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Finding Books

Use these slides to learn how to:

Search for books and book chapters

Use the Library Search

Use the Library Catalogue

Find books on the Library shelf and online

Find more information

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Using the Library Search tab

Tip: Include as many keywords as

possible to narrow your search

When you want to search for books and other resources in one search, use the Search tab

1. Select the Search tab2. Type in your keywords3. Click Go

4. To only see Books, under the heading Content Type, tick Book/eBook

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Searching the Library catalogue by Title

1. Select the Catalogue tab2. Type in the name of the book3. Select Title from the drop-down

menu4. Mildura and Shepparton campus

students: select your campus from the All Collections drop-down menu to search for books in your campus library catalogue

5. Click Go

6. At the results page, select the required title

7. The books listed are all titled ‘Managerial Decision Making’. Check the citation details for the required title.

Using the Catalogue tab, type in the title of the book. If any chapters have been placed on E-Reserve, the link to the online chapter will be available.

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Searching the Library catalogue by Keyword

1. Select the Catalogue tab2. Type in your keywords3. Select Keywords from the drop-down

menu4. Click Go5. Click on Access full text to load the

chapter6. Enter your University username and

password and click Submit

A PDF version of the chapter will load in your internet browser. You can save or print it from the options at the bottom right corner of the PDF.

In this example we want to find a book chapter called ‘Anyone Can Succeed’, written by John McGrath

To search for the title of a chapter and the author’s last name at the same time, use the Keywords option

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Finding books on the Library shelves and online

Write down the call number and location and visit your campus library

How to access an e-book:

1. When viewing a catalogue record for an e-book

2. Click on the link to the left under Online access via

3. Enter your University username and password and click Submit

4. The e-book record will load and you can choose to Read Online in your browser, or Download to read in Adobe Digital Editions

1. Location – is it at your campus library?

2. Call number – this tells you where the book sits on the shelf

3. Status – is a copy currently available?

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Need more information?

Online videos for this slide (linking to YouTube):

• Using the Library Search Tab – Topic Searching

• Finding Books - Using the Library Catalogue’s – Title Search

• Finding Books - Using the Library Catalogue’s – Keyword Search

Searching for books – see the online tutorial in the Business and Management Library Skills Module http://latrobe.libguides.com/content.php?pid=184702&sid=1611563

Referencing – see the Academic Referencing Tool for examples of how to reference your sources using the Harvard Referencing Style http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/help/style-guides.php

Library Search – watch a short video on getting started with Library Search. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/help/getstarted.php

Using the catalogue – see the Library Skills online tutorial http://latrobe.libguides.com/catalogue