CAB eBooks: current service interruption

The Library's subscription to CAB eBooks is currently experiencing technical problems which will affect your ability to access this collection of eBooks - it is hoped that this problem will be fixed soon, however the servers are located in the Northern Hemisphere, so they may be unavailable until sometime tomorrow.


What are CAB eBooks?
CAB eBooks is a growing collection of more than 330 eBooks published by CAB International (CABI) since 2005 covering: agriculture; animal & veterinary sciences; environmental sciences; human health, food, & nutrition; leisure & tourism; and plant sciences. The collection can be browsed under these subject categories, or browsed or searched as a whole. Books are retrievable as chapters, displayed as PDF files.

CAB eBooks are available from the Library's eBook Collection page.

Highlights of This Weeks New Titles

• Crash course in public library administration - Presents a quick and informative look at public administration principles and how they are often applied in public institutions. Check Availability

• The sociology of Katrina - Perspectives on a modern catastrophe. Check Availability

• Social impacts of digital media - The rapid uptake of digital technologies has hugely impacted on the way we communicate, relate, learn, work, and spend our leisure time. Check Availability

• Social work practice in mental health - An introduction. Check Availability

• Care and education in early childhood - A student's guide to theory and practice. Check Availability

• Lippincott's illustrated reviews - Biochemistry. Check Availability

• Emergent management of trauma - Covers the essential points of diagnosis, management, and disposition of the trauma patient. Check Availability

• Pest and disease management for organic farmers, growers and smallholders - A complete guide. Check Availability

• Financial & managerial accounting - The basis for business decisions. Check Availability

• Demystifying dissertation writing - A streamlined process from choice of topic to final text. Check Availability

The complete list of new titles is here

$45,000 Short Story Competition

Next year has been declared the National year of Reading.


To mark this, a short story competion has been launched by Writing Australia. This new body is
funded by the Australian Council Literature board and will promote and foster Australian writers.

Twelve published writers will each win $3,000 and nine unpublished writers $1,000 for short stories about the struggles and triumphs of adults learning to read.

Email your entry of up to 3,000 words to Writing Australia by 5pm, August 5th.

More information and entry forms are available from the National Year of Reading 2012 website.

Search@CSU Library feedback: display and duplication of search results

Changes to display of books, journals and ebooks

Books, journals and ebooks are now displayed in Search@CSU Library in a way that helps users to distinguish between different versions and editions of a particular item.

How to use this feature:

1. When different versions/editions of a particular item are available, a message will appear on the right-hand side of the screen. Click on the message, as shown below:

2. A screen similar to the one below will appear:


This example shows that the library has two different editions of the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The library also holds an audio version, as well as the DVD.

Display of journal article duplicates
Users of Search@CSU Library have noticed significant changes to the way in which their search results are displayed. Some users have reported that a single journal article may display multiple times in their search results in Search@CSU Library.

Why does this occur? Information about the library’s database holdings is gathered together in an index called Primo Central. Primo Central feeds this information into Search@CSU Library. A journal article may be housed in more than one database, however, and so can appear more than once in the search results. This issue is being addressed in a service pack designed to ‘de-duplicate’ journal article search results. Library staff are currently testing the service pack with the aim of implementation in July.

Accessing Search@CSU Library On Campus

Staff and students accessing Search@CSU Library from student residences, computer labs, or via the CSU wireless network may experience difficulty logging in to Request books, or access My Library Record.

Users experiencing this problem should login to the Internet Access System (IAS) before attempting to use Search@CSU Library.

IAS heartbeat window: Click image to enlarge

Login to access the Internet, and keep the IAS heartbeat window open while using Search@CSU Library.

Single sign-on to access Library resources and services

From Wednesday July 13 there will be a change to the way that clients request library material through the Library catalogue or within Search@CSU Library.

Staff and students will be required to login using their CSU user name and password (i.e. your My.CSU login details) rather than the CS+ID number and pin [date and month of birth] as is currently required to request books, copies or access My Library Record.

This login is required when logging in to the catalogue or Search@CSU Library to request books, copies of articles or when logging into My Library Record.

The introduction of a single sign-on based on the CSU username and password will make access to Library services simpler for users, and is consistent with the introduction of Search@CSU Library – which provides a single search interface for most Library resources.

Search@CSU Library, the catalogue, and access to electronic resources may be briefly unavailable on Wednesday 13 July between 6.00-7.00pm while these changes are implemented. If problems are encountered during the implementation phase on Wednesday evening, the current login service will still be available.

Changes to Accessing Dubbo Collection

We're very pleased to announce that a full time Library Officer for the Dubbo Campus, Martin Peffer, is now available to assist students with all queries, in addition to the chat and ask a question services provided remotely. Martin is available Monday to Friday from 9am - 5pm and can be found by visiting the main service counter.

Materials held at the Dubbo campus library are now available for borrowing by students and staff based on other CSU campuses. This means you can request items from Dubbo which were previously only available to students and staff based on Dubbo campus. The 'home delivery' option for requests will no longer be available to Dubbo internal students, instead they will now be able to select Dubbo as the 'pickup location.' Holds will be available for 5 working days after notification is sent.

If you have any comments or questions, please don't hesitate to contact us or visit Martin on campus.

Highlights of eBooks Recently Added to the Library Collection

• Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care - An introductory text. Check Availability

• Digital Library Futures - User Perspectives and Institutional Strategies. Check Availability

• Veterinary Echocardiography - Provides detailed guidelines for obtaining and interpreting diagnostic echocardiograms in domestic species. Check Availability

• Energy, Sustainability and the Environment - Technology, incentives, behavior. Check Availability

• Production Management for TV and Film - The Professional's Guide. Check Availability

• Teens, Libraries, and Social Networking - What librarians need to know. Check Availability

• 3D Art Essentials - The Fundamentals of 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Animation. Check Availability

• Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons -The definitive source of analytical data for drugs and poisons. Check Availability

• Criminals and Victims - Presents an economic analysis of decisions made by criminals and victims of crime before, during, and after a crime or victimization occurs. Check Availability

• Scientific Software Design - The Object-Oriented Way. Check Availability

• Film and the Holocaust - New Perspectives on Dramas, Documentaries, and Experimental Films. Check Availability

• Theories in Social Psychology - Identifies and discusses in-depth the important theoretical perspectives and theories that underlie the discipline of social psychology. Check Availability

More information on eBooks is here
The complete list of New Titles is here

Changes to Informaworld and Wiley InterScience

Two of CSU Library's important eResources have recently undergone changes:
1. Informaworld has changed its name to Taylor & Francis Online and has a new interface. Taylor & Francis Online is a one-stop site hosting the full text of more than 1300 eJournals published by Taylor & Francis and other publishers, and includes material on most subjects.

Check out the new Taylor & Francis Online interface.


2. Wiley InterScience has changed its name to Wiley Online Library. This is a huge database of eJournals (most in full-text) and eBooks published by Wiley/Blackwell, which covers all subject areas.





Visit Wiley Online Library.


Please also note that Wiley Online Library will be unavailable, due to site maintenance, for up to 2 hours from 7 pm on Saturday 2 July (AEST) [0900 on 2 July UTC/GMT].

* If you've got any questions or queries about the Library's online resources, please don't hesitate to contact us.