When: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 11:50 a.m.
Where: Education Library Media Center
Topic for August: Finding Children’s Literature

Are you looking for the best picture books to teach about a special topic for your class? Perhaps you already have a good book and want to find another on a similar theme? Or maybe you’re just looking for a good kid’s book to read and want to find the latest award-winning title?

If you answered “YES” to any one of the questions above, then you will want to sign-up for August’s workshop on how to find children’s and young adults’ literature at the Education Library. Attendees of this workshop will learn strategies on how to search for children’s and young adults’ books by subject, grade, and award.

Sign-up sheets are located at the circulation desk at the Education Library. For more information, please contact Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca or at Extension 2227.

Length: 25 Minutes

The two following online resources are now available to the Tyndale library user community.

STAO Online Resource Database

The Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario’s (STAO) online resource database is now available to the Tyndale library user community. This extensive digital collection contains well over 1,000 lesson plans and lesson planning resources (i.e. videos, websites, etc.) that could be used to teach one any topic in science in the Ontario classroom. This online library also contains back issues of the STAO’s online publications Crucible and Elements.

Facts On File: World Religions Online

This Facts-on-File database contains articles that explore and provide a thorough introduction the world’s major religions and spiritual traditions and their impact on society and culture. This database also contains videos, images, and downloadable chronologies that outline that history of these major world religions. World Religions Online also contains a calendar of the significant holidays and feasts for the religious and spiritual traditions that it covers.

When: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 11:50 a.m.
Where: Education Library Media Center
Topic for July: Finding Resources @ the Education Library I  : OnTRAC

Attendees of this workshop will learn tips on how to find books, educational materials and other resources at the Education library using the library catalogue OnTRAC. Attendees will also learn how to search for resources by collection, access and use their “My Accounts”, and how to locate electronic books through the Tyndale libraries website.

Sign-up sheets are located at the circulation desk at the Education Library. For more information, please contact Mark Mueller (ext. 2227) via e-mail.

Length: 25 minutes

An online course on how to speak pirate?! Yes. It’s true. There is one out there!

Mango Languages is now offering a free “Pirate Language” course until June 30, 2011.

If it’s pirate chatter ye be after, then:  Click here for more details

Mango’s Pirate Language Course will teach you everything you need to know to “parley” in perfect Pirate.

Are you looking for free online resources that you can use for your professional practice and development?

If so, visit and bookmark the new “Open Access Resources” LibGuide today to find a listing of the best open access resources for scholarly research and professional development.

The site address is: http://libguides.tyndale.ca/content.php?pid=180470

The resources on this page are open access to the public (which means that you can still use them even after your graduated from Tyndale).

The Education Library will be hosting the first of a series of mini-tours on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (12:0o p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 (12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

The first mini-tour called “Books, books, books, and more books” is about finding printed and electronic books through the Tyndale Library System.

Attendees of this mini-tour will be:

• introduced to the Library of Congress cataloging system
• provided instruction on how to use the library catalog OnTRAC
• introduced to the e-Book collection available through the Tyndale library website

If you are interested in signing up for one of the mini-tours please contact Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca. You may also sign up for one of the mini-tours at the Education Library circulation desk.

If you are unable to attend any of these mini-tours you can also book a one-on-one appointment with Mark by e-mailing him or by phone at 416-226-6620, ext. 2227.

Please note: we will be meeting in the Education Library’s Media Center at 12:00 noon on each day.

Presentation Zen: simple ideas on presentation design and delivery by Garr Reynolds. ISBN: 978-0321525659

Back cover description:

Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net - www.presentationzen.com - shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making “slide presentations” in today-s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business.

About the Author

Garr Reynolds is currently Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University where he teaches Marketing, Global Marketing and Multimedia Presentation Design. Garr is active in the Japanese community and can often be found presenting on subjects concerning design, branding, and effective corporate communications.

Please Note
This title may not be available through Tyndale’s OnTRAC catalog - the title is the librarian’s personal copy.