Monday, February 25, 2008

American recommended medical website


The SLNSW recommends the Mayo Clinic website and any publications by the Mayo Clinic.

The Mayo foundation for Medical Education and Research runs the http://www.mayoclinic.com/ website, which includes causes, symptoms, treatment options (orthodox and alternative) it also gives suggestions on how to cope and how to help yourself

Louise and Anna

Australian recommended medical website


The SLNSW health team recommend the Better Health channel http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/ medical website - its run by the Victorian State Government. It has well written fact sheets, some with an audio version, its a good place to start, especially for people who want a concise introduction to a topic.

Louise and Anna

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Medical Information


A big tip from a recent health forum at the SLNSW was that medical sites with this accreditation logo on it are GOOD sites. The accreditation logo is given annually so the information on the site is also accurate.

Louise

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Community Profiles - new settlers in Australia

This series has been developed to assist in understanding the backgrounds and needs of Humanitarian programme arrivals in Australia. They contain information on demographics, settlement locations, and cultural backgrounds - at the moment Burmese, Congolese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Liberian, Sudanese, Togolese and Uzbek are available but more wil be added
Find these reports (in PDF format) on
http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/delivering-assistance/government-programs/settlement-planning/community-profiles.htm
OR
http://www.immi.gov.au/ then select "Living in Australia" then "Delivering Assistance" then Programmes (tab) then "Settlement Planning", then "Community Profiles"
Louise

Journeys Ideas Lists

The Inside Break website now has lists of journeys materials on the site
www.insidebreak.org.au
The lists are divided into physical, inner and imaginative journeys, and have poetry, song, books (fiction and non-fiction), and movies. The lists do not give details of which library holds which resource but are meant for ideas for the HSC students to follow through
The Manly lists that we had have been incorporated into these lists
Louise

Monday, January 14, 2008

Premiers Reading Challenge for 2008


There is ONE folder in the YA fiction shelves about this challenge ( and a second folder behind the Information Desk on level 1)
In this folder is firstly the new books added this year and then behind this the full list from the previous year, the list is annotated so it’s easy to find books of interest, and marked with which items we hold
As per last year
1. I will be placing blue PRC labels on the non Junior area books in the challenge
2. There is a range of JF and JPB and QJF books that are on this list – these are not labeled for 7-9 years but are labeled for 5-6 years
3. Also appearing will be tags on the catalogue records of the new items on the list
4. Codings – STAR SYMBOL These titles also appear on the 5-6 booklist and are included as easier reads. BULLS EYE SYMBOL Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 and above
5. As the Years 7-9 books cover a wide range of resources (eg, GN.s YA, Adult Fiction, LPF, Classic PB’s, Non-fiction, NFPB’s, biographies) I will not be putting them all out on display or in a separate area –I will be putting selections on Level 1 and in the YA area in February and March…
6. The website is at https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html
7. This list can be helpful if you are generally looking for recommendations for anyone
Louise

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

World Vision School resources site

World Vision have a school resource website area, it includes secondary resources on global issues such as Trade Aid, Children, Poverty, War and 2 page country profiles on developing countries around the world... take a look as
http://worldvision.com.au/learn/schoolResources
Louise