1. Teaching and Learning Swanshurst Learning Resource Centres Facilities, Resources and Services Supporting the learning experience

2. Study area Computers Printing Scanning Photocopying Video conferencing Facilities

3. Journals Biological SciencesHorizons Business Review Katapult Chemistry Review Media Magazine Community Care Modern History Review Le Cometa New Internationalist Dialogue Nursery WorldCatalyst Drapers Record Nursing TimesDance Now Early Years Update Physics Review TBK Magazine E-magazine Psychology Review Wide World Étincelle Religious Studies Review General Studies Review Sociology Review Geography ReviewUnderstanding Global issues Resources

4. Loan Collection Newspapers Cuttings & Topic Files Reference Collection Online Subscriptions Publications Resources

5. Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection Britannica Online Schools Edition ProQuest Learning: Library Curriculum Online Grove Art Grove Music UK Reference Centre E-magazine Media Magazine Online Subscriptions

6. Services: Students Reservation Service Online Library Catalogue Information Request Service SDI Service Reduced rate magazine subscriptions Training sessions

7. Online resources Bibliographic citation Literature searching

8. Additional Services Background information searches Subject bibliographies for specific topics

9. Developments Library web pages Online Library Management System User guides – subject bibliographies, information skills, other information providers …

10. Year 7Year 8Year 9 Know how to locate sources for a given task and find relevant information in them. Combine information from various sources into one coherent document. Review and extend their own strategies for locating, appraising and extracting relevant information. Use appropriate reading strategies to extract particular information. Undertake independent research using a range of reading strategies, applying their knowledge of how texts and ICT databases are organised and acknowledging sources. Synthesise information from a range of sources, shaping material to meet the reader’s needs. Compare and contrast the ways information is presented in different forms. Make brief, clearly organised notes of key points for later use. Make notes in different ways, choosing a form which suits the purpose. Increase the speed and accuracy of note-making skills and use notes for representing information for specific purposes. Appraise the value and relevance of information found and acknowledge sources. Evaluate the relevance, reliability and validity of information available through print, ICT and other media sources. Research and study skills: Year 7-9 objectives DfES. Literacy across the curriculum : Key stage 3 national strategy. London : DfES, 2001.

11. Knowledge and skills needed Year 8 pupils have been asked to use the library to research a topic. Their task is to create notes for a brief presentation. ArtPop art Design & TechnologyPackaging EnglishCharles Dickens GeographyTourism HistoryThe Industrial Revolution MathsProperties of a circle MFLFood and eating habits in Spain MusicAfrican music PEA sport they do not know how to play Religious StudiesChristianity ScienceAcids and alkalis Adapted from DfES. Literacy across the curriculum : Key stage 3 national strategy. London : DfES, 2001.

12. Knowledge and skills needed for research tasks Using the LRC Know numerical order Find correct shelves/right section of the LRC Chooses the relevant books/websites Understand the forms and features of different text types Search using contents, index, key language: skimming and scanning Select relevant pages/sections Look for hotlinks/cross-references to other texts/sources Distinguish between fact and opinion, bias and objectivity Extract the relevant information quickly and efficiently: scanning Record the information: note taking Know when copying is useful DfES. Literacy across the curriculum : Key stage 3 national strategy. London : DfES, 2001.

13. Knowledge and skills needed for research tasks Using ICT Know which search engines/sites may be best for the topic Find the relevant websites using key language Search for relevance using key words Select relevant sections Look for hotlinks/cross-references to other texts/sources Ignore unnecessary information Create notes by printing selected pieces of texts Synthesize and summarise information

14. Information Literacy Skills Decide what information is needed Locate sources of information Select individual resources Retrieve information Process the information Record the information Review the task Present the information Evaluate the task

15. Making the most of the LRC Plan independent research units of work with the LRC Prepare pupils for research before they come to the LRC Question formulating, keywords, specific expectations, outcomes…

16. The Learning Resource Centres Supporting the learning experience Providing a range of appropriate resources, services and facilities Supporting the development of independent learning skills across the curriculum