Library News & Careers Corner

Library News

Book Week

Although every week is 'book week' in the College library recently, with so many students borrowing, we thought we would interview one of our avid readers about what they like and where they like to read.

Harjasveer ('Honey') Cheema

What particular genres (type) of books do you like to read?

I prefer Fictional books.

Where do you like to curl up with a book?

I usually curl up with the book within a few pages to see if it's my cup of tea.

What is the best book you have read recently?

Recently I would say Harry Potter and the Cursed Child due to it being a thriller and bold.

The English KLA have been encouraging reading for pleasure this year. If someone was stuck choosing a book what suggestions do you have for them?

I would suggest The Diary of the Wimpy Kid series, in my opinion, they are the best books for all ages.

Can you see yourself writing a book one day, if you did, what would it be about?

I cannot but I can see my self reading more books and learning more even if they are fictional.

Year 12 Library Books and Class Texts

With Year 11 starting Year 12 work next Term, we are reminding current Year 12 students of the importance of bringing their texts for a particularly course back immediately after they complete the exam for that subject so that they can be distributed to the next cohort of students.

New Books

The Library regularly purchases new titles. We have been pleased to have so many students borrowing recently thanks to a recent focus on reading for pleasure by our College English faculty. We love hearing what they think of the books they read.

Click to check out our new books

E-Books

Supplementing the College library's hard copy book collection, students have access to over 2000 e-books (electronic books) through our online library catalogue.

It is as easy as going to the following link:

https://library.arm.catholic.edu.au/oliver/home/browse/list

This can also be found on the College webpage in the 'student links' dropdown menu. The Catalogue is called 'Oliver'.

If they are not already logged into the CSO Portal, there will be a prompt to login to the CE-NET Authentication Portal (CSO Firewall). Students can either search 'e book' in the search box or, search a book directly.

Free access to World Book online!

Students can access World Book Encyclopedia online. The subscription has been covered, so it is free to access for students and staff of the College.

To access:

Via our school website www.oconnor.nsw.edu.au, go to Parent Student Information > Student Information > Oliver. Oliver is the Library catalogue. Once you get to Oliver, the final step is to click or 'Orbit' which is a button at the top right corner and then the link to 'World Book Online'. Happy researching!

Careers News

University of Newcastle

University of Newcastle has a new Bachelor of Criminology on offer with the first intake being 2021. For details click below.

NSW Government Stay Healthy HSC Hub

The NSW Government has launched a handy online hub to help Year 12 Students stay healthy in this busy time. There are also tips for sitting exams.

Some reflections of Year 12's around the state on their 2020 experience:

Video - Year 12 thoughts

UNI OF NEWCASTLE - inspiration ED

InspireED Webinars

New Courses at UNE - Tamworth

UNE Tamworth Courses

NSW Job Vacancies

The following document shows statistics on jobs advertised and qualifications required for the months of June and July 2020. A very useful tool when making choices about what careers to choose. Click on the button to access the document.

NSW Job Vacacnies