This Weeks New eBooks

Below is a selection of new e-Books added to the collection this week:

• A Philosophy of Cinematic Art - Discusses the status of cinema as an art form. Check Availability


• American Science Fiction Film and Television - Presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre. Check Availability


• Dental Management of Sleep Disorders - Focuses on the dentist’s role in treating patients with sleep problems. Check Availability


• Engaging Children with Print : Building Early Literacy Skills Through Quality Read-Alouds - Presents research-based techniques for using reading aloud to intentionally and systematically build children's knowledge of print. Check Availability


• Essential Mathematics and Statistics for Forensic Science - A student-friendly introduction to the wide range of mathematical and statistical tools needed by the forensic scientist. Check Availability


• Healthcare Research : A Handbook for Students and Practitioners - An invaluable guide for students and practitioners who need to acquire a wide range of relevant skills. Check Availability


• Modern Biotechnology : Connecting Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering fundamentals - Introduces students in science, engineering, or technology to the basics of genetic engineering, recombinant organisms, wild-type fermentations, metabolic engineering and microorganisms for the production of small molecule bioproducts. Check Availability


• Removable Partial Dentures : A Clinician's Guide - A highly practical step-by-step guide to the diagnosis, treatment planning, and manufacture of removable partial prostheses. Check Availability


• Rethinking Learning Disabilities : Understanding Children Who Struggle in School - Offers an alternative to the prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the child. Check Availability


• Television Studies : The Basics - A lively introduction to the study of a powerful medium. Check Availability


• Vegetable Seed Production -Providing broad expert coverage of the horticultural production of vegetables grown from seed. Check Availability

View more new eBooks here select the week then the 'E-Resources (web sites, electronics books)' link.
More information on e-Books is here.

Books, glorious books

eResources are great, providing instant access to the information you need, but what if you just want to read a book? A real one. Made of paper. One you can curl up in bed with? Well, WorldCat and ULA may be just what you’re looking for.

University Library Australia (ULA)
ULA allows students and staff members of Australian Universities to borrow in person from any interstate university library. If you don’t live close enough to one of the CSU campus libraries but live close to another university library, you can join up with them as a reciprocal borrower, which allows you to borrow from their collections. Likewise, students at other universities can join CSU Library as a reciprocal borrower - see our Reciprocal Borrowers page for more details.

• See the list of participating universities – note that some institutions have a $50 fee for this service which is indicated by an asterisk next to their name.
• See a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions about the ULA borrowing scheme
  

WorldCat
Do you really want to access a book but don’t know where you can possibly borrow it from? Well, using WorldCat you can search the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

Amazing WorldCat Facts

• Number of items available worldwide: 1.5 billion
• Number of libraries represented worldwide: 72,000
• Number of holdings: 1,566,411,480Number of countries and territories with library holdings in WorldCat: 171
• Number of languages and dialects represented: Over 470
  

Be sure to check out the WorldCat website to see all the neat tools they have to offer, such as widgets, mobile phone apps, a blog and more.

Pac-Man-ia is back!

Friday 21st May 2010 marked the 30th anniversary of the release of the most successful coin-operated game: Pac-Man. To celebrate, Google released a tribute to Pac-Man, which was a fully playable, 256 level replica available from their homepage.

While some are lamenting the lost productivity that having Pac-Man playable from Google (4.82 million hours!), I would like to celebrate Pac-Man's acheivements, and highlight some of his finest moments and references from pop-culture.

Pac-Man the cartoon was released in 1982, and was the first cartoon to be based off a video game character.



Pac-Man-ia was running wild - even scoring a Top 10 single, Buckner & Garcia's 'Pac-Man Fever'.



In 2003, Scrubs proved that Pac-Man-ia never really left, and that even Ms Pac-Man was worth dropping some coins into.

Also in 2003, while Playstation and Xbox previewed the Playstation Portable and Halo 2 respectively, Nintendo tried to get back to basics, using their E3 Media Briefing to show off the latest iteration of Pac-Man, Pac-Man Vs., exclusively for Gamecube.

Did I mention that Pac-Man is the most recognisable video game character ever created? Not bad for a tiny yellow blob!

For those of you who missed the Google tribute, you can still get in on the fun, as they have preserved the game in all its glory here.

If you Pac-Man-iacs want even more information and news on Pac-Man, why not check out the Official Pac-Man 30th Anniversary website. Wakka, Wakka, Wakka

Expand Your Access to eResources

CSU Library has hundreds of online resources, but did you know that if you live in Australia you can also join your State Library and the National Library of Australia to access their extensive online collections too?

