Research Help – and other online guides
The Research Help guide is designed to help with assignment research and covers: research skills, databases, plagiarism, study skills, finding statistics, internet & computer skills, as well as referencing & bibliographies.
New - easier access to online databases and current journals
Students and staff can now use their DET username and passwords to access EBSCOhost, Gale and ProQuest databases, as well as NetLibrary eBooks, PlantFile and TV News. The library subject guides now contain direct links to many online journals - simply click and go to see the latest issues of relevant journals and magazines.
Separate passwords are still required for our local subscriptions to APA-FT, Australian Standards, Encyclopedia Britannica, Oxford Art Online and – Building Code of Australia, BCI and IRIS (some libraries only). Please contact your library for more information and passwords. To access all databases, visit the eResources page on the library website.
Have you seen the online subject guides ? There are now over 35 guides available to students and staff.
Guides now available include:
Aged Care
Alcohol & Other Drugs Work
Animal Care
Environmental Issues
Fashion Design & Technology
Horse Course
Information Technology
Tertiary Preparation Certificate – TPC
Veterinary Nursing
And have a look at the Campus Library guides – for information about local library services, facilities and resources.
Access All Areas
Library and Information Week 24 – 30 May
This year’s theme – Access All Areas - celebrates libraries as the place to access, communicate, connect, educate, entertain and inform. Libraries connect people to ideas. It’s a vital part of our commitment to promoting the free flow of information and facilitating all Australians’ access to recorded knowledge, information, and creative works.
What is happening at your library?
Goulburn is celebrating Library Technicians Day with morning tea on Tuesday. National Simultaneous Story Time is on Wednesday with a song, story and craft activity. Moss Vale is featuring access to eResources. Watch out for the freebies - key rings, cardholders and stickers. UOW students at Moss Vale can enter the competition to come up with what the UOW Library’s tagline should be (in less than 6 words). The winning entries will receive vouchers from UOW.
Join the library staff for morning tea – at Queanbeyan (on Wednesday) and Shellharbour (on Thursday) and raise money for the Cancer Council at the same time.
And at Wollongong- Music Students Rock, Short Film Flicks, LibRocKwiz and enter the Caffeine Clutch competition to get a free coffee from ITSA. Find out more
Did you know?
Australians are supported for their development of literacy and reading, education, business, community and digital access through a network of approximately 1,500 national, state and public library service points. In addition, Australians benefit from services provided by approximately 9000 school libraries, over 40 university libraries, over 380 TAFE campus libraries, and thousands of health libraries, law libraries and other special libraries.
- 178 million loans occur in Australian public libraries each year.
- 132 million people visited Australian and New Zealand national and state library websites in 2007-08.
- 108 million Australians visited public libraries each year.
- 21 million loans occur in Australian university libraries.
- 14 million people visited TAFE libraries in 2006.
- 12 million people are currently registered users of public libraries – almost half of Australia’s total population.
- 7.7 million people visited Australian and New Zealand national and state libraries in 2007-08.
- 400,000 full-time-equivalent Australian TAFE students are supported by 387 campus libraries.
- 6,400 internet computers are currently located in public libraries around Australia (a further 1,600 computers for word processing).
- 448 health/medical libraries are responsible for knowledge support to clinicians, managers, educators, researchers and some directly serve patients or health consumers.
- 400 corporate/business libraries in Australia play a key role in ensuring that business strategy and decision-making is supported by accurate, current, relevant information sources.
Online Subject Guides
Your librarians have been busy creating online subject guides to help you find information and resources for your assignments and reports.
Online subject guides include:
- Featured resources for loan – books, DVDs and more
- Topic searches linked directly to the library catalogue
- Selected databases – access journal articles and other information online
- Quality websites – recommended by teachers and librarians
- Research tips and referencing guides
Here are just a few:
Music
Nursing
Occupational Health and Safety
Travel and Tourism
Welfare
Women’s Studies
Harmony Day
Celebrate Harmony Day at Goulburn and Wollongong
Harmony Day is celebrated on 21 March each year. Managed by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), Harmony Day celebrates the cohesive and inclusive nature of our nation and promotes the benefits of cultural diversity.
The continuing message of Harmony Day is ‘Everyone Belongs’. It’s about community participation, inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.
On Wednesday 24th March a BBQ will be held at Wollongong Campus – gold coin donation or bring along a pair of thong/crocs or lightly worn shoes to be sent to Haiti.
On Thursday 25th March join in at Goulburn Campus and enjoy the BBQ and live music, then visit the library display.
Ross and Rowan wrote Harmony Hip Hop especially for Harmony Day 2010. It is a way of expressing their beliefs that ‘everyone belongs’ here in Australia, no matter where you come from or your cultural/religious beliefs.
New Database – PlantFile Online
PlantFile Online contains detailed information on more than 3030 plants and 20,000+ images of plants, insects & diseases.
You can even hear how the plant names are pronounced!
You can search for plants by: Botanic Name, Common Name, Family and Cultivars
Library staff are very happy to provide you with assistance and training – please contact us.
Search PlantFile Online now | User Guide
Note: Available to current students and staff only – use your current DET Portal (Internet) username and password.
Check out the Horticulture subject guide – find useful books, DVDs, videos, journals and websites.
Visit the library website eResources page for other useful databases, including Gale’s Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection, with 50 full-text journals and information on the practice and theory of horticulture studies. (note: U.S. Content)
New databases – Go Green!
Introducing these EBSCOHost databases
Environment Complete contains full text for more than 680 journals and 120 books. It covers agriculture, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
Sustainability Reference Center offers full content from more than 820 publications including journals, books, magazines, and trade publications, all focussed on sustainability issues. 
