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Australia Day Closure

2012-01-25T15:41:00.004+11:00

CSU's Australian Campus Libraries will be closed on Thursday 26th January for Australia Day. Normal services will resume on Friday 27th January.

Keep the kids entertained for the day by downloading these free Activity Sheets, includes colouring sheets, flag activities, crossword, puzzles and join the dots just to name a few.

And some Online Trivia. There are 3 levels for this, Joey (easy), Grey (Medium) or Western Grey (hard). Goodluck and have fun!

Whether it be a backyard BBQ or a day out with the family, however you decide to celebrate, library staff would like to wish you a happy and safe Australia Day.

Primo Search – New name, same great search tool

2012-01-19T10:00:00.002+11:00

Over the past 6 months, the CSU Library has been beta testing a new search tool, Search@CSU Library and the feedback has been so positive that we are ready to launch the service in March 2012. However, our users aren’t as happy with the name – you told us that Search@CSU Library is too long to say, too hard to remember, and difficult to type without it turning into an email address.

The new name - Primo Search - is short and simple, reflecting how quick and easy it is to get started with your research. Only the name is changing – the URL will stay the same, so you don’t need to update any bookmarks or links.

If you haven’t tried it yet, you will find quick search options on the Division of Library Services home page, the Library tab in CSU Student, or go directly to Primo Search.

Renewing items on loan in Primo Search

2012-01-19T10:00:00.000+11:00

You can renew your loans in Primo Search

1. Visit Primo Search.

2. Click My Library Record at the top of the page.

3. Enter your CSU username and password.

4. Click Loans from the list of Activities.

5. You will see a list of all your current loans. Click the Renew link next to the loan you want to renew, or click Renew All at the top of the page to renew all your current loans.

Note:

You will not be able to renew loans if:
• items are more than two weeks overdue
• you have outstanding Library fines or charges of $100.00
• another student has placed a request on that item

Highlights Of New Titles Recently Added To The Library Collection

2012-01-08T20:47:00.025+11:00

BOOKS:

Does my bum look big in this ad? : body image and the media - Shows teenagers how to critically what they see, hear or read in popular culture and the media. Check availability
Single white female in Hanoi - A funny, warm and engaging memoir. Check availabilty
Play and playfulness : developmental, cultural, and clinical aspects - Essays about the value of play. Check availability

The Oxford handbook of bioethics - Covering the perennial and newer issues of bioethics. Check availability
Cool tools for the connected classroom - Incorporating web 2.0 tools into classroom pedagogy. Check availability
Dictionary of classroom strategies K-6 - Teaching, learning and assessment strategies for the classroom. Check availability
I'm listening : communication for health professionals - Designed to promote effective communication skills. Check availability

Handbook of signs and symptoms - All the assessment information busy clinicians need. Check availability
Essentials of life-span development - 2011 edition. Check availability
Blood on my hands : a surgeon at war - An incredible story of the Kosovo conflict by an Adelaide surgeon. Check availability
100 Australian gardens & landscapes - The best of Australia's residential gardens and landscape designs. Check availability

Doing your literature review : traditional and systematic techniques - For researchers from any academic background. Check availability

DVDs

The West Wing : the complete first season - A behind the scenes, fictional look at the White house.Check availability

Freakonomics : the movie - "Six rogue film-makers explore the hidden side of everything."Check availability
Writing with: Aboriginal and settler interrelationships and identity - Explores the suppression of indigenous voices within the communities of Australia. Check availability
Just like you : a guide to etiquette and communicating with people with a disability - How to communicate effectively and appropriately with people with disabilities. Check availability
Long long time ago realisation - a metaphor about modern Australia and the search for an identity. Check availability
Australian cinema collection. Vol 1 - 12 Australian classics. Check availability

Babies -A look at one year in the life of four babies from around the world. Check availabilty

For more great resources in all subject areas, check the complete list of new titles.

Got a new eReader for Christmas?

2012-01-06T10:36:00.020+11:00

Whether or not you were lucky enough to get a new eReader for Christmas, eBooks are a convenient and flexible resource available to everyone.

CSU Library subscribes to a wide range of eBook titles in all subject areas. You can access these at any time via the Library website on your eReader, computer or mobile device.

It's worth checking out two of our biggest multidisciplinary collections, EBL and ebrary.

