Libraries holiday closure starts NOON Friday 18th

Wishing everyone a wonderful break and special time with your friends and family over the festive season.

For those still studying, I hope you find a nice quiet place to work on your studies. The virtual.librarian@endeavour.edu.au is available if we can help with referencing or searching.

Best wishes

And the winner is .....

Tori from Sydney, a graduating Physical Education student was the lucky winner of the Samsung Tablet. I'm sure she'll be able to put it to good use in her new career.

 

Pictured: ACPE's librarian Tim & Kim with Winner Tori in the centre



Thank you everyone for participating in the library survey and entering the draw.

We'll be drilling down on the data over the summer break to determine how we can continue to improve our service. But don't wait another two years to provide feedback; any time is a good time.

Peek Preview: Food Studies Online library

We currently have a trial version of a new product "Food Studies Online" which is a mix of video, photographs and bits and bobs (menus, advertisements, etc). Go to

http://search.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.endeavour.edu.au/food

and Login the same as accessing databases.

The collection includes these videos:

 

 

It is not designed specifically for nutritional medicine studies. It appears to be an archival collection, BUT it may be of interest to you.

 

Is it of interest? Would it be beneficial for your studies? Please provide feedback to your liaison librarian or email library@endeavour.edu.au

 

The trial finishes 1st December 2015.

Summer opening hours

Class has finished for some, exams are looming and the campus libraries will be reducing their opening hours as well as closing for the Christmas New Year break.

From Friday 13th November to Friday 12th February, the library times are:

   Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
      Monday to Thursday:  9:00am - 5:00pm
      Friday:  9:00am - 4:00pm
      Saturday & Sunday:  closed

   Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth
      Monday to Thursday:  9:00 - 4:00pm
      Friday:  9:00 - 2:00pm
      Saturday & Sunday:  closed

From midday Friday 18th December 2015 to Monday 4th January 2016

   CLOSED: Christmas & New Year
      

 

If you're lucky enough to have a holiday, enjoy!

follow @EndeavourLIB on Twitter

Timely tweets (on assignment help and events) from the Library at Endeavour College of Natural Health can now be found on the LibGuides Home or by following @EndeavourLIB from your personal Twitter account.

EBL ebook system maintenance Wed 16 Sept 8:00-11:00

EBL is one of our ebook suppliers. They will be undertaking some maintenance to their system on Wednesday 16 September and during that time the EBL ebooks will be unavailable. Items you have 'downloaded' in the previous 24 hours SHOULD be OK, but there may be some hiccups with availability during the hours of 8:00 am and 11:00 am.

If you experience any ongoing problems please contact the virtual.librarian@endeavour.edu.au

REPOST: Free MS Windows & Office for students

Our IT department have arranged for students to be eligible for a free copy of Microsoft Windows and Office 2013 (including for Apple OSX / Mac). Please read through the product info on the website to make sure the products are suitable for your needs.

To access the free offer visit http://onthehub.com/search/higher-ed/, register and download your copy.

Note: To register you require your College email address and your student ID.

EBSCO system maintenance Saturday 29 Sept

EBSCO has notified us of possible interruptions to some of our services from 12 noon - 2 pm on Saturday 29 Sept. This short interruption should not included our databases, but if you do experience any problems, please return after 2pm.

Herbal-Pro app

We dont usually promote products but this Herbal Medicine app designed by one of our students is an exception.

The app was designed with students in mind as a way to assist them in streamlining their consults by:

• Having the ability to easily search over 500 herbs by brand and by action or common name 
• Not having the stress of trying to remember the different ratios and dosage ranges between brands
• Not having to look up multiple resources to check pregnancy and lactation safety information or drug interactions
• Being able to see if a herb contains tannins or alkaloids
• Not having to try and work out child dosage calculations

The app includes a link to a detailed user manual. There is a YouTube video tutorial, which provides details about the app and how to use it. The database is regularly updated with the latest herb information available in real time, each time you open the app.

The background story and links to the Herbal-Pro resources can be found at www.insideoutnaturalhealth.com.au

Mendeley & Word 2016 incompatible

If you regularly use Mendeley on your Mac do not upgrade to Word 2016 at the moment, as its not compatible with Mendeley.

If you've already upgraded and want to continue using Mendeley on your Mac you need to UNINSTALL Word 2016 completely, and go back to the 2011 version. 

