Library: Hamilton Campus: Home

Library Hours
Monday - Friday: 8.30am - 5pm
Closed weekends and public holidays

Phone - (03) 5551 4144
Fax - (03) 5551 4189

Reception Email:
hamiltonreception@swtafe.edu.au

Library Staff Email:
library@swtafe.edu.au

Welcome

The Hamilton Campus library provide access to library resources such as books, magazines, newspapers and DVDs.
Computers and printing ($) is also available.

How can I borrow?

Books from the Hamilton library must be borrowed at the front office. Please bring your current year SWTAFE Student ID Card to borrow. You are entitled to borrow up to 30 items in total.

Below are the item loan periods:

Books	3 weeks
Journals/Magazines	3 weeks
DVDs	1 week
Laptops	overnight & weekend only

Renew your loans

Your PIN is your date of birth:
ie: day, month and year (DDMMYYYY)
eg: 05101982

If you have any issues logging in or if any of your items fail to renew, please contact the library at 03 5564 8956 or library@swtafe.edu.au.

Search for resources

Books
Local newspapers
Print Journals/Magazines
DVDs

Search the Hamilton library Catalogue:

Note: To search the entire library catalogue, including all campus collections, please use search box in the section below "Borrow from other campuses."

Browse the shelves at these Dewey numbers:

Disability	305.26, 362.4
Early Childhood Education and Care	362.7, 372.11
Individual Support	305.26, 362, 610.73, 618.97
Nursing	610-618
Parks and Gardens	635
Wool Classing	338.17, 636.3, 677.31

Borrow from other campuses

As a South West TAFE Student, you are entitled to borrow from all of the South West TAFE campus libraries--Warrnambool, Portland, Hamilton, and Sherwood Park. To see what resources are available across all campuses, you will need to search the online library catalogue.

Search the library catalogue

Each item will list the location. For any items located in Warrnambool, Portland and Sherwood, you can place a hold to have the item delivered to your campus.

To Place a Hold on an Item (Borrow from another campus)

You will need to login to your Library Account.

Your user ID is the number on your student card.
Your Library PIN is your date of birth. ie: day, month, and year (DDMMYYYY)

After you search the catalogue, and click on the item you would like to borrow, click on "Place hold" (located underneath the cover image). Complete the form and the information will be forwarded to library staff who will locate the item and have it delivered to your campus.

Alternatively, you can contact the library at library@swtafe.edu.au or 03 5564 8956 to arrange items to be sent over.

Online resources

Journals, Magazines & Newspapers

EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Searches all EBSCOhost databases collections. 12,500+ journals. International
Informit This link opens in a new window
Searches all of the Informit Database collections covering 800+ full-text Australian journals.

Tip: for best results, please use the browser Internet Explorer.

Videos
Note: videos are best viewed in Google Chrome internet browser.

ClickView This link opens in a new window
ClickView delivers digital educational videos from a variety of streaming video libraries to any computer or device and includes teaching notes, playlists, clipping tools and curriculum unit links.

Tip: for best results, please use the browser Google Chrome.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy provides access to health-related videos such as the Anatomy Series includes titles such as The Circulatory System, The Digestive System, The Nervous System, The Respiratory System, The Skeletal System, The Muscular System, The Reproductive System, The Urinary System, The Integumentary System, The Endocrine System.

Tip: for best results, please use the browser Google Chrome.
Safety Hub (formerly Montie) This link opens in a new window
Occupational health and safety training videos.

Other

Australian Standards Online (SAI Global i2i Platform) This link opens in a new window
For any access issues, please contact the library at library@swtafe.edu.au or 5564 8956.
MIMS Online This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive web-based access to MIMS medicines information—full/abbreviated product information, drug/drug interaction module, pill identification, etc. Updated 1st day of each month.

Computers & Printing

Computers

Computer workstations are available in the library for use by currently enrolled South West TAFE students and staff.

NOTE: You must have your current South West TAFE Username and Password in order to log on to the computers. You should have been given these details upon enrolment. If not, please see Customer Service.

Workstations provide access to the Internet, printing and a range of computer programs including:

Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign)
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
MYOB Accounting

Wi-Fi

Laptop Computers

Reset Your Password

File Saving

Currently enrolled students and staff can connect their own devices to the SWTAFE Wireless Internet network.

Please Customer Service staff for instructions on how to connect.

Laptops are available for overnight or weekend loan. No bookings allowed.

NOTE: you must have your current South West TAFE Student ID Card to borrow laptops.

If at any time you forget your password, or become locked out of your account, Customer Service staff can reset it for you. You will need to have your current SWTAFE Student ID card to verify enrolment/identity.

For privacy purposes, the library computers are set to wipe clean upon restart. For this reason it is important not to save files or documents to the local hard drive.

A safer alternative way of saving is:

Save a copy to a USB Flash drive.
Save a 2nd or "backup" copy to your M: drive. The M: drive on the computer is your personalised drive that can be accessed on any computer within the SWTAFE computer network. Ask your teacher or Customer Service staff if you need help locating your M: drive.

Printing

All South West TAFE Students are given $10 of print credit upon enrolment. Please see the Library's Guide to Printing, Scanning & Photocopying for more information.

SWTAFE ID Number:
PIN: