It is YOUR Library So use it!

AIM To introduce you to the different aspects of the library at Endeavour College including … 1.When is the library open? 2.Borrowing 3.Staff 4.Library layout 5.What is on the library intranet pages 6.Internet stuff

WHEN IS THE LIBRARY OPEN? MONDAY8.40am – 4pm (lunchtime from 1.10pm) TUESDAY 8.40am – 4pm (lunchtime from 1.10pm) WEDNESDAY 8.40am – 4pm (lunchtime from 1.10pm) THURSDAY8.40am – 4pm (lunchtime from 1.10pm) FRIDAY 8.40am – 4pm (lunchtime from 1.10pm) THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED EVERY RECESS

WHO IS IN THE LIBRARY? [And don ‘t forget Mrs Wells this term!] Mrs Barry Mrs Strickland Mrs Brussow

BORROWING Who can borrow? When can I borrow? Where do I go? What do I need? What can I borrow? How long are the loans for? What happens if I lose a book? Where do I return my items?

LIBRARY LAYOUT SHELVES – Fiction, Non-Fiction, Multimedia, Teacher Resources and Reference Collection COMPUTERS – Internet and intranet ONLY LIBRARY CIRCULATION DESK PHOTOCOPIER and COLOUR PRINTER DESKS NEWSPAPERS

ENDEAVOUR COLLEGE LIBRARY INTRANET PAGES How do I get there??? 1.Double click on the Endeavour intranet icon on the desktop 2.Double click Virtual library from side menu Yippeee! You made it.

LET’S PLAY! LOG ON – if you haven’t already

ENDEAVOUR LIBRARY CATALOGUE FIND IT …. CLICK ON IT ….. CHOOSE A TOPIC (how about SPACE)

You will find a variety of items Some will be websites Click on the hyperlinked title Click on the URL Some will be books record call number Some will be DVDs Some will be multimedia items

ENDEAVOUR LIBRARY CATALOGUE FIND IT …. CLICK ON IT ….. CHOOSE A TOPIC (how about SPACE)

ENDEAVOUR COLLEGE LIBRARY INTRANET PAGES How do I get there??? 1.Double click on the Endeavour intranet icon on the desktop 2.Double click Virtual library from side menu Yippeee! You made it.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS There is a hard copy of the World Book Encyclopedia on the Reference shelf. There are several online encyclopedias that you could use. Britannica Online can be accessed through Salisbury Library. How do you find Britannica Online? We subscribe to Oxford Reference Online. How do you find Oxford Reference Online?

SALISBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY Wow! What a great place! Britannica Gale Health and Wellness ANZRC

Oxford Reference Online A collection of many encyclopedias! You can look at it on the Virtual Library Home page – Reference Materials

DATABASES We subscribe to.... Macquarienet Username : endeavour Password : macnet68 Very useful for Australian information

What is it about Wikipedia?

EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE THE INTERNET!

Internet Searching You have looked at the items from the Endeavour Catalogue but you still need more information You have made a list of at least four related words or key words At this time for this type of assignment you could then use the internet.

The internet does not always tell the truth The internet does not give all of the answers People pay to have their sites put high on your hit list! Advertising and real articles are easily confused

TYPES OF SEARCH ENGINES Simple search engines Subject indexes www. yahoo.com Multi-threaded search engines

THE SHEET YOU NEED TO FILL IN Topic/ Keywords Simple search engine (name) Multi threaded search engine (name) Number of hits Number of hits advertising something to buy Gives related topics/ more pages information? YES/NO What does an advanced search allow you to do?

TRICKY BITS Get down and get BOOLEAN

TRICK 1 Use AND eg “Robin Hood” TRICK 2 Use AND and NOT

GOOD LUCK and HAPPY RESEARCHING! Remember to see either Mrs Strickland, Mrs Brussow or Mrs Barry for help

GOOD LUCK and HAPPY RESEARCHING! Remember to see either Mrs Wells, Mrs Strickland or Mrs Brussow for help.