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New Databases and Ebook Platform for 2012
Swinburne Sarawak Library has recently acquired 5 new (with 1 upgrade) online databases and 1 new platform for ebooks.
These databases cover a wide range of topics that will be of interest to all staff and students.
The Online Databases
1) SCIENCEDIRECT (upgraded to full access) - View full-text articles for subscribed Elsevier journals plus titles published by Academic Press. It is a leading full-text scientific database offering science, engineering, social sciences, technical (STM) and medical journal articles.
2) SCOPUS - This is one of the world’s largest abstract and indexing/citation databases of research literature that offers users access to 15,000 peer-viewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers.
3) JSTOR - Provides an archive to several hundred scholarly journals. In most cases the archive ends 3-5 years prior to the most recently published issues. We are given the access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collection I, II & III.
4) INFORMIT - Informit includes around 90 databases including several full text collections and many index/abstract databases. Most Informit databases are produced in Australia and contain mainly Australian content.
5) LawNet - A complete collection of Malaysian Acts and Regulations.
Please consult librarian for id and password.
** Links to these databases can be found in http://www.swinburne.edu.my/library/databases-azlist-l.htm
EBooks
1) CAMBRIDGE BOOKS ONLINE (perpetual titles)
- One of the largest and most prestigious academic publishers in the world that covers multidisciplinary. Swinburne Sarawak Library has purchased 3 collections (Computer Science, Engineering and Management) and titles are listed as attached.
** Link to access to Cambridge Books Online can be found in : http://www.swinburne.edu.my/library/databases-azlist-c.htm
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All databases and ebooks are accessible ON-campus and OFF-campus via the Swinburne Sarawak Library’s homepage.
To access OFF-campus, you are required to login using your LibraryNet Account.
Shall you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact any of the library staff.
Happy Searching
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Enhancement on Library Website and Off-Campus Access.
As everyone noticed, library are using a new interface for our website. As soon as you on library page, you will be asked to select your current location. This is to avoid a confusion when it comes to accessing library electronic resources especially e-books and online databases. If you're within campus area, just simply select On-Campus to have an access, you'll not asked for login id and password as you are on authenticated area. If you're outside campus area, at your home or other places, select Off-Campus to gain access. System will asked for your LibraryNet login id and password before you can continue.
- Please make sure your account are active, system won't allow you to have access if you have overdue borrowing items or any other library fines. Please consult library counter desk staff or email us at iresources@swinburne.edu.my if you're having any difficulties.
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Swinburne Sarawak Library Book Donation
Since the promotion of this campaign in April 2011, library has received a very positive response from Swinburne staff and students. Swinburne Library managed to collect quite a number of good books that will later go to charity. Book Donation activity is supporting the Going Green Campaign which was launched early April 2011 and the message we wish to convey to the University community is to let them know the importance of preserving our rainforest. Throwing old books and magazines is not contributing to a green activity but donating them will be a smart choice.All books, mainly fiction were donated to the Salvation Army together with the Going Green@ Swinburne eco bag on the 28th December 2011. Our hope is that these children will develop the reading culture and the spirit of the big 3R (Recycle, Reuse and Reduce ) will live on. We are looking forward to organise the similar activity in 2012 and we hope more people will be involved. We would like to thank all staff and students who had supported this activity and making it a success.
All books are kept in the Going Green@ Swinburne eco bag.
The Salvation Army representative and Swinburne Library team.
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Easiest way to access databases, ebooks and online journals from your home
Swinburne Sarawak Library will launch a new enhancement for Off-Campus Access. User will re-direct to a specific page depends on their location. There are two options provided at Library Main Page; ON-CAMPUS and OFF-CAMPUS. If your location are within campus area, you will gain access by using ON-CAMPUS access. OFF-CAMPUS will be useful if you want to have access to our electronic resources from your home. System will ask for your LibraryNet ID prior to access OFF-CAMPUS.
Changes will be made very soon, we'll keep everyone posted on this enhancement.
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Read, Write and Win Competition 2011 Prize Giving Ceremony
The Read, Write and Win Competition 2011 has finally had it winners. Winners were announced during the Prize Giving Ceremony on 23 November 2011. Leong Zhen Yu bagged the first prize with a compelling review of John Grisham’s The Confession. He wins himself a 500GB external hard disk. The second place went to Joan Akatukunda who wrote a review of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success while Yu Yin Kii was placed third. Yu Yin Kii also participated in a Read Aloud session during the launch of the Read, Write and Win Competition in September where he gave a dramatic rendition of Spooky Tales by Kenny Fong.
Also invited that day was the Associate Professor Wang Su Chen, Head of School of Language and Foundation, who had earlier given a motivational short speech during the opening of the ceremony.
