Library

African Collection

Further description

See African Collection LibGuide for more information

Notes

The focus of this collection is:

• Sub-Saharan history & politics
• Works of literature by African writers
• Scholary works in the areas of archaeology, anthropology, religion, history, politics, development, international relations, economics, and sociology

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora), Online. (access via Library catalogue).

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Format

Print: Dewey Decimal call numbers:

• 960s for African History
• Af820s for African literature
• 320s for African politics & government)

Quantity

25,000 to 30,000 print titles

Audio Visual Collection

Further description

This collection includes a wide range of material to support the research and study of the staff and students at the University. The collection includes:

• Computer software (software to accompany texts), tutorials, CD-Roms, DVD's and specialised computer programs
• Microforms of theses, books, manuscripts etc.
• Music recordings
• Music scores
• Online recorded lectures now provided by Lectopia Lectures Online
• Online streaming videos
• Videocassettes, DVD, laserdiscs, slides, charts, anatomical models assessment/test kits, multimedia packages, etc.

Notes

Audiovisual viewing facilities vary amongst campuses but include:

• Cassette decks
• Computer and associated software for students with sight or hearing impairments
• Group rooms for genuine use of resources held in the collection
• Multimedia workstations for accessing a range of formats. (PCs and Mac)
• Readers and printers for microform material
• Video, laserdisc and DVD viewing facilities

Location

All campus libraries (access via Library catalogue).

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Format

Videos, laserdiscs, slides, charts, anatomical models assessment/test kits, multimedia packages, CD-Roms, DVD's and specialised computer programs, music recordings and scores.

Quantity

[to be advised]

Databases

Further description

LibSkills and LibGuides tell you how to search scholarly databases effectively. Some popular databases are included in a Quick Access list on the A-Z Databases/Journals tab, such as:

• ABI/Inform
• Expanded Academic
• JSTOR
• Medline
• Proquest Central

Notes

Contains collections of:

• Journal articles
• Book reviews
• Conference papers
• Statistical data
• Reports
• Dissertations
• And much more.

Location

Access via Library Catalogue

Access

Access these materials online using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

Finding aids

You can browse by title using the A-Z Databases/Journals tab tab on the Library homepage, or use the drop down menu to browse by subject areas.

Quantity

Over 300 databases are currently available

Digital Images

Further description

Finding Images LibGuide tells you how to access image collections.

Notes

Collections and tools include:

• Insight @ La Trobe database (mainly Archaeology, Anatomy & Art History)
• ArtStor digital collection
• Grove Art Online

Location

Access via Library Catalogue

Access

Access these materials online using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

You can browse from the A-Z Databases/Journals tab tab. From the drop down menu, select Multidisciplinary > Images.

Quantity

Many thousands, and growing

Theses (print & digital)

Further description

At La Trobe University, all PhD, Masters by research, and professional doctorate students are required to lodge a copy of their thesis in the Library's collection as a condition of graduation.

Notes

Prior to 2010, digital theses by La Trobe students were only available when permission was given. Digital deposit is now mandatory. Theses are also added to the National Library of Australia's Trove service.

Location

Access digital theses only via La Trobe University's Research Online. Access digital & print theses via the Library Catalogue.

Access

Access online materials using your La Trobe username and password if prompted. Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Finding aids

You can search for digital theses via the Search Research Online search box. You can also browse La Trobe Theses via the library catalogue.

Quantity

Over 100 digital copies currently available. Over 7700 print copies available.

eBooks

Further description

eBook LibGuide tells you how to find ebooks.

Check the latest list of ebook titles

Notes

eBooks are:

• Accessible 24x7
• Accessible regardless of location
• Never 'on loan' or waiting to be reshelved
• Never incur any library fines
• Can be downloaded to your PC, tablet, or other device

Includes sets from major publishers such as Palgrave, Springer, and Cambridge Books Online

Viewing most eBooks will require you to have a PDF reader.

Location

Access via Library Catalogue

Access

Access these materials online using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

Finding aids

From the Library Catalogue, use the 'All Collections' drop box and scroll down to select 'E-books' and then conduct your Keyword/Title/Author/Subject search. You can also browse the A-Z Ebook list.

Quantity

Over 45,000

Education Curriculum Collection (ECC)

Further description

The collection includes:

• award winning children's literature
• juvenile fiction
• picture storybooks
• texts used in primary and secondary schools

Notes

Also includes resources for:

• classroom activities
• curriculum design
• lesson preparation ideas
• teaching ideas and strategies

See Education LibGuide for further information.