EBL provides an extensive range of eBooks with thousands of EBL titles purchased for permanent use. You can also access a constantly growing number of titles not yet purchased by CSU Library. EBL books can be read online or downloaded for offline use by installing Adobe Digital Editions software on compatible devices.

ebrary is an eBook collection with more than 70,000 titles, covering most of CSU's teaching and research areas. No special software is required to access ebrary items.

eBook titles can be found by:

Doing a keyword search in Search@CSU Library and selecting eBooks under the Refine My Results options on the left of the screen.

Searching on the eBook collection's website. Links to the websites are available via the eBook Collections page.

A short video tutorial on finding an eBook can be found in the How to Use Your Library section of the website.

Remember that eBooks have varying software and system requirements. This information can be found via the Help link for the particular eBook collection website involved.

If you would like some help finding and using our great range of eBooks, please contact the Library.

Hapy New Year, 2012

2012-01-04T16:24:00.013+11:00

CSU Library Staff would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and to let you know that we are open and ready to assist you with your information needs through 2012.

Need a refresher on how the Library can help you?

You can:

* Search for Books (print and electronic), DVDs, audio books and more through Search@CSU Library, the Library's discovery tool, which allows you to access our print and online resources with one simple search.

* Browse online journal articles through the Journal Databases pages

* Get assistance accessing, using or trouble-shooting problems with the Library's resources by contacting us

Check out the Library Homepage for access to all these resources, plus much, much more!

Be sure to check this blog regularly to stay up-to-date with all the latest from the CSU Library.

We look forward to working with you all this year!!

End of year closing for CSU Libraries

2011-12-23T11:08:00.002+11:00

With Charles Sturt University closing for the end-of-year break, CSU's Australian Campus Libraries will be closed from 12.30 pm (AEDT) on Friday 23 December 2011 until 9.00 am (AEDT) on Tuesday 3 January 2012.

Ontario Campus Library will be closed from 12.30 pm on Friday 23 December to 9.00 am on Tuesday 3 January (local time).

A full list of Library opening hours is available online.

You won’t be able to contact us for help and assistance during closing times, but you can submit an enquiry using our Web-Form. These enquiries will be answered when the libraries re-open in January.

Library staff would like to wish CSU staff and students a happy and safe festive and holiday season.

Carbon Price Calculator

2011-12-20T21:10:00.016+11:00

In 2012, Australia will introduce new laws that put a price and limit on carbon pollution, in what many people are calling the "carbon tax".

CHOICE, the Australian Council of Social Service, and The Climate Institute have teamed up to look at how a price on carbon pollution will affect the cost of living.

You can go to the new YourCarbonPrice website to get information on the carbon price and to use the online calculator to estimate your costs, financial support from the government, and the potential savings you can make from energy efficiency measures.

There is also a link to the Climate Institute website, which reports CSIRO-AECOM research that shows that the impacts of the carbon pollution price on Australian households is likely to be smaller than anticipated.

New eBooks

2011-12-13T13:35:00.010+11:00

Each week the library adds 100's of new titles to the collection, this is a selection of new eBooks that have been added over recent weeks:

Doing Your Research Project - A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Check Availability
Essential Documents for School Libraries - Provides practical written and online solutions to common challenges in school libraries. Check Availability
Social Work Education and Training - Covers the key debates surrounding social work education. Check Availability
Applied Semantic Web Technologies - Integrates theory with case studies to illustrate the history, current state, and future direction of the semantic web. Check Availability
Translation of Evidence into Nursing and Health Care Practice - Application to nursing and health care. Check Availability
Evidence-Based Oral Health Promotion Resource - Summarises the most effective health promotion strategies for prevention of oral health problems. Check Availability
Soil Hydrology, Land Use and Agriculture - Measurement and modelling. Ch eck Availability
Birth Models that Work - A worldwide search for birth models that work in order to improve the standard of care for mothers. Check Availability
Health-Promoting Properties of Fruits and Vegetables - An essential resource for researchers and students in food science, nutrition and fruit and vegetable production. Check Availability
Equipping Young People to Choose Non-Violence - A violence reduction programme. Check Availability
A Student's Writing Guide - How to plan and write successful essays. Check Availability
Got a Minute? - The 9 Lessons Every HR Professional Must Learn to Be Successful. Check Availability
2012 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market - A must-have reference guide for emerging artists Check Availability
Justice, Crime and Ethics - Examines the ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice Check Availability

The complete list of new titles can be found here

Farewell to SmartSearch

2011-12-08T12:38:00.005+11:00

Access to the Library SmartSearch service will cease on Tuesday 13 December 2011.

