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HSC Subjects
HSC Subjects
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Art
Links - National Gallery of Victoria
HSC Collection - R HSC ART
General Collection - Books and videos on the shelf at and around 709 and 750 - 759 (including the Reference section).
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Current Affairs & Magazines
Links - Time magazine; Nine MSN News and Current Affairs; ABC Online; Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - a comprehensive full text reference database combining Australasian and international content from magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books, biographies, company profiles and images!
HSC Collection - "Guidelines", an index to periodicals regularly used for research and study is available in the HSC section.
General Collection - Most of the library's magazine collection can be borrowed and some (eg: Time) are also in Reference.
- Environment, Geography & Geology
Links - Pittwater Council; Coastal Environment Centre; Narrabeen Lagoon Watch
HSC Collection - R HSC GEOGRAPHY; R HSC GEOLOGY; R HSC ENV
General Collection - Environmental issues at 333.7 and 363.7; Earth Sciences at 550s; Local studies collection holds many reports and books on local environmental issues; Coastal Environment Centre at Narrabeen Lakes holds reference collection of books, periodicals and articles relating to the environment with an emphasis on the coastal environment and Narrabeen Lagoon
- General Interest
Links - The Bookcase - books at the BBC - Part of BBC Education online; NSW Board of Studies; Charles Sturt University; StudentNet; UAC - University guide; InFocus - a service from the State Library of NSW for HSC students; Library of the Australian Defence Force Academy; Pittwater Library Service catalogue
HSC Collection - R EDU - Guides to school, universities and careers
General Collection - Books of relevent subjects are available for loan. - General Studies
Links - Austlii - Australian Legal Information Institute; Australian Institute of Family Studies; Law Society of NSW; Lawlink - a great resource; NSW State Government; Australian Law on the Internet - a guide to law resources compiled by the National Library of Australia; Hot topics; LIAC - Law information
HSC Collection - R HSC ISS - Issues in society; R HSC SOC - Current Social Issues; R HSC HOT - Hot Topics; R LIAC - Legal Information
General Collection - 300's and 340's in Reference and General Collection; Periodicals - Current History, Keesings Contemporary Archives, Time Magazine R 909.83 - Geography, Geology & Environment
Links - Pittwater Council; Coastal Environment Centre; Narrabeen Lagoon Watch
HSC Collection - R HSC GEOGRAPHY; R HSC GEOLOGY; R HSC ENV
General Collection - Environmental issues at 333.7 and 363.7; Earth Sciences at 550s; Local studies collection holds many reports and books on local environmental issues; Coastal Environment Centre at Narrabeen Lakes holds reference collection of books, periodicals and articles relating to the environment with an emphasis on the coastal environment and Narrabeen Lagoon
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History
Links - Spartacus Educational - medieval history through to today; Trenches on the Web - World War I library; Charkes Sturt University - Ancient History
HSC Collection - R HSC History - for Ancient and Modern history
General Collection - Ancient history 900s, 930s Modern History 940-999 Periodicals - Current History and History Today
- Information Processes & Technology
Links - ABOUT Visual Basic - code, tutorials, downloads, links; Visual Basic - another ABOUT site - beginners guides, glossary etc.; Links to tutorials including VisualBasic - advanced, interesting support tools and product information
HSC Collection - R HSC Information technology R HSC Software
General Collection - Books, manuals, guides and CDs available on networks, programming languages, software applications, operating systems, the internet and website directories, security issues etc. Look on shelves at 004 - 006
- Languages
Links - HSC Online - resources for all HSC subjects online including languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Spanish
HSC Collection - R HSC - Look under particular languages in the study guide section
General Collection - Tapes, videos and language learning kits - 430s to 490s for languages, 913- 919 for description, social life and customs - Legal Studies
Links - The Bookcase - books at the BBC - Part of BBC Education online; NSW Board of Studies; Charles Sturt University; StudentNet; UAC - University guide; InFocus - a service from the State Library of NSW for HSC students; Library of the Australian Defence Force Academy; Pittwater Library Service catalogue
HSC Collection - R HSC ISS - Issues in society; R HSC SOC - Current Social Issues; R HSC HOT - Hot Topics; R LIAC - Legal Information
General Collection - 300's and 340's in Reference and General Collection; Periodicals - Current History, Keesings Contemporary Archives, Time Magazine R 909.83 - Life Management
Links - The Bookcase - books at the BBC - Part of BBC Education online; NSW Board of Studies; Charles Sturt University; StudentNet; UAC - University guide; InFocus - a service from the State Library of NSW for HSC students; Library of the Australian Defence Force Academy; Pittwater Library Service catalogue