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora) (Access via Library Catalogue)

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Format

Print, DVDs, models, pictures, kits, CD's, CD-ROMs, and games (Useful Dewey numbers).

Quantity

Approximately 2000 items

eJournals

Further description

Key full text sets of journals include:

• BioOne
• Elsevier Science Direct
• Informa Health
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Wiley Blackwell

Notes

eJournals are:

• Accessible 24/7
• Accessible regardless of location
• Never incur any library fines
• Ability to search within the text

Access

Access via Library Catalogue using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

Finding aids

You can browse journal titles using the A-Z list from the A-Z Databases/Journals tab or search by journal title using the library catalogue.

Quantity

Over 90,000 full text scholarly journal titles are currently available - many with archival full text back to volume 1 issue 1.

eNewspapers

Further description

The Library provides access to local national and international news online. Factiva is the best source for:

• The Age
• The Australian
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Guardian
• South China Morning Post

See Finding Newspaper Articles - Factiva LibGuide for further information.

Notes

Other collections include:

• The Nation Archive (1865 onwards)
• The New York Times (1851-2003)
• Times Digital Archive
• Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive
• The Washington Post (1877 - 1993)

Access

Access via Library Catalogue using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

Finding aids

You can browse eNewspapers via various databases. From the A-Z Databases/Journals tab tab, select 'Multidisciplinary' from the dropdown menu and choose 'Newspapers & Newspaper archives'.

Quantity

Hundreds of titles

eReference

Further description

This collection includes:

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Macquarie Dictionary
• Oxford Reference Online

Notes

Full-text dictionaries, handbooks and encyclopaedias.

Access

Access via Library Catalogue using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

Finding aids

You can browse eReference online from the Subject area drop down box on the A-Z Databases/Journals tab tab under Multidisciplinary> Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias.

Quantity

Several hundred titles

eReserve

Further description

Contains high-use material that is included at the request of teaching staff such as:

• Journal articles that fall within Copyright Regulations
• Book chapters and/or selected pages from requested books that fall within Copyright Regulations
• Lecture notes and course notes.
• Selected audio and video programs.

Notes

Your computer should meet the recommended computer requirements, in order to read, listen and watch these resources e. g. Adobe Acrobat Reader and RealOne networks player.

Access

Access via Library Catalogue using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

Finding aids

To find materials on Electronic Reserve:

• Select catalogue tab and click the dropdown menu -'All Collections'
• Under 'Reserve' select either 'by Lecturer' or 'by Subject Code'
• You can also search for material by Title or Author of the article or chapter

Quantity

Varies, approximately 15,000

European Documentation Centre

Further description

The Library became a European Documentation Centre (EDC) in 1975 and has one of the oldest and largest print collections of this material in Australia. The Collection aims to:

• promote teaching and research in European integration
• provide access to EU information and awareness of EU policies
• organise EU information for researchers, students and the general public
• act as a reference point on the EU in the University.

Notes

Search the Library catalogue as follows:

• author (eg. European Commission, Statistical Office of the European Communities)
• title (eg. EDC collection)
• subject (eg. European Union countries - Statistics)

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora), Library Annexe, Online (access via Library Catalogue)

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Format

Print, Online.

Quantity

Several thousand print titles plus electronic materials

General Collection

Further description

The General collection at all campuses contains books on a wide range of subjects that supports teaching and research in:

• Education
• Health Sciences
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Law & Management
• Science, Engineering & Technology

Notes

The material in this collection is arranged by subject according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

Nearly all the items are available for loan. More information about borrowing this material is available for students, staff and the community.

Location

All campus libraries.

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Finding aids

LibSkills provides information on using the library catalogue.

Quantity

Over 1.5 million items

Government Publications

Further description

See Government Publications LibGuide for further information

Notes

the collection has the following strengths:

• Australian Federal & State government publications
• British government publications
• Publications of intergovernmental organisations such as the World Bank and the United Nations
• Selection of Irish government publications from 1972 to 1992

Location

Access via the Library Catalogue. Some older, less used, and rarer material is located in Storage or at the Library Annexe.

Format

Print, Online

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library. Access online materials using your La Trobe username and password if prompted.

Quantity

A substantial and comprehensive print collection mainly from the 1960s to present.

