PalgraveConnect

PalgraveConnect is on short term trial until 17th October, 2009.

We have the following ebook collections on trial:

• Political & International Studies Collection 2009
• Religion & Philosophy Collection 2009
• Literature & Performing Arts Collection 2006, 2007, 2009
• History Collection 2009
• Social & Cultural Studies Collection 2009
• Business & Management Collection 2007-2009
• Economics & Finance Collection 2006, 2007, 2009

Access via http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/trials.jsp

Feedback via http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/feedback.jsp

 

A Statistical account of the seven colonies of Australasia

In response to increasing demand to access historical statistics on the Web, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has recently digitised an important compendium of Australian and New Zealand colonial data, A Statistical account of the seven colonies of Australasia. We are progressively loading this material to the ABS Website.

A Statistical account of the seven colonies of Australasia (and its later title, Statistical account of Australia and New Zealand) was compiled between 1890 and 1904 by the New South Wales Statistician, Timothy A. Coghlan. The eleven volumes bring together statistics for each of the colonies of Australia and New Zealand and are complemented by analysis and commentary. The publication also includes chapters on political divisions, areas and boundaries, climate, parliaments and defence much like in the current Year Book Australia.

Coghlan’s expressed aim, as stated in the Preface to the first volume, was to ‘exhibit at a glance the position held by each Colony individually, and by the country as a whole, with regard to all matters connected with its moral and material welfare’.

The scanning process allows full-text searching capability once downloaded.

This title adds to a range of historical data which ABS has been progressively adding to our Website, including Demography bulletin which includes detailed population and vital statistics data for the period 1900 – 1971 and Labour reports, covering the period 1911 – 1997. See the full list of titles already available, as well as those which will be available later in the year.

 

Calling for papers – History of Labour Relations in Queensland 1859-2009 Conference

History of Labour Relations in Queensland from 1859 to 2009 Conference
Friday, 11 December 2009, Brisbane
Papers are invited on all aspects of labour relations in Queensland. For more information and submission details, go to http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/industrial/labourrelations/index.htm

 

Dictionaries online

Access the Macquarie Dictionary or the Oxford English Dictionary online though the library catalogue or using the following links;

Macquarie Dictionary and Thesaurus Online

Oxford English Dictionary Online

The Macquarie is Australian so covers Australian idiom.

The Oxford English Dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language and includes etymologies, quotation dates and authors and tracks the changes in usage for words through history.

 

Foucault Reading Group

The Foucault Reading Group will run this semester with the assistance of the Centre for Learning Innovation in the Faculty of Education.

It will run from 12-2pm every Tuesday fortnight starting 28th July.

The venue is R614 (the top floor of the library) at Kelvin Grove campus, QUT

All details about the group and the readings can be found at http://www.michel-foucault.com/reading/

Aims of the group

The aim of this group is to provide an informal setting to read and discuss the work of French theorist Michel Foucault. Foucault’s work is used widely across an enormous range of theoretical and applied disciplines. This group is designed for both postgraduate students and academics from any discipline who would like the opportunity to clarify Foucault’s ideas and develop applications in a group setting. Members of the group are also invited to nominate material by Foucault of relevance to their own work which they would particularly like to discuss. There will be set texts for participants to read before each session.

 

Publishing Opportunities Database (short-term trial)

Publishing Opportunities Database via EBSCOhost is on short-term trial until 31 December 2009.

Access via http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/5494f

Publishing Opportunities Database provides the most extensive listing of opportunities for professors, post-doctorates and other students interested in presenting and publishing their research papers. Information from three distinct sources is combined and presented in a convenient, intuitive format:

* Journal Call for Papers records index – open opportunities for regularly published journals, to which content is constantly being added

* Conference Call for Papers – time-sensitive content, providing from 3,000 to 4,000 records at any given time, for an annual total of approximately 12,000 records

* Special Issue Call for Papers – time sensitive content with from 500 to 800 records available at any given time, for an annual total of approximately 2,000 records

Publishing Opportunities Database records contain vital information about:
* the publication or conference
* the scope and topics on which manuscripts are sought
* applicable deadlines for abstracts, manuscripts and final papers
* manuscript formatting requirements
* submission guidelines
* publication frequency
* contact details

 

Search all the National Library… and more

The National Library of Australia has announced its new “Single Business Discovery Service” in Beta mode. Despite the wordy name this is a single easy access point to a variety of Australian catalogues, directories and collections. For this initial version there are a range of data sources including: the Australian National Bibliographic Database, Australian Newspapers, Picture Australia, the ARROW Discovery Service, and Pandora. The new service also provides the discovery interface for the People Australia initiative and some external sources of data such as OAIster, Open Library, the Hathi Trust, the Internet Archive and the Library of Congress tables of contents, publishers’ descriptions and sample book chapters.
This is set to be really useful, so if you have any suggestions or comments please make them – so iwe get the best service possible!

To have a look, a play, and to use it – http://sbdsproto.nla.gov.au/

 

Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant

Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant - up to $10,000

Applications are invited from people currently engaged in (or about to commence) a research project dealing with Australian labour history.

The Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant will assist with the cost of such projects, with priority to projects with good prospects of publication or other public use, but without access to other funding.

The SEARCH Foundation is auspicing the Roger Coates Labour History Research Grant. It is an independent, non-profit foundation established to promote social justice, environmental sustainability and the development of a more democratic and egalitarian society. Details of its aims and objectives are available on request.

Suitably qualified applicants should contact the SEARCH Foundation for detailed application guidelines.

Applications must be received by
July 31, 2009
Social Education and Research Concerning Humanity (SEARCH) Foundation. Level 3, 110 Kippax St, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
Ph: (02) 9211 4164; Fax: (02) 9211 1407

 

ERA Tiered Journal Lists

The ARC has released the tiered journals lists for ERA Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences (PCE) and Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA) clusters. You can download an excel version of either unique journals with all associated FoR codes in one record or complete journals broken down on a discipline (FoR code) basis. Further revisions of these lists are planned for the future.

These will be useful when deciding where to submit your articles for publication.
http://www.arc.gov.au/era/journal_list.htm

 

Displays in the Library

There is a display on the ground floor of the library to help commemorate Reconciliation Week. This includes posters and materials promoting or about reconciliation and the history of black/white relations in Australia.

There is also a display from the Queensland State Archives about South Pacific indentured workers (‘kanakas’) in Queensland.