Come along to get help with any questions relating to maths in your subjects.

Location: collaborative workroom 2.01

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OpinionArchives provides electronic archives for leading American journals of opinion: NACLA, Commentary, American Spectator, Commonweal, Dissent, Harper’s, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The New Leader, The Progressive, Weekly Standard, Moment, Washington Monthly and Orion. OpinionArchives is the exclusive provider of these journals in their entirety.

While several of the archives are available elsewhere, and aggregators have 5-15 years of content, there is no other source for this valuable collection of primary source information starting in 1850. From the first page published to the current editions, the archive is full text searchable with pdf displays of the articles. From domestic to international, coverage of politics, arts, and culture from leading authors, poets, journalists and statesmen provide an extraordinary research tool for students and faculty.

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Are you feeling a bit nervous about a presentation you need to deliver? If you have to give a presentation, or just want to polish your PowerPoint skills this workshop will assist you. Our friendly tutor Ana will run through PowerPoint, Prezi and effective methods of delivering a presentation. There will also be the opportunity for some presentation practice and feedback from the tutor and the class.

Location: collaborative classroom 1.01.

To register visit the training page.

Investment Claims covers materials and analysis in the field of international investment law and arbitration. It includes a database of fully searchable awards and treaties, together with peer-reviewed headnotes, relevant journal articles and recent OUP monographs dealing with investment disputes.

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Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies is a new collection of peer-reviewed case studies focusing on business decision-making and management development throughout key global emerging markets. Cases are written by case writers working in developing economies, offering local perspectives with global appeal. In the new era of globalisation and international knowledge sharing, business schools and organisations are increasingly looking to management development in emerging regions of Asia, Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. All cases enter the peer review process as a quality assurance measure. This is undertaken by an editorial team spanning over 50 countries.

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ABC Australia is currently running the 2012 Heywire competition.

If you are aged between 16 and 22, and live outside the major cities, you are invited to share your story. Winning stories will be featured on the ABC and win an all expenses paid trip to the Heywire Regional Youth Summit in Canberra.

For more information visit the Heywire website, or check out the Facebook page: abcheywire  or Twitter: @heywire.

Do you have an essay due soon? Our friendly tutor, Ana, will take this practical session where you will work on understanding your essay question and structuring your essay and argument.

Location: collaborative classroom 1.o1.

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What are you reading at the moment?

I’m in the middle of a few books. I’m reading Marian Keyes’ ‘Rachel’s Holiday’, which is making me think about rehabilitation and thought patterns (read more about this book on the author’s website). I’m also reading the third Hunger Games novel, Mockingjay, as well as Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen.

What do you read on

• an international flight- chick lit or something enthralling but easy to read
• a holiday away from it all- something easy to read, generally from a bestsellers list
• a rainy afternoon- French literature is best consumed on a lazy, rainy afternoon. Flaubert, Zola and De Beauvoir are my very favourite.

Is there a book that has been influential or inspirational in your life?

Madame Bovary gave me a thirst for knowledge and began my love of French literature. It sparked a love of learning in me that won’t let go. I even have a quote from the book tattooed on myself!

You can read the rest of Emma’s survey here.

Using e-learning to enhance the teaching of vertometry

Date: Wednesday, 16 May, 12.30-1.30pm

Venue: Melbourne campus library seminar room

The vertometer is an instrument used to measure the power of lenses, including those in prescription glasses. Vertometry is therefore an important skill for Orthoptic students to learn. To improve students’ learning experience and develop more independence, an online resource entitled Introduction to Vertometry was developed in conjunction with the Curriculum Teaching and Learning Centre (CTLC). This resource has now replaced the vertometry lecture previously given to students. This seminar will present the results of an evaluation on the ways in which the resource influenced student confidence and learning.

Please RSVP by Monday, 14 May to FHSStaffdev@latrobe.edu.au

• a $500 gift card or load and go Visa card
• a $250 gift card or load and go Visa card
• or 1 of 5 $100 Co-op Bookshop vouchers

It’s important for us to get your feedback so we can work towards improving library resources, services and facilities. The survey is only on until 20 May, so be sure to complete it soon!!