Searching for Newspaper Articles

Are you looking for an article that was in the Age or the Herald Sun recently? Are you researching a local species outbreak and need access to community newspaper reports? The library subscribes to Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre that provides access to articles from all Australian local and national newspapers. For ESL learners, you can listen to the text or download mp3 file to listen on your iPod. Many articles can also be translated into approximately 20 languages.

 

To access Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre in the library or from home, log in to the library website, click on Online Resources (left of the screen) and click connect under Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre.

Need help with IELTS?

Have you tried Road to IELTS? Its an online tutorial that helps you practise listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for the IELTS examination. You can access it from a library PC or from home. Click on this link 'Road to IELTS' to have a look.

The library has also saved some useful links on its Delicious page. Go to http://www.delicious.com/nmitlibrary/ielts to find out more.

Additions to the Writing & Publishing Collection

New thinking for 21st-century publishers : emerging patterns and evolving strategems
Kist, Joost
Chandos Publishing, 2008
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816211)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

Text editing : print and the digital world
Deegan, Marilyn
Ashgate Publishing, 2008
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816212)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

The house of Harper : the making of a modern publisher
Exman, Eugene
HarperCollins Publishers, 2010
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816213)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

 

What would google do?
Jarvis, Jeff
Harper Collins, 2009
http://library.nmit.vic.edu.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN(1816214)&QRYTEXT=SDI Alert

Hospitality Tourism & Personal Services delicious account

Students and staff of Hospitality Faculty

Websites relevant to courses in the faculty are saved at this url

http://www.delicious.com/hospitalityfaculty

Wifi@nmit is here

In 2011, NMIT has gone completely wireless with wifi@nmit.

NMIT now provides free wireless access to the internet for staff and students from all NMIT campuses and training centres.

That's right, any wireless device (whether it is an NMIT owned device or wi-fi enabled personal laptop or mobile phone) should be able to detect, and connect to, wifi@nmit from most open areas within 5 metres of most NMIT buildings.

Access to printing through the wireless network is also available, but only from NMIT-owned wireless devices.


Prerequisites
Most wi-fi enabled devices should have easy access to the wireless network, but if you're after the technical prerequisites they are as follows:

- Your device must be wifi enabled with any of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n.
- Your device must have an SSL enable browser

Please note: Access via Linux devices has not been tested and therefore may not be possible.

How Do I Log In?
Staff: Simply use your normal Novell Username and Password
Students: Use your Student Portal Username and Password (which is now the same as the password required to access class computers, My PC and Student Email)

New IBISWorld Subscription

NMIT library now has FULL access to 500+ IBISWorld Australian Industry Reports.  This is a great resource for current Australian Industry Market Research.

To access IBISWorld, simply login to the library website using your student or staff number and library PIN.  Click on Online Resources, then select IBISWorld.  Click on any report listed on the homepage.

Library Term Hours commencing the 14th February 2011

Collingwood	8.30-5.00 Mon –Fri
Epping	8.15-5.00 Mon 8.15-8.00 Tues-Thurs 8.15-5.00 Fri
Fairfield	8.30-5.00 Mon 8.30-8.00 Tues-Thurs 8.30-5.00 Fri
Greensborough	9.00-5.00 Mon-Thurs 9.00-3.00 Fri
Heidelberg	8.15-6.00 Mon 8.15-8.00 Tues -Wed 8.15-6.00 Thurs 8.15-5.00 Fri
Preston	8.30-8.00 Mon- Thurs 8.30-5.00 Fri

PC Lab Maintenance Closure

All library student access PCs will be updated with MyPC client application on Friday 4th Feb. from 4 to 5pm.

The PC's will not be available during this time.

From Monday 7th the library student access PCs will be available for use as per normal.

New bookshop stationery available - Greensborough library

The library bookshop has new stationery stock for 2011. A Design Drafting/Building Design Interiors kit is now available and includes a selection of specialized drafting materials in a metal carry case. These kits are made up specifically for NMIT Building Design students and offer a significant discount on the price of items when purchased individually.

 

NMIT students receive 5% discount off the RRP on textbooks from the Bookshop. Discount cinema tickets and confectionery are also available. Visit the Bookshop and check out our prices.