A Guide for NTU Library Users

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2019

A Guide for NTU Library Users

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A Guide for NTU Library Users

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A Wonderful Place to Stay Borrowing from the Library Using Library Resources Frequently Asked Questions Library Instruction

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A Place to Stay

Reading Room

Basement of the Main Library If you want a quiet place to study, the reading room is your best choice. There is an unique lamp on each seat to accompany you while reading.

Those lamps are actually antiques from the Japanese

colonial period.

Discussion Area

Basement of the Main Library It's a noisy corner for you to discuss with each other .

If you want to read books and do some studies, NTU Library welcomes you!

E-Corner

2F, 3F, 4F of the Main Library There are different styles of E-Corner in each floor.

Bring your own mobile device and enjoy it here!

NTU Collected Works

3F of the Main Library

The NTU Collected Works archives publications by authors associated with NTU. It highlights the academic achievements of NTU faculty, staff, retirees, alumni, and current students.

Multimedia Center

4F of the Main Library

Here are various audio-visual collections you may pick up from the shelf, such as BD, DVD, VCD, or CD. You're welcomed to watch the public-edition films in the Center with comfortable facilities or book a group viewing room with 3-10 friends. Also, you may check out 4 home-edition films at most and enjoy them within 5 days.

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Open Shelf Area of the

Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library

This library is designed by Japanese world famous architect Mr. Toyo Ito. There is a beautiful open shelf area inside this library, where is built as a forest library with 88 irregularly distributed tree-like pillars. The 130 pieces of skylights of all shapes and sizes let the sunlight in all-around.

New Reading Paradise

3F of the Medical Library

This beautiful area is decorated with cherry blossom trees, a swing, rocking-chairs, and elegant gardening. Welcome here and relax yourself in such surroundings, you might be inspired by the

Discussion Rooms

There are discussion rooms in the Main Library, Medical Library and Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library, College of Social Science.

You can reserve a discussion room of Main Library or Medical Library online.

Reserve a Discussion Room at the Main Library:

http://ci70.lib.ntu.edu.tw:8080/DiscussRoom/index_en.jsp Reserve a Discussion Room

at the Medical Library:

http://ntuml.mc.ntu.edu.tw/Fpage.action?muid=224&fid=93 As for Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library, please make a reservation at the service desk.

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rooms @ Main Library

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rooms @ Medical Library

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rooms @ Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library

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Borrowing and Returning

Category Loan Quota

(items) Loan periods (days) Online Reserves Undergraduates 80 60 If an item is

reserved by another user upon checking out, the loan period will be shortened to 14 days.

30

items Master’s program Students 80 60

Ph.D program Students 80 60 Full time faculty 100 60

＊For more information, please visit http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/en/node/812

＊Reference materials, theses & dissertations, periodicals, newspapers, public edition of audio-visual materials, and special collections are limited for use in the Library.

Borrowing

from the

Those Things You Need to Know First !

Intercampus Loan Service

This service provides books delivery between NTU campuses. Through the online request, you may request books from a library at other campus without going there for picking them up. The average turnaround time for processing and delivering books is in 3 working days.

Books can be returned at any library on the main campus or in the Medical Library.

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Request Books from ASRS Service Center

You can submit requests for the items in ASRS through SLIM. You will be notified by Email when the requested item is ready for you to pick up at ASRS service center.

Online Reserves

You may request the items that are already checked out by other users on the Library online catalog. You will be notified by Email once your requested items are returned to the Library. You can pick up your reserves at any library on main campus or the Medical Library.

Online Renewal

When the items you borrowed will be due soon and you still want to use them, you can renew them online before the due date. On the Library website, you can click on〔 Log in My Library〕and then renew your borrowed items.

Self Check-Out

You can check out books by yourself on the 1F, 2F, or 4F of the Main Library. The machines are also located in Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library and the Medical Library.

Book Sterilizer

Book Sterilizers are on the 1F, 2F, and 4F of the Main Library, and also are located in Koo-Chen Fu Memorial Library and the Medical Library.

You will enjoy reading germ-free books after 30 seconds sterilization.

Doesn't it look like a refrigerator !?

Closed Stacks Retrieval Services

If the needed materials are in the closed stacks, please submit your request online. You will be notified by Email when the requested item is retrieved and ready for you to pick up.

