Month before the HSC

The library's HSC programme has a variety of free lectures and workshops that take place throughout the year.

Our next talk Month before the HSC is presented by Rowan Kunz, the CEO of Smart Education who was extremely successful in his own HSC and was named one of Australia's 'Top 30 under 30 Entrepreneurs'.

This is a free workshop that will be held at HJ Daley Library on Wednesday 24 August from 5.30pm – 7.00pm.

Issues in Society

The library receives a subscription of Issues in Society for each branch. There is a copy in the HSC collection for loan and at H J Daley Library we also have a copy in Reference so that one is always available to you.

Each book in the series has fantastic up to date information, facts and statistics from a huge range of primary and secondary sources.

Spinney Press is the publisher of these titles, on the companies website they say, "Information in each 'Issues in Society' title is carefully selected to ensure that it is current, unbiased and balanced. Many titles cover a range of opinions on controversial topics, providing the perfect platform to provoke debate, stimulate critical analysis and encourage further research."

There is an amazing range of topics with fantastic information for your assignments. Make sure to check out Issues in Society for your next assignment. They can be located in the Reference and HSC collections under the call number 360 ISS.

HSC English Area of Study: Discovery

The library's HSC programme has a variety of free lectures and workshops that take place throughout the year.

Our next talk HSC English Area of Study: Discovery is presented by Larry Grumley who is a HSC exam marker and has been an English teacher for over 25 years.

This is a free session that will be held at Eagle Vale Library on Thursday 23 June from 5.30pm – 7.00pm.

Acing the HSC Trial

The library's HSC programme has a variety of free lectures and workshops that take place throughout the year.

Our next talk Acing the HSC Trial is presented by Rowan Kunz, the CEO of Smart Education who was extremely successful in his own HSC and was named one of Australia's 'Top 30 under 30 Entrepreneurs'.

This is a free session that will be held at HJ Daley Library on Wednesday 16 March from 5.30pm – 7.00pm.

How to help your teen through the HSC

The library's HSC programme has a variety of free lectures and workshops that take place throughout the year.

Our first talk is; How to Help Your Teen through the HSC: a session for parents and carers of Year 11 and 12 students.

This is a free session that will be held at HJ Daley Library on Tuesday 1 March from 6.30pm – 7.30pm.

Higher School Certificate (HSC)

Are you currently studying for the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC)? There are many things that can help you prepare for your examinations.

The Library has a great range of HSC resources such as the Excel textbooks. A quick search in the catalogue using the word “excel” and adding onto the end the subject you are studying such as “excel history” will bring up the items for you. These books are very popular, but if the copy you can borrow is out you might want to check to see if there is a copy in the reference collection. You can’t take this copy home with you, but you can use it in the library and take photocopies from it.

You may also like to check out our HSC student resources web page which has some great information to help you prepare for your exams.

I would also recommend going through the NSW HSC Online website, this site has information on every subject for the HSC and is an invaluable resource.

Another great way to study and prepare is to practice. Did you know that the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards of NSW has past HSC examination papers on their website? Not only do they have past papers, they also have the marking guidelines and the notes from the markers for each paper. Click the link to check out the examination papers from 2014. These papers are in PDF format so you are able to print copies out to use. Think about trying the past papers and timing yourself as if you were in the exam.

 

Amazing Australians: Patrick White

Source: abc.net.au/arts/white

Patrick White was an Australian writer who is widely considered to be one of the most influential English-language novelists of the 20th century. White wrote a number of novels, plays and three short-story compilations. In 1973 he became the first Australian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is still considered a very prominent writer and some of White’s pieces are still studied in the HSC today.

Information on Patrick White is relatively easy to find, but be sure that the information you are gathering is from reputable sources.

In the Library

Searching the catalogue using the keywords “Patrick White” will get you some good results.
If you are looking for a particular title such as, “Happy Valley”, you can type in the full title.

 

Library Website

If you go to the Information desk online webpage on the Library website you will see that you have access to encyclopaedias like Britannica and World Book which both have entries for Patrick White.  

If you then go to the Reference Databases webpage try using the name “Patrick White” to search in Biography in Context, Literary Reference Center Plus and Novelist which will give you some great information. 

Online

If you decide to Google once again you can use the name Patrick White, other terms you could try include;

·         Patrick White Australian Author

·         Patrick White Nobel Prize Literature

If you are interested in specific works then I would recommend searching by the title as well as or instead of the author as this makes it a more specific search, i.e.

·         “Happy Valley” Patrick White

·         “The Aunt’s Story” Patrick White

·         Voss Patrick White

Other websites that you might find useful

Nobelprize.org

This website contains biographical information about Patrick White as well as facts and even his banquet speech which was presented by Sidney Nolan.

ABC 

This website has information on White’s life, pictures, audio clips, war diary and information about his works including excerpts.

Australian Dictionary of Biography

This site has a complete and quite thorough biography on Patrick White with relevant links.