Understanding your reading list

How to identify and find the items on your reading list How to find readings Search the Library Enter the title of the book, book chapter or article For a book chapter, try searching for the book title not the …

How to identify and find the items on your reading list

How to find readings

  • Search the Library
  • Enter the title of the book, book chapter or article
  • For a book chapter, try searching for the book title not the chapter title
  • If you entered a complete citation (as below), you may not find it. Try searching for the title only

How to understand your reading list

  • There are different types of material on your reading list.
  • Identifying the difference will help you find each type.

Book

Look for the publisher and place of publication.

Jones, R 2010, Recruit, select & induct staff, Pearson, Frenchs Forest, NSW.

Book chapter

Look for the word in, followed by the editors and title of the book.

Dalton, M 2006, ‘Developing the global manager’, in RJ Burke & CL Cooper (eds) 2006, The human resources revolution: why putting people first matters, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 123-136.

Journal article

Look for the volume number, issue number or month and page numbers.

Hughes, H 2010, ‘International students’ experience of university libraries and librarians’, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 77-89.