Learning Resources for students

Your Learning Resources may be presented in a single list of required and reccommended materials for the unit or resources may be added to individual weeks or topics.

 

This is an example of a Learning Resources list.

Key features:

1. Availability - resources may have an expiration time. Make arrangements to access your urgent resources in a timeley manner
2. Author/s surname and date.
3. Title
4. Bibliographic information. This is general citation information and may not reflect your unit referencing style.
5. Importance of reading (required or reccommended)
6. Resource type e.g. Book chapter, PDF, physical book.
7. Opened/Unopened tracker - resources that have been accessed will automatically switch from Unopened to Opened. This can be manually altered to keep track of resources you have viewed or would like to come back to.

1. Searching

The updated Learning Resources platform has increased searchability. Click on the magnifying glass to search for particular resources by:

• Title
• Keyword
• Author
• Date

2. Citation download

Click on the quotation marks to generate a citation for a resource (plain text or RIS)>. Please double check all of your references for accuracy. The default style may be different from your unit referencing style.

3.Filter resources

This tool allows you to filter the reources in your Resources List.

You can filter by imporatnce, resource type, or status (unopened/opened).

4.Help guides

The question mark links to help guides for using Learning Resources.

How do I access resources?

Click anywhere on your the item to access the resources.

You may be linked directly to an e-book that is part of the library collection, to PDF of an article, or in some cases to a the catalogue entry for a physical resource.

Book chapter

The first resource in the example list is a Book Chapter and is a direct link to the ebook platform. You can tell if an item is a link by the (LINK) brackets. Links take you to either an online resources, such as an ebook or article. Resources available for direct download will have (PDF) instead.

Many e-books have publisher restriction on the number of simultaneous users. If you are not able to access a resource the licences may be in use. Please try again later.

Physical resource

In some cases there may only be a physical resource available. Your Learning Resources list will link to a catalogue item, you can then place a hold or, if the resource is in high demand, be placed on the waitlist. Additional borrowing restrictions (such as a shortened loan period) may apply to high demand resources.

Check out our borrowing page to find out how to place a hold. As a Fed Uni student you may also request a scan of one chapter/10% of a book from the Library collection by completing the Intercampus journal/book chapter request form.