Thursday 23rd February 11pm – 3am (4 hours)

Tuesday 28th February 11pm – 3am (4 hours)

During these times, printing, network drives (student home drive) and the University website will be unavailable for short periods (15-20 minutes). Please take this into account if you plan to be working late on these days.

Plagiarism, the Internet and student learning : Improving academic integrity

If you are having difficulty finding enough material – try searching the Library catalogue using keywords like the name of your intended profession (accounting, business, law, etc) and a term like “ethics” or “research.”

Business Source Complete or Academic Source Complete may be good databases to try for academic articles on this topic. You should also look at the relevant subject guide for your profession.

Finally – make sure that you can’t be accused of plagiarism yourself! Make sure that you use references to show where you are quoting someone else’s words or ideas – the Library provides access to referencing guides.

The following free research skills training sessions are still available – please register online to guarantee your place:

• Finding Journal Articles (50 min.) how to find scholarly journal articles for your assignments using the Library’s online databases.
• Using References Effectively (50 min.) how to use information effectively in your assignments, reference your  information sources, and avoid plagiarism.
• RefWorks or EndNote (90 min.) online referencing tools, ideal for second semester and later.

Hot Topics is a plain language series about recent changes and current debates in the law. There are four issues published each year, written by legal experts and include case studies and sources of further information.

Each issue covers a different law topic, for example: Refugees, Cyberlaw, Climate change etc.

Hot Topics can be accessed via the Library Catalogue, the Justice Studies Subject Guide or through the Journals, Newspapers & E-Books search page.

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is an especially useful resource for finding technical standards and research in the IT area.

The content in IEEE Xplore comprises 151 journals, over 900 conference proceedings, more than 3,400 technical standards, over 400 e-books and 200 educational courses. Approximately 25,000 new documents are added to IEEE Xplore each month.

You can access IEEE from the Databases and Other Online Resources page, from the Library Catalogue or via the Information Systems subject guide. User guides and video training tutorials (requires Adobe Flash Player 9) are also available for IEEE.

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Make a date with an engaging title that will touch your heart.

Films – from old romance, to modern day-love, we have a range of romantic films

• An Education: Will Jenny pursue an education at Oxford, or choose to learn all that a charismatic, older man can teach her?

• Summer Coda: When Heidi returns to her old Australian hometown to seek closure, she unexpectedly connects with handsome Orange picker, Michael.

• The African Queen:  In this much-loved classic, Rose and Charlie fall for each other during their perilous escape on the war-torn African Queen.

Books – Engage in these novels about love, loss and life

• The Sound of Waves: Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers [Book Description]

• The Other Side of You:  When the fatal ending of love affair leads to a serious attempt of suicide, Elizabeth is treated by psychiatrist Dr David McBride. Both psychiatrist and patient find themselves embarking on a journey of healing from each losing someone they loved.

• Orpheus Lost:  Leela is a gifted mathematician who has escaped her small Southern town to study in Boston. From the first moment she hears Mishka, a young Australian musician, playing his violin in a subway, his music grips her, and they quickly become lovers. But Mishka is not all he seems — and the world around them is nothing like Leela thought it was [Novel blurb]

 Curious for more?

Try a Subject Search, key in ‘romance’ or ‘love’ and browse our variety of subjects.

To find Love, Lust & Lies, please see the Library Catalogue.

Love, Lust & Lies Catalogue Record

The Research Assistance Desk and Reference Collection have moved to the red wall close to the Information and Loans Desk, which has opened up a new area for group seating next to the Library Commons. We hope you will enjoy browsing our relocated New Books display in this area.

The Reference Collection has been carefully reviewed by staff. It is now a much smaller, concise Ready Reference collection located on shelves next to the Research Assistance Desk.  Many items which were previously in the Reference Collection are now available for loan in the General Collection (upstairs) or from Short Loan.

You can also access many dictionaries and encyclopedias online (e.g. via Oxford Reference Online), the ‘Books’ tab in the Subject Guide for your area of study will list some useful titles.

Improved Rover service:

Our popular Library Rovers will now be on duty whenever the Library is open during Semester time – they can help with issues involving printing/copying, wifi access, finding a book, and more.

(Staff at the Helpdesk located in the Library Commons can also help with setting up student email, network passwords, wifi, and printing/photocopying.)

To get into the spirit of the Year of the Water Dragon, entertain your children (or your inner child!) with enjoyable titles such as The Dragons are singing tonight, Are you a dragon? and Everyone knows what a dragon looks like.

For the artistic, discerning eye, enjoy the creative works on display with beautifully detailed illustrations. Check out The paper dragon and The Chinese New Year, with illustrations made of scissor cuts by the author.

Once the display is finished, all items are available for loan.

To reserve these or any of the other items in display, search for the title in the Library Catalogue, open the record and click ‘Request’ so you can get your hands on these interesting items soon.

Year of the Dragon Embroidery image by Aimee Ray (merwing little dear) under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence

1.  Attend the free training courses at UC Library – these include orientation tours, how to use the Library’s online resources to find academic information (including over 40,ooo online journals and 5000 ebooks), and how to reference for assignments. The Academic Skills Centre in Building 5 also runs courses and offers one-on-one appointments to help with assignment writing and study skills – reserve your place early as the sessions are very popular.

2.  Use the Library’s catalogue to search for books on your mobile phone and save a handy list of titles and call numbers. Visit the catalogue on your mobile to be redirected to the mobile-optimised page – this will also prompt you to download the app for iPhone or Android.

3.  Join local libraries: the National Library lets you order books in advance from your iPhone or computer, the Public Library has a range of online material and will deliver your books to any branch for free

4.  Get your class readings from E-Reserve (online) and the Short Loan section of the Library

5.  If you use Google Scholar, set your library preferences to include University of Canberra. Google Scholar will include free direct links to any articles that UC subscribes to (otherwise can be $30 or more per article). This works automatically on campus.

6.  Find out if the past exam papers for your class are available online for study purposes

7.  Ask for research help early – come in to the Research Assistance Desk, phone, email or use the online Chat with a Librarian service!