SmartSearch has been replaced with the new ‘http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/find-info/search@csu-library’ that enables CSU staff and students to simultaneously search for print and electronic resources. Books, journals, journal articles, and other digital resources, e.g. CSU Research Output (CRO), CSU theses, can be found using a simple intuitive search tool, with more advanced search functions available if required.

Staff and students who have saved searches, alerts or records to the eShelf, in SmartSearch, will need to record these details and re-create the saved searches etc. in ‘Search@CSU Library’.

Please contact the Library if you require assistance using ‘Search@CSU Library’

Changes to Informit (database) Collections

2011-12-06T09:44:00.009+11:00

On 3 January 2012, 256 Australian journal titles in the Informit databases will be migrated to different collections in order to 'minimise duplication and create more subject-specific Informit Collections'.

Existing links to these articles will no longer work. Please check existing Informit links in your online teaching materials and update if necessary. RMIT Publishing has produced a list of titles displaying the old and new URLs for each title.

Titles affected by these changes include:

Australian Indigenous Law Review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

AQ: Australian Quarterly

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

Please contact one of the Library faculty liaison staff if you need more information, or assistance with updating links to articles in these Informit journals.

Highlights Of New Titles Recently Added To The Library Collection

2011-12-01T11:11:00.001+11:00

BOOKS:

The Expert Library - Staffing, sustaining, and advancing the academic library in the 21st century. Check Availability
War, Torture and Terrorism - Rethinking the rules of international security. Check Availability
Anatomy and Physiology - From science to life. Check Availability
Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult - Canine and feline. Check Availability
Future of the Internet - Social networks, policy issues, and learning tools. Check Availability
The Impossibility of Perfection - Aristotle, feminism, and the complexities of ethics. Check Availability
Teaching Generation Text - Using cell phones to enhance learning. Check Av ai l ability
Asian American Education - Identities, racial issues, and languages. Check Av ailability
Periodontal Management of Children, Adolescents and Young Adults - a step-by-step approach to periodontal diagnosis and management. Check Availability
Australian Wine Vintages - 2012. Check Availability
Learn Marketing with Social Media in 7 Days - Master Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter for business. Check Availability
The Ballroom : The Melbourne Punk and Post-Punk Scene - A tell all memoir. Check Availability

DVD's:

Bridesmaids - Drama. Check Availability
The Trip - Drama. Check Availability
Water for Elephants - Drama/Romance. Check Availability
Happy Feet - Animation. Check Availability
Balibo - Drama. Check Availability
Atonement - Drama. Check Availability
Mad City - Hostage/Drama. Check Availability
The Lovely Bones - Murder/Drama. Check Availability
Downton Abbey - Season one. Check Availability
Rebel Without A Cause - James Dean/Natalie Wood. Check Availability
Little Women - Classic Drama. Check Availability

The complete list of new titles can be found here

Library SmartSearch service to cease

2011-11-29T09:00:00.013+11:00

The feedback provided by users regarding the introduction of Search@CSU Library has been positive, therefore access to SmartSearch and the ‘old Library catalogue’ will be discontinued in 2011/2012:

SmartSearch 13 December 2011
Library catalogue 5 March 2012

The final launch of ‘Search@CSU Library’ in March 2012 will enable CSU staff and students to simultaneously search for print and electronic resources. Books, journals, journal articles, and other digital resources, e.g. CSU Research Output (CRO), CSU theses, can be found using a simple intuitive search tool, with more advanced search functions available if required.

Staff and students who have saved searches, alerts or records to the eShelf, in SmartSearch or the ‘old Library catalogue’, will need to record these details and re-create the saved searches etc. in ‘Search@CSU Library’.

Please contact the Library if you require assistance using ‘Search@CSU Library’ - see http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/help/ask

Library Hours Bathurst Residential School

2011-11-28T12:59:00.003+11:00

The Library welcomes all Bathurst Residential School students. To assist you make the most your time on campus, the Bathurst Library will provide extended opening hours until Sunday 4 December. Please see the Library website for details.

