Baillieu for undergraduates

Lower ground floor

Information Desk

Staff at the Information Desk can answer your queries.
Also here you will find

• answers most of your "frequently asked questions"
• assistance with the Microforms collection and equipment
• assistance with the Periodical & Newspaper collections
• assistance with the catalogue and E-Resources

Printed Guides which include...

• library floor plans,
• opening hours,
• guides to the catalogue and
• other specialist library "tools"

Online Guides to researching in the library are available via Research Skills

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Periodicals Collection

NOT FOR LOAN TO UNDERGRADUATES (identified by a "P" in the call number)
Periodicals are publications that are published at regular intervals; these are mainly ACADEMIC publications though you may have heard of "Scientific American" or "Nature"
Periodicals are also called Serials or Journals

They contain articles, academic papers, which represent the very latest in published research - this is why they are of great use.
(Many books refer to journal articles in their bibliography).

Baillieu periodicals are divided between

• bound journals (older issues bound together) and
• unbound journals (recent issues shelved as single copies)

Browse the respective shelves for these.

If you cannot find the periodical where you would expect it to be,
Go to the Holding or Sorting shelves; this is where periodicals, having been used, are awaiting return to their normal place on the shelves.

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E-Resources Collection

Library computers are situated on this floor and on the lower ground floor. You can access:

• exam papers
• e-journals
• e-databases
• library catalogues
• websites.

Find Electronic resources in your subject by going to the Subject Resources@Library page. Learn how to use these resources by booking into one of the many courses throughout the year.
You must book to use the Library computers by filling in the booking sheet placed near these computers

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Microforms

NOT FOR LOAN (identified by a "Mic/" in the call number)
Microforms are not books, nor periodicals, nor even printed on paper. Microforms are film based. They are either

• Microfilm - similar to a roll of photographic film with each "frame" containing a high quality image OR
• Microfiche - a "sheet" of film containing multiple images, perhaps many pages from old newspapers.

Special Readers are required to look at them.
Printed guides include instructions on operating the Readers.
There are printers with the Readers - with a photocopy card you can print what appears on the reader's screen.

The main subject areas in the Microform collection tend to be historical in nature, eg

• History,
• Women's Studies
• Fine Arts.
• (& major newspapers)

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Newspapers

NOT FOR LOAN
The collection includes Australian & overseas newspapers - current and from the previous 3 months. Older issues are available in the Microforms collection.

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Photocopying Centre

Purchase a copy card and make photocopies using photocopiers sited throughout all of the library branches. Other services are available at the Copy Centre.