Hopefully Mendeley will update their system soon to cope with Word 2016, just not yet!

Recent changes to nPod

A new Technical Info tab has been added to nPod in response to a request from Dr Graeme Hodges, our Associate Director Clinical Services. The enhancement provides greater access to product information including MSDS links when available.

Recent changes and additions to nPod. They include:

• A new Technical Info tab added today (number of links will grow, so keep revisiting)
• Links to MSDS information when available on the manufacturer's website
• New Probiotics tab (removed from the Digestive System)
• Research now included under the product descriptions

The coverage in these areas will continue to grow, so revisit regularly to keep abreast of the changes.

Troubleshooting Visible Body

Are you experiencing issues with Visible Body on your laptop/PC?  For the issues below, please see the suggested solutions:

Using Visible Body in Safari – unable to select models using inbuilt touch pad. 

• Attach a mouse to your laptop while using Visible Body OR
• Install Firefox/Mozilla or Internet Explorer on your laptop/PC.  Chrome is not compatible.  Try installing Unity Player and launching Visible Body again in the new browser.

Downloading Unity Player – unable to download this and launch Visible Body

• If using Safari, you need to install Firefox/Mozilla or Internet Explorer on your laptop/PC.  Chrome is not compatible.  Try installing Unity Player and launching Visible Body again.
• If using a tablet, you will need to purchase ($) and download a personal version of the (Visible Body) Human Anatomy Atlas - 3D app version from iTunes or Google Play.
• If using a different browser (Firefox/Mozilla or Internet Explorer), contact your campus library during opening times (or email the Virtual.Librarian@endeavour.edu.au) with details of your laptop/PC – type and version of operating system, what browser you are using, screenshots of any error messages.  We will get back to you as soon as possible.

ScienceDirect service interruption

ScienceDirect will be unavailable on Sunday 2 August from 8:00am to 12:30pm for scheduled maintenance which effects all the Elsevier platforms.

Please plan your research around this inconvenience.

Assignment Word Counts

Please note that there has been a change of policy regarding in-text references which will now be included in assignment word counts. The Endeavour Referencing Guide and the Referencing FAQs on LibGuides have been changed to reflect this and align us with the majority of Australian universities' practices.

Just highlight the main body of your assignment to calculate an accurate word count. Your list of References is NOT included in the word count. The in-text reference is the ONLY change.

The change will be actioned by your lecturers for all online and on-campus assignments submitted from the start of Semester 2 2015.

Please replace any old printed versions with a new copy or continue to access the full version online through the LibGuides or LMS, or the 'Quick' version (examples for different types of references only) through the EPUB version.

Semester 2 library hours

Opening hours are back to normal semester times.

Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne open at 7:50 am and close at 7:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 5:00 pm on Friday with Saturday morning opening from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth have the same opening times but close at 6:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 4:00 pm on Friday. They are closed on Saturdays.

After hours you can contact the virtual.librarian@endeavour.edu.au.
Best wishes for a successful S2 2015.

Free MS Windows & Office packages

Our IT department have arranged for students to be eligible for a free copy of Microsoft Windows and Office 2013 (including for Apple OSX / Mac). Please read through the product info on the website to make sure the products are suitable for your needs.

To access the free offer visit http://onthehub.com/search/higher-ed/, register and download your copy.

Note: To register you require your College email address and your student ID.

Who's using what? ejournal usage April 2015

 Each month we get usage stats from EBSCO for items accessed through Discovery 's multiple databases. This list is a good indication of the study/assignment activity by our students during April 2015 and the journals consulted. Any surprises?

Jornal Title	PDF      Full Text	HTML Full Text
PLOS ONE	718	0
The Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine *	558	2
Alternative & Complementary Therapies *	557	0
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE REVIEW	514	0
Nutrition reviews	376	0
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	334	0
American journal of clinical nutrition *	314	0
American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition **	263	0
Counseling & Clinical Psychology Journal	313	0
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE	308	8
Nutrition Journal	292	0
Townsend Letter	289	0
Better Nutrition	267	234
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)	251	0
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HERBALISM	249	0
BMC COMPLEMENT ALTERN MED	248	0
JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE -HOVE- *	241	0
JAMA	232	0
Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine *	229	0
Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society *	208	24
* hard copy held by a campus
** articles accessed through different databases