Library & Curriculum Resources

Welcome to the Aquinas College Library. Reading Links | Research Links | Assignment Internet Links

Library Mission Statement

Aquinas College Library Resource Centre values learning as a lifelong experience by:

Promoting resource-based inquiry learning;
Promoting literacy through reading, viewing and listening for enjoyment;
Supporting the curriculum through centralised services and specialised support;
Providing access to information from a wide range of mediums;
Managing the college's information services.

Some of the other key features of the Resource Centre include:

Extended opening hours (7:30 am - 4 pm);
Specialised homework and research help;
Online databases and research guides available for research;
Wireless network and laptops available for student use;
Excellent ICT, audio-visual and photocopying facilities

Online Catalogue

If you are viewing this page from a computer on the Aquinas College campus, please click HERE to access the Online Public Access Catalogue.

Library Policies
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Contact the Library directly - call on 07 5510 2873 (Fax: 07 5510 2855) Library is open 7.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday during term time.

Reading

"Aquinas Reads..."

http://marjk.edublogs.org/

New Books

If you are viewing this page from a computer on the Aquinas College campus, click HERE to view new resources entered into the Online Library Catalogue - Oliver : New Books.

Read book reviews HERE at the Aquinas Reads Book Blog.

Readers Cup

2015 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Alana Allsopp, William Browning, Christopher Ong, Kate Park, Daniel Poulis

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2014 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Joshua Ong, Tiana Albarracin, Milly Doherty, Callum Box

2013 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Nicole Ashley, Thomas Jackson, Millie Jones, Maddi Phillips, Erin Trinca

2012 Aquinas Readers’ Cup Team: Matthew Ball, Holly Cook, Emily Cooper, Olivia Silva, Ruby Young

Literature Circles

Year 8 Literature Circles Books
Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole Avi. Crispin and the cross of steel Babbitt. Tuck everlasting Bacigalupi. Ship Breaker (advanced boys) Bancks. Mac Slater cool hunter #1: The rules of cool Bancks. Two wolves Bauer. Just a Dog Blackman. Pig-heart boy Bongers. Henry Hoey Hobson Booth. POW Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites Burke. Starfish sisters Dessen. Last chance Ellis. Parvana Falkner. The Flea Thing Fisher. Incarceron (better readers) Flanagan. The Outcasts Flynn. Alex Jackson Grommet French. Hitler’s daughter French. Missing you, love Sara Funke. Inkheart Fussell. Samurai Kids – White Crane Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles Gleitzman. Extra time Gleitzman. Loyal creatures Gleitzman. Once Gleitzman. Two weeks with the Queen Glover. The girl who knew (4 copies?) Gourlay. Tall story Grindley. Spilled water Harland. Worldshaker Harlen. Cockroach War Harris. Devil’s Island Harris. Fortress Harris. Firebug Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain Hooper. Megan Horowitz. Point Blanc Horowitz. Stormbreaker Hunter. Mosquito advertising: The Parfizz Pitch Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission Kazerooni. On two feet and wings 955.05 KAZ	Kazerooni. The boy with two lives Kearney. Family Secrets Kelly. Chained Kirby. Icefall Korman. Chasing the Falconers Laird. The fastest boy in the world Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant Lord. January Lore. I am Number Four McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool McNab. Boy soldier Mah. 305.48 Chinese Cinderella Marsden. Tomorrow when the war began Martin. The Ice dragon Mulligan. Trash Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong Namioka. Ties that bind, ties that break Newsome. The billionaire’s curse Palacio. Wonder Patterson. Maximum Ride 1 (manga) Paulsen. White fox Paver. Wolf Brother Phommavanh. Thai-riffic! Pyers. Jack Brown and the labyrinth of the bats Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Rodda. The forests of silence. (DQ1) Rodda. Rowan of Rin Russell. Brind and the dogs of war Russon. The Indigo Girls Ryan. Rat-catcher Ryan. Survival Selznick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick. Wonderstruck Sloan. Counting by 7s Smith. Peak Stead. First light Stead. Liar & Spy Stead. When you reach me Tanner. Ice breaker Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel) Westerfeld. Midnighters Wilkinson. Dragonkeeper Wood. Six impossible things Zail. The Wrong Boy

Year 8 Literature Circles Books

Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole

Avi. Crispin and the cross of steel

Babbitt. Tuck everlasting

Bacigalupi. Ship Breaker (advanced boys)

Bancks. Mac Slater cool hunter #1: The rules of cool

Bancks. Two wolves

Bauer. Just a Dog

Blackman. Pig-heart boy

Bongers. Henry Hoey Hobson

Booth. POW

Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets

Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites

Burke. Starfish sisters

Dessen. Last chance

Ellis. Parvana

Falkner. The Flea Thing

Fisher. Incarceron (better readers)

Flanagan. The Outcasts

Flynn. Alex Jackson Grommet

French. Hitler’s daughter

French. Missing you, love Sara

Funke. Inkheart

Fussell. Samurai Kids – White Crane

Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles

Gleitzman. Extra time

Gleitzman. Loyal creatures

Gleitzman. Once

Gleitzman. Two weeks with the Queen

Glover. The girl who knew (4 copies?)

