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Posts from — April 2009

Here’s how to find a great movie to take home…

Why not take in a good movie at home? The library has an extensive range of dvds available for you to borrow. There are a few ways to find what you’re looking for.

If you just want to browse our list of available films:

If you’re looking for a particular genre of film:

If you know what you’re looking for:

April 9, 2009 by Anthony Flack   1 Comment

ArtStor Image database now available

ARTstorARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for learning or research.
In ARTstor you can:

  • Browse content by collection, classification, or geography
  • Search content by keyword or advanced search terms
  • Sort search results by date, creator, or title
  • View images and image data
  • Zoom in on and pan images for greater detail
  • Print and save images to a memory stick or other hardware
  • Create groups of images for later retrieval and presentation
  • Organise image groups into shared folders
  • Direct other ARTstor users to images or image groups
  • Save citations for images or image groups, and email or print
  • these, as well as export them directly into EndNote or a text file.

April 7, 2009 by Virginia Ruchel   Comments Off