Until 18th December, the Library has access to the ProQuest resource, the British Nursing Database, a full-text resource covering over 300 journals, trade magazines and other publications supporting the practice, education, and research for nursing students, nurses, midwives, healthcare professionals and the greater nursing community. Bibliographic data from the British Nursing Index (BNI) underpins this product to improve the discovery of content. In addition to full-text coverage, the British Nursing Database provides abstracting and indexing for hundreds of titles dating back to 1993. This resource includes full text access to the Nursing Times.
Access is from the library resources page or contact us
The Library subscribes to a number of commercially-supplied resources. This infographic enunciates some of the reasons why you should use them instead of looking at random internet sites
We've added a page listing some ebooks we have about searching to the Effective Searching section
A few more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include anatomy amnd physiology for student nurses, information literacy and nutrition.
The CE Forum had the opportunity to participate in a study visit to Leuven and Brussels from the 6th to the 9th of October 2024. The presentation slides from this visit are available on the EU Projects section.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include Hairdressing, Academic Writing and Irish law
The ETBI FET PL&D Hub have partnered with AHEAD to do a 2-part webinar series on assistive technology.(AT). The recording and presentation slides from rhe first webinar are now available
The ETBI FET PL&D hub have organised a new 3 module programme which has been designed specifically for those working in FET Guidance roles. The Universal Design in Guidance programme will commence on October 16th facilitated by Dr. Mary Quirke. This section provides resources to support the course
Two new webinar recordings have been added to the Document Library:
After the success of last years' initiative, the ETBI Inclusion Unit is delighted to launch the FET Learner Mental Health Accreditation 2024-2025. Application documentation and information is available here
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include Excel, maths and Irish law
Every time you go online, you leave behind a trail of data about yourself and your activities. The data that exists as a result of your activity on the Internet is called your "digital footprint.". A new section, Your Digital Footprint intends toi raise your awareness of your digital footprint, why it is important and suggests some steps you can take to reduce it
As part of September's focus on Artificial Intelligence: A Practical Approach for Teaching & Learning, ETBI's FET PL&D Hub partnered with Dr Keith Quille who is Senior Lecturer in the School of Enterprise Computing and Digital Transformation in TU Dublin to deliver an interactive and engaging AI webinar. A recording of the webinar and the presentation slides are available here
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include Excel and Career Develoment
The National Centre for Guidance in Education was an agency of the Department of Education and Skills with responsibility to support and develop guidance practice in all areas of education. Its, now defunct, website hosted a number of resources to suppot guidance and guidance councillors and these are now available here in a new Guidance Resources section
We've added a page to the Generative AI in Education section on using AI tools for marking(and mostly why you should think twice about this)
STIAL is a project that has developed a transition portal to assist the development of post-school pathways for people with disabilities moving from compulsory education to Further/ Higher Education and Training and to the world of work. The recording of a recent webinar organised by the ETBI PL&D/Guidance unit and discussing rights-based inclusion and inclusive guidance is now available
We've checked all our 1,991 external links to make sure that thry still work, replacing broken links with alternatives or using archived versions available via The Internet Archive's incredible Wayback Machine
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include digital marketing, ebusiness and critical thinking
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include training delivery and evaluation and a new Irish book on digital learning How to Use Digital Learning with Confidence and Creativity : A Practical Introduction
Our second Craft Butchery blog post is live: Niamh's Butchery Experience.
Our first Craft Butchery Blog post is now live: Butchering Beginnings by Kelly Mairs. This blog will feature posts from butcher apprentices throughout FET.
Three H5P tutorials have been added to the Craft Butchery subject guide:
Like with the other tutorials on this guide, these have been created by GRETB Craft Butchery Apprenticeship.
We have a new subject guide available - resources and useful links for the QQI Level 6 Module Training Delivery and Evaluation (6N3326)
We have a new tutorial available: Lodestar. This tutorial is aimed at both FET staff and learners and will bring you through the wide range of accessibility options available. This tutorial was adapted with permission from Compass, created by Trevor Boland and DCU.
The General Data Protection Regulation is a wide-ranging piece of legislation aimed at protecting peoples' privacy, particularly their right to protect their personal data. A new page in the Online Privacy and Security section provides some background information on the GDPR objectives and company obligations.
A second book of abstracts of Showcase Projects from Intake 5 of the National Sales Apprenticeship has been added to the Sales subject guide.
We're very happy to have Maths for Trades: Maths for Carpentry and Joinery Apprentices Phase 2 Supplement available on the Maths for Trades page in the Numeracy Resources section. A special thanks to James McCawley for his work on this.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Subjects include Generative AI, ELC, Education and Fake News
In preparation for a forthcoming seminar, the ETBI FET unit has created a brochure about FET in Ireland which has been uploaded to the document library
We have added a new ebooks page to our Carpentry and Joinery Guide
We have added a new resource to the Links page of our Careers section. The CV Builder is an online CV builder tool created by GRETB. Fill in the form and it will generate an MS Word (.docx) file of your CV that you can download. No personal information is stored.
We have a new online referencing tool available on our Referencing section. This tool has been created by Vasyl Dykun using the Digital Library's referencing section.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. We're now up to 424 eBook Central books in total
We have added a new ebooks page to our Communities of Practice section.
A new blog post: MSLETB Erasmus+ trip to Padua has been publishing on Inside FET. This blog post was written by Brendan Geraghty and John Heffernan.
We have a new subject guide on Digital Marketing, created in collaboration with MSLETB.
We've added a one-page quick guide to the Assignment Planning section
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page.
We've added a little more material to the PRALINE EU Project pages:
We've also added a few pages to the Academic Video Online user guide, providing more detail on the Alexander Street interface. Did you know you can create video clips and insert comments and questions into videos?
The Digital Library has acquired access to Linguahouse, a resource that provides access to ESOL resources such as worksheets and lesson plans to teachers and learners. The Digital Library has a limited number of accounts which will be given out on a first come, first served basis. Currently, accounts can only be given to teachers and not learners.
The fourth webinar recording from ETBI's PL&D unit AI webinar series is now available on the document library.
Two webinars new to the document library:
The RPL toolkit developed by Donegal ETB & Limerick and Clare ETB is now available in the document library
While Covid is still with us, there's little justification to display the Covid-19 section. It's still accessible through this link, but will no longer be visible on the navigation bar dropdown menu.
After a successful trial, the Digital Library has subscribed to ProQuest Computer Science Database. This resource is password protected and available via the Library Resources section. A full user guide is available
We have a new subject guide on Craft Butchery, created in collaboration with MSLETB and featuring tutorials created by GRETB.
The FET Skills Box has been updated to include links to PDFs for each career chart.
Videos of all the sessions from the ETBI FET Conference 2024 are now available
The ETBI Inclusion unit, in conjunction with Jigsaw Ireland, have developed a FET Learner Mental Health and Wellbeing Accreditation initiative to showcase the range of approaches adopted in the promotion of learner mental health and wellbeing. A new section showcases some of the work done in this regard
We are happy to announce the launch of the FET Skills Box, which was created in collaboration with ETBI’s Future Building Skills team. The Skills Box will inform school-leavers, people wishing to upskill or career changers of the pathways and career choices that are now available to them through their local ETB.
Some updates to catch up on:
EBSCO have retired their resource UK & Ireland Reference Centre Points of View
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include education and addiction
ETB's PL&D unit has partnered with the Digital Learning Institute (DLI) to deliver a series of webinars to help you demystify the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in learning and how you can leverage it in your FET practice. The recording of the first webinar and supporting resources are available here
An Artificial Intelligence webinar, hosted and presented by ETBI Quality unit, was held on March 8th for ETB FET Practitioners. This event highlighted the impact of AI and ChatGPT on assessment and learner identities. The webinar recording and a resource document can be found here
PRALINE – Promoting Adult Learning in Networks, was an ERASMUS+ funded KA3 Support of Policy Reform project with a general objective to “Strengthen existing transnational networks of adult education providers by means of mutual learning, peer counselling, and capacity building”. The outputs from all nine peer learning activity meetings are available in the European Projects section
Three new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Including the book, Critical Perspectives on Further Education and Training by Camilla Fitzsimons and Jerry O’Neill.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include critical thinking, employee training and ESOL.
We are happy to announce that PressReader access has been restored. PressReader can once again be accessed on both desktop and mobile devices. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you are still encountering issues accessing PressReader, please let us know.
PressReader is temporarily unavailable. Their technical support is aware of this issue and is investigating. Apologies for any inconvenience.
A new document, Your Voice Counts: Active Citizenship Tutor Handbook by Cork ETB, has been added to the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) page of the Document Library.
Until 17th March, we have trial access to ProQuest Computer Science Database. This resource provides access to computer topics from over 500 scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines. Topics covered include: Artificial intelligence, Computer Science, Database management, Robotics and automation, Software development, Web development. This resource is password protected and available via the Library Resources section.
A new page in the Evaluating Information Sources section, a checklist of questions to ask to check the credibility of a website
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include sales and marketing and computing
A book of abstracts of Showcase Projects from Intake 4 of the National Sales Apprenticeship has been added to the Sales subject guide.
We've made a couple of changes to PressReader access
A short selection of fake news and media literacy games have been added to the links page of the Evaluating Information Sources Section
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include generative AI and media studies
ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI) is getting a lot of attention at the moment. Generative AI in Education is a new section under the Practitioner Skills menu heading which aims to demystify generative AI and look at its implications for, and potential uses in, education
The Academic Integrity Frequently Asked Questions booklet has been added to the Avoiding Plagiarism section. This guide is for any learner who wants to better understand academic misconduct and the risks involved in different forms of misconduct.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
A happy new year to all our readers! We have a new subject guide: Media Studies and Media Literacy.