Each library has a different range of resources available, but it is worthwhile checking out what they have to offer you.

The National Library of Australia

• National Library of Australia - visit their site / join as a member

State Libraries

• New South Wales - visit their site / join as a member
• Victoria - visit their site / join as a member
• South Australia - visit their site / join as a member
• Tasmania - visit their site / join as a member
• Queensland - visit their site / join as a member
• Western Australia - visit their site / *
  
• Northern Territory - visit their site / *
  

* To join the Western Australian and Northern Territory libraries, you will need your membership details for your local library

Spotlight on the National Library of Australia

Today we highlight some of the great resources freely available from the National Library of Australia, as part of our Library and Information Week celebrations. No one library is able to provide access to all the resources in every subject area, so take some time this week to look around, especially in National and State Libraries.
Australian Research Online - where you can search 438,504 Australian research outputs, including theses; preprints; postprints; journal articles; book chapters; music recordings and pictures. Currently more than half of Australian universities have public research repositories, which can be simultaneously searched through this site along with various government repositories. The service also searches several other collections of Australian research, including Australian Policy Online, and Australasian Digital Theses Program. While the specific open access policies will vary between contributing institutions, repositories offer a vehicle for researchers to make their work publicly available.

Trove - provides integrated access to approximately 90 million items from a range of the National Library's collaborative services, as well as some external sources. External sources include:

• OAIster
• PubMed Central
• Project MUSE
• NASA Technical Report Server
• CiteBase
• Nature Publishing Group
  and more than 1000 others...
• Open Library - online public domain books
• Hathi Trust - online public domain books
• Wikipedia - keywords (tags) associated with books

eResources - find indexes, databases and full text ejournals. Includes freely available Websites, licenced resources available if you have a library card, and onsite resources, accessible in the Library building. Licenced resources include:

• ProQuest Asian Business and Reference
• Project Muse
• Library Literature and Information Science Full Text
• Water: Science and Issues
• Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
• Applied Science and Technology Full Text

Digitised collections - Explore the Australian story through captivating pictures, rare historical maps, early Australian printed music, manuscripts belonging to famous Australians, selected printed works from our Australian and overseas collections, and selected audio recordings of our oral history and folklore items.

You can view more than 2300 books, journals and ephemera online, ranging from James Cook’s Voyage to the Pacific Ocean and John Gould's Birds of Australia to Dorothy Wall's Blinky Bill and C.J. Dennis’ A Book for Kids. Some rare works from the Library’s Asian Collections are also worth taking a look at, such as the early Korean work on Confucian ethics Samgang haengsil, or Tian fu xia fan zhao shu from the London Missionary Society Collection.

Library and Information Week 2010

This week (24-30 May) is Library and Information Week 2010, and in celebration of this year’s theme – Access All Areas – we’re going to spend the week sharing all the ways you can access the goodies libraries have to offer you.

During Library and Information Week we'll be looking at different types of libraries, and uncovering a range of amazing resources available to you, many you may not even be aware of.

Here's what the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has to say about this important week:

"In May every year, libraries and information services throughout Australia celebrate Library and Information Week and highlight the vital role and value of libraries.

"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."

We look forward to sharing with you this week! Stay tuned tomorrow to find out all about the National Library of Australia and State Libraries.

This Weeks New eBooks

Below is a selection of new e-Books added to the collection this week:

• Acute Medicine : a practical guide to the management of medical emergencies - A pocket guide to the management of medical emergencies for front-line hospital doctors. Check Availability
  
• Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture : marine and freshwater species - This book provides information on endangered, highly profitable species for aquaculture or fisheries and species with high potential in laboratory research. Check Availability


• Phytogenics in Animal Nutrition : natural concepts to optimize gut health and performance - Represents a review of existing knowledge, as well as a basis for future research and development for scientists and the feed industry in order to develop efficacious phytogenic preparations for animal nutrition. Check Availability


• Qualitative Research : studying how things work - Provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Check Availability


• Quality of Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation : a practical guide to analysis and interpretation - An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials. Check Availability


• Sport and Physical Education : the key concepts - This book has been written specifically for students of sport studies and physical education, introducing basic terms and concepts. Check Availability


• The Shoestring Library - An organized collection of budget saving methods, materials, and strategies, these tips are all tried-and-true examples of ways to stretch the media specialist’s budget and time, and change even the drabbest library into an inviting oasis of learning. Check Availability

View more new eBooks here select the week then the 'E-Resources (web sites, electronics books)' link.

