Library

Services to Alfred/Austin Clinical School Students

Many La Trobe University Library resources and services are available online, including access to the catalogue, electronic journals, databases and Internet resources. Additional University Library services are offered to students who are undertaking clinical experience at the Alfred or Austin Hospitals.

Both the Hospital Libraries and the Bundoora Campus University Library stock texts required by La Trobe University nursing students. In addition, students can request copies of journal articles from the Bundoora Campus Library collection, and have books sent by courier for pick up at the Hospital Libraries. This is one of the services explained here.

Who is eligible for this service?

Additional library services are offered to third and fourth-year Bachelor of Nursing students who are undertaking their studies and clinical placement at the Alfred or Austin Hospitals for most of the semester. Please contact Interlending & Document Delivery Staff if you would like verification of eligibility.

How to enrol

1. Log into Interlending and Document Delivery with your University Username and Password.
2. Complete the Eligibility for Remote Delivery form.

What can be requested?

The following materials can be requested from the campus libraries of La Trobe University:

• journal articles, scanned by the document delivery system,
• books, reports,
• chapters,
• conference papers etc.
• (see Copyright)

Short loan material and items from the Reference Collection are not available, however copies of single chapters may be supplied.

Limits

The normal loan schedules apply for books and within the standard copyright restrictions, there is no limit to the amount of material that can be requested as copies of book chapters & journal articles.

How to request books, articles and other items

Log in via the Interlending and Document Delivery Service.

Do NOT use the 'Place a Hold' button in the La Trobe Library catalogue. Books requested this way are automatically placed on the Holdshelf at Bundoora, not at the Hospital Library.

Please view the User Guide and Online Tutorial for Clinical Schools for more assistance.

How long will it take?

Documents are delivered electronically within 1 - 2 days. Books are delivered to the Hospital Library within 2 - 3 business days.

Charges

Loans and document delivery for material available at the Bundoora Campus Library and other La Trobe campus libraries is a free service.

How to request assistance for a literature search

The Subject Librarian for Nursing will accept requests by telephone or email for a literature search. Results using available databases will be sent to your specified postal or email address within 3 days.

The list sent out will not guarantee an exhaustive search.

Many databases are accessible online to authenticated La Trobe University clients. Try the Library's introduction to basic research skills using Library Skills Online.

Assistance from Bundoora Campus Librarians

Librarians can guide you in the use of reference resources and databases which are available to you in the Bundoora Campus Library relevant to your assignment topics.

For quick assistance on simple questions, the Information Desk can be contacted during Bundoora Library opening hours on 9479 2922. There is also an email service called Ask Us.

Personal assistance with complex subject queries is also available by appointment with the Subject Librarian.

Loan period and renewals

The Bundoora Campus Library assigns the loan period to books which is 14 days unless otherwise stated.

Renew your own books using the Web. From either the Library Homepage, or the Library Catalogue, select My Library and follow the directions.  The Library takes no responsibility for user error when patrons attempt to renew their own items.

Note: Patrons who renew books via the Web or by telephone are responsible for accurately recording the new due date of items.

Or renew by telephoning the Library Loans Desk on 9479 2937.

Books will not be renewed if they have been placed on hold by another borrower.

Collection of material and returning loans

Books are couriered from the Bundoora Campus Library for pick up at the Hospital Library. Documents (scanned chapters and articles) are sent to you electronically for your retention.

It is the student's responsibility to return the books by the date specified to either their Hospital Library or the Bundoora Campus Library.

Address, telephone, fax, and email contacts

Interlending and Document Delivery Service
Bundoora Campus Library
La Trobe University,
Vic. 3086
Australia
email: docds@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: (03) 9479 2927
Fax: (03) 9471 0993

Information Desk
Level 2
Bundoora Campus Library
Phone: (03) 9479 2922

Sue Porter
Subject Librarian, Health Sciences Team
Bundoora Campus Library
email: s.porter@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: (03) 9479 3824