Category Archives: FYI

iSearch – a new interactive Library tutorial

 RMIT University Library has recently launched iSearch, an interactive tutorial to help students improve their research skills. iSearch is aimed at students who are new to post-secondary education, and students from non-English speaking backgrounds. It was developed with a 2010 … Continue reading

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Feature database – Teacher Reference Centre

To access Teacher Reference Centre, Click on Ebsco Host Web, which is located in the list of key databases. Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in the database are peer-reviewed. … Continue reading

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Student textbooks for 2011

Please read this statement from the RMIT Bookshop, to ensure your recommended and prescribed texts are ready for next year. Continue reading

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Victorian Government School Performance Summary

Parents, teachers and other interested parties (e.g. students going out of placement), can now access general performance data about a particular school online.  See the information and link below to access this service. The Victorian Government School Performance Summary has … Continue reading

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Library news for the School of Education – welcome

Library news for the School of Education is intended to assist with information on library services and resources for teachers, researchers, lecturers within RMIT’s School of Education. I will be posting on library services and resources, education news, information skills, … Continue reading

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