The Learning Resource Centres (LRCs) across Vision West Nottinghamshire College offer comprehensive library services and IT facilities. The guides on this page aim to answer your questions about how to use the LRCs and the resources available to you. We have a range of subject guides for your area of study. These have links to lots of online resources so please take a look.
Click on the relevant image to the right to access LRC Online for college staff, LRC Online for students, or LRC Online for off campus users if you are a work based learner, doing an apprenticeship, or an apprenticeship specialist member of staff.
Please check the website below to learn how to reference correctly your work and how to avoid plagiarism. The website offers you some tutorials to explain referencing subject in more details. It is incredibly helpful website to students as assignments are a big part of your college education. The website below explains how to reference books, journals, magazines, websites and online resources.
You can access the website https://www.citethemrightonline.com/ by login (picture below) with your student ID and college password.
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WORLD BOOK DAY 2 MARCH
We celebrate World Book Day and the joy of reading every year. Especially this year when we all struggling one way or another and the world of books can offer us escape from the real world. According to Literacy Trust "three in five (59.3%) children and young people told us during the first lockdown that reading makes them feel better. It shows just how important it is to encourage children to read for pleasure during these very turbulent times." Please check the World Book Day website below and found out more about book vouchers for children. Also the LRC offers a wide range of novels, biographies and leisure reading. This is only a few examples you can find in our library.
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WORLD WILDLIFE DAY 3 MARCH
World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in 2023 under the theme "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration", as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas. Please visit World Wildlife Day website for more information and also browse LRC resources on wildlife.
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 8 MARCH
International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March around the world. This year's theme is "Embrace Equity". Please find more information on the below website and check our incredible resources about women, their life stories and their social, economic, political and cultural achievements.
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PI DAY 14 MARCH
Pi Day (π) is celebrated on 14th of March every year around the world. It is a day to honour the mathematical constant π specifically on that day as 3, 1 and 4 are the first three significant digits of π. We can celebrate the day by: eating lots of pie, having a pie baking contest, eating food that starts with 'pi' like pizza or pineapple or embrace your geekness by wearing Pi accessories.
Please check the below website to find out more about Pi Day or check our books if you fancy some mathematical fun on the day :)
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ST. PATRICK DAY 17 MARCH
St. Patrick Day is the day of revelry and a celebrations of all things Irish. Saint Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland who was well known for spreading Christianity throughout Ireland. The legends also says that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland but there are many doubts about this as snakes are not common residents on Irish lands. St. Patrick day is a celebration day so do not forget to check some Irish recipes https://www.almanac.com/best-st-patricks-day-recipes#, wear something green and check the below website and resources to learn more about Irish history, culture and incredible places to visit.
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GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY 18 MARCH
Global Recycling Day was announced at the 2015 World Recycling Convention by Ranjit S. Baxi, president of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) and has been promoted ever since. Global Recycling Day is encouraging people to make recycling a part of their everyday life to avoid as much waste as possible and help to save our planet.
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MOTHER'S DAY 19 MARCH
Mother's Day also known as a Mothering Sunday in UK is celebrated all over the world to honour our mothers and show appreciation for their dedication and unconditional love. We celebrate it in our own ways. It could be a bunch of flowers, box of chocolate, breakfast served in bed or doing all mum's job that day and giving her a day off. Whatever we decide to do, it is always a gesture of love and kindness and let's make sure we fill that day with plenty of precious hugs and smiles. Please visit the below website if you would like to find out more about Mother's Day and check some recommended books in our library.
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