29 April 2014

Books from the World's Best Restaurants 2014

Find inspiration from some of the top chefs and see what it takes to get that elusive Michelin star (or two).

Did you know that the LRC at Guildford College has the cookbooks from some of the world's best restaurants in stock?

The books featured below, with some tasters of what they contain, are all from restaurants in the top ten of the World's Best Restaurants 2014.

You can also find the full list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants on the award website http://www.theworlds50best.com/

Don't forget you can search our online catalogue, Heritage, to find what other recipe and cookbooks we have on offer.




Noma
Best restaurant in the world 2014
Best Restaurant in Europe 2014






Alinea  
Number 9 in the World's Best Restaurant Awards 2014








Mugaritz   
Number 6 in the World's Best Restaurant Awards 2014









Eleven Madison Park  
Number 4 in the World's Best Restaurant Awards 2014
Best Restaurant in North America 2014








D.O.M.
Number 7 in the World's Best Restaurant Awards 2014
Best Restaurant in South America 2014

16 April 2014

Top e-books in March

Business yet again keep top spot  in March's top ten e-books by pages viewed.

Here's March's chart:

2404   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
2347   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
1020   Travel & Tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
848     Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed.
493     Beauty therapy fact file
271     Travel & Tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 2
250     Counselling skills and theory
230     Construction science
227     Beyond blame 
207     BTEC National Information Technology Practitioners Book 1

10 April 2014

NEW!! Philip Allan Review Magazines Archive


Introducing a brand NEW online resource!!!

The Philip Allan Review Magazine Archive is a fantastic resource for A-level and Access students.

You can view individual copies of the magazines and many of the magazines also come with extra resources and revision materials as you can see from the picture below.



Or search for your topic using the search function at the top of the home screen. Make sure you click on the magnifying glass to see your results!



The subjects covered in the archive include: History, Biology, Business, Chemistry, English, Geography, Physics, Politics, Psychology and Sociology.

Access the Philip Allan Review magazines Archive via the LRCs Moodle Page > E-Resources > More Online Resources.

If you would like any help using this or any of our other online resources just pop into your LRC!

New this month in Key Note


Market Reports - Out Now
New for April 2014

Lingerie*
Chemical Industry*
Shopfitting*
Digital Communications*
IT Training
B2B Marketing
Computer Services
Clothing Retailing
*

* These reports now contain dynamic financial data and league tables (updated monthly) for the top companies in these markets.


Click on a title above to see the report - you will need to log in to access the full report if you are not in College.

01 April 2014

Google - advanced searching

Google has lots of options you can use to limit and filter your search if you go to Advanced Search – look under the cog wheel.  However this sometimes disappears so it can be useful to know some of the search commands you can use.

Here are some examples of what you can do.

“search term”
Enclosing a phrase in quotes will ensure that Google searches for it as a phrase and not as two separate search terms

-  (minus sign)
Using a minus sign in front of a word means that Google will not retrieve results containing that search term.

Manchester –united

site:
This command allows you to search within large websites or particular domains

site:nhs.uk
site:twitter.com

intext:
Prefix a search term with this command to force Google to use exactly what you typed rather than automatically including synonyms.

filetype:
This command lets you search by the type of file.

filetype:mp3
filetype:docx

N.B. Google won’t find doc and docx unless you include a command for both of them in your search.

Numeric range
You can use this with anything related to numbers –temperatures, weights, distances, prices.  Simply type in your two numbers separated by two full stops.

Sony TV £300..500

Compare
This isn’t actually a Google command but it works like this: - type in a search in the format compare carrots with cabbage
Google will then create a table comparing the two items – do take care though as Google can get it wrong!

Check out this Google help page for more information on Search Operators