May 21

May '21:

Resources for exams:

With exams approaching I wanted to wish you all well over the next few weeks. Take care of yourselves and each other during your studies and remember to take little moments for yourself.

There is a display of some books up at the library to help you tackle your studies as well as give yourselves a much needed mental break.

From some resources to help understand and provide strategies towards dealing with stress and anxiety over exam time to taking care of yourself mentally and physically and pursuing personal interests as a break from studies we have many resources to help.

Please find below a list of articles and ClickView videos curated to help you going into this exam period.

Interesting Articles:

The High Cost of Calm_ Psychology Today

Smartwatch app_ soothing the nerves_ New Scientist

Memory and cramming_ New Scientist

Tame the wandering mind_ New Scientist

ClickView Video Lists:

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understanding_anxiety

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study_skills.pdf

Student Published Book: Wedhermer by Andrei Babanin

Congratulations Andrei Babanin on the publishing of your novel ‘Wedhermer’ – now available in the library.

“Synopsis:

Set in the fictionalised city of Varehnman, a metropolis of three levels, in the year 1828, a foreigner Frankiln Wedhermer from the outside world encounters mysterious Celina Evergreen - their affinities stemming from common goals that delve deep into the darkness of the megalopolis they inhabit. Times are changing, where religion and science, nobility and peasantry, and other spheres, are bridged by the ineffable greatness of a new tenebrous age that Varehnman provides. Whisked away in aiding in each other's conflicts, the two are thrown into dangers from humans and darker forces alike that threaten causes far beyond their control.”

New titles at the Library:

The other side of perfect – Mariko Turk

Can’t say it went to plan – Gabrielle Tozer

The ones we’re meant to find – Joan He

Shackleton’s Endurance – Joanna Grochowicz

Oddity – Eli Brown

Way of the Argosi – Sebastien De Castell

Footprints on the Moon – Lorraine Marwood

Girl of the Southern Sea – Michelle Kadarusman

The mermaid, the witch and the sea – Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Challenger Deep – Neal Shusterman

Harmony Day:

We celebrate Harmony Day on Wednesday 12^th May highlighting Australia’s Diversity and Multiculturalism.

These books and resources tell the stories of Australians from different backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives but with a shared identity as Australians.

Resources from Issues in Society Publications:

Multiculturalism and Australian Identity

There are videos curated into our ClickView library, please see the attached .pdf file with direct links to each video. Link to ClickView Video List

ClickView pdf file

A collection of eBooks is also available through our eBook Platform Overdrive eBooks, please see the attached .pdf file with direct links to each video. Link to Overdrive Book List

Overdrive pdf file

May the Fourth

May the Fourth is Star Wars Day!

Celebrate Star Wars Day by enjoying some of the many novels, eBooks, eAudiobooks and Movies set in the Star Wars Universe.

Attached are pdf. files with links to all the Star Wars eBooks and eAudiobooks on Overdrive as well as the full set of movies on our ClickView library (you’re all set for a Star Wars marathon on the weekend!).

Enjoy Star Wars week on ‘May the 4^th’ and ‘Revenge of the 5^th’!

We also have some books available on display in front of the library, all can be borrowed.