Wagga Library Return Chute

2011-11-25T15:06:00.009+11:00

External return chute at Wagga campus Library is now shut due to building works. Please return all Library items to the Loans desk between the hours of 9.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday, until works are completed. We apologise for any inconvenience.

A Selection of Books and DVD's for your Holiday Reading and Movie Watching

2011-11-21T13:03:00.002+11:00

BOOKS:

Sons of the Rumour - Australian fiction/David Foster. Check Availability

When will there be good news? - A novel/Kate Atkinson. Check Availability

Gulag : a history of the Soviet camp - History/Anne Applebaum. Check Availability

The Harsh Cry of the Heron - Supernatural fiction/Lian Hearn. Check Availabili ty

Paris Dreaming - Romance fiction/Anita Heiss. Check Availability

The Men and the Girls - English fiction/Joanna Trollope. Check Availability

Valley Under the Rock - Love story/Libby Hathorn. Check Availability

All the Colours of Darkness - English crime fiction/Peter Robinson. Check Avail ability

Not in the Flesh - English crime fiction/Ruth Rendell. Check Availability

My Lie : a true story of false memory - Biography/Meredith Maran. Check Availability

Radical Visions 1968-2008 : the impact of the sixties on Australian dram a - History/Denise Varney. Check Availability

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Science fiction/Douglas Adams. Check Availability

The Silent Sea - Action adventure fiction/Clive Cussler. Check Availability

My Sister's Keeper - Drama fiction/Jodi Picoult. Check Availability

Amelia Earhart - Biography/Richard Tames. Check Availability

DVD's:

Avatar - Check Availability

Toy Story 3 - Check Availability

Chocolat - Check Availability

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Check Availability

Lawrence of Arabia - Check Availability

Glee : the complete first season - Check Availability

Fantasia : the original classic - Check Availability

A Streetcar Named Desire - Check Availability

Bootmen - Check Availability

Bambi - Check Availability

To Catch a Thief - Check Availability

The Goodies Collection - Check Availability

Frankenstein : the director's cut - Check Availability

Australia - Check Availability

Search@CSU Library gets a facelift!

2011-11-18T14:36:00.008+11:00

Search@CSU Library, the library's new search discovery tool, has undergone numerous enhancements and refinements in order to better meet the needs of CSU Library users.

Some recent improvements include:

Changing the name of 'My Basket' (where you can save searches and check your holds and loan information) to 'My folder';

Improving the appearance of the 'add to my folder' icon, which appears beside each item in your search results;

More accurate 'resource type' categories, e.g. 'books', 'ebooks';

Subtitles now included in search queries using 'starts with' and
'in the title' search refinements;

The options for refining your search by 'author' after entering a search query are now sorted by author name, rather than the number of results for each author;

Improved searching by ISBN;

Improved display of records with multiple versions of editions;

New library help page resources and Watch-it! tutorials.

A mobile version of Search@CSU Library is currently undergoing testing. This will allow CSU Library users to more easily and effficiently search the library's holdings from smartphones and other mobile devices.

Notice to all students who are graduating in December

2011-11-17T16:00:00.002+11:00

This year, for the first time, graduation ceremonies have been brought forward to December of this year, rather than March-April of next year.

Did you know that your participation in a graduation ceremony in December might be affected if you have library items that are overdue, or if you have an outstanding library fine or charge?

To avoid possible embarrassment, and to allow you to participate fully in your graduation ceremony, please ensure that you return all library items to the Library, and that all library fines and other charges are paid, well in advance of your graduation ceremony.

If you have any queries about loans, library fines, or lost or damaged items please contact the Library.

Reftracker service temporarily unavailable (Saturday 19 November)

2011-11-17T14:20:00.007+11:00

CSU Library receives online requests and enquiries from students and staff via its Reftracker service. These include various comments and suggestions, as well as Ask a Question, Book a Librarian, Suggest New Material, and CRO changes requests.

The service will be unavailable from 12 noon to 5 pm on Saturday 19 November 2011 (AEDT), to allow for moving the Reftracker network to a new hosting facility.

If you try to access the service during this time you will get a standard browser message about there being a problem with connecting to the website.