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Returns

Books borrowed from any library on the main campus or the Medical Library can be returned to any of them. Borrowers can also drop their books in the return box next to the library entrance when it is closed. Please note the actual return date will be the next day after dropping the books.

Viewing Circulation Record

On the Library website, you can click on〔 Log in My Library〕to view your own circulation record online.

Email Notification

Email notification is definitely a convenient service for you. You will receive the following notices by NTU Email: (1) Overdue notice, (2) Hold pick-up notice for requested items, (3) Recall notice, and (4) Statement of check-out items.

Borrowing from Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loan Service)

You can use JADE service to request journal articles or borrow books through NDDS from other libraries. Moreover, you can apply for an “Interlibrary Card” at the Circulation Desk of the Main Library and the Medical Library, which enables the card holder to borrow materials from other libraries personally.

＊Before making a request from Interlibrary Loan service, please check the N TU Library online catalog to make sure the items are not NTU libraries' holdings.

＊For more information, please visit 〔Service〕4〔Interlibrary Loan Service〕 on NTU library website.

Tri-Library Loan Service

National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology have introduced the

Tri-Library Loan Service, so that eligible patrons from at the three universities may use their university IDs to

borrow books from the other two university’s libraries.

＊For more information, please visit https://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/en/node/3069

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Library

Using

There are so many resources in NTU Library!

But how to find what you need?

NTUL Website

　www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/en

Recent events

Search Tips: Library Catalog

You can use the Library catalog to search for books, journals, newspapers, audio-visual materials, videos, maps, and more.

Call Number ─

It indicates the location of the item.

Enter TITLE

"Gifts : a novel"

How to Locate a Book?

Location ─

It shows that which floor this item is shelved on. “Available”

means that this item can be found on the shelf. "Out of library" means the item is already checked out by other user, and you may request the items online.

＊ Please sign in to check if there are any request options.

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The call number on the book spine, acts like the book's address on the library's shelves or stacks.

Course reserves are items in high demand for a particular course. Each item placed in the Course Reserves Area will have a library assigned unique "item number".

How to Locate Journals?

Read full-text online

Click the name of the database, you can link to its title and read the full-text directly.

"Available Online"

means there is a electronic edition of the journal.

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Discovery System

The Discovery System, which is also called Systems for Library Information Management (SLIM), is a one-stop retrieval system for large amounts of print and online content, including books, ebooks, articles, book reviews, videos, and more.

The SLIM provides a Google-like search engine which is fast in retrieving library's resources.

Users can easily access the origin of the specific holding and refine the retrieval strategy by the filters.

Use filters to further refine your sear

ch

Divides resources in groups One-stop search

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Finding Course Reserves

Use Advanced Search and select "Course Reserves" to limit your search by the course name or the instructor.

Course reserve books are located on 1F of the Main Library, and the course reserve multimedia resources are located on 4F, the Multimedia Center. Both of them are not allowed to be checked out for the assurance of all the students can access them.

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Using Databases

You can use databases to search for journal articles, newspapers, conference articles, e-book chapters, and other digital resources by specific subject. Most databases contain not only full-text documents but also various subject e-resources, such as music (e.g., Naxos Music Library) and general knowledge (e.g., Encyclopedia Britannica Online).

Visit our website: 〔Home〕4〔Search & Find〕4〔E-Resources〕4〔Databases〕

Notifications Search for the database

name, e.g.,"Web of Science"

Databases by content type

Databases by category

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Network Connection Services

Campus Network

Most e-resources can be accessed within the campus network (IP 140.112.*.*), but there is still online usage restriction on some of them. For example, “Web edition with 5 concurrent users” means only 5 persons can use the resources at the same time. You can find the access information on 〔Search & Find〕4〔E-Resource〕4〔Databases〕.

Off-campus Network

Most databases, e-journals and e-books are accessible off campus as long as the VPN (Virtual Private Network) service is activated.Link to https://ccnet.ntu.edu.tw/vpn/PulseSecure-eng.html for installation information.

