Why not relax with a good book this summer?

Summer’s here, holidays are beckoning …
a great time to kick back and settle down with a good book.

The Miller Collection in the Auchmuty Library has over 1600 popular fiction books. There are novels to suit all tastes: crime, science fiction, fantasy, romance, literary, and more.

How do you find what’s in the Miller Collection?

Browse the shelves in the Auchmuty Library – after going in the main entry on Level 3, turn left, go through the doors and the Miller Collection is directly in front of you.

Search NEWCAT for your favourite author or title, or browse the entire collection by the call number – MC

New database – TVNews

TVNews is a fantastic new database that indexes and provides streaming videos of all Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries screened on free-to-air television: ABC, ABC2, SBS, and the 7, 9 and 10 networks. All individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a detailed synopsis. It is updated twice daily, and evening news stories are usually available the next morning.

TVNews has content from late August 2007, and over time will provide an invaluable archive of Australian news stories.

New trial database – iSinoLaw

Trial available until 7th December 2007

Requires a password

iSinoLaw gives users immediate access to comprehensive , up-to-date
Chinese legal information covering National Law, Local Legislation, Judicial
Interpretations, Court judgements, arbitral awards of both the China
Maritime Arbitration Commission and China International Economic Trade
Arbitration Commission, ATO Accession documentation and legal news.

Legal News is updated daily giving users the most updated China Laws and
Regulations online everyday.

Go to: iSinoLaw

Tell us what you think of this database via the evalution form, or use the Comments link on this post.

Huxley Library re-opened 23/11/07

Power has been restored and the Huxley Library re-opened this morning.

Library catalogue and online services now available

The good news is NEWCAT and online resource access has been restored after the power outage.

The bad news is that unfortunately, the power won’t be restored to the Huxley Library until late tonight or tomorrow morning. It is expected that the Huxley Library will re-open at the normal time tomorrow, Friday. However, it would be a good idea to check before coming in. Phone the Huxley Library on 49216453 after 8:00am or the Auchmuty Library on 49215851.

Power failure causes interruption to Library services

Due to a power failure on the Hunter (eastern) side of the campus the following services will not be available this morning, Thursday 22nd November 2007:

• Huxley Library
• NEWCAT, the Library catalogue
• Online journals, books, etc.

Energy Australia estimate it will take 4-6 hours to repair the fault. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and hope to have all services operational again by early this afternoon. If you have an urgent need to find an item in the Library, or access an online resource please contact an Information Desk in one of the other Libraries, or email your enquiry to ASAPinfo.

New database – NewsBank

The Library has recently subscribed to NewsBank, a database of full text articles from over 160 Australian and approximately 100 international newspapers.

The full-text of all staff-written news stories is included. News articles are complemented by additional sections, including obituaries, literary criticism, people, editorial pieces, book/film/art reviews and more.

Go to: NewsBank

Summer Break Hours

Check the website for Library Opening Hours over the Summer break.

Please note that the AIC and Huxley hours change from this Friday 23rd November 2007.