of the computers in the College, but did you know that you can use it at home, for free? All students have access to MyUHI, a service accessible through the UHI website by entering your student number and password . Once you have done this you have access to your personal College drive and can access Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003 from whichever computer you are using!

If you already have Office 2007 at home you will also be glad to hear that the College computers have new software on them which will allow you to open the documents you worked on at home, in the College.

Grove Music Online

2008-03-12T17:46:00.002Z

Grove Music Online is currently being redesigned and will be re-launched as part of a bigger resource - Oxford Music Online. This will give you access to The Oxford dictionary of music and The Oxford companion to music in addition to the large amount of content on Grove currently. This changeover will happen in the next couple of months and you will be able to continue to access Grove through the Library website.

Journals Search

2008-03-06T09:56:00.005Z

If you want to search across all the UHI resources (EBSCO, JSTOR, Science Direct etc) without logging in to each individual resource, you can now do this.
The CASE A-Z list allows you search and browse for particular journals and resources.
Once you've found what you're looking for, you can click on the link to get access. In some cases, you may need to login via the usual Athens route (i.e. follow the UHI Millenium Institute links from 'Alternative Login').
In other cases, you may need to take a note of the journal provider, and log in to the resource via the usual route.
A guide to logging in to Athens resources is available here.

The Learning Cafe

2008-03-04T11:28:00.005Z

The Learning Cafe opened for business last week.

It's a comfotable, stylish, informal learning space where you can relax with a Costa coffee and bun, browse the journals and newspapers, use college computers, login to the college network with your own laptop, or just chill out and have a chat with your friends.

Why not pop in and have a look today?

Amazon Listmania!

2008-03-04T11:10:00.005Z

Alan Scott (Creative Industries, Goodlyburn) has started using Amazon Listmania to list books he recommends for student use, and also highlighting those that are available in Perth College Library.
Which is a seriously good idea!
You can visit Alan's list spot on Amazon here.

Most of these books are available for 28 day loan, and you can renew books online yourself, via the library catalogue.

You're more than welcome to come in and browse the stock, and borrow what you need. Have a coffee in the learning cafe whilst you're at it!

Quick Links

2008-02-26T16:51:00.004Z

Some quick links for students working on various projects across the college, where library staff have created a custom blog for information and resource links.

HND Administration & IT

Complementary & Beauty Therapy Business Plan

HND Business Project

Any problems with these blogs, links or access to the resources, contact library staff.

New Audio Books

2008-02-20T09:40:00.004Z

The popularity of the recently improved DVD collection has resulted in many students and staff asking if the media collection could be further expanded to include audio books. The list below provides details of some of the titles now available.

Band of Brothers

The Amber Spyglass

The Subtle Knife

Northern Lights

Atonement

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A History of Modern Britain

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The Other Boleyn Girl

New DVDs

2008-01-28T14:18:00.000Z

United 93

The Jungle Book

The Insider

Letters from Iwo Jima

Munich

Il Postino

Fargo

Goodfellas

Jean De Florette

Manon Des Sources: Jean De Florette, part 2

New Fiction Titles

2008-01-22T11:23:00.000Z

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Life After God by Douglas Coupland

If You Liked School, You'll Love Work by Irvine Welsh

New Fiction Titles

2008-01-21T14:18:00.000Z

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Old Men In Love by Alasdair Gray

New Fiction Titles

2008-01-21T14:10:00.000Z

Porno by Irvine Welsh (The sequel to Trainspotting).

The Bedroom Secrets Of The Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh.

Post Office by Charles Bukowski.

Pontoon by Garrison Keillor.

Spook Country by William Gibson

The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland

New Titles: Art & Design

2008-01-21T14:02:00.000Z

Gonzo: Hunter S. Thompson

new fashion illustration by Martin Dawber

100 Years of Fashion Illustration Cally Blackman

What Is Packaging Design? by Giles Carver

Making Memory Boxes: 35 Beautiful Projects by Anna Corba

New Title: Do Ants Have Arseholes?

2008-01-21T13:54:00.000Z

How easy is it to fall off a log? Where is the middle of nowhere? Do we really have no bananas? The readers of OLD GIT magazine are a batty, befuddled, potty-mouthed bunch, who seem to spend a significant chunk of their spare time corresponding with the publication's popular letters page. DO ANTS HAVE ARSEHOLES? is a very funny, very silly collection of questions and answers taken from this column, none of which has any basis whatsoever in fact. A must for all those who relish a heady mixture of shaggy-dog stories, toilet humour and utter lack of insight.

New Titles: Motor Vehicles

2008-01-21T13:41:00.000Z

eBay Motors by Joseph T. Sinclair

You & Your Subaru Impreza Turbo by Chris Rees

The Car Design Yearbook No 6

Renault Clio 1991 to May 1998 (Petrol)

Fiat Punto 1994 to Oct 1999 (Petrol & Diesel)

Toyota Corolla Aug 1992 to 1997 (Petrol)

Haynes Restoration Manual: Mini

New Titles: Motor Vehicles, Haynes Manuals

2008-01-17T13:54:00.000Z

Ford Escort & Orion Sept 1990 to 2000 (Diesel)

Ford Escort & Orion Sept 1990 to 2000 (Petrol)

Vauxhall/Opel Astra & Zafira Feb 1998 to Apr 2004 (Petrol)

Honda Civic Mar 1995 to 2000 (Petrol)

Nissan Micra 1993 to 2002 (Petrol)

Oct 1995 to Mar 2002 (Petrol & Diesel)

Information Literacy Medieval Style

2008-01-14T09:59:00.001Z

For those who might need some help with library books?

Renew Your Own Books

2008-01-14T09:44:00.000Z

Students can login to the Library catalogue, Millennium, and renew their own books. This is for your convenience, and may also save you fines! As long as the book isn't already overdue, reserved by another student or renewed several times already, you can renew for another loan period.
To do this, go to the Millennium catalogue page, choose 'My Record', enter your details (name and student number) and click on 'Submit'.
Once logged in, you can also reserve books and check to see what titles you have out from the library.

New Books

2008-01-09T09:17:00.000Z

Higher English Grade Booster

Mathematics: Intermediate 2, unit 1, 2 and 3.

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins.

Translations by Brian Friel.

Summer Jobs Worldwide 2008

New DVDs

2007-12-19T13:55:00.000Z

Lost In Translation

The Pianist

Dirty Dancing

The Departed