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Biology books available from Oxford Scholarship Online

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Oxford Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 1,900 Oxford books.

UQ Library has recently increased its access to Oxford Scholarship Online and currently provides electronic access to books in the areas of Biology, Business and Management, and Psychology.

The scope and content of the Biology list can be described in general terms as “Ecology and Evolution”, in particular quality in the fields of evolutionary biology and epidemiology. As well as maintaining these strengths, the Biology area continues to expand in the fields of ecology, conservation biology, physiology, animal biology, marine biology and plant science.

To access Oxford Scholarship Online go to - http://library.uq.edu.au/record=e1000190

Lockers available for Postgraduate Students

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Postgraduate Students
Gatton Library has lockers available for use. These are situated in the postgraduate area on the lower level of the Library.

Eligible students can borrow a locker for a period of one month.

Please see the staff at the Circulations Desk if you are interested in using a locker.

Publish, Not Perish

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Publish, not perish: the art & craft of publishing in scholarly journals.

The University of Colorado Libraries have designed an online research tutorial that focus on how to publish in academic journals.

It describes the world of academic publishing, how to to plan and write a paper, how to find the most likely journals to target, defines the “impact factor”, gives you the details of the actual publishing process, the world of Open Access, and how to fit writing papers into an already busy schedule.

This is a useful resource for researchers just beginning to publish and for those who want to update their knowledge of academic publishing.

24 hour access to the Centenary Learning Centre

Monday, April 14th, 2008

All students are now permitted after-hours access to the lower level of the Gatton Library, The Centenary Learning Centre.

A roller door has been installed between the levels and students are able to get an after-hours swipe card for access to the lower level including the computer training rooms.

Students interested in after-hours access need make arrangements to get a swipe card at the Library Circulations Desk.

Document Delivery available for Undergraduates

Friday, April 11th, 2008

During Semester 1 2008, the Library will be offering document delivery to Undergraduate students, as part of a trial service.

Undergraduate students will be able to request up to a maximum of 15 items per semester through the document delivery service. This may include requests for books or articles that are related to your studies and which are not held at the University of Queensland Library. It may also include requests for journal articles held at Warehouse or at another UQ campus.

Supply time for these requests may vary depending on whether an item is supplied from the UQ collection, or from a non-UQ collection. Supply time for items requested from non-UQ collections will depend on factors such as the local processes of the supplying library and the time that an item will spend in transit from the supplying library to UQ.

Please note: before using this service you will need to go to the loans desk in your branch library and ask staff to enter a home library for you. Contact details are available at:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about/branches.html

For more information about the Document Delivery service, please go to:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/docdeliv/about.html