Southbank Library
Southbank library specialises in the following course offerings:
- Access
- Adult Tertiary Preparation
- Animation
- Applied Science
- Architecture and CAD
- AUSLAN
- Bakery
- Beauty and Natural Therapies
- Business Communications
- Children's Services
- Commercial Cookery
- Contemporary Music
- Civil Engineering
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Events Management
- Floristry
- Food and Beverage
- Food Science and Technology
- Graphic Design
- Hairdressing
- Health Services
- Hospitality
- Humanities
- Indigenous Australian Peoples Unit
- Information Technology
- Interior Technology
- Interpreting
- Language, Literacy and Numeracy
- Meat Trades
- Multimedia
- Nursing and Aged Care
- Performing Arts
- Photography
- Retail
- Sport and Recreation
- Travel and Tourism
- Visual Arts
About Southbank library
Services and facilities
- e-Learn
- Computer access
- Photocopying and printing
- Seminar and training rooms
- Study areas, quiet study areas and group study rooms
- Binding facilities
- Intercampus loans
- Expert reference advice
- Transparencies (in photocopiers)
- Exhibition space
- Tape players, TV/Video/DVD units
Finding information
- Library catalogue
- Databases
- Interlibrary loan
- Electronic journals
- Internet search engines
- Internet sites
- Reference librarian
Southbank library collections
The majority of books, DVDs, videos etc are shelved together in Call Number order on Levels 3 and 4 of the Library. This is described as the General Collection.
There are other collections for particular types of resources or for particular groups of students. These are:
- Children's books -these are located on Level 3 of the Library near the lift.
- Language and Literacy - these resources are for students seeking to improve their English language, writing, reading, speaking or listening skills. They are located on Level 2 of the Library near the lift.
- Fiction - a small collection of recreational fiction is held on Level 4 of the Library.
- Journals (magazines, serials) - the Journal collection is located on Level 2 of the Library. Journals may be read within the Library but are not available for loan.
- Reference - dictionaries, encyclopaedias, almanacs, atlases etc are located on Level 2 of the Library. They may be used anywhere in the Library but are not available for loan.
Last updated 31 March, 2008