VCAL
Subject Specialist
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| Josephine Mansour | |
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| Craigieburn Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03) 9308 4627 |
| Email: | jmansour@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Resources
- Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - discover, learn and have fun
- The Age Education Resource Centre - access articles from Fairfax publications, published between 1990 and today
(For off-campus access, enter via the Student Portal or request a password by emailing LLC, quoting your student number.)
Websites
Help with Reading and writing
- Vocabulary games - word games, reading skills games
- Words and numbers - improve your English and maths skills
- ABC - news and programs from the ABC
- Shmoop - VCE literature and history information
- The Age - latest news and reviews of happenings in Melbourne
- The Herald Sun - latest news from Melbourne
Help with Maths and Finance
- KS3 Bitesize - help with understanding fractions, decimals, percentages
- Dollars and sense - fantastic tools to help you plan for the things you need
- Understanding money - budgeting, saving, investing and superannuation
- Maths online - Free maths tuition for Australian students years 7-12
My Future
- MyCareer - jobs, employment careers
- CareerOne - career advice, courses and tutorials
- Myfuture - pathway and careers information
- Ace Day Jobs - profile of people in various careers
- Job Guide - Australian job profiles
- Good university guide - education, training and career pathways
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
My Health and Wellbeing
- Headspace - Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation
- BeyondBlue - The National Depression Initiative
Helping in the community
- Volunteering in Hume - volunteering opportunities in the City of Hume
- Volunteering in Victoria - volunteering opportunities in Victoria
- Volunteering Australia - volunteering opportunities throughout Australia
My rights as a young person
- Consumer Affairs Victoria - your rights as a consumer
- Government information for young people - information and links to government initiatives aimed at young people
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. fork lift trucks, warehouses management, transportation) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Keywords | Shelf numbers |
|---|---|
| Goal setting | 158.1 |
| Communication skills | 302.2, 658.3145 |
| Time management | 658.4093 |
| Leadership skills | 658.402 |
| Research methodology | 001.4, 025.56, 658.45 |
| Job hunting | 331.7020994, 650.14 |
| Resume writing | 650.142 |
| Occupational health and safety | 363.11071 |
| Homelessness | 305.569, 362.5 |
| Community development | 307.14, 338.922 |
| Drugs/alcohol | 362.29, 613.81 |
| Bullying/violence | 302.3, 371.58 |
| Discrimination | 302.5, 305, 323.3 |
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Titles include: The Age,The Australian, AAP Australian National News Wire
Infotrac: General OneFile
Titles include: Youth Studies Australia, Choice, Journal of Australian Studies
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search)
Dictionaries
Oxford Reference
- Dictionary.com - dictionary, thesaurus, quotes, encyclopaedia & translator
- The Australian Oxford Dictionary
- The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
DVD/Videos
- OHS Issues for Work Experience Students - 305.80994 HER
- Without a Home - 305.5692 WIT
- The Oasis - 362.7086942 OAS
- Freedom Writers - 791.43 FRE
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 791.4372 BOY
Search Library Catalogue - using the subject heading suggested above for additional DVD-ROMs.
