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Level 1 Chancellery Building Murdoch University South St, Murdoch WA 6150 Ph: 9360 6506 Fax: 9360 6503 Email: scholars@murdoch.edu.au
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Graduate CentreLibrary ServicesInformation about the Library, it’s collections and services (including databases), can be obtained by visiting the Library’s home page on the Internet at: http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au CollectionsThe Murdoch University Libraries comprise the Murdoch Campus Library, the Veterinary Branch Library and the Curriculum Resource Centre at the Murdoch Campus, and the Rockingham Campus Library in Rockingham, 32km away from the Main Campus. These libraries hold more than 500,000 volumes of books, journals, and also an increasing number of electronic databases and other non-print materials. Collection strengths include Asian studies, particularly Chinese language, literature and culture, film studies (there is a significant collection of feature films on video), science fiction, literary theory and Australian popular culture, communication studies, law, theology, environmental studies and veterinary studies. The Special Collection contains a number of important individual collections, including the Irene Greenwood collection, the WEL papers and the Peet collection of clippings and published material on Singapore and Malaysia. It also contains good collections of comics, men's and women's magazines, and science fiction fanzines. Electronic ResourcesThe collection has been enhanced by an increasing number of electronic resources. These include indexing and abstracting services which are accessible through the CD-ROM network or via the Internet, and a number of full text databases such as ProQuest, Expanded Academic Index, and the English Poetry Database. There is also a number of online reference titles which are made available through the Library’s INNOPAC system, including Current Contents. Another major online database system accessible for teaching and research purposes is Lexis Nexis, which offers full text legal materials, and full text newspapers. For some of these services, passwords must be acquired from the Library. The enormous resources of the World Wide Web and the Internet are also available to postgraduates with network access. Training is provided to permit effective retrieval of relevant information and documents. Borrowing from the LibraryYou will need a current student ID card in order to borrow from the Library. If you do not already have one, you may obtain one at the Library's Photocopy Centre, immediately inside the Library entrance. Remember to bring your enrolment form with you. Take any items you wish to borrow to the Easyloan machines near the Library entrance. If you need help using these machines, or if you have any problems, please enquire at the Loans Desk nearby. You may borrow up to 25 items at a time, to the end of the current semester, or to the end of the summer intersemester break. Reserve items are for short-term loan only. Please return or renew your loans by the due date. Note that all items borrowed are subject to recall at any time. More information on borrowing (including borrowing from other libraries) and loan rules is available at the Loans or Information Desks, and on the Library's web site: http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/ If you have any further questions please enquire at the Loans Desk, ring the Enquiry and Lending Services staff on 9360 2565) or email loans@portia.murdoch.edu.au Document DeliveryA Document Delivery service is provided to supplement the collection; this service attracts a fee to cover costs, and Faculties may provide funding for individuals to use the service - Faculty Administrative Officers can provide relevant details.
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