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Short Loans Online

Electronic copies of journal articles and book chapters will now be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will need to download the latest free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these articles.

Accessing Short Loans Online

Select Short Loans from the NEWCAT main menu.
You may search by course or lecturer.

Viewing

If an electronic copy is available, one of the following messages will appear: *ELECTRONIC COPY AVAILABLE* or *INTERNET ACCESS*

Click on title required.
Enter your Student number or Library Card number and PIN. Need to create a PIN?
A copyright notice is displayed, "WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS"
Click on the 'submit' button to continue. This enables you to select the link to view or print the article.
If the Short Loan section of the catalogue is accessed through the My Library function you can avoid having to put in your password again each time you access a scanned article.

Printing

To print a document, click on the Adobe printer icon located on the top left-hand side of the ACROBAT toolbar.
DO NOT print by selecting the 'print/print frame' from the 'file'menu from your web browser, as this will only print a blank page.

Saving to Disk

To save the PDF file to your hardrive or floppy disk, click the Adobe disk icon located on the top left-hand side of the ACROBAT toolbar.
To save the PDF file using your web browser, select the 'Save As' option from the 'File' menu, using the .PDF file extension

Enquiries

Margaret Galvin	Short Loans Manager
Phone:	4921 5829
Email:	Shortloansmanager@newcastle.edu.au