ST AUSTELL LEARNING CENTRES

The LC staff are information literacy specialists who can help you with finding and using information in any format. The LC staff can support you with:

research skills
effective internet searching
using eBooks & eJournals
using specific software ie
- Mind Genius for creating Mind Maps
- creating effective presentations with PowerPoint
- charts in Excel & Word, etc
avoiding plagiarism and creating references
academic writing

This is available 1-2-1, small groups or workshops at times to suit you and your learning.

Please discuss this with any member of the LC staff or e-mail kay.ecclestone@cornwall.ac.uk

Access from home or on the move:

Learning Centre catalogue: (of all materials held within the Cornwall College group and to eBooks)

http://webopac.cornwall.ac.uk

Learning Services intranet: (IT helpsheets, online databases, study support, subject information, etc)

https://intranet.cornwall.ac.uk/intranet/learning-services/

Moodle: (the College Virtual Learning Environment for your online course and the Virtual Learning Centre)

http://moodle.cornwall.ac.uk/

College email: (the main point of contact used by your tutors and the Learning Centres)

http://mail.live.com/

The Learning Centres

There are 2 Learning Centres (LCs) at CC St Austell; both are on Level 4. Each LC caters for different subject areas giving access to a wide range of print and non-print resources as well as to computers. Wi-Fi access for your laptop is available from either LC. You may also use any of the other Cornwall College Learning Centres and can reserve and borrow their stock via the online catalogue; there are nine LCs in total across the seven sites.

Each LC has a variety of different zones with open plan areas (both study and computers) and individual silent study spaces and they are designed, equipped and staffed to help you to study in a way that suits you best.