EVERYONE BELONGS -- Harmony Day 2014

The message of Harmony Day is Everyone Belongs.  It is a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity and a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home – from the traditional owners of this land to those who have come from many countries around the world. 

There are many activities to be held at Lidcombe and Chullora campus on 18-March-14 and 19-March-14 respectively.  Come to join us to celebrate this special day for you!

 

INSPIRING CHANGE -- International Women's Day 2014

Job in 60 Seconds

Job in 60 Seconds

“Job in 60 Seconds” is run by the Students Association, and Career Development & Counselling Services units.  It aims to support students to develop their job seeking skills. 

If you would like to attend these workshops, the details are:-

Date    : Monday – Thursday -- 3-March-14 to 20-March-14

Time    : 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Where : Lidcombe TAFE Library

Lidcombe & Chullora Campus Libraries - Tues 25 Feb - CLOSURE part of morning

Due to an important meeting that Library staff are attending, please note:

LIDCOMBE Library will be opening at 10:00am next Tuesday 25^th February, 2014.

CHULLORA Library will be opening at 10:30am next Tuesday 25^th February, 2014.

Apologies for any inconvenience these short closures may cause to you.

Regards from,
The Lidcombe Library Team

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Term 1.

Our Opening Hours are now Term Time hours again. Every Wednesday, the Lidcombe Library   opening hours will begin at 8:30 a.m.  

Lidcombe:
Mon - Tue   9:00 a.m. ~ 8:00 p.m.
Wed           8:30 a.m. ~ 8:00 p.m.
Thur           9:00 a.m. ~ 7:00 p.m.
Fri              9:00 a.m. ~ 4:30 p.m.

Chullora: 
Mon - Wed  9:30 a.m. ~ 7:30 p.m.
Thur           10:00 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. ; 2:00 p.m. ~ 6:00 p.m.
Fri              9:30 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. ; 1:30 p.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.


As the Semester begins, the Library offers Library Information Sessions that help you get a head start with your TAFE studies.  The Introductory Library session includes:

• Library services overview
• Promotional materials (e.g. subject guides)
• Demonstration of how to use the SWSi Library website to access and search the TAFE Library Catalogue, Studylinks, eBooks and LibGuides
• Demonstration of how to access e-Resources links, including online databases (e.g. Australian Standards website)
• Guided tour of the print and DVD collections, study facilities, and equipment (e.g. autoloader, printers, computers)

Pease contact your teacher to find out when your session will be held.


We look forward to helping you with all your information needs this Term.

Regards from,
The Lidcombe Library Team

Summer vacation opening hours at LID and CHU Libraries

Advanced Search : Positional Operators

The Positional Operators are same as the Boolean Operators, they tell the system to search words or phrases which appear anywhere in the catalogue record.  They can be used in Basic Search and Advanced Search.  The only difference is:-

Positional Operators :  All the search terms appear in the same field (e.g. all in title, all in author, all in notes, or all in subject)

Boolean Operators :  The search terms appear anywhere in the record

There are 4 operators (SAME, WITH, NEAR, ADJ) and their function is as follows:-

• SAME or WITH : only records containing both words within the same field will be retrieved.
• NEAR : only records with the words next to each other within the same field will be retrieved.
• ADJ : only records with the words adjacent to each other within the same field will be retrieved, and the order is the same as they were entered. 

Quick Search : Boolean Operators

The Boolean Operators provide broader search results and they are not restricted to Advanced Search.  You can use them in Quick Search as well.  They tell the system to search  records if the search terms appear anywhere in the record.

If you use more than one word to perform keyword searching without any operators, TAFECat uses the "AND" Boolean Operator by default.  For example, if you search under "fruits vegetables", the result is the same as for "fruits AND vegetables".

If you want to use the Boolean Operator (AND, OR, XOR, NOT) in Quick Search, insert the operator between the words to perform the search.

Advanced Search -- from the TAFE Library Catalogue

Advanced Search combines search elements to refine a search or limit a search. You can combine word or phrase, author, title, subject, series, and periodical title with operators and special punctuation to perform your search.