＊For more details about VPN connection, please visit this website:

http://www.cc.ntu.edu.tw/English/services/s4-8.htm

Mobile Site & APP

You will directly enter the NTU Library mobile website once using a mobile phone or a tablet to visit www.lib.ntu.edu.tw. Also, welcome to download APP [NTU Library] from APP store or Google Play. (Chinese version only)

Reader Services

Librarians are glad to answer your questions and assist you in academic works.

Circulation services ☎ (02)3366-2353 tulcir@ntu.edu.tw Reference services ☎ (02)3366-2326 tul@ntu.edu.tw Reference Services Blog http://tul.blog.ntu.edu.tw

NTU Library Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NTULIB

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Questions

Frequently

How to set up the internet connection in the library?

Wireless Connections

There are two wireless networks: “NTU” and “ntu_peap”. You can choose one of them, and enter your NTU Email account and password during configuration to use this network.

Wired Connections

Please bring your own laptop and connection cable. You can also use your NTU ID card to borrow connection cable from the Information Desk on 1F of the Main Library.

Ethernet jacks may be found under certain reading tables in the Main Library. The “Laptop Connection” instructions sticker shows the TCP/IP information. You need to enter your NTU Email account and password to use this network.

Are NTU faculty, staff, and students allowed to borrow books from all branches and

departmental libraries?

All books show the "available" status on the online catalog may be borrowed.

Borrowers can return the books at Main Library, branches , or departmental libraries where the books were borrowed from.

What should I do when borrowed items are overdue?

When an item you borrowed becomes overdue, your own borrowing privileges will be locked and an overdue fine will be charged. Please return overdue items immediately and pay the overdue fines. General materials are fined at the rate of NT$ 5 each item per day.

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Overnight borrowed materials are fined at the rate of NT$ 5 each item per hour.

Multimedia materials are fined at the rate of NT$ 30 each item per day. The charges will be accumulated until the items are returned, so please return them on time.

What should I do if I have lost a book?

Please report to the library immediately to avoid any late fees. For more information, please refer to the replacement procedures of the library loan policy. You can visit〔Services〕4

〔Readers Services〕4〔Loan Policy〕.

Why was my recall/hold request rejected?

For the following reasons:

Online requests are accepted only when a book had been checked out by another patron, is in the process of being purchased, or is being cataloged.

You may have overdue books, unpaid late fees, or replacement fees on your record.

The requests are over maximum of your record.

You may request a book that you have already been borrowing.

You may request a book that is for library-use only.

Why can’t I find a book on the shelf ?

When you can’t find a book after looking it up on the bookshelf, one or more of the following reasons might apply:

Another patron is reading it.

Someone borrowed it.

Different location.

Placed on the wrong shelf.

Displayed in the book exhibition.

Missing.

Please don’t hesitate to ask for help at the Information Desk.

Why can’t I find a journal on the shelf?

For the following reasons:

Another patron is reading it.

Placed on the wrong shelf.

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Unbound and bound periodicals are located on separate floors.

Please don’t hesitate to ask for help at the Information Desk.

How can I recommend a book for the library to purchase?

On the Library website, click on〔Research Support〕4〔Books Recommendation〕.

Please make sure the book is not our library’s collection. Requests for academic titles will be forwarded to the Library Committee members from respective departments and institutes who decide whether using department funds to buy them or not. To track the results of your request, please click on〔Recommendation results〕.

Where to scan or photocopy those books limited for use in the library?

Scan service is available on the 2F and the Special Collections Division on the 5F of the Main Library. The scanner is for NTU Library collections only. Copy machines and printers are available on each floor in the Main Library. Users can buy a copy card at copy center located on B1 or card vending machines on each floor. Please notice fair use and respect the intellectual property rights.

More information please see the webpage.

＊Main Library: http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/en/node/803

＊Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library: http://web.lib.ntu.edu.tw/koolib/en/en_facility.html

＊Medical Library: http://ntuml.mc.ntu.edu.tw/Fpage.action?muid=317&fid=48

Recent issues of Current Periodicals are arranged alphabetically by the titles on open shelves in the Current Periodicals area on the first floor @Main Library

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Library

All NTU students are welcome to sign up for our library instruction classes, including general library orientations, library services, and resources on a specific topic.

We also provide hands-on workshops on the use of the wide range of e-resources on the Library website.

