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What does SCAtharsis mean?
Find out who your fellow researchers are
Find out what's on at the SCA and SCAtharsis
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SCAtharsis Aims:
1. To enhance the academic and professional life of SCA postgraduate students
2. To encourage social interaction of students within the Department
3. To provide academic support to fellow postgraduates and thus foster communication of research ideas and collaborations
4. To represent SCA postgraduate students to the Department, Faculty and University
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Resources
Facilities
In room 303A, third floor, School of Creative Arts is the SCAtharsis Lounge. It is a study, social and rest space for postgrads.
There is a photocopier (get a pin from Coralie Crocker in room A203), tea- and coffee-making facilities, microwave, cupboards for storage (security your own responsibility),
a printer (supply your own paper) and five computers. These have word processing software and internet access. The new G5 is a supercomputer dedicated to media production. It
has video editing software, animation design software and Adobe Photoshop.
UOM Resources
 Searching Creative Arts Literature Guide + Internet Resources 4 Creative Arts: library guide by Ruth Browne
Australian Digital Thesis Project: search thesis from 7 institutions
Guidelines for Management of Research Data and Records
ITKit
Articles, Papers and Books
'Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for PhD Students' by Phil Agre
Search
Bookfinder: find new, used, rare and out-of-print books
The CIA World Factbook: Find out anything about countries around the world
Coolcat: search all of Victoria's academic and research libraries at once!
Guide to Australian Literary Manuscripts: Find manuscripts from Aust libraries
Internet Archive: Find websites from the past here
MIT's START: ask questions in natural language and gets answers to any questions!
PhD Data: worldwide database of dissertations in progress
Portaportal: If you use different computers all the time, keep your bookmarks (your favourite sites) online
Princeton's WordNet: a lexical database for the English Language
Vivisimo's Clustering Engine: Enter words and have the results categorised to aid your search
Email Lists
As you develop your ideas it is part of the process to then communicate them to fellow researchers. This informs others of your research
but also trains you in presenting your findings, conclusions, discoveries, or creations. One way to do this is to keep abreast of conferences being held within the Univeristy,
other campuses in Victoria, interstate and overseas. Awareness of the conferences, the attendees and papers presented also aids in your gathering of knowledge. There are mailinglists on
the Net that link like-minded researchers with announcements of conferences and events, discussions, and the-all-important CFPs: Call for Papers. To assist you, here are some
mailinglists our members and current student body have recommended. This are only a cursory list so please let us know of any your would like to add:
ALL DISCIPLINES: COLLECTION
Voice of the Shuttle Listserv Links
NEW MEDIA
Fibreculture
nettime
BUDGET RESOURCES
**Budget Calculator** (excel)
University Salary Scales
Computers > UOM Hardware and Software Prices
Equipment > Cameras + consummables > Sony
UOM Venue Hire Rates [pdf]
Travel > Per Diems (see section 25-28)
Travel by Air > Qantas
Travel by Car > calculate kms @ whereis.com
Travel by Rail > Rail Plus (Eurorail, Britrail...)
Local Travel > Melbourne
Hotels > Ibis Hotel
Hotels & Travel (USA) > Orbitz
Currency Converter
Australian Libraries > Copy + Archive Access Costs
InterLibrary Lending Costs
National Library of Australia Costs
University of Sydney Library Costs
University of Adelaide Library Costs
State Library of Victoria Prepaid Costs | Reproduction Costs | InterLibrary Costs
State Library of New South Wales > Copying & Imaging
State Library of South Australia > Copying Services & Charges
Australian Defence Force Academy > Photocopying & Printing
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Helpful Hint #2:
As a postgrad at the SCA you are allocated online hosting of a personalised
webpage. This is intended as a one-page overview of your academic profile and can
be easily stored in your personal folder on the School's server for uploading
by the IT Co-orindator. Such a page on the university web is an excellent way for people
who search the web for you or on topics you are researching to find your page, it offers a great opportunity for
making yourself known, and faciliates feedback from interested parties. See Dennis Claringbold
for details on how to set this up: 8344-8384, Rm: A220, d.claringbold [at] unimelb.edu.au
Helpful Hint #1:
Did you know that as a MCA and PhD
researcher you are allocated $300 and $500 respectively every year for buying books,
conference fees, purchasing art materials, whatever?! Ask your supervisor for details.
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