India and South Asia Collection

Format

Print: Dewey Decimal call numbers:

• 294s for Buddhism
• 181s for Hindu philosophy
• 934s and 954s for Indian history.

Electronic

Quantity

37,500

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora), Online (access via Library Catalogue)

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Notes

This collection is strong in the social sciences and humanities.

Items of interest include:

• Indian official and census statistics
• encyclopaedic gazetteers of India
• The Illustrated weekly of India (Bombay).
• Asiatic annual register: or, A view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia...
• The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British India and its dependencies

Further description

See India & South Asia Collection LibGuide for more information

Physical Collection: Journals

Quantity

Over 3,000 titles and 630,000 volumes

Location

Access via the Library Catalogue

Access

At Bundoora only recent volumes on open access. Older volumes in Storage or at the Annexe.

Notes

Journals, also known as Serials, Periodicals and Magazines, are published in parts on a continuing basis.

Finding aids

Use the Library catalogue or the A-Z Databases/Journals tab on the Library homepage to find Journals

Further description

LibSkills and LibGuides tell you how to find journal articles.

Latin American Collection

Further description

See Latin America LibGuide for more information.

Notes

The focus of this collection is:

• Mexican, Brazilian, Cuban, and Caribbean studies.
• United States-Latin American relations
• Latino peoples living in the United States.

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora), Online (access via Library Catalogue)

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Format

Print: Dewey Decimal call numbers:

• 980s for Latin American History
• 972s for Mexican History
• Am860s for Latin American literature

Quantity

28,000 to 30,000 print titles and growing electronic content

Microform Collection

Further description

See Microform for Research LibGuide for detailed information on content.

Notes

The Melbourne Campus Library has a significant collection of primary and secondary research materials and historical documents on microfiche and microfilm.

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora) (Level 2) (access via the Library Catalogue)

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library.

Format

Microform

Quantity

4,000 titles comprising thousands of fiches and reels

Music Collection

Further description

See Music Collections LibGuide for further information.

Notes

The focus of this collection include:

• 12th century to 15th century sacred music (especially 14th century Gregorian chant)
• Collected editions of scores
• Instrument and instrumental ensembles
• Jazz
• Keyboard music
• Opera
• Orchestra, chamber, strings and keyboard works of all major composers
• Vocal music

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora).

Access

Your valid student/staff card allows you to borrow from any campus library. Some older or more valuable items may be held in Special Storage or may not be available for loan.

Finding aids

Print

Quantity

11,000

Reference

Further description

Includes general and subject specific dictionaries, handbooks, atlases, encyclopaedias, bibliographies and more. See Type of Reference Tools for further information. Provides scholarly information often not freely available on the Web.

Notes

Collection of online reference materials is growing rapidly.

Location

All campus libraries, Library Annexe.

Access

Library use only.

Finding aids

Use the Library catalogue.

Quantity

Over 30,000 items

Research Online

Further description

Provides open access to the research outputs of La Trobe's researchers. Includes:

• journal articles and other papers,
• images,
• video and audio files,
• datasets.

Notes

This repository is designed to:

• Increase the visibility of the University's publications
• Increase the impact and citation rates of the University's research publications
• Facilitate collaboration between researchers
• Preserve the University's research outputs for the future

Location

Access via Research Online

Finding aids

You can search for digital theses only or search Open Access items only via the Search Research Online search box. You can also browse by Title/Author/School/FOR code/Date/RM number/and Maths Class No.

Quantity

24,200 items currently available (over 2,700 works in the repository have full-text access).

Special Collections

Further description

The Library has a number of special collections:

• Fine bindings
• Rare books
• Special
• Vulnerable

See Special Collections LibGuide for further information.

Notes

These collections house rare, valuable, fragile and theses materials such as:

• Books printed before 1850
• Limited editions
• Volumes of works which feature decorative bindings
• Books that are liable to theft, mutilation or damage because of their content or condition
• Theses which have been placed on limited access by the graduate

Location

Melbourne (Bundoora)(access via Library catalogue)

Access

• Rare Books and Fine Bindings are mostly available for use in the Library only and must be read in the Special Collections reading area under "Special Collections Conditions of Use" rules. For access to these items, please ask at the Inquiry Desk on Level 1.
• Vulnerable, Special items and some Theses are located in Storage.

Format

Print

Quantity

[to be advised]