Malyon College Library
Orientation
The librarian …
Jill Walker
Usual hours:
Tuesday – Thursday 9am – 5pm
Monday + Friday 9am – 3.00pm
What we offer …
25,000+ volumes
500 journal titles
Print
Online
Various multimedia
To search the catalogue …
Online database (web-based)
Online you can:
Search (basic and guided)
Reserve items currently borrowed
Check and renew loans
Warning: Automatic suspension from
borrowing when items are 1 week overdue.
Let’s have a look … Library catalogue
To find an item on the shelf
Note the ‘Call number’
(or ‘Spine number’)
Dewey classification
system (decimal):
230
231
231.1
231.3
231.7
231.74
231.745
231.74509015!
Usually followed by first
letters of author’s
name:
230 ABU
230 DEV 1
230 DEV 2
On shelves in order of
number, then alphabet
If preceded by:
‘R’, a Reference book
(e.g. R 230 SER)
‘RA’, on the Atlas stand
Borrowing and returning
Self serve loans
In your online account:
Loan details
Renewals
Alerts
A few rules to help us share …
No food or drink, please (exception: water in a
screw-top bottle is OK)
After using items, do not re-shelve them …
leave them on a shelving trolley.
Don’t take items out of the library without
registering them as ‘borrowed’ in the database.
Try not to hoard.
Journal databases online
The ATLA Religion Database and the Religion
and Philosophy Collection
http://search.ebscohost.com
Username: MalyonCollege
Password: WELCOME
All this information and more
from the library site …
From the College website
http://www.malyon.edu.au
Follow the library links for:
Catalogue
Moodle
And now …
the library awaits you!