＊For more information, please visit http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/node/1817#help

Customized Instruction

The librarians can customize classes or presentations on a wide variety of topics to meet the needs of your group, department, or class.

＊For more information, please visit http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/node/1956

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Reference Services Blog

http://tul.blog.ntu.edu.tw/

Reference librarians will answer questions in person, by phone, or by Email about how to use the library services and resources. Those information also can be found on the “Reference Services Blog”. Welcome to visit this blog and you will get more useful information.

E-learning Website

http://elearning.lib.ntu.edu.tw/

There are a series of online learning programs designed by the librarians, including database tutorials, and library instructions.

Multimedia Focus

http://focus.lib.ntu.edu.tw/

It is a blog including lots of posts relating to multimedia collection introduction. You can also see many film reviews and critiques here.

Multimedia @Online

http://multimedia.lib.ntu.edu.tw/

This online multimedia service includes “VOD Collection,” “Collections Recommendation,” and “Speech & Activities.”

Library Instruction Class

http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/node/59 You can sign up for the library instruction class with the minimum of 5 persons at a time. These classes include library orientation, library services , and academic resources usage training. There are also "HELP" Workshops and database training session held every semester.

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Dept. of Mathematics Library Dept. of Physics Library Dept. of Chemistry Library Institute of Oceanography Library

Dept. of Library and Information Science Library Law Library

☎(02) 3366-2812~3

☎(02) 3366-5117

☎(02) 3366-1160

☎(02) 3366-1609

☎(02) 3366-2955

☎(02) 3366-3366 ext.55230

NTU Library

& Contact Information

Main Campus　

No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617

Main Library

Circulation Services☎(02) 3366-2353 tulcir@ntu.edu.tw Reference Services ☎(02) 3366-2326 tul@ntu.edu.tw

　　　NTULIB

https://www.facebook.com/NTULIB College of Social Science

Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library

Circulation & Reference Services

☎(02) 3366-8300 ext. 55600 ntukoolib@ntu.edu.tw

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https://www.facebook.com/ntukoolib

Other Libraries

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College of Liberal Arts Freshman Classroom Bldg.

1st Student Activity Center

Dept. of Civil Engineering Dept. of Agronomy College of

Engineering Bldg.

School of Forestry and Resource Conservation Dept. of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering

NTUVeterinary Hospital Ming Da Hall

LifeScience Bldg.

Eco-House

Agricultural Experimental Farm

Fu Bell

Liugongjun Pool

Agricultural Exhibition Hall NTU Visitor Center

CoreSubjects Classroom Bldg.

Liberal Education Classroom Bldg.

Xiao-Fu Square

Health Center

Gymnasium 9thWomen’s Dorm

Fu Garden Sports Field

Drunken Moon Lake Computer and

Information Networking Center

Graduate Institute of Applied Mechanics

Campus Security EE Bldg.

No. 2 Dept. of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of

Sociology / Dept. of Social Work

Graduate Institute of National Development

Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library

College of Social Sciences Tsai Lecture Hall

Law Library

Wan-Tsai Research Hall

Graduate Institute of Journalism

Xiao-Xiao-Fu Food Services

Lu-Ming Hall

Administration Bldg.

Common Subjects Classroom Bldg.

第二學生活動中心管理學院二號館

Dept. of Mathematics Library

Astronomy- Mathematics Bldg.

CSIE- DerTian Hall

Dept. of Physics Library

Center for Condensed Matter Sciences

尊賢館 Lu-Ming

Square

Sports Center

MainLibrary

Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences

Dept. of Chemistry Library

Gallery of NTU History (Old Main Library)

Dept. of Library and Information Science Library ServiceASRS

Center

Institute of Oceanography Library

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North Ward

Building Emergency Case Building Emergency Case Entry

Entry of College of Medicine, NTU (Ren Ai Rd.)

NTU Hospital Entry (zhongshan S. Rd.)

Hall

South WardBuilding

Medical Library

NTU College of Medicine

Medical Care Building

Medical Campus

No.1, Section1, Jen Ai Road, Taipei, 10051

Medical Library

Circulation Services ☎(02) 2356-2207

Reference Services ☎(02) 2356-2208 medlib@ntu.edu.tw 　　　ntuml

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Introduction

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A Guide for NTU Library Users

Published by National Taiwan University Library