Cool New Library Colleague? Meet our Snow Queen

Here are some suggestions of things you might enjoy - seasonal and otherwise! Access all this goodness via the library catalogue or our dedicated web-pages.

CLICK HERE for our Library Portal pages 
CLICK HERE for the Library Catalogue
CLICK HERE for library guides on the Portal

Why not explore our costume eBooks?







 You might enjoy listening to  recordings of the ballet The Snow Queen on Naxos ...
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For a different take on the Snow Queen, consider Elsa, from Frozen.  Read Sarah Whitfield's chapter in The Disney Musical on Stage and Screen, locating Frozen as a Feminist Disney Musical.  This is available on Drama Online.

'Team Snow Queen: feminist cinematic ‘misinterpretations’ of a fairy tale': this online article in the E-Journal Studies in European Cinema looks at four female directors using Hans Christian Andersen’s story ‘The Snow Queen’ as hypotext. 












How about some 'Snow Queen' tracks in the Jazz Music Library?

Trouble accessing offsite? Try looking at our guides on the portal

My Essay is Due on Monday! Some Calming Words ...

So you've got an essay deadline fast approaching? Are you cool, calm and collected? Or does your head feel as though it's about to explode?!

These suggestions might help you:-
 

1.  If you can't make it in to the library, then electronic resources are your friend.  Your best friend.
2. If you are having difficulty with e-resources or referencing, you could maybe try watching these short videoclips:- https://whittakerlive.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/two-videoclips-learn-about-rcs-e.html
3. To use CataloguePlus, remember to click the Search Catalogue Plus button first.
4. To use e-resources offsite, remember you need to identify RCS from a list of institutions before you enter your own login.
5. For more assistance please email library@rcs.ac.uk and your enquiry will be forwarded to the most appropriate team-member.
6. Have you got a good introduction and conclusion? Have you answered the question? Do your paragraphs follow on logically?
7. A quick 15 minute break away from your computer or a walk round the block won't find you more information, but it will enable you to take a deep breath and think more calmly.
8. If you're really stuck, take a notebook and write a diary entry to yourself: "I'm stuck because ...", "I still need to address the question of ....", "I need to make sure I link x to y ...."  Writing down what the problem is, will help you clarify it.

The Library Discovery Layer: Improvements Ahead

90 Years in the Library

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Whittaker Library catalogue today

Rather to our surprise, casual conversation revealed the fact that by 2018, three of the library staff will each have been here for thirty years.  Heavens!  We've amassed a wealth of expertise, and seen the library change from using a card catalogue (imagine!) through several online systems, to the present library catalogue. 

Material for your Learning and Teaching

We're looking forward to a new library management system later this year.  It's a system already in use at the University of the Arts London.  We can't wait!  Of course, ours will be branded and designed for RCS Whittaker Library, but the underlying structure will work like the University of the Arts London catalogue.

What's a Discovery Layer?

In technical terms, we're getting a discovery layer.  So what will change?  At the moment, you either check the catalogue or you check our e-resources pages.  By the summer, you'll be able to look for online material via the library catalogue, just like you look for physical, hard-copy books, music and audiovisual content.  (Look at the UAL catalogue - they have two buttons, one for library materials and the other for database content via Articles Plus.)  

The Right Stuff, whatever the Format

We hope this will revolutionise information searching at the Conservatoire, because you'll find the right stuff for your studies, regardless of whether it's digital or sitting on a shelf.

It's not so long since we were asked, 'Where do you keep your electronic resources?' (Well, they're online ... )  But when we get our new system, the answer will hopefully be, 'Just click here ... '