Thursday, 5th of June 2014 is World Environment Day (WED) as designated by the United Nations to encourage awareness and action. The focus this year is on Small Islands which bear much of the brunt of climate change impact. Here are 5 ways on the 5th to get engaged: Take…
Ever since Stieg Larsson’s (Girl with a Dragon Tattoo) Millennium trilogy hit the bestseller list, Scandinavian crime fiction and television – also called Nordic Noir (to encompass Iceland and Finland) – has had a huge impact internationally. It is characterised as realism coupled with a dark and morally…
Award Winners For some inspiration, these are some of the award winning reads that rocked (at least some corners) of the world in 2013. The Queensland Literary Awards winners including Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko – an intelligent comedy about indigenous land rights and the modern woman The winner…
Join QUT Library’s special storytime and you will be part of a national event, the reading of Nick Bland’s The Wrong Book. National Simultaneous Storytime is an important annual campaign that aims to encourage more young Australians to read and enjoy books. Now in its 13th successful year…
(by Insa) Do you have a mobile phone, e-book reader, computer or television? How often do you replace them? And what do you do with them when it’s time to upgrade? . A literature review in this article reported that the environmental impact of a single e-reader (including…
As of 1st January 2013, two of Australia’s major research funding bodies —the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Australian Research Council (ARC)—have both implemented open access policies which are now in effect. The NHMRC’s policy was announced in 2012 and requires that journal articles,…
The Conversation is an independent website of Australian news, reportage, analysis and critique written from the academic and research sector. Originally founded by a collaboration of CSIRO, Monash, University of Melbourne, UTS and UWA, with an endorsement from Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty; The Conversation provides Australians with a…
No more recommend readings and dreary research, read for pleasure and leisure and exploit the QUT Library collection to keep up to date with some essential good reads over the long summer. Available in both print and ebook format (perfect for downloading to your smart phone or tablet),…
If you’re researching Asia parenting styles, city living in China, the impact of technology on Children, Indian real estate trends or the clothing industry in Brazil then Passport GMID has the report for you. Passport GMID is a fascinating database of international market research on consumer trends. It…
It’s Week 3. It’s time to think about starting your assessment. Lectures and tutorials are happening. You are taking notes and doing your readings. Things are rolling along. Great! Now is the time to think about starting your assignments. No, it’s not too early! For many units, assignment…
