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Getting Started

Research Librarian - Bernadine Hardin

Orientation (getting started)

As a University of Adelaide staff or student you will be able visit our virtual Library. You will link from our Library web site to the  45,000+ online subscriptions for electronic resources (journals, newspapers, books, databases etc) at publishers web sites around the world. You can do this if you are working at an internet connected computer, anywhere in the world. You will need to login with your University of Adelaide username and password (authentication).

New on-campus staff and students can ask Library staff about attending one of the Library Orientation sessions.  These sessions consist of a 30 minute online demonstration followed by a 20 minute tour of the building. 

Alternatively, watch these generic Library Tutorials with information on how to find items on your reading list, referencing, searching etc

There is a link to the Library web page from the University home page  (bottom rhs).

Library A to Z

Answers to most of your Library related questions can be found by clicking one of the A to Z links:

New students may be interested in :

• Borrowing items,
• Reserve collection,
• Hours of opening.
• Library Tutorials
• Recall books that are on loan / Place a Hold
• Printing ; Photocopying ; Scanning
• MyLibrary to see items you have out on loan and when items are due for return, also Renew (extend) a loan

Referencing

You must acknowledge all authors whose ideas you use in any assignment. This includes references to any source of information, ie: print, online, verbal interviews, tv, radio, web pages etc.  Failing to give a reference is known as plagiarism.  The sources (i.e.: book; journal; web site etc) of your information must be listed by using the appropriate referencing style .  

Watch this Library Tutorials I have my reading list ....what do I do now?

Business School students should see pages 52, (54) of the Communication Skills Guide for Commerce Students booklet

You can also consult -

• Referencing using the Harvard author date system. go to page 10 for a simple UniSA guide in table format.
• Harvard system: a Swinburne guide to in-text references & reference lists (Swinburne University of Technology)

Resource Guides

Checkout the Library Resource Guides before starting an assignment for suggestions on where you can start looking for information. 

Business School and School of Economics Resource Guides - see the subject guides in the left hand frame.

See also the General guides  such as statistics, standards, patents, atlases, government publications or look in the Library A to Z

Updated: 17th May, 2010,   Bernadine Hardin