Subject coverage includes sociology, social theory, policy, ethics, education, psychology and more.

Emerald states that the collection is “high impact, topical and [contains] usable research” by high profile authors.

Title lists are available for current and forthcoming titles.

Browse through individual titles or search the entire database for books, journal articles and reference works.

Examples of these include:

• Library subject guides
• Online tutorials
• Search boxes
• Ask a Librarian service
• Assignment planner

Once you have added your staff contact details, you can choose which Library resources you would like your students to access through their Blackboard course.  This will automatically generate a ‘Library course page’ that links students to the resources you have selected.

Go to Linking Library resources in BlackBoard and complete the online form to create your Library course page.

Features:
Instant streaming access to 10,000 programs
Content includes documentaries, drama, series and more – from broadcast and pay TV
Archive of programs from 2006 – with up to 80 new programs added weekly
Instant institutional login – IP address authentication
Accessible anywhere with an internet connection
Easy and advanced searching, with programs classified by subject areas
Clip creation and sharing functionality
No advertisements
Option to turn closed captions on and off
Free study guides
Programs viewable on iPads and other tablets.

Informit EduTV is on trial until 1 April 2013.  Please login to the RMIT website using your NDS login and password first to access the EduTV login details.   Complete the trial database evaluation form if you think the Library should purchase this database.

The International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home is the first international reference work for housing scholars and professionals, that uses studies in economics and finance, psychology, social policy, sociology, anthropology, geography, architecture, law, and other disciplines to create an international portrait of housing in all its facets: from meanings of home at the microscale, to impacts on macro-economy.

This seven-volume set contains over 500 entries, listed alphabetically, but grouped into seven thematic sections including methods and approaches; economics and finance; environments; home and homelessness; institutions; policy; and welfare and well-being. Housing professionals, both academics and practitioners, will find The International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home useful for teaching, discovery, and research needs.

Contents include over 500 articles on subjects as diverse as:

• Climate Change
• Comparative Housing Research: International
• Economic Development of Housing Markets over Time
• Homeless People: Characteristics – An International Review
• House Price Indexes
• Housing and the Macro-Economy
• Housing and Wellbeing
• Material Cultures of Home
• Meanings of Home
• Mortgage Pricing
• Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Housing Research
• The Rental Market and Rental Policies in Developed Countries
• The Rental Market and Rental Policies in Less Developed Countries
• Research for Policy Making
• Risk in Housing Markets
• Shelter, Rights and Citizenship
• Supported Housing
• Sustainable Communities

After entering the start and due dates, the assignment planner provides a schedule for:

• Analysing the question
• Planning a preliminary structure
• Starting research
• First draft
• Further research
• Redrafting
• Editing for logical flow
• Proofreading and formatting.

Links to Library and Study and Learning Centre resources are included for each step.  The schedule can be printed and/or re-calculated with new dates.

This guide to understanding call numbers and finding books on the shelf would be particularly useful for new students getting started at RMIT.

Reserve collection and eReserve

The Print Reserve collection may include print books, audiovisual items, lecture notes, reading packs or other material provided by lecturers and teachers.  If you wish to add items to the Reserve collection, then please fill in the Reserve request form and submit to reserve.swanston@rmit.edu.au or reserve.carlton@rmit.edu.au.

Alternatively, the Digitisation Service team will help you make course related documents available in an electronic format.  These documents will be added to the Library’s eReserve collection and a link supplied to you for use in Blackboard.

Book audiovisual services for classes

You can request off-air recordings and book films for class presentations via the Library’s Audiovisual services.  Make sure you book at least one week in advance of your screening date.

Library resources for myRMIT (Blackboard)

If you are building content for your online course, you can link to and/or embed a variety of Library eResources.  These include digitised readings and chapters, eJournals, eBooks, streaming videos and library guides.  See Library resources for myRMIT to find out more.

Textbooks

RMIT Bookshop supplies textbooks, prescribed readings and recommended readings to the Library.  The fastest way to order textbooks and recommended readings is to send your name, course code and details of titles directly to RMIT Bookshop.  Textbook requests can be submitted online.

Library research skills classes

Information for academics and teachers

Please see Information for academics and teachers for more details and other services including copyright and reading list linking.  Contact your liaison librarian if you have any questions.