Welcome to the Lidcombe College TAFE Library blog, keeping you informed of news and changes within the library.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Sep-Oct vacation opening hours at LID and CHU Libraries




Guessing Competition Winner

Congratulations !

Greg O’Neil,

Head Teacher of Carpentry and Joinery Section
at
Chullora campus,

you have won the prize!



There were 87 lollies and Greg guessed 82. 

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Congratulations!!! Award Winner

Congratulations 
to
Alexander Dagger

who won his
NSW Training Award

for
School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year


Alexander studied Certificate IV in Telecommunications at Lidcombe College.

Monday, September 09, 2013

Bibliography List -- TAFE Library Catalogue

On the Item details screen (see September 03, 2013 blog post), if you want to find:- 
  • Other titles by the same author, 
  • Other edition of the same title, or 
  • Other titles for the same subject.

There are two ways to do this:- 
  • Click on “New Search” from the menu bar to go back to the Quick Search screen, and then change the Search option to Author, Titles, or Subject. 
  • Or, click on the Catalogue Record (A) to change the display format.


On the Catalogue Record screen, besides the title, author, publication, and pagination information, it also displays the subject term and added author (the co-author).  Click on the links (A) to retrieve other titles.  


Once the item is displayed on the Search Result list or Item Details screen, you are able to keep the item as part of your reading list (bibliography list) for your study.  Tick on the Temp List box (B) to add item to the list.  The Temp List can be printed or e-mailed to yourself or someone else, but when you close your session the list will be removed.  

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Search Result List – TAFE Library Catalogue

When you use TAFECat (the library catalogue) to search, if the search term is available, a Search Result List is displayed.



The Search Result List contains information which includes:-
  • Total titles of the search  (A)
  • The title’s bibliographic details (title, author, publisher, publication year, pagination) (B)
  • Type of material (C)
  • Library holds the copy (D)
  • If your library owns a copy, a tick will be displayed (E)
When you click on the title link, it will take you to the Item Details screen, where you can access the following information. 


  • Call number (i.e. the location on the shelf) in each library (F)
  • Status in each library (G)
If you want to use this item, go to the shelf and match the call number.