New Study Skills section at Leamington LRC

All of the Study Skills books have been shelved together in a new section of the library and can be found at the following class numbers:

Study skills: 001.42

Writing essays and assignments: 001.43

Data collection & questionnaire design: 001.433

Exam technique: 001.5

We hope that you will find this new section useful. If you need any help to find the books you need, please ask any member of the LRC staff!

posted by Sophie

Journals for arboriculturalists!

The LRC has a range of journals covering different aspects of arboriculture.  They can be found on the shelves and the carousel behind Student Services. 

• Arboriculture Journal – International Journal of Urban Forestry
• Arboricultural Association Newsletter (www.trees.org.uk)- published four times a year
• Broadleaf – magazine of  The Woodland Trust – published twice a year
• Essential Arb
• Forest Life – by the Forestry Commission
• Forestry Journal – published monthly
• Quarterly Journal of Forestry – official publication of the Royal Forestry Society – published four times a year
• Tree News – published by the Tree Council (www.treecouncil.org.uk) – published twice a year
• Woodland Heritage Journal – published yearly

We also receive regular information from “The Tree Advice Trust” who provide an Arboricultural advisory and information service covering:

• Arboricultural Practice notes
• Tree Damage Alerts
• Assistance with Arboricultural reading

There are some copies of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry (Scientific Journal of the International Society of Arboriculture) from 2001 to 2007.

So as the nights draw in and the days get colder, pop into the LRC at Moreton Morrell and settle down with some interesting reading.

Posted by Cathy

Working in the construction industry

If you enjoy being part of a team, or like to work with machines, you might want to consider a career in construction. Find out more on what skills you need, opportunities and how to get help in finding a job.

About the construction industry

The construction industry can offer jobs for all kinds of people aged 16 and upwards. You could find yourself building or repairing offices, houses, shops, roads and bridges. There are over 700 jobs in this sector. You could start at a junior level and work your way up to be a surveyor, manager or supervisor.

Jobs in the construction sector

A building project needs many people with lots of different skills. You could be a roofer, a scaffolder or a steel fixer.

You can train to be a crane driver, a road worker or a quarry operative. If you are good at sorting things out you could be a site manager, planner or office staff.

Advantages of working in construction

There are many advantages to working in construction. For example:

• excellent opportunities – there are still a variety of jobs available in the construction industry
• safety standards – many of the jobs are manual and good companies will always provide training to keep you safe and well
• equality – nearly 200,000 women work in this sector and there are good jobs for everyone
• good pay and opportunities – if you work hard you can move up the career ladder and could even set up your own business
• full training – you can train on the job or go to college; It’s your choice

More Information

To find out more information about a career in the construction industry why not visit the Construction Skills website.

New Codes of Practice on Equine Diseases for 2010

Each year, the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) updates and publishes Codes of Practice on:

Venereally transmitted bacterial diseases caused by the contagious equine metritis organism CEMO, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA); Equine herpesvirus (EHV); Equine coital exanthema (ECE); Equine infectious anaemia (EIA); Guidelines on Strangles.

Any of the above diseases can have serious consequences for horse and pony breeding. They can compromise welfare, disrupt breeding activity, cause economic loss to mare and stallion owners and are costly to deal with.

The Codes of Practice set out minimum recommendations for the prevention of these diseases and for their control, should they occur, during horse or pony breeding activities. The recommendations apply to all breeds of horse and pony, and to both natural mating and AI.

 Copies are available FREE from MM LRC, whilst stocks last. 

Download your own copy from http://www.hblb.org.uk/sndFile.php?fileID=58

posted by Steph

Engineering and motor vehicle e-books at the LRCs

The LRC now has 11 engineering and motor vehicle e-books that can be accessed via the library catalogue on the LRC Intranet pages or through the following the link: http://webopac.warkscol.ac.uk/vs/List.csp?SearchT1=engineering&Index1=Keywords&Database=1&BoolOp2=AND&SearchT2=motor+vehicle&Index2=Keywords&BoolOp3=AND&SearchT3=&Index3=Keywords&Year1=&Year2=&PublicationType=EBOOK&Price1=0&Price2=99999&Profile=Default&NumberToRetrieve=50&OpacLanguage=eng&SearchMethod=Find_3&SearchTerm1=engineering&SearchTerm2=motor+vehicle&SearchTerm3=&PreviousList=Start&PageType=Start&EncodedRequest=*09*2C1*2E*D6o*A3p*83QZ*A8*1C*9D*90j&WebPageNr=1&WebAction=NewSearch&StartValue=1&RowRepeat=2&MyChannelCount=

Here is a selection of the titles available:

Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

 By M. J. Nunney

4th edition

 

 

ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook

 By David Hoyle

 6th edition

 

 

 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations : inspection, testing and certification

 By Brian Scadden

 6th edition

 

 

 Power Generation Handbook

 By Philip Kiameh

 

 

 

posted by Sophie

FAWC’s new report on farm animal welfare in GB

The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) reviews the welfare of farm animals on agricultural land, at markets, in transit and at the place of slaughter; and advises the Government of any legislative or other changes that may be necessary. It has just published it’s report on ‘Farm Animal Welfare in Great Britain : Past, Present and Future’ (October 2009).