Gourlay. Tall story

Grindley. Spilled water

Harland. Worldshaker

Harlen. Cockroach War

Harris. Devil’s Island

Harris. Fortress

Harris. Firebug

Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain

Hooper. Megan

Horowitz. Point Blanc

Horowitz. Stormbreaker

Hunter. Mosquito advertising: The Parfizz Pitch

Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet

Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission

Kazerooni. On two feet and wings 955.05 KAZ

Kazerooni. The boy with two lives

Kearney. Family Secrets

Kelly. Chained

Kirby. Icefall

Korman. Chasing the Falconers

Laird. The fastest boy in the world

Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant

Lord. January

Lore. I am Number Four

McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool

McNab. Boy soldier

Mah. 305.48 Chinese Cinderella

Marsden. Tomorrow when the war began

Martin. The Ice dragon

Mulligan. Trash

Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong

Namioka. Ties that bind, ties that break

Newsome. The billionaire’s curse

Palacio. Wonder

Patterson. Maximum Ride 1 (manga)

Paulsen. White fox

Paver. Wolf Brother

Phommavanh. Thai-riffic!

Pyers. Jack Brown and the labyrinth of the bats

Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Rodda. The forests of silence. (DQ1)

Rodda. Rowan of Rin

Russell. Brind and the dogs of war

Russon. The Indigo Girls

Ryan. Rat-catcher

Ryan. Survival

Selznick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Selznick. Wonderstruck

Sloan. Counting by 7s

Smith. Peak

Stead. First light

Stead. Liar & Spy

Stead. When you reach me

Tanner. Ice breaker

Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel)

Westerfeld. Midnighters

Wilkinson. Dragonkeeper

Wood. Six impossible things

Zail. The Wrong Boy

Year 9 Literature Circles Books
Abdel-Fattah. Does my head look big in this (2 copies) Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole Anonymous. Go ask Alice x 2 sets 362.29 Avi. Crispin, the cross of lead Bacigalupi. Ship breaker Bailey. Shift Bancks. Mac Slater: Cool Hunter Bancks. Two wolves Bauer. Don’t call me Ishmael (text) Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade bites Burke. Starfish sisters Card. Ender’s Game Carey. The girl with all the gifts Christopher. Stolen (2 copies) Clark. Back on track Cole. Thieves like us Collins. The hunger games (text) Cowley. Hunter (text) Crist-Evans. Amaryllis Dessen. Last chance Dowd. The London Eye Mystery Dowd. Solace of the Road Downham. Before I die Downham. You against me Ellis. Diego Run (text) Ellis. No safe place Fisher. Incarceron Fitzpatrick. Hush, hush Flanagan. The Outcasts Forman. If I stay Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles Gervay. Butterflies Glass. Ruby Red Gleitzman. Loyal creatures Gourlay. Tall story Green. Looking for Alaska Green. The fault in our stars Grindley. Spilled water Harland. World Shaker Hautzig. Second Star to the Right Hearn. Across the Nightingale Floor Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain Hooper. Megan Horowitz. Eagle strike Horowitz. Point Blanc Horowitz. Skeleton Key Horowitz. Storm breaker Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission Jordan. The raging quiet Keaney. Family secrets	Kelly. Chained Korman. Son of the mob Laird. Paradise end Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant Lay. The wave rider Lore. I am Number Four Lowry. Gathering blue Lu. Legend Lu. The young elites MacPhail. Roxy’s baby McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool McNab & Rigby. Boy soldier Marchetta. Saving Francesca Marsden. Tomorrow, when the war began Masters. The drop Meyer. Twilight Mulligan. Trash Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong Naidoo. The other side of truth (text) Nicholson. Wind singer Oliver. Delirium Palaccio. Wonder Patterson. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment Paulsen. White fox Paver. Wolf Brother Pearson. The adoration of Jenna Fox Prince. Raider’s tide Reilly. Hell Island Reilly. Ice Station Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Roth. Divergent Roth. Four Russon. The Indigo Girls Sloan. Counting by 7s Smith. Peak Sparks. A Walk to Remember Stead. First light Stiefvater. Shiver Stiefvater. The Scorpio Races Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel) Vrettos. Skin Wakefield. All I Ever Wanted Westerfeld. The secret hour Wilkinson. A Pocketful of Eyes Wood. Six Impossible things Yancey. The 5th Wave (2 copies) Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella 305.48 MAH Yousafzai. Malala: The girl who stood up for education… 371.822 YOU Zail. The Wrong Boy Zusak. Fighting Ruben Wolfe Zusak. When Dogs cry

