Welcome to the Library Resource Centre
The aim of the Library Resource Centre (LRC) is to support and enrich teaching and learning in the College. The LRC supports the values statement of the College by:
- providing a positive and enriching environment
- providing high quality resources
- encouraging good learning and study habits
The LRC does this by:
- providing a range of suitable materials
- developing and fostering a love of reading
- teaching Information Literacy skills
- providing a peaceful and secure place to read and study
In this section you will find the following:
- Information about the LRC
- Events and activities
- The Padworth College Reading Group
- The Library Committee
- Databases you can access through Padworth College
Information about the Library Resource Centre
The Library is open all day every day for the use of all students and staff at Padworth College. Parents and guardians are also welcome to borrow resources. All resources are available for loan apart from reference books and the latest issue of a magazine.
There are over 2,000 books covering all areas of the curriculum and a wide range of fiction and graphic novels to suit all ages. This includes 300 books which we borrow from the Education Library Service. We also subscribe to about 30 magazines, including general interest and subject specific titles. Requests for new books and magazines are very welcome. The stock is regularly reviewed and new titles added throughout the year. We have recently taken a subscription to six databases.
The Librarian can help with finding resources, both hard copy and online and delivers an Information Literacy programme to all students.
Summer Term 2012
G1 will again taking part in the Carnegie Shadowing Scheme and this year for the first time all students will have the opportunity to participate in the Greenaway Shadowing Scheme. Whereas the former is a short-list of the best novels for young people, the latter is a short-list of the best picture books pubished over the last year. It is hoped that we will be able to visit a local nursery and primary school to read the books to the children.
Students were involved in the selection of a new range of fiction and non fiction books for the library. It provided a great opportunity to browse and choose new books and resources for the College.
Reading Group
The books for the Reading group are chosen at the first meeting of each term and copies of the chosen titles are available for any staff and students who want to read them. We meet at 1pm on Friday lunchtimes. Everyone is welcome to join in with the discussion!
2011-12
| Month | Title | Meetings |
| September | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini | 8thOctober |
| October | The Woman in Black by Susan Hill | 5th November |
| November | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens | 3rd December |
| December | The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood | 14th January |
| January/February | The Time Travellers Wife | 11th February |
| March | A Gathering Light | 18th March |
We meet at 1pm on Friday lunchtimes. Everyone is welcome to join in the discussions and help to select the books for the following term. The books for the Spring Term will be decided at the first meeting in January, so make sure that you come along and help choose the books.
Library Committee
The purpose of the Library Committee is to act as a liaison between the Librarian and the students and to help the Librarian with general routine tasks such as shelving and book processing, and also to help with activities and events to promote the library to the College community.
The meetings are held approximately every fortnight in the Library at 1pm at Friday lunchtime.
Databases
Padworth College subscribes to the following databases which are for use by students and staff. They are password protected, so you will need to login using the relevant user id and password. If you have forgotten these, please contact the librarian library@padworth.com and she will reply as soon as possible.
Credo reference
www.credoreference.com
A great place to start your research with access to the world’s best citable information, wherever you are with links to other valuable and trusted information sources. Powerful tools, such as the concept map that help you answer questions.
History Study Center
www.historystudycenter.co.uk
With complete study units that cover key topics, this is a complete history reference, with more than 40,000 documents, video clips, world history maps, and more than 3,000 historical images.
Guardian and Observer Digital Archive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/archive
The Guardian and Observer Digital Archive makes available online every page of the Guardian since 1821 and the Observer – the oldest Sunday paper in the world – since 1791. The Digital Archive includes over 1.2 million pages of articles, photographs, cartoons, illustrations and advertisements up to the year 2000.
Scran
www.scran.ac.uk
Scran is a charity & online learning resource base with over 360,000 images & media from museums, galleries, archives and the media. It aims to provide educational access to digital materials representing our material culture and history.
Literary Reference Center
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=url,ip,uid&profile=lrc
Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 31,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, more than 159,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), 450 literary journals, more than 632,000 book reviews, more than 69,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 18,000 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 5,600 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more.
Gale Context in Science
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/padwhcol
Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects.
From earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history and biography, this revolutionary, this curriculum-oriented online experience is designed to boost achievement for students and researchers.
Please note that when using the above link, you need to change the default URL to include .padwhcol and then you do not need a username, just the password.