Welcome to the Summer Term 2014

Welcome back after the Easter break.

At Guildford College LRC we saw 988 visitors over the Easter break and hope you all had a chance to relax and enjoy the sunshine and some Easter eggs in between coursework and revision.

As we go into this term the pressure will be on for you all whether it's finishing off all your coursework or sitting exams. Please respect each other at this time and keep noise to a minimum when you are in the LRC.

We can't believe it's been a whole year since we had our Kiosk installed! We feel it's been working really well and most of you seem to love self-issue and returns.

Here are a few stats to show you how well the kiosk is being used:

8511 books have been borrowed
1302 books have been renewed
8031 books have been returned

Top ebooks in April

Business yet again keep top spot in this month's chart but we have new entries for Motor Vehicle, Teaching and Animal Management

Here's April's chart (by pages viewed):

1929   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1033   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
449     Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed.
449     Body fitness and exercise: basic theory and practice for therapists
336     Consumer behaviour in sport and events
292     John Bowlby and attachment theory
247     Travel & Tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
195     Hilllier's fundamentals of motor vehicle technology
159     Practical teaching 
127     Restraint and handling of wild and domestic animals

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

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

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.

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