Australia Day Closure

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

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

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

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?

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

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!!