In this landmark Report, FAWC has examined the effectiveness of British policy on farm animal welfare since the Brambell Report in 1965 and sets out a strategy that will lead to improvements in welfare over the next 20 years.

The main conditions that FAWC believe to be necessary for ethical consumerism and improved farm animal welfare are:

i. The Government to act as the guardian of farm animal welfare

ii. Standards for a good life to be defined by an independent body

iii. Minimum welfare standards to be defined by an animal’s quality of life

iv. Stockmen to be educated and trained to a high standard about animal welfare

v. Welfare assessment to be valid, feasible and rigorous with independent audit

vi. The food supply chain to show due diligence with marketing claims verified

vii. Citizens to be educated about food and farming from childhood

viii. Animal products to be labelled according to welfare provenance to provide consumer choice.

To read the full report go to http://www.fawc.org.uk/pdf/ppf-report091012.pdf

posted by Steph

Are you hungry for nutritional info.?

New 2009

If you are studying horse nutrition at an introductory level, then this is the ideal book for you. It covers the current syllabuses set out by equine science and management courses, and is particularly suitable for those who lack background knowledge in science.  

 

 

4th edn., 2008

 This book has been revised to reflect the current understanding of nutritional and dietary requirements. It includes new information examining the role of nutrition in common chronic diseases, as well as end-of-chapter exercises & key point summaries. A CD-ROM with PowerPoint presentations for each chapter covers self-assessment tests, clinical problems, a virtual laboratory, and a program for nutrient analysis and meal evaluation. The author uses concise, authoritative language to emphasize and describe the underlying biochemistry that is essential to an understanding of nutrient function. With clear and simple diagrams, the text explores the physiological need for food and describes the metabolic pathways, their integration and control, and the biochemical basis of their nutritional and physiological importance. 

The first and only nutrition book written with the special needs of your performance dog in mind. An excellent resource for determining what food is best for your dog to enhance working ability, also a great reference when special nutritional situations arise. It will help you discover why different types of performance dogs have different nutritional requirements;  how to make your dog a top winner with simple nutritional recommendations;  the benefit of certain nutrients and how they promote peak performance;  & how to find nutritional solutions to performance problems.  

posted by Pippa

New equine pain management website

 

Internal organs

This website provides up-to-date advice and guidance on the subject of equine pain management. Written by equine vets for horse owners, it has been divided into easy-to-use reference sections that cover a variety of topics including assessment, diagnostic and treatment methods. You can download a series of anatomy charts to help you define the parts of your horses’s body. There are also a series of notes to help you read about some of the main procedures and treatments that your horse might undergo during a visit to the vet. For example: ’sedating your horse,’ ‘diagnosing lameness using nerve blocks.’ In addition there is a very useful glossary to help you understand the terminology.

 If you would like to find out more, please go to http://www.equinepainmatters.com/

 Posted by Steph

Huge selection of ebooks now available through ebrary!

Along with all the books on the shelves in the LRCs across Warwickshire College’s six sites, members of the college can now access a massive selection of electronic ebooks through ebrary on their computers! Access the ebrary site via the LRC’s intranet page by clicking on the ‘Digital library’ link followed by the ‘Ebrary Collection’ link, or visit http://site.ebrary.com/lib/warkscoll/home.action

Listed below is sample of the ebrary functions that enable users to get the most out of their library resources:

• Search by choosing simple or advanced (by keyword, full-text, publisher, or author).
• Instantly open documents in QuickView by clicking on a book jacket or title. No downloads or installations are required.
• Navigate using the table of contents, which shows search results at the chapter level. You may also navigate to every occurrence of your search term in a document, flip through pages, or go to specific page numbers.
• Use ebrary InfoTools™ to expand your research to other library resources and information on the web. Many InfoTools features can be activated by selecting words of interest in a document.
• Copy and print with automatic citations. Use Preferences on the InfoTools menu to choose from four citation styles. ebrary citations include a URL back to the source.
• Highlight text with or without notes and post multiple notes to a page. They are automatically stored on your personal bookshelf.
• Create a personal bookshelf to automatically save an archive of your highlights and notes as you conduct research. Unless you create a bookshelf and sign in before annotating any documents, your annotations will not be saved.

posted by Sophie

New Health & Safety books website

From 1 September 2009….

The Health & Safety Executive has made the content of approx. 230 of their priced publications freely available through their HSE Books website. These mainly include HSE’s ‘HSG’ and ‘L’ series of publications.

The content of these priced publications are now freely available in PDF format. Printed hard copies can also be purchased through the new website. The option to view a PDF is shown under the paragraph headed ‘Downloads’ on the relevant page for each publication within the new site.

