1 News, company information and more new material now on ProQuest
2 Theatre in Video available, and American History in Video on trial
3 Music online reference coming soon
4 Informit Business coming soon
5 Semester break closure
6 Library information
7 Subscribing or cancelling your subscription to libnews
8 Feedback
1 News, company information and more new material now on ProQuest
We've just added the following new ProQuest databases:
- ANZ, Canadian and US Newsstands, which extend RMIT's access to newspapers online.
- Hoovers Company Profiles, with content on more than 40 000 public and non-public companies and 225 000 key executives.
- Snapshots of market data for a broad range of industries and regions.
- OxResearch for succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance.
- ProQuest Military for defence, aeronautics and space flight, civil engineering, political science, and more.
Further information: www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=hmztv26yr39t1
2 Theatre in Video available, and American History in Video on trial
Theatre in Video is a database with more than 250 of the world's most significant plays, and around 100 video documentaries. It includes works of Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Sean O'Casey, Sophocles, Heinrich von Kleist, Tennessee Williams, Anton Chekov, Jean Cocteau, Voltaire, and Henrik Ibsen. Browse by genre, artist, time period and place, and select a scene or the whole play to be streamed to your desktop. You can compare different productions and create custom clips and class-specific playlists. You can also bookmark specific scenes at permanent, per second URLs and include them in papers or course resources. More information: www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=cglif28k48gw1
We're also trialling American History in Video. Tell us what you think! Further information: www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=aq4nlg2tm2knz
3 Music online reference coming soon
You will soon have access to four separate music reference collections:
- African American Music Reference, which includes 2422 essays and images from 58 sources, covering blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, rhythm and blues, gospel, and more.
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music is a comprehensive online resource for music research of all the world's peoples.
- The Classical Music Reference Library includes Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music. It covers the medieval period to the present, with definitions of musical terms and biographical information on the major classical composers and artists.
- The Classical Scores Library has important music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material, allowing the analysis of 8000 scores across various composers and genres.
Further information is at: http://www.westminster.gov.uk/libraries/ict/asp.cfm
4 Informit Business coming soon
New business research information will soon be available for the Australasian/Asia–Pacific Region via Informit. This will give you access to books, journals and reference material covering areas such as: accounting, career development, commercial law, commodities, corporate governance, e-business, economics, employment, human resources, labour, management, marketing, occupational health, taxation, and unions.
5 Semester break closure and reduced opening hours
All Library sites will close by 6 pm on Thursday 9 April for the semester break.
All sites will be closed on Friday 10 April, Saturday 11 April and Sunday 12 April.
The Brunswick Library and the Bundoora East Library will remain closed on Monday and Tuesday 13–14 April.
The Bundoora Library will be closed on Monday 13 April due to a local network upgrade, and reopen on Tuesday 14 April for reduced hours.
The Business, Swanston and Carlton Library sites will be open for reduced hours on Monday and Tuesday 13–14 April. All sites resume standard opening hours on Wednesday 15 April.
Details are available at: www.rmit.edu.au/library/hours
Library e-resources will continue to be available during this time: www.rmit.edu.au/library/searchit
6 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
Up-to-date Library information is also available in a variety of printed formats. Pick up a bookmark with Library hours or a 'Z-card' with general information from any Library site.
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