Operators allow you to focus your search by linking search terms and defining the relationship between them. They include the following types:

• Boolean Operators
• Positional Operators
• Relational Operators

Here’s how to combine search elements in Advanced Search using Boolean operators (AND, OR, XOR, NOT).

The following diagrams show which records will be considered when each of Boolean operators are used in a search:

fruit AND vegetables

fruit OR vegetables

fruit XOR vegetables

fruit NOT vegetables

Limit Search – from the TAFE Library Catalogue

When your Search Results list is too long, you may want to limit the search result.  Please refer to the following steps:-

• Click on “Limit Search” on the menu bar to go to Limit Search screen.

• There are many options you can use for your search:-
• Library:  select a Library to limit your search.
• Language: specify a Language in your search.
• Location: Select a Collection (shelving Location) in your search.
• Item category 1 & Item category 2:  specify a format, such as maps, eBook, DVD, eVideo, … etc.
• Match on: specify your search match on a particular part of a catalogue record, such as keywords only.
• Pubyear:  specify the publishing year.
• Sort by:  specify the sorting sequence of the search results.

Also, if you may want to combine the limit search elements into your search, click on the “Advanced Search” on the Quick searchscreen to switch to “Advanced search”screen.

My Lists (permanent bibliography list) – from the TAFE Library Catalogue

If you want to save your search results and make them into your reading list, there are 2 types of bibliographic lists for you to choose from – temporary list (Temp List) and permanent list (My Lists).  Both of them can be viewed, printed and e-mailed.

• The “Temp List” is retained only for the length of the current session, and only one list can be maintained in the session.  It will be removed when you close your session.
• The “My Lists” is retained in your account as long as you want, and you can create any number of lists for your study. 

If you want to create a permanent list, or to access your existing permanent lists, please refer to the following steps:-

• log into your account with your TAFECard barcode number and PIN no. (please check your PIN no. at the Library Information counter), you will find “My Lists” on the menu bar.

  

• Click on “My Lists” from the menu bar.  On the My Lists screen, you can:-
• Create new list
• Delete list
• Rename list name
• Change / activate any list
• Edit list contents
• View, email, and print the list.  There is a different level of detail to display for each record on the list.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Term 4.

Our Opening Hours are now Term Time hours again. Every Wednesday, the Lidcombe Library opening hours will begin at 8:30 a.m. These extended hours will be continued on trial during Term 4. So, make the most of this opportunity and come to the Library before your class.

Lidcombe:
Mon - Tue   9:00 a.m. ~ 8:00 p.m.
Wed           8:30 a.m. ~ 8:00 p.m.
Thur           9:00 a.m. ~ 7:00 p.m.
Fri              9:00 a.m. ~ 4:30 p.m.

Chullora:
Mon - Wed  9:30 a.m. ~ 7:30 p.m.
Thur          10:00 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. ; 2:00 p.m. ~ 6:00 p.m.
Fri              9:30 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. ; 1:30 p.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.

Hope to see you all soon.
We look forward to helping you with all your information needs this Term.


Regards from,
The Lidcombe Library Team

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. 

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.

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.  

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.

Competition Winner

Guessing Competition

**********************************************************

Congratulations !

Marc O'Driscoll,

Telecommunication Network Engineering student,

you have won the prize!

There were 104 lollies and Marc guessed 103. 

The second competition will start this Wednesday (28-Aug-2013) – all staff and students can enter. Open until Friday (13-Sept-2013).

Quick Search – TAFE Library Catalogue

The TAFECat is not just a catalogue, you can do a lot of thing through it.  In TAFECat, you can access all types of information that your library has for you.

Input your search terms.   By default, the search option is set to “words or phrase” (A), which search all fields.  If you want to narrow your search into a particular field, such as title, author, or subject, click on the arrow, choose the field you want to look in, then click the "Search" button (B).  No matter what index you used, the search pattern is by keyword.  Search Results List will be displayed immediately.

If you prefer a browse list for your search result, click on “Browse search” (C).  Once the browse list displays, click any item to see the search results for that item.