Welcome to our very first blog post.

 We aim to support students to be efficient information processors in 2011 and beyond. 

Who is working with you in the library this year?  To find out, take a peek at  About Us   on the main Resource Centre webpages. In future watch this blog space by clicking on What’s New and visit the Library Links and Library Tips pages often as we will soon be updating them with news about new library purchases, new websites and nifty online tools.  Check our Cool Web 2.0 Links column often to work smarter using these free online tools.

Referencing News                                                                                                                                                                                                       

One of our first changes, across all departments, will be the shift to a new citation method. When you work on your assignments, you will keep a list of the resources you used like always, but your teacher will require this research evidence in a new format.  No longer will you be expected to format your bibliographies (list of works consulted – books, articles, websites etc)  using the Harvard Style.  From now on you must  use the APA Style.  Printed guides are available, just ask the library staff for a copy. The APA Style Guide will be published on our “Library Tips” webpage in the near future.  By the way, a  list containing only  websites is simply called a webliography (list of websites consulted).

Your internet searches for the search term, “APA Style”  might find handy online tools like the APA Citation Generator,  but Mr O’Grady informs us that there is already a very good referencing feature for you to use in MS Word.  Read more…   You can also view a great many  tutorials online about how to use this MS Word tool.  View  some…    It’s so easy to use, even Salty has used it!