English Language
Subject Specialist
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| Bec Karge | |
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| Broadmeadows Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03) 9094 3326 |
| Email: | bkarge@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Reference Resource
- Australian Oxford Dictionary - R423 AUS
- Britannica Visual Dictionary - R423.1 COR
- Macquarie Dictionary - R423 MAC
- Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus - R423.1 OXF
- The Visual Dictionary - R 413.1 VIS
Websites
- Activities for ESL students
- The Concise Oxford English dictionary
- The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
- ESL links - the University of Melbourne
- Learning English - BBC World Service
- Living English - TV program and website for the English language learner
- MacMillan Dictionary
- Virtual Independent Learning Centre - Login and Passwords available from Language Studies
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. Arabic English dictionaries, gardening periodicals) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Keywords | Shelf numbers |
|---|---|
| English dictionaries | 423 |
| English grammar | 428.2 |
| English language kit (book with cd or dvd) | 428.34 |
| Readers PRE: Pre-Beginners (green boxes/dots) BEG: Beginners (yellow boxes/dots) INT: Intermediate (blue boxes/dots) ADV: Advanced (red boxes/dots) | 428.6 |
| Dictionaries in other languages | 433 - 495 |
Magazines
- Australian Geographic - 994.05 AUS
- Choice - 640.7605 CHO
- Donna Hay magazine - 641.563805 DON
- Empire - 791.4305 EMP
- Gardening Australia - 635.0994 GAR
- National Geographic - 910.5 NAT
- Practical Parenting - 649.105 PRA
- Time - 052 TIM
Dictionaries
Dictionaries of English and other languages are for loan and also in reference, including:
- Albanian - 491.99103 DRI
- Amharic - 492.8703 DIC
- Arabic - 492.7321 CON
- Bosnian - 491.82321 UZI
- Chinese - 495.13 COR
- Croatian - 491.82321 ENG
- German - 413.1 VIS
- Greek - 489.3321 OXF
- Japanese - 495.6321 BAS
- Korean - 495.7321 KOR
- Macedonian - 491.819321 ENG
- Russian - 491.819321 ENG
- Tamil - 494.811321 WIN
- Turkish - 494.35321 CON
- Vietnamese - 413 OXF
Oxford Reference Online offers links to a variety of subject-specific resources.
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
