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Assignments - Humanities: Getting Started

ID CARD

In the Library your ID card is needed to:

  • check out or renew books
  • hold funds to pay for printing / photocopying

You need your username (printed on your ID card) and your password to:

  • access some electronic resources e.g. eBooks
  • access databases off-campus
  • book group study rooms
  • access your Library account so you can renew books, make and cancel requests
  • log in to the Get It Interloan service

MY ACCOUNT

My Account is part of the Library Search | Ketu. 


Log in to 'My Account' with your username and password to see:

  • which items you have checked out
  • when items are due to be returned
  • what overdue fines you have
  • if you have any blocks on your record, e.g. owe more than $5 in fines

When you are logged into 'My Account', you can renew items you have out. 

LIBRARY LOCATIONS AND HOURS

You are welcome to use any of the 6 libraries on campus:
Robertson Library

  • Central Library (Commerce and Humanities)
  • Hocken Collections (New Zealand)
  • Law Library
  • Health Sciences Library
  • Robertson Library (Education)
  • Science Library
The libraries are located across the campus.

The open hours vary slightly between each library.

RESERVE

Reserve Collections provide access to high demand items for your paper, such as textbooks and DVDs. Every Library has its own Reserve Collection.  Items in the Reserve Collection are issued for 2-3 hours at a time.

 

To search for items on Course Reserve:

  1. Click Reserve item search (this link is on the Library homepage under Library Search | Ketu - look for Reserve)
  2. Enter your course code
  3. Click Search

If the item on Reserve for your course is in:

Hardcopy format (e.g. a book), click 'Available in the Library' to see which Library holds it and what its call number is (call number = the code on the spine of the book that is used to locate it on the shelf).


In both the Central Library and Science Library, the Reserve Collection is located on the ground floor.

If your lecturer is using eReserve, you will also find electronic copies of readings (e.g. book chapters and journal articles) in Blackboard.

GROUP STUDY ROOMS

Group study rooms are available in the libraries on the Dunedin campus. 
 
All the rooms are:
  • wireless 
  • booked for 1 or 2 or 3 hours
  • have either a whiteboard or a smartboard

Some rooms also have audiovisual facilities.

Watch this video to learn more about group study rooms and how to book them.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Check out the resources at the Student Learning Centre website.

 

This website has links to advice and information (including tip sheets) about:

 

The Student Learning Centre also run workshops.