CATS College London Library

Monday 19 May 2014

Tuesday 20 August 2013

There are two ways: you can come to the Library to see what books we have available or you can search the online Library Catalogue (OPAC) to find out whether our library hold particular books and DVDs. You can search for items by subject, keyword, author, title or media type. If you need help, please ask a librarian.

How many items can I borrow?
You can take up to 5 items at a time. You are limited to 2 DVDs at any one time.

How can I borrow?
Take your items to the Main Desk with your College ID card, so they can be issued to you.

How long can I borrow items for?
Most books are issued for 2 weeks. DVDs can be borrowed for 1 week. If you need your items for longer, please let me know before the due date.
PLEASE NOTE, you will be invoiced for any unreturned items at the end of each term!

Friday 14 September 2012

Applying to a British University

Please visit the Library and take a look at the Higher Education Section - we have wide range of Undergraduate Prospectuses for entry in 2015/16, latest Applying to University (the UCAS process) Guides and HEAP - the best-selling guides - detailing university courses across the UK, so you can make an informed choice about your future.

How to write your UCAS personal statement and get into university: The Ultimate Guide

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Tuesday 26 June 2012

DIGITAL LIBRARY RESOURCES

Our Digital Library computers provide free internet access as well as having a range of software (such as Microsoft Office 2010, Adobe Design Premium CS5.5, Adobe Reader X).

A free WiFi service is available throughout the College building.

What else can the Digital library offer you?

● ClickView – the digital video storage. This digital media software solution enables schools to build a digital video storage library and allow teachers and students to watch high-quality educational videos from UK's leading content providers in the classroom without the need of AV equipment, DVDs or tapes. The ClickView player shortcut icon you can find on all our School PC’s Desktop.

● Electronick book collection – to access the CATS College e-book collection, please visit the platform https://www.dawsonera.com/ and sign in with the details below:

Username: the last five digits of student ID card number

Password: Ebooks1

Books, already available (purchased) on the dawsonera platform, can be found under the “eBook Catalogue” tab.

● BFI Screen online – an online encyclopaedia of British film and television clips from the vast collections of the BFI National Archive, and several hours of recorded interviews with film and TV personalities. These clips (which are displayed – where available – on the right side of each film or TV programme's page) are supplemented by rich and authoritative contextual material by expert writers, specially commissioned for BFI Screenonline alongside thousands of stills, posters and press books. The site will interest not only to those wishing to explore the history of British film and television, but anyone concerned with Britain's social history as told in over a century's worth of moving images. The 4,000 films and TV titles available on the site date from the 1890s - the earliest years of cinema - to the 21st century.

The site also features the BFI Screenonline Education Zone, a free resource to help all subject teachers make the most out of moving image in the classroom.

Please note that access to moving image and audio content will only be possible within our institution network.

● THE DAY – a daily online news service for schools and colleges that aims to make the news relevant to the school curriculum.
Every student and teacher can access (in college and also from home) the daily stories and search The Day's extensive archive of articles by visiting www.theday.co.uk and using the following log-in details:
USERNAME: catslondon43
PASSWORD: library
Why should you use THE DAY?

→ The Day is a great resource for all subjects with 1,500 articles in the archive for you to use either as PDFs or from an Interactive Whiteboard. You can find articles using the Subject Index on the homepage or searching by keyword. The articles can engage students at the start of a lesson right across the curriculum and used as a topical daily resource to stimulate discussion and enquiry in form time, teaching citizenship, PSHE & Critical Thinking.

→ The Day can help students to prepare for interviews for entry into employment or higher education. It will get them discussing current affairs with their peers and teachers around the world. They can also use the articles for extra-curricular activities like debating and student journalism.
→ The Day provide stimulating resources and extra activities for gifted and talented students.

● Philip Allan Magazines - the No 1 magazine for A-level students. These printed titles of Philip Allan magazines are available at the Library:

20th Century History Review,

Biological science review,

Business review,

Chemistry review,

Economic review,
Geography review,
Politics review,

Psychology review,

Physics review,

Sociology review.

Each new issue of the A-level print magazines (above) has an extra resources online, so you can get more from the magazine. You can access these resources at www.hoddereducation.co.uk, with no need to register an account or log in.