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Collection Guidelines - Subject/Discipline Collections

MIBT Collection

The Library supports the courses provided by the Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology (MIBT). The Institute in association with Deakin University provides courses in the areas of business/commerce, computing/information technology, mass communication and health sciences at the Melbourne Campus at Burwood and science and engineering at the Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds. The Certificate courses are pre-university courses and are equivalent to upper secondary school (year 12) and university foundation. The programs are designed to prepare students for university studies or employment. The Diploma programs are based on and are equivalent to the first year of specific Deakin University Bachelor degree courses.

The collection reflects the undergraduate nature of courses and the subjects studied.

Priority areas

Business/Commerce studies including:

• Accounting
• introduction to computing
• economics
• mathematics
• statistics
• introduction to systems analysis
• management
• marketing
• legal studies
• programming
• communication skills

Computing/Information Technology studies including:

• basic programming concepts
• concepts and practice for software engineering
• data structures and algorithms
• mathematical modeling
• microcomputer applications
• introduction to data collection and analysis.

Mass Communication studies including:

• comparative journalism studies
• introducing the media, issues in the mass media, media criticism
• communication skills

Health Science studies including:

• human structure and function
• genetics, hereditary, diversity
• biology, chemistry, physics for life sciences
• forensic studies
• food and nutrition
• human anatomy
• sport science and psychology

Science studies including:

• human structure and function
• genetics, hereditary, diversity
• biology, chemistry, physics for life sciences
• forensic studies
• statistics

Engineering studies including:

• technology management
• engineering design and CAD
• electronics, materials, physics
• mathematical modeling
• algebra and statistics

Selection Criteria

All material on reading lists should be acquired. Other material is selected by MIBT teaching staff in collaboration with the MIBT Liaison Librarian.

It is important that new, current materials are purchased on a regular and ongoing basis to support MIBT students.

Location

The print collection is primarily housed at the campus where MIBT teaching is undertaken. At present, this is the Melbourne at Burwood campus and the Geelong at Waurn Ponds campus.

Electronic resources

The Library endeavours to provide access to all electronic resources required to support MIBT courses. Electronic resources are subject to licensing or contract agreements and since MIBT students are not classified as Deakin University students, access to specific electronic resources must be negotiated separately, on a title-by-title basis with each provider. This can be undertaken upon receipt of a request by MIBT academic staff.
Databases currently available for use by MIBT students can be found at the Databases for MIBT students page

Last reviewed August 2008