What you can do yourself

Online Tutorial
This online tutorial introduces ways of finding information in books, journals, databases and Internet sources on wine marketing.
It provides a guide for searching the catalogue, how to effectively search databases for journal articles and the Internet for information.
Link to it from here

Lecturers and library staff will assume when you do essays or projects that you can search for information in the ways described in this tutorial.
Library staff are likely to direct you to this tutorial as a first step, if necessary.

Search the Library catalogue
The University of Adelaide Library catalogue is available using any Web browser. The catalogues of the three South Australian universities, and the State Library of South Australia, are also accessible through the Internet from this page

Access to full-text electronic resources, including journal articles and book chapters that have been digitised for teaching purposes, is also available via the Catalogue.

Journal and database access

There is a lot of useful information on the Library's Web site, including direct access to the Library catalogue and resource guides for subjects, particularly the guides to resources for wine marketing, viticulture & oenology and business.

To find journal articles on a subject using databases, see this listing of subjects and choose the subjects of interest, e.g. wine marketing, viticulture & oenology and commerce

Access to electronic resources is available directly from the Library catalogue, using your University login.

You can get dial-up access to the University's services for the cost of a local call. Please refer to the University's Dial-up Service.

 
Access to other libraries

South Australia:
Staff and students of the University of Adelaide may personally borrow from the libraries of the University of South Australia and Flinders University. You will need your University student ID card to borrow.
Interstate:
University Library Australia is a national borrowing scheme that allows all staff and students of Australian Vice Chancellors Committee (AVCC) member universities to borrow in person from any other interstate university in Australia. Contact them first for information about their conditions for external or remote users.  Charges may apply.  You will be required to present a photo ID as well as proof of current enrolment at the University of Adelaide to register at another university library,.
The University of Adelaide Library is a participant in the scheme. See this guide for details.
Visiting the Waite Library
If you are able to visit the Waite Library in person, please take note of our opening times. General tours of the Library are available by prior arrangement. Library staff will be pleased to help you at any time! Remember to carry your Student ID Card (which is also your Library Card) whenever you visit the Library.

How we can help you

• Loans of books with free postage both ways
• Document delivery of copies* of journal articles or book chapters (* charges apply )
• Subject search assistance
• How to make a request

Loans of books

How to make a request

Loan periods of six weeks for advanced level students and four weeks for undergraduate students apply to users of the postal service. Some heavily used items will only be available for shorter loan periods.

Undergraduate students may borrow up to 15 items at a time and have four renewals of a further 2 weeks per loan.
Advanced level students are entitled to borrow 20 items with the possibility of four renewals of four weeks each.

Any item is subject to recall after a period shorter than the original loan period if it is required by another user.

It is in your interest to use library materials as soon as possible after you receive them. Be sure to contact the Library either on or just before the due date if you wish to renew a loan, giving full details of the loan(s) to be renewed.

You can renew your own loans yourself by logging into your account via the My Library option, found on the top menu bar in the catalogue. To login, you will need your University username and password.

Students who are able to visit the library in person should refer to the guide Borrowing from the Waite Library by students.

You will need your student ID card to borrow personally from the Library if you attend a residential school.
 

Demerit points accrue when items are not returned by the due date at a rate of two points per day (or part of a day) overdue. If you acccumulate 60 demerit points your borrowing privileges are withdrawn for fifteen days.

Please contact us if you cannot return materials on time.

Document delivery

Copies of journal articles or chapters of books can be provided on request. Charges apply for photocopies, desktop delivery or laserprints.

Also available is interlibrary requesting - loans of books or photocopies of journal articles or sections of books from another library outside the University of Adelaide. Charges also apply for this service.

Where possible, photocopies of journal articles or sections of books will be sent to you by Desktop (web) delivery.  This allows you to retrieve a photocopied document directly from any Internet connected computer.

All requests for copying are subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act.

How to make a request

Postal service

South Australia:
If you are a remote or external student resident in a country area of South Australia [outside the (08) 81/82/83/84 telephone district], items will be posted to you through the regular Australia Post service. To send items back to the Library, apply the enclosed Reply Paid Label onto the return package and take it to your nearest Post Office.

Other States:
Australia Post or Australian Air Express will deliver the items you have requested direct to your door. If you are not at home when the courier calls you will receive a notice advising you where the delivery can be picked up. Place items to be returned in the Express Courier bag provided and take it to your nearest Post Office. Return postage is free when you return all the books we have sent you in one parcel; if you return books individually, you will have to pay for postage.

We will let you know when requested items are unavailable and will suggest alternative titles if you ask us to.

Subject search assistance

Non-metropolitan remote and external students may request assistance with subject searches.

Download and print a Subject request form (Word format) from here.

When requesting a subject search, analyse your assignment carefully and decide on the precise information required.
Please do not repeat your assignment word-for-word from your course booklet - instead, tell us what specific information you require.

Remember that you cannot expect library staff to formulate answers to essay questions on your behalf. If we are in doubt as to your exact needs, we will send a list of references from which you can choose relevant items.

Please be aware that an immediate response may not be possible, so please see the suggestions which will help you do your own research, listed under What you can do yourself.

If you require further information on subject searches, contact the Waite & Roseworthy Campus Librarian.
 

How to make a request

Electronic request form

Requests for a specific book or article from a journal should be made using the electronic request form

Charges

For photocopies, desktop delivery or laserprints of items held by The University of Adelaide Library: $2.20 per 20 pages or part thereof; an additional charge of $2.20 for faxed copies applies.

For items obtained outside The University of Adelaide Library: $13.20 per book loan, photocopy or desktop delivery (up to 50 pages) obtained within Australia; $16.50 (photocopy) or $44 (book loan) if obtained from overseas sources.

External and remote students will be invoiced at the end of each semester.
Non-payment of outstanding invoices will result in academic transcripts being withheld.

For overseas students

The Library is unable to send books overseas.

Journal articles or chapters from books will be delivered to desktop, subject to copyright restrictions. Charges (see above) apply for photocopies
or desktop delivery.

Requests for copies of part of a book or journal article should be made using the electronic request form

Overseas students can also use fax or email to request copies of book chapters or journal articles.

For assistance with subject requests, it is important that you supply as much information as possible about your assignment topic when contacting the Library. A Subject Request Form (doc 46kB) (Word format) is available to assist you.