Almanacs & Factbooks
- Global Statistics
- Information Please
- Living Almanac of Disasters
- World Leaders Since 1760
- Geographic.org
- Altapedia Online
The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities.
A vast compendium of statistics and up-to-date facts and figures, on everything you need to know. Also includes the Random House Dictionary and Columbia Encyclopedia.
Summary of natural disasters including fires, earthquakes and transportation disasters.
This is an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories (detailed lists of leaders, chronologies, flags, national anthems and maps; an in-depth portrait of polities past and present).
Interactive World Fact Book - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements.
Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Australian Information
- Your Connection with Government
- Australia's Culture Portal
- Environment Online The Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage and to promote Australian arts and culture.
Entry point for all Australian Commonwealth Government authorised information and services: education, government, society and more.
Access over 4,000 websites and 2.5 million pages about Australia's culture. Collection of stories and articles about Australian history. Explore a range of resources for creative industry and culture sector professionals.
Biographies
- Biography Center
- The Biography Channel
- Biography: Presidents, Athletes, Justices, Entertainers, & more
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
Search biographies by alphabet, category, most popular or highest rated.
Read biographies, play games, watch interviews and video clips at Biography.com. Check out our Born On This Day, Deathiversary, and Black History sections.
Biographies of Presidents, Athletes, Justices, Entertainers, World Leaders, and more people.
ADB Online - The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online is a biographical dictionary featuring concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of national biography.Here are over 10,000 scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history.
Calculators and conversion tools
- Common Systems of Weights and Measures
- MegaConverter
- Universal Currency Converter
Encyclopedia of Common Weights and Measures.
MegaConverter 2 is the second edition of an ever-growing set of weights, measures and units conversion/calculation modules.
Perform currency and foreign exchange calculations using live, mid-market rates. The Universal Currency Converter contains the top 85 currencies listing the top 10 first. Special units and precious metals are listed alphabetically and at the end.
Country & Travel Information
- GeoHive - Global Statistics / Population Statistics
- Lonely Planet Online
- Time and Date
This is a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities.
Travel guides and guidebooks. Travel advice, tips and destination information.
The world clocks - time zones, time zones calculator, date calculators, sun and moon calculators.
Dictonaries & Language Guides
- Encarta World English Dictionary
- Grammar Slammer
- A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
- Acronym Finder
Look up a word in the Dictionary and hear it spoken aloud.
Online demo of Grammar Slammer - Answers for all your English Grammar questions online.
The world clocks - time zones, time zones calculator, date calculators, sun and moon calculators.
With more than 900,000 human-edited definitions, Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. Combined with the Acronym Attic, Acronym Finder contains more than 4 million acronyms and abbreviations.
Educational games
- BBC Blue Planet challenge
- What Came First?
Thirteen science & nature games - seven big challenges and six 'Just for fun' games.
History games from BBC.
Experts & DIY Help
- The Educator's Reference Desk
- Ask A Handyman
- Home & Garden Experts
- Scientific American Experts
The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk brings you the resources you have come to depend on. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
Your source for FREE answers from the 'experts' around the world!
Get home decorating ideas, recipes and home improvement tips at iVillage.com.
Search the archives or post a question in any category of science, computers, maths or the environment.
Encyclopedias
- Probert Encyclopaedia
- Britannica Online
The Probert Encyclopaedia is fully searchable, or you can browse the various subject sections using the navigation menu.Each article is fully linked to associated articles, and related articles can be retrieved with a single mouse click by selecting the 'Research' link at the end of the topic.
Provides complete text of Encyclopedia Britannica with search capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements.
Flags of the World
- Flags of the World
- WorldAtlas.com
Here you can read more than 44,000 pages about flags and view more than 84,000 images of flags.
Worldatlas.com provides flags of the world for students and teachers.
Fun facts and trivia
- Guinness World Records
- How stuff works
Official site of Guinness World Records, the ultimate authority on record-breaking achievement, providing information about superlative records.
HowStuffWorks explains hundreds of subjects, from car engines to lock-picking to ESP, using clear language and tons of illustrations.
Quotations and online texts
- About.com: Quotations
- Bibliomania
- Movie Quotes - About Famous Movie Lines
Top 10 Inspirational Quotes. By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide.
800+ texts of classic literature, drama, and poetry together with detailed literature study guides. Large reference book and non-fiction section.
IMDb Movie Quote Browser. Trying to remember a famous line from a movie? Search for it here!
Opening Hours
Monday: 8.30 am – 4.30pm
Tuesday - Thursday: 8.00 am – 4.30pm
Friday: 8.00 am – 3.45pm
The library is open for students and staff during recess and lunch during the school week. Please ensure that all borrowing and returning of resources is completed during these times.
Closed during Term and Christmas Holidays
Senior School Student Assignments
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 8.20am – 8.40am
These are accepted during term in the Flexible Learning Centre. Late bus students must have a “late sticker” in their diary. See "Senior School Assignments Deadline Policy".
