Highlights Of New Titles Recently Added To The Collection

Writing for the Web - Creating compelling web content using words, pictures, and sound. Check Availability
The Cybrarian's Web - An A-Z guide to 101 free Web 2.0 tools and other resources. Check Availability
Learning Outside the Classroom - Theory and guidelines for practice. Check Availability
The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging - A guide to the fundamental principles of medical imaging physics, radiation protection and radiation biology. Check Availability
Execution to Die For - The manager's guide to making it happen. Check Availability
Show Case - Developing, maintaining, and presenting a design-tech portfolio for theatre and allied fields. Check Availability
Sport and Exercise Psychology - A critical introduction. Check Availability
Behind The Shock Machine - The untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments. Check Availability
Small Farmers, Big Change - Scaling up impact in smallholder agriculture. Check Availability
Preschool Education in Today's World - Teaching children with diverse backgrounds and abilities. Check Availability
Becoming a Nurse - Making the transition to practice. Check Availability
I'm With the Bears - Short stories from a damaged planet. Check Availability
What's Black and White and Reid All Over? - Something hilarious happened at the library. Check Availability
Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions -Standards and cases. Check Availability
Indigenous Peoples of the World - An introduction to their past, present, and future. Check Availability
Landscape Logic - Integrating science for landscape management. Check Availability
Great Events from History - The 19th century, 1801-1900. Check Availability

DVD's
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Drama. Check Availability
Midnight in Paris - Romantic comedy. Check Availability
We of the Never Never - Australian drama. Check Availability
Triangle - Thriller, suspense. Check Availability
Eat Pray Love - Check Availability
The Italian - Check Availability
Milk - Check Availability

Check out the full list of new titles here

An Upcoming Transit

It’s not every day that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes up, but next week you have the opportunity to see the silhouette of the planet of Venus move across the disk of the sun. To see this happen again you would have to live another 105 years!

The Transit of Venus across the face of the Sun occurs on June 5th or June 6th, 2012 depending on your location.Observers in Eastern Australia and Eastern Europe will see the entire transit, starting from shortly after sunrise on the 6th June. If you live in Western Australia, Western Europe or East Africa, the transit will be in progress at sunrise on the 6th June. Observers in North America will see part of the transit on the 5th June, but the sun will set while it is in progress.

Visit this website for more information on the Transit of Venus and links on how to view the transit safely.

So you don't miss the transit there is also a phone app available.

National Reconciliation Week, May 27 - June 3

 






National Reconciliation Week is held annually from 27 May to 3 June, and is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

For 2012, Reconciliation Australia is inviting everyone to join the reconciliation conversation and reflect on our shared histories, contributions and achievements.

The website has a great collection of resources designed to get Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians involved. You can:

• Learn about reconciliation
  
• View the range of current projects
  
• Test your knowledge with some of the quizzes
  
• Change your assumptions with Mythbusters
  
• Find a list of Indigenous themed films and music 

Your CSU Library has a great collection of books and films on Indigenous Australian history and culture. Check out the following blog postings for lists of these holdings.
http://yourlibrarycsu.blogspot.com/2010/07/spotlight-on-indigenous-resources.html
http://yourlibrarycsu.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-ebooks-for-indigenous-studies.html
http://yourlibrarycsu.blogspot.com/2008/07/naidoc-week.html 

You can find resources on the apology to the stolen generation from the database - TV News. There is also Indigenous Studies Journal Databases, where you can search for unique and amazing culture and history of Indigenous Australia.

You may also like to visit the Library page on Information for Indigenous Students to find key resources, Library services and facilities available.

Library and Information Week 2012

As part of the series of posts about interesting non-book related resources to celebrate Think Outside the Book, today's focus is on the Berg Fashion Library database  Berg Fashion Library database.

 The Berg Fashion Library database is a fascinating resource combining text and image on dress and fashion throughout history.
 It is a fascinating database to browse in or locate 

A firstborn Bariai girl dressed in fiber skirt (odoa),
Papua New Guinea, 2005. Photograph by Naomi M. McPherson.

specific information for the person studying anthropology, 
art history, history, sociology, geography, folklore, museum 
studies, theatre, and cultural studies as well as fashion and 
textiles. 


The Berg Fashion Library database includes the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and much more. It is such a diverse array of image and text subject you will be engrossed for hours.

Women's 18th Century leather outdoor shoe

 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 Dress forming part of the trousseau

© V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London 

This Anazazi sock was crafted out of human hair. 

The sole is reinforced with yucca fibres.

 © 2009 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto 

Part of the Fashion in Colors exhibition, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, 2000. Photograph by Naoya Hatakeyama. The Kyoto Costume Institute.

Our Favourite OnlineResources

 We asked the CSU Library staff to think outside the book and tell us about their favourite online resources. Here are some of their recommendations:


I really like the SparkNotes  that we include under Useful Websites on the English Lit Subject Support page. They’re literature study guides that provide plot and character analysis, discuss themes and symbolism, and give other interesting facts about the books and authors. The site used to be hosted and written by Harvard University English students – it seems to be more commercial now with lots of ads – but the SparkNotes are still good to read. It is a great site for browsing.

