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“My Lecturer has set me a chapter of a book to read. How do I find it ?”

Book chapters on Reading Lists can be found in 3 places:

  • On e-Reserve as a scanned electronic copy of the book chapter.

  • In the Catalogue using the Reserve Collection tab.

  • In the Catalogue under the author or title of the BOOK (not the author of the chapter).

Finding a book chapter on e-Reserve

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Exercise

This activity will use the following example:

For the unit HIST109 (The Making of Australia) you have been asked to locate the following book chapter in e-Reserve:

Book Chapter: Nicholas Stephen. "A new past" in Convict Workers: Reinterpreting Australia's Past, Nicholas Stephen, 1988, 199-201.

Select Library home page and follow the steps

  1. From the Library home page Select e-Reserve

  2. In the Enter Keywords field, type any words of the book chapter’s author and title eg: Nicholas past (Nicholas being the author of the chapter and past being part of the chapter title.)

  3. Limit your search to book chapters and journal articles by placing a tick in the Journal Articles and Book Chapters option box.

  4. Select Go!

  5. If the book chapter is available in e-Reserve, the citation for the book chapter will display. To view the chapter in full text, click on View Document.

  6. Enter your Student ID number and password to access the document.


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Searching tips

  • If your chapter is not found in e-Reserve, search the catalogue under the author or title of the book (not the chapter author or title).

  • To access e-Reserve you will need Student ID number and password.

  • To access e-Reserve you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software.

  • You can search e-Reserve using your unit code.

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