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Plumbing and Gasfitting: How do I?

Resources for those undertaking plumbing and gasfitting courses at Ara

Technical Assistance by ICT

Learning Services

Learning Services have a range of online resources to help you develop study and math skills to ensure you can complete coursework successfully. They also run weekly workshops and Quick Questions sessions. Call into the Library to pick up a timetable. There is also support for off campus students.

 

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Disability Services

Disability Services provide information, services and equipment to help you make the most of study.

You may be eligible for services such as:
  • Note-taking support in class
  • Alternative exam arrangements
  • Exam reader/ writer
  • NZ Sign language interpreter
  • Course materials in alternative formats such as enlarged text
  • Specialised equipment and furniture
  • Software

Some resources include:

You can drop in to Disability Services Quick Questions in the Library's, Rakaia Room, L113 at Madras St Campus between 12 and 1pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays or email disability@ara.ac.nz for more information.

Book a study room

Using Library Search

  • Using Library Search [PDF] [Video]
  • Find journal articles using Library Search [PDF]
  • How to request an item [PDF] [Video]
  • How to access a Proquest eBook [PDF] [Video]
  • How to download a Proquest eBook to my own device [PDF]
  • How to renew items on loan [PDF] [Video]
  • How to pin items to your favourites using Library search [PDF]

 

You can see all our Library video tutorials in our blog.

Quick Questions Drop Ins For Assignment Support

Download a copy of the timetable here for Christchurch City campus.

Note: Quick Questions Support at Timaru campus is in the Library between 12 and 1 Monday to Thursday.

Guides To Using Ara Databases

  • Find an article in a database (EBSCO) [PDF] [Video]
  • Find a Standard in Standards New Zealand database [PDF]
  • How to access Vital Source ebooks [PDF]
  • Template example for search strategies to use in databases [PDF]
  • Using Gale Academic OneFile database [PDF]
  • Using eTV [PDF]
  • Using Proquest Central database [PDF]
  • Using Joanna Briggs database [Video]
  • Using Ovid nursing database [PDF] 
  • Using Pubmed [Video]
  • Using Pubmed, CINAHL, Proquest & Ovid to find MeSH headings [PDF]
  • Using Science Direct database [PDF]
  • Using LinkedIn Learning [PDF]
  • What is a peer-reviewed article [PDF]
  • Using Google Scholar and more [PDF]
  • What are primary and secondary sources [PDF]
  • Troubleshooting access to databases [PDF]
  • Clearing your cache in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox [Website]
  • How to I open O'Reilly eBooks off campus? [PDF]

What are primary and secondary sources?

Ask Live

AskLive is our instant messaging service. You can chat with the library by entering your question in the box below that says “Type here to chat …”

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Ask Live operates on Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm except for public holidays. You may also be able to find the answer to your question here in our FAQs.

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StudySmart resources

Find here a range of study support resources from Learning Services and Disability Services. You can access the full range of online support in StudySmart on My Ara. See the timetable for Library and Learning Services quick questions and workshops.