More information on e-Books is here.

The Internet is full!

So the Internet is almost full. Only 500 days until all the IP addresses in the world (over 4 billion of them) have been exhausted.

While the Y2k bug was a bit of a fizzer (one large video late fee excluded), and the recent PS3 System Clock bug forced gamers outside to see the sun for the first time this century, the IP address exhaustion is serious business!

An IP address uses four numbers from 0 to 255 to distinguish one online device from another (this is known as IPv4) . With the massive rise in online capable devices - from TV's to phones to fridges etc - it's no wonder the cup is almost full.

So what's the solution? Enter IPv6. A protocol so vast that if each unique IPv6 address was the size of a grain of sand, we could build 300 million Earth-sized sandcastles (if we could find a parking spot at Bondi!)

But it's not all video games and sandcastles. Many of your everyday online devices won't allocate you an IPv6 number - this includes you iPhone users. What this means is that you may be 'locked out' of newer Internet sites, and be forced to spend eternity navigating the slums of 'old internet' (those websites that are viewable for both IPv4 and IPv6 users).

Needless to say, there will be riots in the streets! Forget the Mayan Apocolypse, with the death of IPv4, we may not even make it to December 21, 2012.

Source: Text adapted (loosely) from SMH.com.
Disclaimer: Predictions of riots and destruction are pure speculation, and may not actually transpire. Any rioters are asked to keep the volume down, CSU Library is a quiet space.

This Weeks New e-Books

Below is a selection of new e-Books added to the collection this week:

• Clinical Coach for Nursing Excellence - Accelerate your mastery of the important knowledge, skills, and attitudes you need to succeed as an RN. Check Availability
  
• Dental Caries : the disease and its clinical management - Includes coverage of the disease in all its variety, from eruption of the first primary tooth to the prevalent forms of the disease in older patients. Check Availability


• Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Covers all the core material necessary to provide an understanding of the basic chemistry of drug molecules. Check Availability


• High Definition Cinematography - Provides the explanations, definitions, and workflows that today's cinematographers and camera operators need to make the transition. Check Availability


• Illustrated Guide to Equine Diseases - Covers an extensive range of diseases with a multitude of diagnostic references. Check Availability
  
• Medical Disorders in Pregnancy : a manual for midwives - Provides an outline of common medical disorders that may be affected by pregnancy or which may cause pregnancy complications. Check Availability


• Peer Groups and Children's Development : psychological and educational perspectives - Considers the experiences of school-aged children with their peer groups and its implications for their social, personal and intellectual development. Check Availability


• Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals - Introduction to the basic principles of animal restraint and an overview of techniques for vertebrate wild and domestic animals. Check Availability


• Sound and Music for the Theatre : the art and technique of design - Traces the entire process of sound design from initial concept through closing night. Check Availability

View more new eBooks here select the week then the 'E-Resources (web sites, electronics books)' link.

More information on e-Books is here.

YouTube just got smarter

Did you know you now have an excuse to spend time on YouTube while you're studying... without feeling guilty? YouTube has great educational content available that can actually help you study, like channels from popular databases ScienceDirect and Scopus, and YouTube EDU, which brings together educational materials from major universities.

Check these channels out for yourself, and remember: it's all in the name of study!

ScienceDirect TV



Scopus TV



YouTube EDU

Immigration: taking a long view

This interesting Asialink paper by Nancy Viviani addresses the "Big Country" immigration debate. It argues that we haven't thought enough about the social and economic impact of the latest anticipated increases in immigration, especially when local population comes under pressure from high levels of more skilled migration. (Text adapted from AustralianPolicyOnline) Read the complete article here

Picture from Meremaila

Latest issue: Library News@CSU

The latest issue of the Library's newsletter - Library News@CSU - is now available, and this time it's better than ever! The new HTML format makes the newsletter more easily accessible and “browsable” and, of course, more environmentally friendly.

Browse the latest issue of Library News@CSU on our Publications page.

This issue includes:

• CSU Library lends books overseas
• Spotlight on the CSU Library Indigenous Liaison Team
• The offical opening of CSU's new Albury-Wodonga campus in Thurgoona
• New eResources
• The Library's new-look FAQs, and
• Meet our new staff members
• Plus much more!

We love hearing your feedback, so let us know what you think by filling out our feedback form, or emailing our team.

