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This is part 1 of the 3 part tutorial program- see the left hand frame for details. Introduction. New students should ask Library staff at the Research Help Desk about attending one of the Orientation sessions. These sessions take about one hour and include a 30 minute online demonstation. See the online maps of the Library showing where you will find collections, service desks, photocopiers, printers, newspapers, toilets, power points etc.
The Library website is where you should start looking for your university related information needs. There is a link to the Library from the University home page (bottom rhs). As a University of Adelaide staff or student you will be able to link from our Library website to the 45,000+ online subscriptions for electronic resources (journals, newspapers, books etc), when working at an internet connected computer, anywhere in the world. You will need to login with your University of Adelaide username and password.
Copying & Printing etcThe Student Printing quota can be used to print in the Library. For more details see the webpage for Photocopying & Printing in the Library. You can access the the 24 hour ITS Computer Lab from inside the library from 9-5. At other times use your student card to gain swipe access. NOTE: The Library also has public scanners; a photocopier filled with overhead transparencies; fax service; and an ITS staff member (office hours only) to help you set up wireless connection on your laptop computer. Library A to ZAnswers to most of your library related questions can be found by clicking one of the A to Z links, for example: Borrowing items, Reserve collection, Hours of opening. The library website video demonstration above shows you how to find the Library A to Z. ReferencingYou must acknowledge any author whose ideas you use in any assignments or reports. This includes references any source of information, ie: print, online, verbal interviews, tv, radio, web pages etc. Failing to reference an authors work is highly unethical and known as plagiarism. The sources of your information must be listed by using the appropriate referencing style . Check with your School administration to find out which referencing (citation) style to use in your assignments. Understanding the format of citations (references) will help you to find items listed in your course reading lists in the Library Catalogue. To find a book or book chapter enter the book title or author in the catalogue . To find a journal article enter the journal title in the catalogue to see if the Library subscribes to either print or online (electronic resource). See this video demonstration:
Business School students should see pages 42, 48 of the Communication Skills Guide for Commerce Students booklet You can also consult - Referencing unsing the Harvard author date system. go to page 10 for a simple guide in table format. Harvard system: a Swinburne guide to in-text references (citations), reference lists and bibliographies prepared by the Swinburne University of Technology
The Catalogue is the name of the database to search for full text of everything the University of Adelaide Library has purchased and includes electronic & print for: journal titles (not the article titles); books; conferences; government reports; DVDs; maps; etc. Records for free internet documents, relating to university teaching and research, are also included. The Library Catalogue is the first place to search for items on your course reading lists and any other citations (references) you may find in books and journals. You can also search for additional material for your assignments. Find out how to search by viewing the following video demonstrations:
This next keyword search video demonstration is useful for finding resources for assignment topics: simple keyword search (1.32 mins) NOTE: using the example in this video it is possible to triple the result by using the Catalogue option - Keywords (and or not "") and search for : tourism and australia? and (indigenous or aborigin?) - also try clicking on the Subject Heading in the full record, see these Subject search instructions. Note the Reserve search in the Catalogue. This allows you to search by lecturer or course code for items held in the Reserve section of the Library. Locations & Call numbersEach record in the catalogue includes a field for Location as well as the call number. If you plan to visit the Barr Smith Library, look for Location: Barr Smith. Items that you can take home are in the "Main Collection" on level 1 or 2 of the building (level 3 is the entrance level). A Status of "Available" means the book is likely to be on the shelf. See Locating material in the Barr Smith Library In the image below two copies of this book are on the shelf on level one of the Barr Smith Library: RequestsIf you find a title in the library catalogue, with a Status : "On Loan", or Location: "Joint Store (URRSA)", you can Request the item and be notified when the book is available for you to collect from the loans desk. If the current borrower has a long loan, their loan period will be reduced to one week. See more detail on these web pages: Requests: how to make a request: See also how to get an item not found in the catalogue:
MyLibraryUse MyLibrary to see what items you have out on loan and when items are due for return, Renew (extend) the due date for items you currently have on loan, see what items you have requested (Holds), and see how many demerit points you have accrued. Remember to Logout or Exit.
Check these guides before starting an assignment requiring research. The guides include a range of resources such as Internet sites and materials purchased by the Library (print and electronic). All Internet sites selected for these guides offer some free research information. The library website video demonstration above shows you how to find the Resource Guides. Please contact me (Research Librarian - Bernadine Hardin) if you would like to suggest additional resources for these web pages. See also the General guides such as statistics, standards, patents, atlases, government publications etc. or the Library A to Z Business/Commerce Resource GuidesThe Business, Commerce Resource Guide is broadly subdivided by course: Topics within these Resource Guides are also listed alphabetically in the frame on the left of each web guide. EconomicsSee topic guide in the left hand frame of Economics Resource Guide. Updated: 9th November, 2009, Bernadine Hardin |
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