MESC Learning Commons
Welcome...
The MESC Learning Commons incorporates the Library and Information Technology areas of the College. The Learning Commons is open Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm and closed on Friday at recess for staff meetings.
If you are looking for help with your research, setting up your new iPad or computer, writing a bibliography, resetting your password and getting on the network, or just need something to do at lunchtime then this is the place to be.
MWF16
The Melbourne Writers Festival 2016, started off with a bang and left us all wanting more....
We arrived at Federation Square, Melbourne and were given a chance to explore Screen Worlds, a fascinating gallery of film, camera and sound. After this we moved on to another gallery, taking a glance at the well put together 'The Nightingale and the Rose' animated film and artwork based on the work of Oscar Wilde. This film left us with many opinions and observations, giving us something to talk about the whole day through.
We then attended our first MWF session with two interesting Australian authors (Alice Pung and Melina Marchetta) who captivated the audience when talking about their experiences in writing their well known books.
We were lucky enough to have to then hear from Rainbow Rowell, a well known and very popular international author, who gave us tips and tricks on writing a successful novel. Some of us were lucky enough to get her to sign our novels of hers, and even take a photo with her.
To wrap up an eventful day, we attended a session where we got to listen to teens like us, read their own short stories based on Alice Pung's recent novel 'Laurinda'. These were written for a competition and then published into a collection of stories - 'My First Lesson'. These stories were amazing, expressive and inspiring, and overall a joy to listen to.
This Melbourne Writers Festival day was filled with captivating activities, giving us a chance to explore the literary world, enjoy stories, surround ourselves with people who love reading, learn and inquire, and meet some amazing authors.
Overall it was a fun experience and I definately want to attend again next year.
Kiana Shillington
Library Captain
The Melbourne Writers Festival was a fun day in the city for Book Club, puzzle girls, library monitors and captains. We left Frankston at 8.30am for a 10.00am start at ACMI in Federation Square. We spent time in the Screen Worlds display before going to see the Oscar Wilde "The Nightingale and the Rose" exhibition and film. It was a bit wierd, with a sad part that was quite haunting. The artwork colours and characters were well done and very interesting.
Our first session was with Alice Pung and Melina Marchetta who both wrote their first books in their teenage years.
They spoke about what life was like in Melbourne when they were growing up and how they used this experience in their own books. In our next session Rainbow Rowell spoke about where she grew up and how she wrote her own first book, as well as the help she received from her publishers. We had time between sessions to go the book shop and line up to get these authors to sign our books.
In the last session we listened to four teenagers reading their own short stories and talking about how we teenagers need to have our own voices heard through writing competitions. Listening to these stories we could relate to many of them.
Once the day was finished we had a fun trip back to Frankston...we were loud but that's what happens with 22 excited kids on a train home!
Jocelyn Loukes
Library Captain
Bibliographies
Are you in the middle of a research topic? Do you need to include a bibliography? Do you know how to do this?
Check out the 'Bibliographies' page on the Library website for all the help you may need with this sometimes tricky task.
What is a bibliography?
A bibliography is an alphabetical list of the sources – books, newspapers, journals, DVDs, Internet, interviews, etc. – that have been used to prepare a piece of work.
Why write bibliographies?
To acknowledge the sources used.
To give readers information to identify and consult the sources used.
To make sure the information is accurate.
What if a bibliography is not included?
The writer may be accused of plagiarism (that is, stealing another person’s idea or writing).
As well as showing examples for many different formats of information (from books to websites) there is also a link to an 'Online Referencing Generator' which makes this task alot easier - especially for some of the more obscure forms of information.
This provides the user with a template for various formats of information and you just need to fill in the sections. The information will then be formatted into a 'reference' which you then add to your final Bibliography (remember this must be listed in alphabetical order).
I suggest that Years 7-9 use the 'Middle School' format and that Years 10-12 use the 'Senior School' format which offers alot more examples and larger template.
You may also like to print out this quick guide and/or stick it in your folder...copies are also available in the Library.
If you need more help with your bibliographies, referencing and/or citing information used, or just want to know more about using the ORG then please come and see me.
New Titles
Check out some of the new titles added to our collection recently...
Techie Tips
Essential Apps: OneDrive
Mount Eliza Secondary College provides access to Office 365 for all students for free. One service that is provided through Office 365 is OneDrive. OneDrive provides students with 1TB of storage in the cloud where they can share, collaborate and sync work files. Files can be opened from any device with OneDrive. If you haven’t downloaded the app from the App store, take a look now.