We know you often like to use a couple of books to get broader coverage of a topic, and then use journal articles for specific points.
However, we realise your time is limited, and you can't always easily get to the Library during opening hours.
Fortunately, over a third of the overall Library book collection is now available as ebooks, 24 hours a day. (Not all textbooks, unfortunately, as publishers still want to sell these to students individually, even as ebooks.)
About 99.9% of the journal collection is electronic.
Click the button below to show (and hide again) information for finding and reading ebooks:
To read the ebook, click on Online access. The book will open in another window.
Most ebooks will require a login using your normal Federation ID number and password (the same one you use for Moodle and Federation email).
Different ebook providers will have different reading and searching interfaces.
After clicking the button above and reading how to search in QuickSearch, try it yourself:
Library QuickSearch - items on the shelves or in the Library's electronic collections and subscriptions
Click on the title of a book to reveal the full information. Make a note of the specific campus library, the sub-collection within the library, and the call number (shelf number) to locate the book.
After clicking the button above and reading how to search in QuickSearch, try it yourself:
Library QuickSearch - items on the shelves or in the Library's electronic collections and subscriptions
Find the book on QuickSearch.
Click on the book title in the result list to reveal the full record.
In the full record, click on the Location area (there may be one or more libraries listed here).
This will take you to the (older) catalogue interface.
From there, click on the Request button.
Login with your usual Federation username and password, and click the Submit button.
Choose a campus (or partner institute) where the book will be delivered (at the library) for you to pick up. If you are an eligible online and flexible study student, you can choose Eligible postal delivery to have the book posted to you, but note that you are responsible fo returning the book, by post or at a Federation library.
Please specify a date after which you no longer want the book (if, for example, many other students already have a hold on the same book).
Click the Submit button.
You will get an acknowledgement message that your request has been successful.
When your requested item has arrived, you will be notified by email (to your Federation email address)..
You will have several days to pick it up before it is returned, but picking it up early is recommended.
Click on the patron record link
Login with your Federation username and password
Click the New Request button.
Choose the type of document you are requesting (a book, journal article, conference paper, etc).
Fill in all fields for which you have information. The more information you can provide the easier the document will be to find, and the more likely it will be the correct document.
Click the Submit This Request button