The Read, Write and Win competition is jointly organised by Information Resources and the School of Language and Foundation. The collaboration started last year when 4 Language lecturers were involved as judges. This year’s judges are Christina Yin, Annie Neoh Su Yen, Wong Yao Hing, Khin Khin Aye and Kyi Kyi Thatun. Throughout the period of the competition, Read Aloud sessions were conducted every Wednesday where students would read and share their favourite books with one other in the library. During the last Read Aloud session, Christina Yin, Annie Neoh Sue Yen and Wong Yao Hing had their turns to read their favourite books.
With 10 submissions this year, we hope to receive more entries next year when the competition is organised during the Reading Month. This competition will encourage students to read more and at the same time it will enhance their writing skills. All books of which reviews were written for the competition and all titles that were read during the Read Aloud sessions will be added to the library’s collection
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Photo of our winners:
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Books that are reviewed by the participants during the competition are:
John Grisham, The Confessions
Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers; The Story of Success
Spooky Tales, Kenny Fong
Sophie Kinsella, Twenties Girl
Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
Kaleb Nation, Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse
Deon Lorey, Nightmare Academy: Monster Revenge
Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
Sidney Sheldon, If Tomorrow Comes -
TALKS: HBY310N - Integrative Business Practise (Capstone for Business Students)
Swinburne Sarawak Library collaborated with School of Business and Design end of last month to organise talk for final year Business students; a major capstone project that involves eBooks and information resources. The session was held at the Lecturer Theatre, last 31st October 2011 to familiarize the final students to the idea of electronic books.We had the privileged to have acting CEO of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Mr. Japri Masli bin Bujang as our invited guest to talk about ebooks and how this transition has change from printed to electronic copy.Next speaker was our very own Information Resource Manager, Ms. Dayang Zarina who shared her knowledge and idea of ebooks as from librarian’s perspective.
Mr Micheal Lee Wei Chuen, Lecturer School of Business and Design, giving tips on how to create a good poster.
Swinburne Sarawak Library Manager, Dayang Zarina Ismail giving speech on Ebooks from Library Perspectives.
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New Student Rovers
Do you have difficulties in finding books or accessing the library facilities and services but too shy to ask the librarian? Ask our new student Rovers who are prepared and always ready to assist you. They are Muhammad Jawad Mohsin, Sumayeah Ridha Hasib and Qurat-ul-ain Fatima. These friendly Rovers will assist you with your problems on library services such as installing software that are available in the library, finding library collections using OPAC, printings and others.The student Rover program has been introduced in 2010 and has run successfully in supporting the library services. Apart from having additional staff member to assist at the Circulation Counters, we also hope that having student to assist the student concept will enhance the services provided in the library.This program shall continue every new semester since it has a very positive feedback and therefore Library will recruit new students for the task of student Rovers every semester. For more information, you can contact Mrs. Khursiah Omar at komar@swinburne.edu.my .
From left to right; Sumayeah, Qurat-ul-ain and Muhammad Jawad.Swinburne Sarawak Library Book Donation (Another Great Green Idea)
Before you decide to throw away your used books - Wait! Don’t throw them out yet. Have you ever thought of donating them for charity?
Yes, that’s a Great GREEN idea. Almost everyone has books that they have finished reading and they wonder what to do with them. Donate them for charity and at least it will encourage others to read. Indirectly, this action will help us to preserve, save and protect our rainforest!Swinburne Library is going to organize A Book Donation this April in conjunction with our Going Green @ Swinburne Library campaign and all these books will go to charity. So think twice before you throw them away.
So go ahead and bring underprivileged child closer to reading by donating a used book to the cause. You can put these books in our Book Donation box in the library.
Going green @ Swinburne Library
Going Green @ Swinburne Library,that is the message that we would like to pass on to everyone. It is time for us to take part in helping our dying planet and even though doing these small things won’t save the Earth, or from killing ourselves with polluted air, dirty water and the sun’s ultraviolet rays, but if enough people around the world join these efforts, we can have a positive impact on our environment and give future generation a more stable greener Earth. Going Green is all about attitude and together we can recycle, reuse and reduce (the big 3R).
Keep yourself updated on the activities of the campaign through out this year that includes book donation, selling of our campaign eco-bag and etc. We have collaborated with Swinburne Green Club on collecting the recycle papers from all over the University and we really hope to get a positive feedback from everyone. In order to show our support, all library staff are wearing the campaign badge and also had shown their creativity and effort on making interesting things out of recycled material. All of them are on display in the library for everyone to see. We have done our part so when is your turn? Join us, start living green and if you are lucky enough you might win yourself a very nice Going Green @ Swinburne eco bag!