Topics covered include:
- Green Issues & Initiatives
- ISO 14000
- Recycling
- Renewable Energy
- Resource Conservation
- Sustainable Business Practices
- Waste Reduction
Library staff are very happy to provide you with assistance and training – please contact us.
Search EBSCOHost now | User Guide | EBSCOHost Tutorial
Note: Available to current students and staff only – please contact library for the password.
New database – ProQuest Central
Search our newest databases
Your TAFE library has plenty of online tools to answer your questions—and you can use them whenever you want, even from home, in the middle of the night. Our newest database – ProQuest Central - contains over 125 billion digital pages covering arts, literature, social science, general reference, business, science, technology, health and medicine.
It includes the world’s largest digital newspaper archive and more than 9,000 journal titles. Find out more about ProQuest (pdf)
eResources such as ProQuest give students an alternative to surfing the web. Library staff are very happy to provide you with assistance and training – please contact us.
2010@your library
A warm welcome to all new and returning students
Librarians at 13 campus libraries look forward to helping you during 2010 – come on in! Library tours are available now – ask your teacher to arrange a time. We provide a wide range of services and facilities and help students and staff to find information and resources.
Library collections contain current books, journals, and DVDs while the library catalogue provides access to a range of resources from across the state. Full text journals, eBooks and other databases are available online, and quality web sites have been selected to provide a wide range of information and research options.
Online subject guides include:
- Featured resources for loan – books, DVDs and more
- Topic searches linked directly to the library catalogue
- Selected databases – access journal articles and other information online
- Quality websites – recommended by teachers and librarians
- Research tips and referencing guides
We welcome your feedback on our services, resources and facilities. All libraries provide customer feedback forms for you to complete, or you may prefer to complete our online feedback form – we look forward to hearing from you.
To find out more about Library and Information Services, visit your local campus library or contact us today.
More holiday reading
What other books are the Library staff reading?
My God! It’s a woman by Nancy Bird Walton. Just started this, has a leisurely style recounting her experiences as a pilot, but also mentioning many other women fliers as well. Also National library magazine Dec 2009 has an article on some earl Australian “Lady Pilots” the feisty females. – Anne
Jasper Forde’s The Eyre Affair. The characters are being stolen from our favourite works of fiction and Literatech agent Thursday Next has to save them. Forget all the rules of time, space, and reality; just enjoy the adventure – Lesley
Steven King’s Under the Dome – a rollicking good read on what happens to a town cut off from the rest of the world by a physical, but invisible, barrier – Karin
Journey into the Void – the final book of the trilogy by Margaret Weis. Lots of action and fantasy as the Void Lord Dagnarus attempts to seal his domination of his world. I hadn’t read the other books but had no trouble understanding & enjoying this tale – Rose
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Steig Larsson. More than just car chases, murders, everyday violence and bank heists, if you want a very different type of thriller, the 3rd book in the Millennium series is a must especially if you got caught up in the first two - Anon
Rosalind has just read the full Millenium series, The trilogy is made up of The girl with the dragon tattoo, The girl who played with fire and The girl who kicked the hornets’ nest (see above). All were published posthumously. Fantastic books – shame there will be no more, although there is a rumour that a half finished fourth was on his laptop at time of his death – Rosalind
Sophie Kinsella’s Twenties Girl. Lara has issues with low self esteem, dumped by boyfriend, business venture in tatters goes to a funeral for her great aunt who has died in a nursing home. At the funeral the ghost of her aunt (who needs a lost necklace before she will rest), appears to Lara. A bit of light-hearted fun – Diana
Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education by Michael Pollan. In this collection of philosophical essays on gardening, Pollan uses the idiom of gardening to tease out some wonderfully inspired perceptions about human beings and our hopeless attempts to instill order over the chaos that is nature – Anne
Search the library catalogue for more titles.
Holiday reading ideas
Looking for ideas of what to read over the holidays?
Here’s a sample of what our library staff are reading at the moment
American Pastoral by Phillip Roth – You know you’re in for a fantastic dose of story telling in the first page or so especially when reference is made to the domestic social and political turmoil of the 1960s. Apparently it’s coming out in 2011 as a movie directed by Phillip Noyce – Margo
World Without End by Ken Follett (the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth). This novel takes you back to medieval Kingsbridge in1327, as the men, women and children of the city grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change – Barbara
Men of Rome series (No. 7), Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough. I am enjoying the epic tale and am in awe of McCullough’s grasp of history and historic detail. She tells a good yarn and creates characters that you can feel deeply about, whether you like them or not. I can’t put it down now – Marg
Lionel Shriver’s We need to talk about Kevin. A fictional book written from the viewpoint of the mother of a teenager responsible for a school shooting. It explores the factors in her son’s life that led up to the incident bringing up the age old question of nature vs nurture – Regina
Anita Shreve’s The Testimony – it’s an introspective look at a private school community blown apart by a scandalous incident – Fleur
Wendy Harmer’s Roadside Sisters. This is a tale of three women who were close in their youth who rediscover their personal alliances and differences on a journey in a large mobile home between Melbourne and Byron Bay. It has many amusing moments and observations on the lifestyles of contemporary Australian women – Lynette
Billy by Pamela Stephenson. I’m not a fan of Billy Connolly’s stand up comedy but this biography is very absorbing, especially the chapters on his childhood in Glasgow - Kellie
The Serpent in the Garden by Janet Gleeson is set in eighteenth-century London and its rural outskirts and follows renowned portraitist Joshua Pope. What “grabs” me is that Janet brilliantly weaves historical fact with fiction and paints (pardon the pun) a rich glimpse of life in 18th century England both “upstairs and downstairs” – Dale
Search the library catalogue for these titles and more.
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