HSC Collection - R HSC ISS - Issues in society; R HSC SOC - Current Social Issues; R HSC HOT - Hot Topics; R LIAC - Legal Information
General Collection - 300's and 340's in Reference and General Collection; Periodicals - Current History, Keesings Contemporary Archives, Time Magazine R 909.83 - Literature Guides
Links - Currency Press ...click "Education"; PinkMonkey - study guides; Professor Paul Brians of Washington State University, study guides; Sparks Notes; KnowledgeNotes - high quality, literature-based educational content that guide users through texts.; FreeBookNotes - study guides, book summaries, literature notes; The Internet Public Library - for literary criticism covering European and Australasian literature from pre 1500!; Bibliomania - literature classics; Online Books - University of Pennsylvania Digital library
HSC Collection - R HSC LITERATURE - Guides to novels, poets, dramatists, authors etc. Eg R HSC LITERATURE BRONTE Videos relating to the text being studied will be found on the shelf with the literature study guides on that text eg. Star wars video under R HSC S R HSC LITERATURE SHAK - We hold many study guides and videos on the works of Shakespeare
General Collection - 800s for items relating to English literature (such as more in depth literary criticisms) 822.33 for Shakespeare
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Magazines & Current Affairs
Links - Time magazine; Nine MSN News and Current Affairs; ABC Online; Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - a comprehensive full text reference database combining Australasian and international content from magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books, biographies, company profiles and images ; Factiva - news and business information.
HSC Collection - "Guidelines", an index to periodicals regularly used for research and study is available in the HSC section.
General Collection - Most of the library's magazine collection can be borrowed and some (eg: Time) are also in Reference.
- Newspapers
Links - News Limited ; Sydney Morning Herald ; Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre-- a comprehensive full text reference database combining Australasian and international content from magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books, biographies, company profiles and images ; Factiva - news and business information.
HSC Collection - There are no hardcopy newspapers kept as part of the HSC collection
General Collection - Mona Vale Library holds major Sydney papers for 3 months, and subscribes to the online version, dating back to 1995 The latest copies of Manly Daily are kept in the Local Studies room along with microfiche copies of all editions since April 1959
- Past Exam Papers
Links - Past HSC papers - NSW Board of Studies ; HSC Online - study resources
HSC Collection - Look in each subject box
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Social Issues
Links - Hot Topics
HSC Collection - R HSC ISS - Issues in Society; R HSC SOC - Current Social Issues containing copies of newspaper articles; R HSC HOT - Hot Topics - Issues relating to the law
General Collection - Time magazine and other relevant periodicals as well as books and videos on identified topic areas -
Software Design & Development
Links - ABOUT Visual Basic - code, tutorials, downloads, links; Visual Basic - another ABOUT site - beginners guides, glossary etc.; Links to tutorials including VisualBasic - advanced, interesting support tools and product information
HSC Collection - R HSC Information technology R HSC Software
General Collection - Books, manuals, guides and CDs available on networks, programming languages, software applications, operating systems, the internet and website directories, security issues etc. Look on shelves at 004 - 006 -
Society & Culture
Links - The Bookcase - books at the BBC - Part of BBC Education online; NSW Board of Studies; Charles Sturt University; StudentNet; UAC - University guide; InFocus - a service from the State Library of NSW for HSC students; Library of the Australian Defence Force Academy; Pittwater Library Service catalogue
HSC Collection - R HSC ISS - Issues in society; R HSC SOC - Current Social Issues; R HSC HOT - Hot Topics; R LIAC - Legal Information
General Collection - 300's and 340's in Reference and General Collection; Periodicals - Current History, Keesings Contemporary Archives, Time Magazine R 909.83 -
Statistics
Links - Australian Bureau of Statistics
HSC Collection - R ABS - Australian statistics
General Collection - 310s for statistics, 510s for maths; Census data - CLIB 2001 available - easy to use - no need to book; Other ABS data (eg Economic indicators) available online for free through Pittwater Library Service subscription; Standard stat.s on Pittwater also available from the Circ. desk -
Study Guides
Links - NSW Board of Studies
HSC Collection - Study guide, syllabuses, exam papers etc. under the subject name in the R HSC collection eg. R HSC ENGLISH, R HSC MATHS; If your subject does not have a labelled box in the R HSC collection check R HSC MISCELLANEOUS
General Collection - The library has many related guides and texts - we can help you find supporting material