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Which library?
« on: December 14, 2013, 04:26:44 pm »
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Hi guys,
I want to be able to utilise the Uni Library resources better as I want to be able to undertake more targeted reading of published journal articles (online) and research papers. 
I'd like to go in to campus and get a librarian to show me how to use the system best for what I want to find.  Which library is best to do this?  The Baillieu?  Or would for example the Biomed Library be better for medical research/cancer/stem cell/pathology-type readings?  Or perhaps it just doesn't matter because it would mostly be online anyway?
Cheers for the advice.
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Re: Which library?
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2013, 05:32:37 pm »
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Hey,

From someone who has had to do a lot of digging through the Melb uni libraries for science and history subjects, the best advice i can give is find everything you need using the online catalogue on the melb uni library website. Then its a simple matter of finding what you need if its a book, which is not that hard, or accessing the whole lot of academic journal that are online. 
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Re: Which library?
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2013, 06:53:14 pm »
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Thanks for your reply Belgarion. Actually my question was mainly badly phrased. I'm mainly looking to find a librarian to teach me how to use the online database efficiently. I guess it's the same (and the librarians have the same knowledge) across all the libraries, I just wonder if any particular library would be better.
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Re: Which library?
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2013, 07:02:01 pm »
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If you find something called 'Discovery' on the uni online database, use that! It's so easy to use once you find it- you wouldn't need librarian help for it.

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Re: Which library?
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2013, 11:49:07 pm »
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You should just use google scholar because it's better than discovery I hate discovery.
Then you can edit the link to allow you access.
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