School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology POSTGRADUATE BULLETIN 8 DECEMBER 2003 1. Positions Vacant: Casual Tutoring and Research Assistant 2. Library news - new resources and Endnote version 7 3. Global Political (Theory / Economy) Reading Group 4. Bulletin Archive *********************************************** 1. Positions Vacant: Casual Tutoring and Research Assistant Registrations for consideration for tutoring in 1st semester 2004 are now open. Information and registration forms are available on the web at: http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/staff/positions.html Applications close 23 January 2004. The Infertility Treatment Authority has a vacancy for a part time researcher and policy officer. Duties include: Background research to policy considerations undertaken by the Authority; Development of proposals for administrative policies in line with other legislative requirements e.g. privacy policy; Drafting of discussion papers or policy recommendations for consideration by the Authority Committees; Other tasks as required by the Chief Executive Officer. Applications close 15 December 2003. Contact: Helen Szoke, Chief Executive Officer Further information from: http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/positions_vacant.html Dedicated Webpage: http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/ITAjobadvert.doc *********************************************** 2. Library news - new resources and Endnote version 7 New electronic journals: 18834 Family Medicine Journal 18809 Australian Feminist Studies (MetaPress) 18807 British Journal of Social Psychology (Ingenta ) 18863 Islamic Law and Society (IngentaSelect) 19076 Journal of Politics, The (Ingenta Select) (Current 2 years only) 19078 Organization Studies (Ingenta Select) (2003-) 19080 Women's History Review (Triangle) 19091 Political Studies (Synergy)(Current 2 years only) 19092 Leadership Magazine 19109 Corporate Governance (Ingenta)(Current 2 years only) 19218 AUSTRALIAN FEMINIST STUDIES (MetaPress) The Times Digital Archive http://buddy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/buddyrun.cgi/NET/19145 This new database is the complete digital edition of The Times (London) 1785-1985. It can be searched using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) http://buddy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/searchbuddy.cgi?search=.19144 The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,700 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles. Endnote 7 A new version of Endnote has recently been released. If you would like to have the new version loaded please contact Darren Smith - d.smith@unimelb.edu.au. If you would like help using Endnote or building an Endnote library please contact Fiona -fionaas@unimelb.edu.au Fiona Salisbury Learning Resources Team Leader (Arts & Humanities) Teaching Learning and Research Support Department Information Division, University of Melbourne fionaas@unimelb.edu.au Ph: 43765 (Learning Resources - Mon, Tues, Wed pm, Thurs am) Ph: 45150 (Political Science rm 443 - Wed am, Thurs pm) http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/php/subject.php?subject=Political+Science http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/php/subject.php?subject=Sociology *********************************************** 3. Global Political (Theory / Economy) Reading Group The next Global Political (Theory / Economy) Reading Group meeting will be on Fri 12 December at 10am (before the Department Xmas Lunch in the Postgrad Room. We will be discussing: Ann Florini, The Evolution of International Norms, Vol 40, No 3, International Studies Quarterly. The article is available from JSTOR / University catalogue. All welcome! ------- -- jlenne@unimelb.edu.au *********************************************** 4. Bulletin Archive Current and previous issues of the postgraduate bulletin are archived on the web at: http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/bulletin.html