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The Library provides users with the opportunity to browse the World Wide Web. Full Internet access is available on selected workstations around the Library. Bookings are necessary. Ask at an information desk about our booking systems. Staff-selected Internet resources are included under each subject in the listing under
Information databases
and are generally available on all workstations.
Printing
Downloading
Email
Returning to the menu home page
Printing
All workstations are connected to a network printer.
To print your search results you will need a card with a magnetic strip, such as a Medicare card, a Bankcard or ATM card.
If you don't have your own card with a magnetic strip you can purchase a copy card from one of the autoloader machines in the copying area next to the Trescowthick Information Centre or in the La Trobe Information Centre.
You can also add print credits to your card from the autoloaders
Instructions on how to print are next to each workstation, and each network printer.
Downloading
You can buy discs from the Copy Centre.
All workstations have a: drives.
Insert your disc in the harddrive in the cage under the desk.
To download your search results click on
File
, then
Save as
.
Choose the a:\ in the
Save
box.
In the box labelled
file name
type in
a:\
, the name of your search and
.txt
e.g.
a:\ search.txt
Click on the
Save
button.
Email
Email is available on selected workstations. You need to book at the Foyer Desk, near the front entrance of the Library to use an email-enabled workstation. Approved identification is required.
Returning to the menu home page from an Internet workstation
Click on
File
on the menu bar, then click on
Close
.
OR Double click on the
X
at the top right hand side of the screen.
THEN Click on the
Home
button at the top of the screen.
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