Intro to CSU Library website

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Access Services
CSU Library Website Orientation

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Contents
CSU Library Website page 4
Student Library Website page 5
Primo Search page 7
Subject Reserve page 9
Journals and Journal Databases page 11
eBooks page 12
Library Guides page 14
Looking for a thesis? Page 16
Help page 17
FAQs page 18
Borrower categories page 19
Opening hours page 20
Other campuses page 21
Social media sites page 22

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This presentation will give you a brief tour of the CSU Library
Website.
It is designed for Access Services staff and features common sites
you’ll need to know about.
After this presentation, if you have any questions or would like to
know more, please speak to your team leader.
Welcome to
this guided
tour of the
Library’s
website!

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Now, let’s
get familiar
with the
Library
Homepage,
But first…
The CSU Library website
http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/

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Student Library page
http://student.csu.edu.au/library
CSU also has a
Student Library page.
• This site is found by
clicking on Library on the
Student page.
• This site is often the first
place a student will find
the Library.
• It has many quick access
features for students,
including the Primo Search
widget.
It also has a link to the
Library Homepage.

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Lots of information
Let’s return to the
Library’s Homepage.
This navigation bar
expands to expose
many links to
information within this
large and
comprehensive
website.
Click on any + to
expand.

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Primo Search
Primo Search is the
discovery tool for accessing
the library catalogue.
It is very powerful and most
searches will return many
results of items in different
formats.

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Primo Search
Watch this
tutorial which
demonstrates how
to use Primo
Search.

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Subject Reserve
Often lecturers will
place readings in
Subject Reserve.
To find these
readings, search
using the
Primo Search widget
‘Subject Reserve’
tab.
Enter the subject
code without spaces.

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Subject Reserve
In this example, you
can see the results
list of resources for
MGT100. These
items include journal
articles and book
chapters, are
available in pdf
format and can be
viewed online.
To access an eReserve item, click on the View online link. You may need
to log in to view the document using your CSU username and password.

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Journals & Journal Databases
The Library has
access to tens of
thousands of
journals published
online.
You can search
Journal
Databases by
subject or
search for a
particular journal
by title.

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eBooks
eBook access can vary
from publisher to
publisher.
Details about how to
download, save and
print from each
collection can be
found under
‘More Info’.

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ebooks
And you can search
just for ebooks
using the Primo
Search widget on
the ebooks page.

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Library Guides
Library Guides are a
great place to find a
range of scholarly
resources grouped
together by key
study areas.
These guides assist
students to find
quality resources for
their research and
assignments.

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Library Guides
• Find other Library
Guides
• Primo Search tutorial
• Different tabs for
different resources
• Quality vetted
resources throughout

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Need to find a Thesis?
More theses and
dissertations can be found
in the
‘Find Information’ tab
look under
‘Theses and Dissertations’

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Help Don’t
know...?
Got a tricky question?
You can always refer patrons to other Ask us
desk staff or refer them to Information & Liaison
(I&L) librarians who are available in the office or
via phone & live chat during Library hours.
Outside these hours, patrons can check the FAQs
or post questions on the Library forum or
submit a question by Web Form.

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FAQs
The FAQs are a
good place to start
to find the kind of
general information
you will need to
know.

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Information for different
categories of borrowers
Each category of
borrower has
different rights and
privileges for
borrowing and
using the library.
Check here for all
the details.

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Opening hours
Library opening hours
vary depending on the
campus, residential
schools and the
academic year.
So please check the
times by expanding
About your library
and choosing
Opening Hours.

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Other campus details
To find the address
and phone numbers
for libraries on other
campuses select:
Contacts

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CSU Library also
has vibrant social
media sites where
students can keep in
touch with what’s
happening in the
Library including any
service outages.
Keep in
touch!

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Congratulations!
Please be aware the Library website is dynamic and
content is being updated and refined all the time, so if
you have any questions, not sure of something, ask
your friendly team leader! To learn more, why not take a
Library website tour.
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presentation.