(Vanessa - Information & Liaison Services)

I likeTROVE because of the varied resources that you can find there. Anything from a good book, to a thesis, or family history.
(Tabitha - Faculty Liaison)


The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is an extensive online resource promoted frequently to Dubbo students, particularly those studying nursing and social work.

The resource makes freely available an enormous range of government (National, State and Territory) and non-government materials including reports, research, projects, policies, guidelines, conference papers, and others. Subject content is broad, covering topics such as Australia’s Indigenous health status, health conditions, health-related issues (domestic violence, road safety, etc.), social and emotional wellbeing, and much more.

The resource’s content is used by a broad base, including “policy-makers, government and non-government organisations, health service providers, professional associations, program managers, clinicians and other health professionals (including Indigenous health workers), researchers, academics and other teachers, students, and the general community”.
 (Martin - Information & Liaison Services)

I would be undefined without the Oxford English Dictionary….
(Anonymous )

For a resource that noone can ever pronounce correctly, you can’t go past ESCoastBoat – sorry, EBSCOhost. No, seriously, I like to recommend it to beginning students because: it covers pretty well all subjects; extra databases can easily be added in to a search; it has some nice features such as defaulting to relevance sort, and suggesting matching subject headings; and it usually has plenty of full-text. PS: SparkNotes sounds good!

(Tim - Information & Liaison Services)

Ok so it isn’t terribly academic …. but I can’t go past Internet Movie Database as a fave online resource.  I mean where else can you get reviews… settle a family argument (yes he was in that..no he wasn’t) and find guides, people profiles and entertainment news all in one spot?
 (Carole - Information & Liaison Services)

I would have to say Google Scholar. It ‘s a great starting point and doesn’t mind spelling errors!
(Deb - Information & Liaison Services)

I’m with Deb – I love Google Scholar. I love the way it gives you a link that shows you who else has cited the article, regardless of database – and when you have logged into the library links then you can just click on the CSU link to access the article and all the database benefits!

 (Janine - Access Services/Information & Liaison Services)

For work I use the Online Reference page often  especially time zones for setting up meeings.
(Julie - Executive Office)

ODLIS- Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science – good for deciphering library lingo.
(Carla - Collection Services)

Museum Victoria’s website is awesome, it is dynamic, fun and easy to use. I’m a Wallace and Gromit fan and they’re on the homepage at the moment. Museum Victoria’s website has some great apps and some wonderful exhibitions coming up. It’s easy to book tickets online…I’m off to Mesopotamia later this year (Jennie - Collection Services)

For leisure, I love having the Kindle app on my iPhone- I have a book to read no matter where i am (I’m never far from my phone ).
(Susanna - Faculty Liaison)

I really love the International Children’s Digital Library . It has some really lovely books in many languages with gorgeous illustrations that you can read online.
(Bec - Information & Liaison Services)

Where would I go without Google. Anything I need to know I type in the Google search box before going to a particular website. It is the homepage in all my computing devices including the internet browser in my mobile. Googling – A great place to start.
(Roshan - Access Services/Information & Liaison Services)

 

 

 

 

 

Library and Information Week 2012

As part of the series of posts about interesting non-book related resources to celebrate Think Outside the Book, today's focus is on Primal Pictures.

Primal Pictures is one of the most interesting visual databases that CSU has. Primal pictures gives clear and detailed 3D pictures of the human body that can be rotated with various layers added and removed as required. Each bodily unit is stripped bare and the user selects different layers to build up to a complete “whole”. What makes Primal Pictures even more useful is the ability to zoom in and out, take screen shots and download individualised images to your own computer to create your own visual library. Anatomical details can be labelled, bones, muscles, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, organs, skin other parts included or excluded with one mouse click. Depending on the Primal Pictures database selected users can also additionally view slides, videos, animations and MRI scans.

There are four different Primal Pictures databases used at CSU:

• Primal Pictures 3D Real-Time Viewer (3D human body).

This includes 11 modules, each one representing a different 3D anatomical part of the body

• Primal Pictures Anatomy & Physiology Online. 

This consists of 19 modules containing 3D images and interactive models, narrated animations and illustrations, dissection slides, clinical case studies, a guide to the impact of ageing on that body system, pronunciation guide and quizzes

• Primal Pictures Anatomy Plus Platinum Package: Regional.

This database goes more into the functions and biomechanics involved in human anatomy as well as surgical procedures involved. Included are individual organs, anatomical systems and body regions. Models show different layers, rotate, link to text information. Also included are clinical videos, pathology slides, MRI scans, a study guide and a test bank.

• Primal Pictures Dentistry (3D Head and Neck Anatomy for Dentistry)

The Dentistry component of Primal Pictures features all the key anatomy involved in dentistry. MRI images, photographic slides, movies, animations, and specialized clinical content which includes 3D views of progressive dental conditions such as caries and gingivitis, and interactive 3D nerve views of intraoral injections.

NB. If you have previously used Primal Pictures (the full resource), you might find that the link to Primal Pictures Dentistry takes you to the full resource. You will need to clear cookies to resolve this.

See the library journal database  for more details.

Enjoy the Library and Information Week 2012 - Think Outside the Book.