[LIBRARY-NEWS]

Libnews May 2009

 

 

1 New arts and culture e-journals

2 New journals on history, religion, classics and more …

3 Nature Chemistry now available

4 McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology now online

5 RMIT Research Repository is live

6 Extended opening hours at Swanston Library in May and June

7 Library information

8 Subscribing or cancelling your subscription to libnews

9 Feedback

 

 

1 New arts and culture e-journals

You now have access to the Berg collection of e-journals focusing on culture and the visual arts. New journals are available on fashion, photography, textiles, design, craft and sociology. Berg content is peer reviewed and authoritative.

Access Berg through Search It: www.rmit.edu.au/library/searchit

Find out more about Berg: http://www.bergpublishers.com/

 

 

2 New journals on history, religion, classics and more …

You now have access to the BRILL e-journals package. Subject areas represented include:

• ancient Middle East and Egypt
• Asian studies
• Islamic studies
• biblical studies
• religious studies
• medieval and early modern studies
• social sciences
• sciences, technology and medicine
• biology

Access BRILL via Search It: www.rmit.edu.au/library/searchit

Find out more about BRILL journals: http://www.brill.nl/

 

 

3 Nature Chemistry available

The publishers of Nature have just launched a new journal. Nature Chemistry aims to publish the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of chemistry, including cross-disciplinary areas. In addition to primary research it will include review articles, news and research highlights, and book reviews. The first issue is now available via our catalogue.

Further information about Nature Chemistry: www.nature.com/nchem/index.html

 

 

4 McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology now online

Find authoritative and comprehensive content online. This highly regarded twenty volume reference work is now available electronically, enabling you to access it 24/7 from your own desktop.

Search the catalogue and select the online access link: Available on Gale Virtual Reference Library.
http://cat.lib.rmit.edu.au/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=8153&recCount=25&recPointer=1&bibId=588301

 

 

5 RMIT Research Repository is live

RMIT's institutional digital repository was launched in April: www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=miky7mflwtoz

This means RMIT's research output can now be held in the one place and searched via the web, providing free access to RMIT's research publications. Benefits include:

• enabling harvest of the records by major search engines such as Google
• increasing the impact and citation rates of RMIT's research publications
• facilitating collaboration between researchers through easy exchange of information
• preserving RMIT's research output for the future.

You can access the repository at: http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/

 

 

 

6 Extended opening hours at Swanston Library in May and June

Swanston Library will again be open for extended hours in the period leading up to exams.

Hours will be further extended during the exam period.

 

Extended hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays:

From Monday 18 May until Thursday 18 June Swanston Library will be open 8 am – 12 midnight.

 

Extended hours on Fridays

During the exam period, from 5 June until 19 June, Friday hours will be 8 am – 10 pm.

 

Extended hours on Saturdays and Sundays

During the exam period, from 6 June – 21 June, weekend hours will be 10 am – 8 pm

 

For further information go to: www.rmit.edu.au/library/hours

 

 

7 Library information
Our website contains a wealth of information about what the Library offers you, as well as providing direct access to over 400 electronic databases consisting of indexes, abstracts and full-text journals on a 24/7 basis. Get to know our website so you can make the most of resources available: www.rmit.edu.au/library

 

 

8 Subscribing or cancelling your subscription to libnews
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9 Feedback

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