[PDF] Top 20 Notes From The Library, Issue No. 1

... ReadinQ Room I Readv Reference On Thursday, 20 September, the Library \Vill open a staffed reading room to provide you with basic reference services and direct access to r[r] ... See full document

... Most Library patrons are aware that copies of Hong Kong listed companies' current annual reports are kept in Open Reserve on 1/F.. Fewer know that the older issues are kept on m[r] ... See full document

... shortfall, the Library has no other option but to aggressively look for ways to reduce ...million from the book and media resources acquisitions was the first step; reducing ... See full document

... joined the University on 1 July. Dr. Soong comes to HKUST from Rutgers University where he was Associate University Librarian for Administrative Services, a position he had held since ...Over ... See full document

... over 1,800 scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines published by Elsevier, Academic Press, JAI, North-Holland, Pergamon and ...out the 400 and some clinical journals our users will still have ... See full document

... rival the prestigious Web of Sciences databases and replace the EI ...be the judge and let us know how this new product fares with the ...that the Library has recently subscribed ... See full document

... about 1,900 of which are indexed in ISI's Web of Science. The other five databases are included in the BSP and ASP ...contains the full-text/images of over 550 education ...provide the ... See full document

... of the library staff at the other UGC-funded academic libraries, the session on Nov 30 focused on library assessment using the Association of College and Research Libraries ... See full document

... In the December issue of the newsletter, we informed you of the new subscription to the EBSCOhost database and described some of the specific features and scope of the ... See full document

... Several sites have gone in a different direction, developing massive search engines to provide broader and more flexible access to resources.. These are designed to locate[r] ... See full document

... One copy of each student thesis or dissertation is also kept in Archives; another copy is in the general book collection (LG/ 4). Books known to be published by HKUST facul[r] ... See full document

... This service can be requested by using the 'Request Item' function in the Reference Databases on the Library Online Catalogs.. These databases include ABI / INFORM, Period[r] ... See full document

... The Library will soon be introducing cutting -edge access technology from OVID Technologies, Inc. for several full -text databases. OVID provides abstract databases and f[r] ... See full document

... Landmarks II (QC11 l.L35) is divided into a collection of scientific journals (some dating from the 17th century) and a further collection of monographs. All of the works in[r] ... See full document

... If you are on an English operating system (e.g. Windows 95), you need to launch a Chinese enabling software before browsing Chinese web pages.. Examples of Chinese enabling [r] ... See full document

... Although an immensely complex and daunting task, the HKUST Library believes strongly that finding a solution to Chinese information processing is the responsibility of the lib[r] ... See full document

... University Librarian was invited by Beida Library to advise on the layout of its new library and gave a talk on management of. electronic libraries.[r] ... See full document

... During the past year, the Library has been creating an electronic database containing the scanned images of all of the HKUST Theses.. This database is now available at http: [r] ... See full document

... The Library has so far acquired ap- proximately 4,400 volumes of Chinese books, and will continue to acquire classics and contemporary works, cover- ing history, philosophy[r] ... See full document

... Two new pathfinders, focusing on the Environment and Hong Kong Information, are featured on the Library home page at.. http://library.ust.[r] ... See full document