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Northumberland College “To be an exceptional college, serving the educational and training needs of the people and businesses of Northumberland and beyond”.To provide an innovative, responsive and proactivelearning resource service supporting the learning,teaching and where possible, recreational needs ofthe user community, in such a way as to meet itsrequirements and expectations and achieve thehighest requirements and expectations and achievethe highest professional standards in cost effective,stimulating and user friendly manner. LRC User Guide: EQUINE How our online resources will benefit students Have a look at your course on blackboard and check out the LRC Stuff tab for fab resources!!!

HOW DO I FIND THE ONLINE RESOURCES? Athens is a gateway to masses of Arboricultural resources provided by Northumberland College just for you! This gives you access to e-books, e-journals, articles and databases. Athens can be accessed using the external link: http://www.openathens.net/ This means we give you 24/7 access and unlimited opportunities to do research for your assignments wherever you have internet connection. This means we give you 24/7 access and unlimited opportunities to do research for your assignments wherever you have internet connection. Have a look at the specially designed prezis at: www.prezi.com/Northumberland College/ to help you use the teaching through Athens. How to access Athens 1. Type in: http://www.openathens.net/ 2. Enter your username and password 3. Accept the terms and conditions 4. Accept the terms and conditions 5. Click the resources you want to use by clicking on the title which are links to the electronic resources.Tip! Ask the LRC staff if you need a username and password. 2

WHAT RESOURCES WILL HELP ME? Heritage online Your portal into the LRC catalogue! You can see all that the library has to offer, reserve items and extend your loans! Ebrary E-books for a huge range of arboriculture topics. Chapters can bedownloaded as PDFs, saved and printed to your PC. Books can saved in Adobe Digital Editions for up to two weeks InfoTrac/Onefile Database Search these databases for newspaper articles and journal articles. These are a huge range of articles available through this database relevant to your Arboriculture essay and assignment topics. Issues OnlineWhy spend hours trawling the web when issues online provides arti- cles, statistics, videos, e-books and links, right at your fingertips?Loads of information about contemporary issues surrounding Arbori- culture. Emerald Management e-Journals A useful site with access to various journals and articles, (check the weekly FREE access panel on the website) 3

Oxford Reference Online The ultimate online reference library from Oxford, the world’s first name in reference. Simply choose this resource from the list and click on it! Cambridge Journals Online An archive of back issues from a prestigious list of scholarly journals:humanities, social sciences and science and technology & medical disci- plines. Current issues are not available. European Sources Online European sources online provides single integrated access to a broad range of information about the European union and wider Europe. The Open Data Hub of the European UnionThis Portal provides access to open public data from the European com- mission. Wiley Online LibraryJournals, e-books and articles. For a complete list, go to blackboard and look in the LRC Electronic resources area. 4

Why Bother? The more you use and get to know the resources in the LRC the better you will do.Studies show that students who use the resources from their college library get better grades than those who don’t.Kuh, G. D., & Gonyea, R. M. (2003). The role of the academic library in promotingstudent engagement in learning. College & Research Libraries, 64(4), 256-282. A world of information at your fingertips Lighten Your Load with Online Resources 5

Useful websites:Library Cataloguehttp://www.northland.ac.uk/heritage/College Websitehttp://www.northumberland.ac.uk/Blackboardhttps://northumberlandcollege.blackboard.com/StudentNethttp://studentnet.northumberland.ac.uk/Athens E-resourceshttp://openathens.netLRC Prezi pagehttp://prezi.com/user/fqpmjgzlktuz/DEFRAhttp://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/Forestry Commission Websitehttp://www.forestry.gov.uk/Arboricultural Associationhttp://www.trees.org.uk/Arboricultural Information Exchangehttp://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~skellern/aie_news.htmlCitethisformehttp://www.citethisforme.com/ 6

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