Mission Statement
Tension Woods College Mission Statement
Catholic Schools, in partnership with parents, in union with Christ’s saving mission and school communities, educate young people for participation the Church and world communities today. (A vision for Catholic Schools” SACCS)
Founded in the Catholic tradition and strengthened by our Mercy and Marist ethos, Tenison Woods College is committed to being an enterprising school of educational excellence, and being the first choice of Catholic families desiring a Catholic education in the South East.
Tenison Woods College Library Vision Statement
Libraries are social, cultural and educational learning spaces that create vibrant links between e-learning, information management, critical literacy and knowledge creation.
The Tenison Woods College Library is a vital partner in the teaching, learning and community service activities of the college and we aim to create avid learners who are information literate and able to access high quality resource based learning experiences.
We aim to provide you with access to information resources, assistance in using them, and the support to enable you to develop the skills needed to fulfil your current and future information needs. Our objective is to provide the best possible library service, and to be responsive, innovative and professional in everything we do.
We are dedicated to meeting your information needs by delivering an extensive range of services in the Library, from our web site, email and telephone enquiry service. We will make available as many resources as possible in various formats to meet your needs, wherever you are located. The Library’s Clients are:
- Students
- Staff
- Wider Tenison Woods College Community
The Library is committed to providing a wide and varied range of resources to support the curricular and recreational needs of our clients through:
- Electronic
- Multimedia
- Other resource based learning equipment
The Library’s professional and skilled staff, collaborate with teaching staff to
- Empower students to be life long learners
- Encourage students and staff to engage in the enjoyment of recreational reading
The Library strives to provide a welcoming, creative and safe environment for all students and staff.
Library Policies
Booking classes or groups into the Library
The library has four teaching areas which may be staff on EdVal. Each area has colour coded computers. Your class will have access only to those computers allocated to that area. Students may upon request use computers in other areas provided they are not in use.
Students are expected to use the library computers for educational purposes only during class times.
Research Area 1
- seats up to 26 students
- 7 PC's available for use (Yellow colour coded)
Research Area 2
- seats up to 26 students
- 7 PC's available for use (Red colour coded)
Research Area 3
- seats up to 26 students
- 6 PC's available for use (Blue colour coded)
- SmartBoard available for use
Junior Reading Area
- limited desk space, cushions & mat
- limited computer access
Staff - to make a booking
All bookings are made using EdVal Whereis system.
Borrowing
Loans
Students - 14 days and 1 extension
Staff – 30 days and 1 extension
Junior School
Reception – maximum of 1 book at a time and must have their book bag with them
Year 1-2 - maximum of 2 books at a time and must have their book bag with them
Year 3-5 – maximum of 3 books
Middle School
Year 6-7 – maximum of 5 books
Year 8-9 – maximum of 5 books
Senior School
Year 10-12 maximum of 10 books
Overdue Items
Students are unable to borrow until all overdue items are returned. Weekly notices are sent to Class and Home Group teachers to alert students to any overdue items. If item/s remain overdue an individual notice is given to the student and then followed by a letter home to parents/caregivers. If the item/s are then not returned they are removed from the student’s record and the cost added to their school fees.
Expectations
Computer and Internet Policy
All Tenison Woods College Library users must abide by the policies set out by the College on computer and internet usage.
Use of Mobile Phones
All students must have their mobile phones switched off and out of sight during school hours. This includes recess and lunch time. Any student seen using a mobile phone between the hours of 8.40am to 3.20pm will have it confiscated by the teacher concerned.
The Library Envirionment
All Library users are expected to respect the Tenison Woods College library as a clean, safe and healthy learning environment.
All library users can assist us by:
- Treating Library staff courteously and respecting the rights of other library users.
- Handling all collection resources with care to ensure they will be available for future clients.
- Adhering to the library use guidelines.
- Reading and responding to library notices in a timely manner.
- Letting us know when equipment fails or resources are damaged so we can repair them as quickly as possible.
- Planning for your information needs in time to obtain the resources you need.
Teaching staff can assist us by:
- Providing requests for resources to be purchased in a good time to meet your deadlines
- Providing the library in a timely manner with resource lists for class use and/or subject areas that will be required by students.
Library Client Service Delivery
Tenison Woods College Library staff will be courteous and supportive at all times. We will:
- Make resources available to all library users in an equitable manner.
- Provide appropriate technology and work stations to access our resources.
- Respond promptly to your requests.
- Listen to your concerns, and take appropriate action.
- Respect your privacy, and ensure that your borrower details are secure.
- Communicate with you about our services and plans.
Library Staff
Alexandra Nicholson
Librarian/ Library Manager, Bachelor of Arts, Library & Information Science, Diploma in Library Studies
Chris Lloyd
Teacher-Librarian, Bachelor of Education, Graduate Diploma in Literature & Learning, Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Tory Brett
Library Technician, Associate Diploma in Library Services
Natalia Sagirov
ICT Technician, Bachelor of Science
Bernadette May
Library Assistant,Certificate II in Library Studies
Troy Mustey
Teacher, Library Projects,Bachelor of Education, Diploma in Teachings