Trent's Bata library and the Durham College/UOIT library are open extended hours leading up to the exam period.
For Bata library hours, click here. The library will be open until 2am from March 29th to April 23rd.
For Durham/UOIT library hours, click here. The library will be open extended hours (until 10pm) on the following Sundays: April 11th, 18th and 25th.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Survey for Library Services at New Campus
Here's your chance to share your thoughts and suggestions about the library space & services at the new campus on Thornton Rd (opening Sept 2010)! Complete the survey found at www.surveymonkey.com/s/oshawalibrarysurvey by April 5th.
What do you love/like/dislike about the existing services & resources? What would you like to see in the new space? Let us know!
What do you love/like/dislike about the existing services & resources? What would you like to see in the new space? Let us know!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Ordering or placing holds on Bata books
Most items from Trent's Bata library in Peterborough can be sent to Oshawa via the van service at your request. To order an item, send an email message to oshawarequest@trentu.ca using your own email (NOTE: do not use Hotmail accounts as the message may not go through properly). Be sure to fill in the subject line and include your name, student number and library card number (found on the back of your student card) in the body of the message. Also include the item information: book title and call number as found in TOPCAT or the complete journal information (article title, author, journal name, volume, date & page numbers, as well as the call number as found in TOPCAT).
DO NOT use the 'Hold' option found in TOPCAT. There are a couple of reasons not to: i) this option is meant to be used if the item is already signed out and you would like to put your name on a waiting list and ii) there is nowhere to indicate that you are an Oshawa student and need the item sent down on the van (it would remain in Peterborough at the library circulation desk).
So, if an item is signed out and you would like to add your name to the waiting list, you can either contact Trish at the Oshawa campus via email or 905-721-2000 x2388 or email oshawarequest@trentu.ca. If sending an email, include your name, student number, library card number and the item information (title and call number). You will receive an email notification when the item is available for pickup .
If the item is available for loan, then order it using the oshawarequest@trentu.ca email as described above.
DO NOT use the 'Hold' option found in TOPCAT. There are a couple of reasons not to: i) this option is meant to be used if the item is already signed out and you would like to put your name on a waiting list and ii) there is nowhere to indicate that you are an Oshawa student and need the item sent down on the van (it would remain in Peterborough at the library circulation desk).
So, if an item is signed out and you would like to add your name to the waiting list, you can either contact Trish at the Oshawa campus via email or 905-721-2000 x2388 or email oshawarequest@trentu.ca. If sending an email, include your name, student number, library card number and the item information (title and call number). You will receive an email notification when the item is available for pickup .
If the item is available for loan, then order it using the oshawarequest@trentu.ca email as described above.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
If you must use Google...try Google Scholar
While I strongly encourage you to use the library's databases and online resources (after all, your tuition helps to pay for them - you might as well get your money's worth, right?), many people still prefer to use Google to find resources for essays and assignments.
As you will quickly discover, a search for almost any topic in Google will bring back 10's if not 100's of thousands of records. Then your work begins: which ones are scholarly, credible resources that are based on quality research and which are primarily opinion pieces (not generally suitable as a resource at the university level).
INSTEAD, try Google Scholar which will only retrieve scholarly, academic resources. You can either go to Google Scholar directly (http://scholar.google.ca) OR go to www.google.ca and click on the 'More' tab, then select 'Scholar' from the list.
Once at the Google Scholar page, select the 'Scholar Preferences' link. On the Preferences page, you will need to select Trent University as your Library Link (type 'Trent' in the search box, hit the 'Find Library' tab and select Trent from the list) and click on the 'Save Preferences' button at the top or bottom of the page.
Now, once you search for your topic, you will see links beside many of the item entries that will either take you directly to the fulltext of the item or to the 'Get it @ Trent' option to access it in one of our online resources.
Google Scholar still isn't a perfect search option for a number of reasons: very large number of results retrieved for most topics, many of which may not be available in our library; search function isn't as refined as in many of the library's databases, etc.
However, if you must use Google, try Google Scholar instead!
As you will quickly discover, a search for almost any topic in Google will bring back 10's if not 100's of thousands of records. Then your work begins: which ones are scholarly, credible resources that are based on quality research and which are primarily opinion pieces (not generally suitable as a resource at the university level).
INSTEAD, try Google Scholar which will only retrieve scholarly, academic resources. You can either go to Google Scholar directly (http://scholar.google.ca) OR go to www.google.ca and click on the 'More' tab, then select 'Scholar' from the list.
Once at the Google Scholar page, select the 'Scholar Preferences' link. On the Preferences page, you will need to select Trent University as your Library Link (type 'Trent' in the search box, hit the 'Find Library' tab and select Trent from the list) and click on the 'Save Preferences' button at the top or bottom of the page.
Now, once you search for your topic, you will see links beside many of the item entries that will either take you directly to the fulltext of the item or to the 'Get it @ Trent' option to access it in one of our online resources.
Google Scholar still isn't a perfect search option for a number of reasons: very large number of results retrieved for most topics, many of which may not be available in our library; search function isn't as refined as in many of the library's databases, etc.
However, if you must use Google, try Google Scholar instead!
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