• Exam Revision and Inspiration® mind mapping software

    Exam Revision and Inspiration® mind mapping software

    Inspiration® software can be used as a tool for developing  memorable exam revision techniques and is fun to use.  The  software is accessible to all Edge Hill students from the desktop and is very easy to use.  Users create a picture of their ideas and concepts in the form of a diagram or mind map and pictures can be imported from photographs.

    Inspiration® software stimulates visual and linear thinking and can aid memory retention and memory recall in exams. It is particularly useful for students with a visual learning preference.

    The visual representation of ideas means that revision becomes an active process. Inspiration® can help you to organise and clarify your thoughts and ultimately save time. Notes can be condensed and topics summarised to make exam revision easier and information memorable.  Gaps in understanding become more evident and recall is enhanced.

    For a free home trial go to:  http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial

    For more information please contact:
    The SpLD Support Team
    University Library 1st Floor
    Edge Hill University
    Tel: 01695 584372
    Email: [email protected]

    Julie

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  • New material for all our Libraries – it is all about resources!

    All the material in our University libraries has been suggested and recommended by the academic staff in liaison with staff from our Information Resources and Academic services teams – a very successful collaborative effort!

    From the start of the 2010/2011 academic year up to today, we can report that 7,868 new items have been added to our libraries.

    What sort of things have we bought?
    Printed books 7,547 books received
    E-books 291 E-books received
    DVD’s 26 DVD’s received
    Kits 4 Kits received

    Who were they for?

    Faculty of Health: 2112 items added to stock

    Faculty of Education: 2704 items added to stock

    Faculty of Arts and Science: 3052 items added to stock

    We are ordering and receiving stock all the time and there are a further 1,202 orders already with the suppliers which will realise a further 2,654 items expected to come in any day soon, ready for Semester 2 modules.

    The remaining book fund will have orders placed over the next few months as further reading lists are submitted by the academic staff. We are planning a number of new ways to make our stock and resources more accessible, and one includes highlighting each month the new stock and e-resources we have received.

    We also encourage all our students to let us know if there are reading lists which they can’t find in our library catalogue or items not in stock which have been recommended by tutors. Students can contact us at [email protected].

    Colette Hughes
    Information Resources Manager

    Colette

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  • RefWorks for Postgraduate Students

    RefWorks is an online reference management tool designed to help gather, manage, store and share bibliographic information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

    These one hour, hands on workshops will enable you to organise your references, export references into RefWorks from online resources and generate citations and bibliographies as you write.

    Tue 18 January 2011 4pm
    Mon 21 February 2011 2pm
    Tue 15 March 2011 10am

    Book your place online at:
    http://surveys.edgehill.ac.uk/refworkspg

    For further information email
    [email protected]

    Yvonne

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