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Welcome to your digital library

Coolock Library Staff

Mrs Sharon Wallace   Head of Library 

Mrs Bronwyn Burke  Teacher Librarian

Mrs Sarah Clusker  Teacher Librarian 

Mrs Andrea Christensen Library Technician

Ms Martina Pysing   Library Technician

 

Mission Statement

Our Mission; Our Place 

Our library is a place..

To Aspire and Inspire,

To Relax and Enjoy,

To Think and Imagine

To Reflect and Peruse.

It is Our Place to Explore; to Discover;

To Live Mercy.

It is Our Shared Place where we can Realise Our Potential; 

Where we can Succeed Together.

Oxford Dictionary

Search Oxford English Dictionary

Trove

From the National Library of Australia

Trove helps you to find and use resources relating to Australia:
books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.

Use the Search box to go directly to Trove


 

Other Libraries

If you are a member of any of the libraries below, you can log in using your library card number and access many of their electronic subscriptions and databases, such as Encyclopaedias, Reference sites etc. All of these could be of immense value to your studies.

Becoming a member of one of these libraries is quite easy.

For the Goldfields Library, visit and fill in a form to join.

For the State and National Libraries,  it is just a matter of clicking on the link and filling out an on-line application form. It will not cost you anything, and your card will usually arrive in the post within a week.

Once you have your card it's just a matter of going on-line and using your card number to access electronic databases and encyclopaedias.

 

Research Skills

Visitors

Renaissance Reading Program

To access Renaissance Home click on the link below.

This is where you log in to complete the reading tests and check your progress

Clickview

For Students Access click on this icon,

Platforms and audio books

Fiction eBooks and Audio Books

Wheelers ePlatform

Instructions on how to borrow an ebook and/or audiobook: 

  1. Go to the Wheelers website.
  2. Sign in with your Student/Staff login (User Name and Password)
  3. Tap 'Start Browsing'. 
  4. Tap 'Borrow' to borrow an ebook
  5. Tap 'Read' to read in browser, the book will start to download.
  6. To borrow an audiobook, filter the search by choosing Format, and ticking the Audiobook box. 
  7. The grey speaker icon appears at the bottom of each image indicating it is an audiobook. 

The Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA)

YABBA Awards

State Library of Victoria Boot camps

State Library Of Victoria Resources for new & emerging Writers

Study Help

Mrs Sharon Wallace  are available to help develop your study skills in all the following areas:  

  • Setting up a study timetable
  • Finding relevant and reliable information
  • Exam Preparation
  • Revision Strategies
  • Summarising/Note-taking
  • Time Management
  • Discovering your learning style 

Book a session by sending an email through to us or dropping by the Library.
 

Famous Quote

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges

 

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Country Reports

Use this site to research about a country. From Home you will need to login with Username : ccblib. Please see library staff for the password