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Win a MacBook Air

You could win a MacBook Air by completing our Library Quality Survey!
We want to know what YOU think about the library.
The library is taking part in an international online quality survey of Curtin students and staff. We want to know how our services and facilities meet your expectations and needs.
The survey will only take a [...]

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Library on Facebook and Twitter

You can now keep up to date with library news, forthcoming events and general library information on both Facebook and Twitter.
Our pages will be monitored between 8.30am and 4.30pm on weekdays.
If you would like to join us you can follow the links bellow.

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Library workshops

The library offers a range of free workshops throughout the year to help you improve your research skills and learn how to use Endnote. Click here to book a workshop.
Additional workshops will be offered during semester.
Along with the workshops, our short interactive tutorials will help you develop research skills and find information for your assignments.

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Semester break opening hours

Robertson Library will be open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 6.00pm, during semester break, 7 November 2011 to 26 February 2012. Please note that we will be closed on the weekends.
For information about other Curtin Libraries please refer to http://library.curtin.edu.au/about/

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Visit our special collections

The library supports a range of collections on specialised topics, some digitized and others physical, that just might assist you in your particular area of research.
Collection themes range from women’s health and Western Australian folklore to sexology and Asian languages. Recently, the Hazel Hawke Collection was used extensively by Sue Pieters-Hawke to research [...]

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Help for students

What are the most relevant resources to help me find information for my assignments? What is a journal article? How do I find items on my reading list?
For answers to these questions and more, check out our online LibGuides:

LibGuides conveniently connect you to library resources relevant to your subject area.
Each LibGuide has been carefully customised [...]

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Your Virtual Bookshelf

The Virtual Bookshelf has been developed to provide a weekly view of newly arrived materials in an exciting visual format.
The Virtual Bookshelf displays eBooks alongside print items, thereby showcasing a much larger section of the library’s acquisitions. The Virtual Bookshelf also offers additional functionality. Clients are able to click on a book they are interested in [...]

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Get more out of the Catalogue

If you want more than a simple search, here are a few hints on some of the other things the Library Catalogue can do for you.
First, remember to log in using your Curtin ID and password to access the catalogue’s full functionality. To log in, simply click on the ‘log in’ in the top right [...]

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Library open longer

From the beginning of semester 2 on 18 July Robertson Library will be open:
Monday to Thursday 7am to 10pm (limited service 7 – 8am)
Friday 7am to 10pm (limited service 7 – 8am and then 6 – 10pm)
Saturday and Sunday 9am to 6pm (limited service 4.50pm – 6pm)
Between 7 and 8am Monday to Friday clients can [...]

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Get a head start @ your Library

Invest 40 minutes in a library tour and save yourself hours of frustration!
Find your way around the Robertson Library, meet your friendly library staff and discover how to access online and library resources through LibGuides.
The tours will take place during International Enrolment and Info Week, StartUp Week and the first week of semester.
Tours are available at [...]

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