This Weeks New eBooks

Below is a selection of new e-Books added to the collection this week:

• Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology - 85 chapters that highlight recent advances in our knowledge of the viruses that infect plants and fungi. Check Availability


• Feline Dentistry : oral assessment, treatment, and preventative care - A guide to the diagnosis and management of general dental problems as well as problems unique to cats. Check Availability
  
• Film Marketing - Focuses on the film industry as a whole. Check Availability


• Gene Transfer and the Ethics of First-in-Human Research : lost in translation - Examines the ethical and policy dimensions of testing interventions in human beings. Check Availability


• HTML, XHTML, and CSS bible - Explains the basic structure and necessary formatting to create a static and dynamic page on the Internet. Check Availability
  
• Joomla! Start to Finish : how to plan, execute, and maintain your web site - Everything you need to know to plan and maintain a Joomla! site. Check Availability


• Oncology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses - A handbook of cancer care from the technician perspective. Check Availability


• Radiology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - Covers the key aspects of imaging that are of relevance to anaesthetists and intensivists. Check Availability


• Research Writing in Dentistry - Practical guide to selecting, designing, and writing up a research project. Check Availability


• Screening Generation X : the politics and popular memory of youth in contemporary cinema - Examines popular representations of Generation X in American and British film. Check Availability

View more new eBooks here select the week then the 'E-Resources (web sites, electronics books)' link.

More information on e-Books is here.

Databases on your mobile

Ever needed to read a journal article but can't find a spare computer? Laptop battery flat? This can't be used as an excuse any longer. CSU Library now has access to all subscribed EBSCOhost databases on your mobile.

EBSCOhost (Mobile) boasts the following features:

• Basic Searching
• HTML and PDF Full Text
• Limiters (such as Full-Text, Peer Reviewed, Date etc)
• E-mailing articles
• and Multiple Database Searching

EBSCOhost (Mobile) is compatible with Android, Blackberry, Dell Axim, iPhone and Palm 750 devices.

EBSCOhost aren't the only databases that you can search on you mobile. PubMed, Medline and Informit databases can also be searched.

Hopefully more database providers offer mobile friendly interfaces in the future. CSU Library will continue to add links to mobile databases in the FAQs.

Links:

• EBSCOhost (Mobile) - http://ezproxy.csu.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=mobile
• Pubmed - http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/
• Medline - http://mdot.nlm.nih.gov/proj/mdot/mdot.php
• Informit - http://ezproxy.csu.edu.au/login?url=http://search.informit.com.au
  

CINAHL Plus Full text

CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, and it just got better. Due to the popularity of this database, the Library has increased its licence so that the number of users who can access it simultaneously has risen from 12 users to unlimited users. This means that if you've been having problems trying to access CINAHL, your problems are over!

Not familiar with CINAHL yet?

CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides the full-text of more than 560 journals, as well as citations and links to the full text of many more journals in our other database collections - just look for the 'Find Full Text' icon or SFX link. Resources include material going back to 1937, such as: legal cases, drug records, clinical trials, professional publications, health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, and Evidence-Based Care Sheets.

You can access CINAHL Plus with Full Text on the Library's journal database pages.

New e-Books

Below is a selection of new e-Books added to the collection this week:

• Caring for older people in the community - Caring for older people encompasses complex physical, social and psychological needs, and poses many diverse challenges for nurses. Check Availability
  
• Evidence-based practice in infant and early childhood psychology - Considers the complete psychological needs of infants and young children. Check Availability


• Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations : a strategic approach - This book shows how to integrate HR practices with the mission of their organization. Check Availability
  
• Innovation in China : the China software industry - Examines the complete innovation value chain of software in its key phases of innovation, standards definition, development and marketing. Check Availability
  
• Management of fungal plant pathogens - A review of research into pathogenic fungi in a diverse selection of economically important crops, including fruits and cereals. Check Availability


• Security in computing systems: challenges, approaches, and solutions - Provides a broad and comprehensive description of computer security threats and countermeasures, ideal for graduate students or researchers in academia and industry who require an introduction to the state of the art in this field. Check Availability


• The theory & practice of training - Provides a comprehensive outline of the major instructional and training concepts, and their relationship to training in practice. Check Availability


• Wine tasting : a professional handbook -An essential guide for any professional or serious connoisseur seeking to understand both the theory and practice of wine tasting. Check Availability


• Working abroad : the complete guide to overseas employment and living in a new country - A full reference source for those assessing the pros and cons of overseas employment and living in a new country. Check Availability

View more new eBooks here select the week then the 'E-Resources (web sites, electronics books)' link.

More information on e-Books is here