Available  at Pershore and Moreton for staff and students to borrow on short term loan -  5 Flip Video Cameras.

Just ask a member of the library staff and they will make the necessary arrangements.  You will need to reserve a camera in advance. 

Posted by Alison

Referencing is a system that allows you to acknowledge the sources of information you have used to complete any piece of work. As a student, it is very important that you identify in your assignments when you are summarising, referring to or quoting from another person’s work, using their ideas, theories or data.

Some of the sources you will need to reference include:

• books or chapters in books
• journals
• newspaper articles
• electronic sources such as web pages or online databases
• conference papers
• films or television programs
• personal communications such as emails, interviews or letters

At Warwickshire College you are required to use the Harvard referencing system. You reference an item by mentioning or citing the author/date in the text of your work and then listing the full details in the alphabetical list of references at the end. By listing your references you show how widely you have read and how much research you have done; it also helps to avoid plagiarism.

Plagiarism is when you present someone else’s work as your own and do not give credit to the original author. It is defined as direct copying, close paraphrasing without acknowledgement and submitting someone else’s work as your own.

For any guidance on how to reference your work using the Harvard referencing system, follow the ‘How To Reference’ link on the LRC Intranet pages- which includes a printable guide and a FAQs section- or simply click on the link below:

http://www.warkscol.ac.uk/intranet/default.asp?cNode=22899

posted by Sophie

DieselNet is one of many e-resources we subscribe to which gives online information on clean diesel engines and diesel emissions.

Each month we receive a DieselNet Update which is a comprehensive, and yet concise, source of information covering engine and emission topics  To view this information please click on the following link:

http://www.dieselnet.com/update.php?issue=200911

Students might be interested in the article about the Kinergy flywheel energy storage system and, given the current interest in climate change and using renewable resources, there are a number of articles on Biodiesels and renewable jet fuel.

Make the most of the resources on offer and check it out!

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

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