Posts from — December 2009

It’s always interesting to read (or re-read) the book that inspired the film or tv series you just watched.  There are some new, and not so new, suggestions here.  Enjoy!

• The Lovely Bones , by Alice Sebold
• New Moon, by Sephenie Meyer
• The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
• The Time Traveler ’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
• Wake in Fright , by Kenneth Cook
• Bleak House, by Charles Dickens
• Q&A: a novel (Slum Dog Millionaire), by Vikas Swarup

This instalment of reading list suggestions includes stories and narratives about travel and science. You may find something a little bit different or inspiring here.

American Journeys, by Don Watson

From rice to riches: a personal journey through China, by Jane Hutcheon

Bomb, book and compass: Joseph Needham and the great secrets of China, by Simon Winchester

Forecast: the consequences of climate change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley, by Stephan Faris

The greatest show on Earth: the evidence for evolution, by Richard Dawkins

Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time, by Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes

Throughout the break we will post ideas for your summer reading list. The list below includes books inspired by the classics:

The final solution: a story of detection, by Michael Chabon (Sherlock Holmes)

Mr Pip, by Lloyd Jones (Great Expectations)

March, by Geraldine Brooks (Little Women)

A thousand acres: a novel, by Jane Smiley (King Lear)

Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys (Jane Eyre)

Junior fiction: Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west, by Gregory Maguire (The Wizard of Oz)

La Trobe Library now subscribes to PsychiatryOnline. This new database  includes access to the following titles:

Textbooks

• DSM-IV-TR®
• DSM-IV-TR® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
• DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and its Treatment Companion
• American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines in both comprehensive and quick-reference formats
• The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, 5th Edition, with its companion study guide, Self-Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry
• What Your Patients Need to Know About Psychiatric Medications
• Essentials of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2nd Edition, with its companion study guide, Self-Assessment in Clinical Psychopharmacology
• Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 6th Edition
• Gabbard’s Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, 4th Edition
• The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, 4th Edition, with its companion study guide, Self-Assessment in Substance Abuse

Treatment

• Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments (Sept 2008)
• Helping Parents, Youth, and Teachers Understand Medications for Behavioral and Emotional Problems: A Resource Book of Medication Information Handouts (Sept 2008)
• The complete DSM archives (DSM-I, DSM-II, DSM-III, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and a couple of significant changes to between-edition printings) for research and archiving purposes

Journals

• Psychiatric Services
• Psychosomatics
• The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences
• Academic Psychiatry
• Psychiatric News
• The American Journal of Psychiatry

Access PsychiatryOnline

To ensure the safety of Library users during the relocation of collections and while the area is prepared for scheduled redevelopment works in January, Level 1 of the Library has been closed.

If you need access to materials previously located on Level 1, please ask at the Inquiry Desk and staff will assist you.

Newspapers and the current serials display will be relocated to Level 2.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

To find out more about the Library redevelopment project visit www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/bundoora/building/

On Saturday 16 January 2010, Marina Prior and David Hobson will be joined by a 100-voice chorus and 50-piece orchestra led by one of Australia’s finest conductors, Benjamin Northey.

Staged on the picturesque grounds of La Trobe at Beechworth, Opera in the Alps is a magical evening of classical favourites now established as one of regional Victoria’s cultural highlights.

For ticket bookings or shuttle bus service information call the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre on 1300 366 321.

For more information visit the Australian Music Events website.

We have added a tramTRACKER^® widget to the Library’s website, so if you need to catch a tram to, or from the Bundoora campus, you can check when your next tram is due before you leave!

For more information about tramTRACKER^® including mobile phone apps, visit Yarra Trams online.

The Bundoora Annexe is now complete with 20km of new shelving in place over two levels and collection moves are underway.

Some minor works have begun on Level 2, which has meant that the New Books area has had to be temporarily relocated to near the Research Help Desk on Level 2 (or you can check the list of  New Titles).

The Audiovisual collection and service desk has also been temporarily relocated to Training Rm2.  After some minor works Audiovisual will then move to the Inquiry Desk.

ICT Student Help is now also located at the Inquiry Desk.

We apologise for any disturbance or inconvenience to anyone using the computer workstations on Level 2.

Additional computer workstations and study space will be available on Level 3 in January.

A Project Update is available on the Library Redevelopment website with further details about moves and changes.

Do you have a question or comment about the Library Redevelopment Project? Leave a comment or question here, or email library@latrobe.edu.au and we will share the answers on the Project website.