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Semester 2 O’Week

Get off to a good start this semester!

Come along to a Library Orientation Session and Tour at the Barr Smith Library. Sessions include a demonstration of the Library’s website and discovery tools for finding information and a guided tour of the Barr Smith Library.

Tours last 50 minutes and will be run:

Monday 26th July 12.10pm and 1.10pm
Tuesday 27th July 12.10pm
Friday 30th July 12.10pm

You don’t need to book, but numbers per session are limited.

Interactive Tutorials

If you need some last minute help with your assignments, visit www.adelaide.edu.au/library/help/tutorials to see how Simon and Qing interpret an essay question or find books in the catalogue.

Annual Book Sale June 2/3

The  Barr Smith Library’s annual sale of pre-loved books will take place on Wednesday June 2 and Thursday June 3, 9am-5pm in the Ira Raymond Exhibition room, level 3 south, just at the library entrance.

Many subject areas and languages will be represented.

Most items $2.00 unless marked otherwise (cash only).

Sorry, no listings or previews.

Enquiries to the Book Resources Librarian:

Margaret Hosking
83033706
library-brl@adelaide.edu.au

New: Mobile Library

Good news! You can now access the Library from your mobile phone!

If your phone provides access to the web, you can access information about the library. We have a set of web pages providing:

• access to the Catalogue,
• contact details,
• hours of opening,
• maps of the BSL

and our Podcasts.

Just point your phone’s browser at http://library.adelaide.edu.au/m/

We’re happy to add more, based on feedback. So tell us what you would like to see included.

New interactive tutorials! Join Simon and Qing…

… as they discover how to interpret a reading list, work out what an essay question is really asking, and find the book they’re after!

Available on the library website at www.adelaide.edu.au/library/help/tutorials

O’Week 2010 – get a good start

Get a good start to your university studies – come on an O’Week Library Tour of the Barr Smith Library. These 50 minute guided tours of the Library will introduce you to the Library’s layout, services and the catalogue.

Lots of tours are running throughout O’Week and Weeks 1-3. No bookings are necessary.

New copiers, now with scanning support

We have introduced new photocopiers into the Library this year. In addition to being faster than the old, all copiers now provide duplex (double-sided) copying, colour copying, and copying to overhead transparencies. (You need to supply your own transparencies for that.)

But also, the new copiers will allow scanning to a USB memory stick, for which there is no charge — and no paper!

* Please note that the USB option may not work with some older memory sticks.

Mobile Search of IEEE Xplore ® Digital Library Now Available

23 November 2009 – IEEE has launched its first mobile version of the IEEE Xplore digital library. You can now easily perform searches anywhere, anytime of over two million documents via any mobile device with Internet access. IEEE is actively searching for feedback of this new Beta service. Go to http://m.ieeexplore.ieee.org on any internet-enabled mobile device, try the new site, and provide your feedback via the link at the bottom of the Web page.

Using IEEE Xplore® Mobile Beta, users can conduct a basic search, display the top 10 results by relevancy, and view abstracts and citations. To view the full-text of an article, the user can email the link to any email address and, if they are a subscriber, view the article directly from the main IEEE Xplore Web site when they are on their personal computer. Non-subscribers can purchase the article or subscribe to the IEEE Xplore digital library.

 

via IEEE – News Releases.

Calling all science students. How do YOU use the Library?

Students currently studying 1st, 2nd or 3rd year Chemistry, Biochemistry, Geology, Ecology, Environmental Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Microbiology or Immunology are invited to participate in a Library focus group.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a regular in the Library or have only ever gone into the Library to use the toilets. We are keen to hear your views!

By participating in a focus group – and sharing your thoughts – you’ll be helping us to build an even better Library.

Available sessions are:

• Wednesday 28th October: 10:15am-11:00am
• Thursday 29th October: 11.15am-12:00 noon

About the focus groups

Sessions will last about 40 minutes, will consist of a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 students, and will be held in the Barr Smith Library. Snacks and drinks will be provided. By participating in the focus groups you’ll also go in the draw to win one of several book vouchers.

To book your spot and be part of a focus group, or for more information, please email Ursula Henderson, ursula.g.henderson@adelaide.edu.au or call 8313 1063.