Learning Resource Centres @ North Bristol Post 16 Centre

The LRC - Cotham Learning Community (Charnwood House)

Opening Hours

8.35am – 4.20pm Monday to Thursday

8.35am – 3.50pm Friday

Lunch Closures

1.15pm – 2.15pm Monday, Tuesday and Friday

1.15pm – 1.45pm Wednesday and Thursday

About Us

The Post-16 librarian is happy to help you find resources, use a laptop or print your work. Suggestions and recommendations are always welcome.

The Learning Resource Centre is the place to borrow textbooks and to conduct secondary research and private study. Students may not consume food or drink, talk or play music loudly in the LRC.

Study Resources

We subscribe to several periodicals, which are a great source of relevant, up-to-date information about your subjects. Factfile 2011 and Essential Articles 13 are available as excellent photocopiable research tools, which can also be accessed online by Cotham Learning Community students. As well as study resources, we have a growing collection of contemporary fiction.

10 video camera resource packs and a selection of DVDs are available to be borrowed by film and media students, with some DVDs open to language students. Click here to see our list of DVDs.

There are 19 laptops available for use within the LRC, as well as one black and white and one colour printer. A CD player and headphones can be borrowed for study in the LRC.

The LRC provides a selection of open-access study sheets to take away, such as a guide to Harvard referencing and a revision checklist. Click here to download a printable revision timetable produced by the LRC.

The Hub – Redland Green Learning Community

(Floor 3 Main School over the bridge)

Opening Hours

8.15am – 4.45pm Monday to Thursday

8.15am – 4.15pm Friday

All Post 16 Students attending courses at Redland Green Post 16 Centre are welcome to come and use The Hub for study, research, borrowing and returning items. The Post 16 Library Team is always available to help you with resource selection, computer support and textbook issues. There are also a number of online resources that we can help you use (please see the links below).

We also have information on careers and university information. Career, Activity and Information notice boards are located within the HUB.

There are 26 computers available to support your learning and a printer/photocopier sited within the area.

Rules

Students must carry their ID card at all times and produce it if requested.
Treat staff and other users with respect and courtesy – abusive behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated.
No eating in The Hub and bottled drinks only.
Computer games are not permitted to be played in The Hub.
Noise to be kept to a minimum – at the discretion of staff. Shouting, abusive, discriminatory, indecent or offensive language will not be tolerated.
Mobile phones to be switched to silent in The Hub – using them to make or receive calls is not permitted. MP3 players etc may be listened to through headphones, but must be at low volume and not audible to others.
Students are responsible for all materials issued to them via their Centre record – they must not lend these to anyone else.
All textbooks etc must be treated with due respect and care, ie nothing to be written in them, no highlighting or underlining.
Students must clear study spaces on leaving and place all rubbish in bins to maintain a clean working environment.

Reading Lists

New books the LRC now has available (uploaded Feb 2011)

Victorian Fiction

Modern Victorian Fiction

Magazines

The BBC History magazine is now available in The Hub at Redland Green Learning Community.

Useful Journal Articles

Ask at the desk...

English Literature:

E-Mag Issue 50, December 2010, pp55-57, ‘No Accommodation? The language of Stanley and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire’

DVD Collection

We have a small but growing collection of French, Spanish and German films as well as DVD’s to support Music and ADT at Post 16. Click here to download the list of DVDs we hold. Updates to this list will be posted regularly. Please ask at the main desk if your require assistance in finding the resource you need.

Audio Book Collection

Held in the Main 11-16 library all members of the RGS Community are welcome to borrow them. Click here to download the list of Audio Books we have. The majority of the audio books are full text versions and we are happy to loan the book versions alongside where available. Please ask at the main desk in The Vista if you require assistance finding the resource you need.

We also subscribe to the ‘Listening book’ Service. You can stream content in real time and can bookmark so that you can stop the book and then pick it up again from that point. The access password is available through the LRC Team. The service does have some textbooks. It is available to use in the Vista and the Hub on dedicated machines.

In addition, if you are a member of the Public Library service and have a membership card and PIN no. you can register with the audio on-line service. The number of downloadable books available at one time is generous.

Listen to BBC Radio 7 for a wide range of readings and dramatisations.

Useful On-line resources

Careers

UCAS – a one-stop shop for everything you might need to know about applying to British Universities. The section on writing a personal statement is particularly helpful.

Connexions West – a really good website with information about apprenticeships, jobs, money, health and housing.

Kudos – don’t know what direction to take your life in? This website (for which you will need a login from the library staff) might give you some inspiration. Answer a questionnaire and you will get a range of career choices based on your answers.

Research Tools

Issues OnLine: It is also available as ‘Issues’, a photocopiable resource in the Main Library (The Vista). Brilliant, accessible resource if you are doing research on modern social issues. A list of current titles available in the Learning Resource Centre is sited above the photocopier in The Hub and Vista. General subject headings are as below:

Get a login from the library staff to access all the titles on line.

To access Issues Online really good selection of sites to dip into for writing skills and referencing click here.

Referencing

Students need to be familiar with the Harvard Referencing System. In the HUB we have booklet guides to help with this. Below is a link to the excellent guide provided by UWE, which you can access from outside the Post-16 Centre.

Harvard Referencing System

Bristol Library Services Online

To get the best out of this we would really recommend that you join the Public Library Service and get a membership card and a PIN number. To find out how please click here: Bristol City Council Library services: How to - join and use the library

The Bristol Library Services website is a really useful site containing:-

Online Catalogue (recently revamped, easy to use but RGS Library staff will be happy to help with any searches).
Downloadable audio books (at the time of going to press 600 and growing). This service is only available to library members who have registered online.
Online resources such as Oxford Reference Online, Naxos, Oxford Art Online, Oxford Music Online, Custom Journal Database available though the 24-Hour Library Portal with your membership no and PIN.
Taking your driving theory test? Use ‘Driving Theory Test Pro’ available though the 24-Hour Library.