finding resources 

        Students are encouraged to avail themselves of the following sources of information:

• The librarians                                                                                                                               Students should ask in person at the Loans Desk anytime for help with locating the resources they need. They can also email one of the Librarians with their query.
• Library catalogues                                                                                                     Dedicated terminals in the Library, as well as all networked computers in the College, provide access via the Internet to College's Library catalogue as well as the catalogues of the State Library and other Tasmanian libraries. 
• World Wide Web                                                                                                               Students can search the WWW using their Internet access.  Online help is available to all students for finding resources on the WWW. 
• Reference materials                                                                                                     Researchers can use print sources such as the Library’s encyclopaedias for authoritative, condensed information, and dictionaries for definitions. The State Library of Tasmania provides links to online reference sources.
• Databases                                                                                                                       eLibrary (once: Electric Library) and Australian and New Zealand Reference Centre  provide access to full-text articles from newspapers and magazines (as well as from books, maps, pictures, audio/visual, TV and radio transcripts). Access to these databases is restricted to staff and students of the College. 
• Statistics                                                                                                                                  The Australian Bureau of Statistics is online and in print, and includes Tasmanian statistics. Other sources include Statistical Resources on the Web and the State Library of Tasmania’s International Statistics.
• Fellow students and  teachers
• In-depth online help with finding resources, research, and writing assignments can be accessed via the Library Portal pages (username and password required)

borrowing

• is normally limited to staff and students of Hobart College
• students present their ID card when borrowing
• students usually borrow up to 8 items at a time but this is negotiable
• users are responsible for all materials charged on their ID card and should report the loss of an ID card immediately
• borrowing periods are
   

Non fiction	2 weeks	Reserve materials	overnight
Non fiction videos	2 weeks	Magazine and journals	overnight
Fiction	3 weeks	Movies	overnight

overdues

Students are encouraged

•  to return borrowed materials on time so that they can be shared fairly by everyone (this also avoids a bill for overdue items!)
•  to discuss with the Library staff any difficulties they may have in returning borrowed material on time

photocopying and printing 

• a coin operated photocopier is available 
• change is available at the Loans Desk
• black & white and colour printers are networked (first 100 page provided as part of student levies then $5 per 100 pages)

copyright
It is the responsibility of each individual to abide by the Copyright Act. A section of the Act is displayed near each copy machine. All students are expected to make themselves aware of their copyright obligations.