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Before You Write: Six Keys To Success – A Pilot Online Information Literacy Course For Graduate Nursing Students, Shannon F. Johnson, Tammy Toscos May 2013

Before You Write: Six Keys To Success – A Pilot Online Information Literacy Course For Graduate Nursing Students, Shannon F. Johnson, Tammy Toscos

Shannon F Johnson

In this article, the authors share their experiences with the creation and implementation of an online self-paced information literacy instruction for graduate students of nursing. Before You Write: Six Keys to success is a non-credit required online course attached to the Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) graduate nursing program. The rationale behind the creation of the course was to help graduate students recognize areas where their information literacy skills may be lacking or have become outdated and provide them with tools to increase their proficiency, while still early in their first semester of the program. It consists …


Beyond Hollywood: Frank Gould, Lithographic Printer, Michael K. Organ May 2008

Beyond Hollywood: Frank Gould, Lithographic Printer, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

Frank Gould (b.1919) spent his working life variously employed as a rabbit hunter, truck driver and lithographic printer. His life experiences, including a period serving in the Australian army during WWII, are recorded in the following article.


Brickies: Working Life At The Thirroul Brickworks 1972-1983, Michael K. Organ May 2008

Brickies: Working Life At The Thirroul Brickworks 1972-1983, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

Michael Organ worked at the Thirroul Brickworks between 1972-1983. The following article is an account of his experiences there as a young boy fresh out of school.


Strike 1912 - Looking For Australia's Earliest Workers' Film, Michael K. Organ May 2008

Strike 1912 - Looking For Australia's Earliest Workers' Film, Michael K. Organ

Michael Organ

Australia has a rich labour history, arising out of the struggle of workers and their families to obtain fair wages and conditions and maintain a decent standard of living. Millions of words have been written on aspects of the labour movement and industrial relations in Australia, especially since the time of the great strikes of the 1890s and moves towards federation during the latter part of that decade. However local cinema contains precious few examples of feature films which bring a fair and thorough account of those struggles to the attention of the masses. The stories are there, the drama …