LIBRARY EDITION
Information for eplatform Library login for mobile device
Did you know you can now download books and audio books from eplatform?
Follow the steps below.
Download the eplatform by Wheelers app from Google play or the app store.
Select:
Install eplatform by Wheelers. ‘Find Library comes’ up and then type Catholic Regional College in search bar.
Select Catholic Regional College - St Albans:
Click the image of the books:
Click the 3 bars beside the search panel, to bring up the menu, where you access the ‘Sign in’ window:
Use your school login details to access the eplatform and you should get this:
If you have problems contact Angela Robinson: arobinson@crcstalbans.com.au
Happy reading!
BOOK REVIEWS
All the light we cannot see By Anthony Doerr
The stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.
The Martian by Andy Weir
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?
NEWSPAPERS ONLINE
You can access newspaper articles on your research topics.
- Follow the steps below:
- Login username and password: crcst
- From the NewsBank Homepage you can access the Australian/Victoria newspapers and the Hot Topics section.
- You can search by text, topic or headline and select dates if you know them. REMEMBER NO PHOTOS OR PAID NOTICES TO THE PAPER ARE INCLUDED.
- The Current Events section, Hot topics and Special Reports are worth a look. [USA bias]
