As of June, 2014 C and Java are the two most popular programming languages in the world. With Java alone used by 9 million developers and many people trying to tap into the booming app market, there is no denying that learning programming languages is worth the challenge. Luckily, tech gurus (and coding…
Finding online video for your study
I like reading as much as the next librarian but sometimes words on a page (or a screen) just aren’t enough. At uni reading textbooks is the usual way most of us learn about a new topic because they give us a broader theoretical overview of subject information. The…
The Sugar Industry collection
The Sugar Industry collection focuses on works dealing with sugar production and processing. The digitised books, journals and conference proceedings form a valuable specialist resource freely available to researchers both in Australia and other countries with sugar industries. This material makes up the latest QUT Digital Collection and…
New digital collection of Asia-Pacific images
QUT Library has a new digital collection. The Dr. Iraphne Childs’ Geographical image collection is the result of photographs taken across three decades of study and research, and span the globe in coverage. From Japan and Hawaii in the seventies to Australia and New Zealand throughout the eighties…
Google hacks for Uni research
Use these tips and tricks to get the most from Google While everyone searches with Google, finding good information can be done a lot more efficiently if you use some of the tools and tricks available. For example “inverted commas” enable you to search for a particular phrase…
All you ever wanted to know about our 250,000 ebooks
Our new subject guide offers guidance on ebooks and how to access them on a variety of readers. QUT Library currently has a collection of approximately 250,000 ebook titles and growing. These range from Dummies guides to Manga or Google Earth, to collected conference proceedings and the…
Three (free) online tools to help get your assignment ready
1.Dropbox Ever needed a document on your home computer while at uni? Ever wished you could access assignments stored on your laptop through your phone? You can with Dropbox! Dropbox is a free service that allows you access to all your photos, assignments and videos from a number…