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Discover Upgrade

July 4, 2013

Discover will have several enhancements rolled out over the week of 24-28 June, including: The ‘Refine your results’ tick boxes in the left hand column are changing. You will now get these options: The first box ‘Available in Library Collection’ is ticked automatically, to narrow the results to those that are available free at Massey. If you wish to see all of the results, including those not available at Massey, then un-tick this box. We would only recommend this if you are studying at postgraduate or research level and need to do very comprehensive searches. Tick the second box ‘Catalogue: Books, DVDs, & Journal Titles’ to narrow the results to what you would normally find in the Library Catalogue...Read more

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Turitea Library is celebrating 50 years of veterinary education at Massey University with a display. Come in and see the timeline, albums of graduates, photos and other memorabilia…   ...Read more

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From Monday 1 July we will be using a new system to electronically deliver requested items to distance students. Requesters will be able to track the progress of their requests from the point of creation.  Just use the same request forms on the...Read more

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We now have quick access to the four most popular multidisciplinary databases. From the Library home page, click on Article Databases and scroll down to see the links to Discover, Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Knowledge. Click on the i next to...Read more

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Staff members, are your Library links up to date in Stream? When papers are rolled over, old Library content is often included, leading to frustration for students trying to use resources that no longer work properly. If you have not already been in...Read more

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EndNote Classes

June 21, 2013

Bookings are now open for EndNote classes during June, July and August. Classes are offered at all campus Libraries, and online. For further details please see the Tours & Classes Schedule...Read more

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The recently published UK Survey of Academics 2012 jointly commissioned by Jisc and Research Libraries UK makes for some interesting reading for librarians and academics alike. Here are some of the highlights from the Executive Summary –...Read more

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112 volumes of the Māori Land Court Minute books have just been added to Albany Library’s Ngā Kupu Ora Collection. The Minute books, kindly donated by Ngā Kaitiaki Rēti Ngahere Karauna Crown Forestry Rental Trust, cover parts of the...Read more

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A heads-up that the Turitea bus timetable switches to white and pink services only during 24 June-12 July. Further details are available on the Horizons website...Read more

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It’s finished! 1600 Massey doctoral theses 1948-2013 3 1/2 years of digitising All Massey doctoral theses are now available through Massey Research Online, after a three and a half year project to digitise them. Now we’re starting on...Read more

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