By Ms Tracy Kelly and Dr Rebecca Barlow

Our IBDP students are gearing up to begin the research and writing process of their major project, an extended essay on a topic of their choice. As well as research lessons at school and the resources available at the Radford College 5 – 12 Library, our students visited an external library to learn how to make use of their facilities and resources.

In order to give our students an experience of a university library setting, there is a reciprocal agreement with the UC Library for our students to use their facilities and resources. Our students will also be able to set up their Radford College student card to borrow books from the UC Library as a community borrower. Our students are able to search the UC Library catalogue for books they can borrow and also search UC Library databases for full text digital resources as part of their extended essay research.

Further to this external library visit, our IBDP students are due to visit the National Library of Australia next term for an online and underground tour.