Year 9 Literature Circles Books

Abdel-Fattah. Does my head look big in this (2 copies)
Abrahams. Down the rabbit hole
Anonymous. Go ask Alice x 2 sets 362.29
Avi. Crispin, the cross of lead
Bacigalupi. Ship breaker
Bailey. Shift
Bancks. Mac Slater: Cool Hunter
Bancks. Two wolves
Bauer. Don’t call me Ishmael (text)
Boyne. The boy in the striped pyjamas x 2 sets
Brewer. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade bites
Burke. Starfish sisters
Card. Ender’s Game
Carey. The girl with all the gifts
Christopher. Stolen (2 copies)
Clark. Back on track
Cole. Thieves like us
Collins. The hunger games (text)
Cowley. Hunter (text)
Crist-Evans. Amaryllis
Dessen. Last chance
Dowd. The London Eye Mystery
Dowd. Solace of the Road
Downham. Before I die
Downham. You against me
Ellis. Diego Run (text)
Ellis. No safe place
Fisher. Incarceron
Fitzpatrick. Hush, hush
Flanagan. The Outcasts
Forman. If I stay
Geda. In the sea there are crocodiles
Gervay. Butterflies
Glass. Ruby Red
Gleitzman. Loyal creatures
Gourlay. Tall story
Green. Looking for Alaska
Green. The fault in our stars
Grindley. Spilled water
Harland. World Shaker
Hautzig. Second Star to the Right
Hearn. Across the Nightingale Floor
Herrick. Bleakboy and Hunter stand out in the rain
Hooper. Megan
Horowitz. Eagle strike
Horowitz. Point Blanc
Horowitz. Skeleton Key
Horowitz. Storm breaker
Jonsberg. My Life as an Alphabet
Jonsberg. Pandora Jones: Admission
Jordan. The raging quiet
Keaney. Family secrets

Kelly. Chained
Korman. Son of the mob
Laird. Paradise end
Landy. Skulduggery Pleasant
Lay. The wave rider
Lore. I am Number Four
Lowry. Gathering blue
Lu. Legend
Lu. The young elites
MacPhail. Roxy’s baby
McGahan. The Coming of the Whirlpool
McNab & Rigby. Boy soldier
Marchetta. Saving Francesca
Marsden. Tomorrow, when the war began
Masters. The drop
Meyer. Twilight
Mulligan. Trash
Murray. The secret life of Maeve Lee Kwong
Naidoo. The other side of truth (text)
Nicholson. Wind singer
Oliver. Delirium
Palaccio. Wonder
Patterson. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Paulsen. White fox
Paver. Wolf Brother
Pearson. The adoration of Jenna Fox
Prince. Raider’s tide
Reilly. Hell Island
Reilly. Ice Station
Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Roth. Divergent
Roth. Four
Russon. The Indigo Girls
Sloan. Counting by 7s
Smith. Peak
Sparks. A Walk to Remember
Stead. First light
Stiefvater. Shiver
Stiefvater. The Scorpio Races
Tolkien. The Hobbit (graphic novel)
Vrettos. Skin
Wakefield. All I Ever Wanted
Westerfeld. The secret hour
Wilkinson. A Pocketful of Eyes
Wood. Six Impossible things
Yancey. The 5th Wave (2 copies)
Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella 305.48 MAH
Yousafzai. Malala: The girl who stood up for education… 371.822 YOU
Zail. The Wrong Boy
Zusak. Fighting Ruben Wolfe
Zusak. When Dogs cry

Author Visits

2015

Ghostboy (David Stravanger)

Luca Lesson

2014 - A Week of Literature

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Tim Baker

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David Lovegrove

Ghostboy (David Stravanger)