HSE has from the outset, made some 50 or so of the most popular titles freely available in ‘printer friendly’ format. The remaining titles will be converted to this format by 31 March 2010.

Posted by Steph

New Blood – attracting the best young people to agriculture

The great outdoors

A new 62-page report was commissioned and published in June 2009 by the Royal Agricultural Society of England. It examines future manpower needs of the agricultural sector in the UK, and public perceptions of farming as a career. It discusses image, training and recruitment problems and possible solutions, including the experiences of other countries.

For more information go to http://www.rase.org.uk/about_RASE/news/latest_news/NewBloodReport.pdf

Posted by Steph

New equine books in stock

New 2nd edition, 2009

Practical information on the reproductive management of both thoroughbred and warmblood breeding operations prepares you to effectively breed even problem mares and stallions. Includes detailed content on techniques, procedures, & reproductive physiology to help you increase reproductive efficiency. A must for anyone interested in equine reproduction.   

 

 

Published 2008

Equine neurology has become a central part of everyday equine practice. In this practical and comprehensive clinical reference, clinicians will find the up-to-date resources needed to recognise, diagnose and treat neurologic diseases and disorders in equine patients. At the heart of the book are practical features, such as diagnostic algorithms, charts and tables, designed to aid in the clinical examination of the nervous system, differential diagnosis, and appropriate methods of treatment. Detailed information on individual diseases and disorders is provided, including etiology, epidemiology, diagnostic methods, treatment, prognosis and prevention. A practical review of the basic anatomy and physiology of the nervous system also provides the essential framework for understanding and treating equine neurological problems.

New title for 2009

This book tries to summarise some of the vast amount of information relating to the horse in the areas of medicine, surgery, reproduction and pharmacology. There is enough detail to give an understanding of many of the basic diseases, pathogens & therapies that are available to those working in the field of equine health and welfare.

 

New title for 2009

 This is the first book to explore conditions and problems of the horses back and pelvis, which are often difficult to diagnose and treat. The importance of the horse′s back to their function and athletic ability cannot be underestimated. There has been considerable progress in recent years in understanding back problems in the horse, and this book brings together the most recent research.

 

 

New title for 2009

By understanding how the horse’s biomechanics works and how to influence it, most of the misunderstanding between horse and rider is avoidable, and the vast majority of schooling problems solvable. Equine sport science teaches us how a horse’s body and mind functions. Through an understanding of this natural science, together with literature left to us by the classical masters, training horses, without the dependence on gadgets, becomes extremely easy and logical. The knowledge of equine biomechanics turns horse training and riding teaching into a completely logical process. In this work, Karin Blignault investigates the horse’s natural methods of performing movements and compares this with the movements he performs in dressage and jumping. Examining each individual gait and movement – including lateral work, piaffe, passage, flying changes – the author highlights the biomechanical difficulties the horse encounters in his effort to please the rider, gives suggestions to riders and trainers on how to overcome these difficulties, and further gives judges pointers on how to recognize these problems.

Posted by Steph

British Library puts 19th-century news online

The British Library has put two million digitised pages from 19th century newspapers online, taking historical research out of its dusty reading rooms into people’s homes.

The pay-as-you-go service brings a century of history to life and offers a first hand insight into life between 1800 and 1900, covering topics such as slavery and its abolition, Chartism, the Sepoy Mutiny, the Bryant and May match girls’ strike, sex and scandal, the Napoleonic wars, the Crimean war and the Whitechapel murders.

The database allows you to search millions of articles from 49 local and national newspaper titles for free using keywords. The site also contains 1000’s of illustrations, maps, tables and photographs. With this service you can print, email, download, and save articles and page images, and also explore bonus content, including biographies, publication histories, and timelines.

View complete articles from the  Penny Illustrated Paper and The Graphic  free of charge or alternatively, buy a 24-hour pass for £6.99 allowing you to view up to 100 articles, or a seven-day pass with 200 article views for £9.99

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8104099.stm

For more information and to check out the database for yourself, visit http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/

posted by Sophie

So what do you think of the new LRC intranet pages?

‘Minding Your Body’ Theme Week

 27th April – 1st May 2009

Minding your body – stress awareness and physical wellbeing – is this week’s theme throughout Warwickshire College. All this week, students can visit the information stands at all centres and pick up tips and advice on dealing with stress, healthy eating and getting physically active. Further information can be found on the intranet: http://www.warkscol.ac.uk/intranet/default.asp?cNode=20661

Plus, don’t forget the great range of books on offer in the LRCs! Why not check out:

Stress Management in Essence

By Jennie Harding

(Copies currently held at Leamington, Rugby and Henley-in-Arden LRCs)

 

Mindful Eating 101: a guide to healthy eating in college and beyond

By Susan Albers

(Currently held at Leamington LRC)

 

posted by Sophie