If you have any queries, please contact the Library, if necessary by a means other than Reftracker.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Planned Outage to CSU Systems 18-21 November

2011-11-14T13:58:00.008+11:00

Due to planned server maintenance, some of the Library Website’s pages will be unavailable from 5pm on the 18th to 9am on the 21st of November.

The main areas that will be affected are:
• eReserve Access
• Database pages
• Watch-it Tutorials

If the page you require isn’t available during this time you will be directed to a page advising of the downtime and alternative links to some of our major resources (e.g. selected databases.)

Please Note: Journals can still be accessed via Search@CSU Library, and bookmarks to databases will continue work.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this service disruption while this important work is undertaken.

2011-11-09T09:28:00.003+11:00

Temporary Access to Wagga Library 01 Nov 2011
Due to building works, the main entrance to Wagga Wagga Campus Library, Student Central and Cashiers is closed. Access is available via the rear door on the Car Park 7 side of the building. Signage has been constructed to direct patrons. Building works are expected to be completed in early 2012.

Live Chat Service: Reduced Hours

2011-11-02T15:34:00.011+11:00

The Library's Ask a Question: Live Chat service will be operating on reduced hours on Thursday 3rd - Friday 4th November due to a staff development day.

Thursday 3rd November: 1pm - 5pm
Friday 4th November: 9am - 1pm

If you need assistance outside these times, please call 1800 808 369.

Happy Halloween!!

2011-10-27T14:04:00.023+11:00

This year Halloween falls on Monstrous Monday- the perfect night for a freaky film or haunting read!

Macabre Movies:

The Ring Check Availability
True Blood Series 1 Check Availability
The Others Check Availability
The Birds Check Availability
Psycho Check Availability
Sleepy Hollow Check Availability
Underworld Check Availability
Creature from the Black Lagoon Check Availability
Nosferatu Check Availability
Rocky Horror Picture Show Check Availability
Silence of the Lambs Check Availability
Alien Check Availability
Poltergeist Check Availability

Blood-curdling Books:

Nefarious Non-Fiction:

The Exorcist (critique) by Mark Kermode Check Availability
Beyond Dracula: Bram Stoker's fiction and its cultural context by William Hughes C heck Availability
Horror zone : the cultural experience of contemporary horror cinema edited by Ian Conrich Check Availability
Hollywood horror : from gothic to cosmic by Mark A. Vieira Check Availability
Death makes a holiday: A cultural history of Halloween by David J. Skal Check Availability
Halloween From Pagan Ritual to Party Night by Nicholas Rogers

Frightening fiction:

Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice Check Availability
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Check Availability
Dracula by Bram Stoker Check Availability
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Check Availability

Ghostly Tales for little goblins:

The Halloween pumpkin by Pamela Oldfield Check Availability
The Halloween witch : a play by Marjorie Thayer Check Availability
Scary party by Sue Hendra Check Availability
Halloween party by Harriet Ziefert Check Availability
My tricks & treats : Halloween stories, songs, poems, recipes, crafts, and fun for kids by Carin and Joan Dewhirst Check Availability
Franklin's Halloween by Paulette Bourgeois Check Availability

Wicked Websites:

Upgrading the Passenger Lift

2011-10-25T15:39:00.007+11:00

CSU Bathurst will be upgrading the passenger lift in building C03 Learning Commons from today to approximately the 28th November 2011. The lift will not be available during this time.

The 24 hour learning commons space has an entrance without steps from the eastern side of the building (near the teaching rooms) with an accessible car park adjacent to building S7.A temporary service will be provided though student central between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday on the ground floor to enable students who cannot use the stairs to borrow library items.

Thank you in advance for your patience with these circumstances. The works to the lift are vital and will greatly enhance the operation, reliability and accessibility of this lift.

ProQuest Database Downtime

2011-10-21T16:13:00.000+11:00

CSU Library subscribes to a number of ProQuest databases including ANZ Newsstand, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest Natural Science Collection, ProQuest Religion, CBCA Complete, and Dissertations & Theses: Full Text.

We have been advised that all ProQuest products will be unavailable for a 12 hour period commencing Sunday 23 October at 1 pm (AEDT), while infrastructure maintenance is carried out.

On behalf of ProQuest, we apologise for any inconvenience.