Library news for the School of Education

This week is Pride week at RMIT . we have plenty of resources in this area at Bundoora library children's collection!   For help with finding resources, or any other library matter, contact your subject librarian - June Frost Konigsberg, B. (2013).  Openly straight  . New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books. Ness, P. (2017).  Release . London: Walker Books. Cook, R. (2010).  Closets are for clothes : A history of queer Australia . Fitzroy, Vic: Black Dog Books. Clarke, J. (2017).  My lovely Frankie . Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Reardon, R. (2007).  A secret edge . New York: Kensington. Gough, E. (2018).  Amelia Westlake . Richmond, Victoria: Hardie Grant Egmont. Newman, Lesléa, & Dutton, Mike. (2011).  Donovan's big day.   Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press. Oelschlager, V., Blackwood, K., & Blanc, M. (2010).  A tale of two daddies . Akron, Ohio]: Vanita Books.

Library Researcher Week , 8-12 October 2018, will draw together a week of presentations, workshops and discussion of research issues. There will be a range of dynamic and prominent researchers and experts presenting on themes covering publishing, managing research data, social media, researcher profiles and more! The Library Researcher Week website provides the full Program and Participants . Library Researcher Week is open to the RMIT University research community (academic staff and postgraduate research students). Venue: Swanston Library Megaflex Building 10, level 6, Rooms 063/064 Library Researcher Week is organised by the RMIT University Library . Contact gary.pearce@rmit.edu.au

On the 17th of August the  CBCA Book of the year awards will be announced.   We have many of the titles that have been shortlisted available in the Bundoora library.   Login to LibrarySearch and place a hold on them if you wish to view, or come in an grab them off the shelves if they are available! This years theme for the CBCA book week 18-24th of August is "Find your treasure", we hope you enjoy these titles, and can make use of them in a classroom setting. For more information please contact  June Fros t for further support, ideas and resources. Below is the list of the titles in the categories they have been listed under, and links to the library records, if you wish to view them: Older Readers Archbold, C. (2017) .  Mallee boys . Mile End, South Australia: Wakefield Press. Black, C. (2017).  In the dark spaces  (First ed.). Richmond, Vic.: Hardie Grant Egmont. Crowley, Cath, author, Wood, Fiona, & Howell, Simmone. (2017).  Take three girls . Sydney

Children, families and communities Here's a selection of the latest titles to hit the library shelves - both print and ebooks. If a print item you need is  on loan, or at another campus library, you can  place a hold  on it in LibrarySearch.   Don't forget to contact  June Frost , your Liaison Librarian for further support, ideas and resources. Click on the titles to go to LibrarySearch for more information                                 Available in Print: Understanding deeper developmental needs Childhood today 50 fantastic ideas for exploring emotions 176 English language games for children Things that grow The old man                         Available as Electronic book: Making it better Teach now! Physical education Applying cross-curricular approaches creatively Music education for children with autism spectrum disorder

Titles on the semester 2 textbook list are being stocked by the Campus Bookstore, and will be available for students to order online .   The Bookstore will also run an RMIT pop-up store for the first week of semester: 16 - 20 July 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.   The pop-up store will be located at the City Campus in building 10/12 (exact location to be finalised). The pop-up store will not stock all titles, only some of the most popular textbooks, due to space restrictions.   Students can pre-order online and use the pop-up store as a pick-up point for collection at no extra charge (or else they can select ‘Home Delivery’ for a small fee of $9.99).   Students can also visit The Campus Bookstore at Monash University Caulfield Campus, which will stock RMIT textbooks.   The Campus Bookstore additionally offer a Rental service for selected textbook titles (please see their website for details - these rentals must be paid for and processed online only).   Please keep an eye on t

Do you use Google Scholar? Google Scholar allows you to search a range of scholarly resources, including journal articles, conference papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. The library has published a new webpage on making the most of Google Scholar .  It provides information and tips on: Logging into Google Scholar via the Library homepage to access full text articles from RMIT library databases. Signing in directly to Google Scholar to export multiple results to EndNote or other bibliographic managers. Setting up a research Scholar profile to track citations to your articles. Understanding the search result options, including how to find other relevant and related articles.