Posts from — January 2012

Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains over 22 million digital page images of virtually every work printed in the English language, as well as works printed in Great Britain and its dependencies  from 1473-1700, in any language. This database presents classic early English works as they appear in their original format. View the first edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales or Vesalius’ early works with illustrations on human anatomy, or Purcell’s musical scores. Currently 128,000 texts are included and provide works related to all subject areas. EEBO is cross-searchable with Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).

ECCO includes over 180,000 titles (200,000 volumes) comprising books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more. It is based on the English Short Title Catalogue of works published in the UK during the 18th Century plus thousands from elsewhere. ECCO I and II are parts of the same collection.  ECCO II includes recently discovered 18th Century material, some of which was not included in the English Short Title Catalogue on which ECCO I is based.

Browse and search tips

browse

• authors- an alphabetical list of authors and their works
• Thomason Tracts- pamphlets, books, broadsides and manuscripts published during the English Civil War (1640-1661)
• periodicals- newspapers (395) published during the English Civil War (1640-1661)

search

• basic- includes simple field boxes such as: keyword, title and author
• advanced- includes advanced fields such as language, illustration and source library
• periodicals- limits searching to 395 newspapers published during the English Civil War (1640-1661)
• bibliographic number- searches for the alphanumeric entry found in the short-title catalogues Pollard & Redgrave, Wing, or the Thomason Tracts
• reel position- search the reel number and position of the microfilm document
• illustration type- search documents containing one of 14 different illustration types (e.g. portrait, map, music) using the multi-select list
• limit by date- you can restrict a search for a document within a particular date range
• source library- search the library where the original document is held

Downloading images in EEBO

EEBO allows you to download images into pdf and tiff formats. Use pdf when you want to print an image and tiff when you want to manipulate an image in software like SnagIt.

More reading/viewing suggestions:

Classic fiction

Ficciones, by Jorge Luis Borges

Nadja, by Andre Breton

The master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov, translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny

2011 award winners

New collected poems, by Tomas Transtromer, translated by Robin Fulton – Nobel Prize for Literature

The tiger’s wife: a novel, by Tea Obreht – The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (awarded for a full length novel, written in English by a woman of any nationality, published for the first time in the United Kingdom)

dvd

Once were warriors, based on the novel by Alan Duff, directed by Lee Tamahori

e-reading

Sing You Home, by Jodi Picoult

Wishing you a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year 2012 falls on Monday 23 January 2012 which starts the Year of the Dragon according to Chinese Zodiac.  The celebration usually lasts for 15 days.

Come and celebrate at La Trobe! 

Professor John Rosenberg, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, invites you to celebrate the year of the dragon, hosted by the Centre for China Studies and the Confucius Institute.  Co-sponsored by The Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) and Old Street Grill.

When: 12.30 pm – 2 pm, Tuesday 31 January
Where: Eagle Bar, Melbourne campus
RSVP: Essential by 26 January to x.zhang@latrobe.edu.au

Find out more about Chinese New Year celebrations in Australia 

It’s the National Year of Reading in Australia in 2012.

Many events and activities are planned around the country during the year, starting with the  official launch by the Premier of Victoria, the Hon. Ted Baillieu, MP at the State Library of Victoria on Tuesday 14 February 9:30am – 1:00pm. Book by February 7.

National Year of Reading ambassador, author and demographer Bernard Salt will issue the call for action with a lively presentation on why literacy is vital for society, and reading promotion expert Henk Kraima (Netherlands) will provide inspiration and ideas on building a culture of reading.

Then on Sunday 19 February 11am – 1:00pm there will be a special literary tea party hosted by the Mad Hatter. Dress up as your favourite book character and join the Mad Hatter in the Library’s Queen’s Hall for a glorious celebration of books and reading.

Tickets to this free family event will be offered through the State Library of Victoria’s Library’s Facebook page and Twitter feed.

All campus libraries will be closed on the Australia Day public holiday, Thursday 26 January.

Find out more about Australia Day and events near you at www.australiaday.org.au/

Check daily opening hours at all campus libraries at lib.latrobe.edu.au/hours

New to La Trobe? Want to kick start your studies and set yourself up for a low stress semester ? Then take a look at these tips and tools get you started in the Library at lib.latrobe.edu.au/gettingstarted/ 

• Covers what you need first for borrowing and access
• What’s where and how to find resources
• How to get help if you need it
• Links to key online services and best places to start.

Have you checked out Ready4Uni? It’s a great site to help you get started at La Trobe. Take a look at the ‘Getting started in the Library’ page there too at ready4uni/academic/library

Thanks so much for your patience during the recarpetting works on Level 3. The whole floor is now open again!  

New furniture arrives next week so check it out – this silent study space of the Library now looks so much nicer with all the old carpet and patches gone.

We’ve had some great feedback already. Let us know what you think … leave a comment below.

Our next  instalment of suggestions for reading (and watching!)

Classic fiction

The sweet hereafter, by Russell Banks

Regeneration, by Pat Barker (part 1 of a trilogy)

Herzog, by Saul Bellow

2011 award winners

Let the great world spin, by Colum McCann – International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

That deadman dance, by Kim Scott – Miles Franklin Literary Award

dvd

Captain Corelli’s mandolin, based on the novel by Louis de Bernieres, directed by John Madden

e-reading

All Clear: Volume 2,  and Blackout, by Connie Willis – winner of the 2011 Hugo Award for outstanding fiction or fantasy

Librarians have created a new library guide for indigenous students. It gives an overview of key resources as well as the Library’s services and facilities for indigenous students. It includes information on:

• Finding journal articles and ebooks
• Key reference resources like encylcopedias and websites
• News media resources
• The Library’s indigenous collection
• Writing guides, referencing and a great Help section!

Find out how you can make best use of the Library during your time at La Trobe.

We’d love to know what you think of this guide or any other aspect of the Library. Leave a comment below…