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Steph Bowe

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Tristan Bancks

2013

Richard Harland

2012

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Oliver Phommavanh

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Paul Griffin

Reading Sites

Inside a Dog	https://insideadog.com.au
Australian Authors and Illustrators	http://www.cbca.org.au/authorwebsites.htm
Author & Illustrator Sites	http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/authors/index.htm
Booktrust Children's Books (U.K.)	http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/Home
Teen Reads	http://www.teenreads.com

Research

Gold Coast Library

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Information Process

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Referencing & Bibliography

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Writing Scaffolds

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Web Page Evaluation

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Research Tips

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Quizzes

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Assignment Internet Links

Subjects

Copyright	http://www.copyright.org.au/publications/infosheets.htm/view
English - Writing	http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles.html
Hot topics	http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/hot_topics.cgi
Lifestyle - How alcohol affects your concentration (Drink metre)	http://www.dassa.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/drinkmeter.swf
Religion - Saints	http://www.catholic.org/saints/
Science - Encyclopedia of Australian Science (including scientists)	http://www.eoas.info/home.html

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics	http://www.abs.gov.au/
Columbia Encyclopedia	http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Country Reports	http://www.countryreports.org/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Dictionary (subject/foreign language)	http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Encyclopedia.com	http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Encyclopedia Britannica	http://www.britannica.com/
My Virtual Reference Desk	http://www.refdesk.com/toc.html
Today in History	http://www.scopesys.com/today/
White Pages	http://www.whitepages.com.au
Yellow Pages	http://www.yellowpages.com.au/

Magazines

APC Magazine	http://apcmag.com/
Australian Women's Weekly	http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/
BRW : Business Review Weekly	http://www.brw.com.au/
Catholic Leader	http://www.catholicleader.com.au/
Choice Magazine	https://www.choice.com.au/
Cosmos Magazine	http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/
The Economist	http://www.economist.com/
Filmink	http://www.filmink.com.au/home/
Good Taste Magazine	http://www.taste.com.au/
Gourmet Traveller	http://gourmettraveller.com.au/
Hospitality Magazine	http://www.hospitalitymagazine.com.au/
Inside Film	http://www.if.com.au/
Inside Sport	http://www.insidesport.com.au/is/index
National Geographic	http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Nature	http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html
New Scientist	https://www.newscientist.com/
Scientific American	http://www.sciam.com/
Time Magazine	http://www.time.com
Travel Weekly	http://www.travelweekly.com.au/
Vogue Australia	http://www.vogue.com.au/

Television Content

TV Guide	http://www.yourtv.com.au/guide
ABC	http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/
SBS	http://www.sbs.com.au/
Channel 7	http://au.tv.yahoo.com/tv/
Channel 9	http://ninemsn.com.au/
Channel 10	http://ten.com.au/
Clickview	http://www.clickview.com.au/home.php

Movies & Reviews

Greater Union/Birch, Carroll & Coyle Cinemas	http://www.greaterunion.com.au/
Metro Magazine	http://www.metromagazine.com.au/index.html
Enhance TV	http://www.enhancetv.com.au/
Internet Movie Database IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/
Empire (cinema review magazine, UK)	http://www.empireonline.com/
At the Movies (ABC)	http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/

Find it Fast (Ready Reference)

Australian Bureau of Statistics	http://www.abs.gov.au/
Calendar	http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=2007&country=29
Countries of the World	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Encyclopaedia	http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Exchange Rates/Unit Converter	http://www.x-rates.com/
Flags of the World	http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/
Gold Coast	http://www.goldcoast.com.au/
Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus	http://www.askoxford.com/
Public transport timetables	http://translink.com.au
Quotations	http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
Stock Market - ASX	http://www.asx.com.au/
Time and Date	http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Train Timetable	http://www.qr.com.au/
Weather	http://au.weather.yahoo.com/ASXX/ASXX0047/index_c.html
World Maps	http://www.atlapedia.com/
World News	http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

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Library & Curriculum Resources

Welcome to the Aquinas College Library. Reading Links | Research Links | Assignment Internet Links

Library Mission Statement

Aquinas College Library Resource Centre values learning as a lifelong experience by:

Promoting resource-based inquiry learning;

Promoting literacy through reading, viewing and listening for enjoyment;

Supporting the curriculum through centralised services and specialised support;

Providing access to information from a wide range of mediums;

Managing the college's information services.

Some of the other key features of the Resource Centre include:

Extended opening hours (7:30 am - 4 pm);

Specialised homework and research help;

Online databases and research guides available for research;

Wireless network and laptops available for student use;

Excellent ICT, audio-visual and photocopying facilities