Library Service Update

Library Service Update

中文

ISSUE NO.7 16 February 2004

Upcoming Events

Library Orientation Schedule April/May 04

Come and join the Library Orientation to know how we can help you find the resources you need for assignment. The full announcement is available here.

Session Schedule at a glance

Date	Time	Venue	Session(s)	Status
01/04/04 (Thu)	7:00-8:30pm	Lang Lab (Library)	Introduction	FULL
04/04/04 (Sun)	2:00-4:30pm	BOC Theater	Introduction Remote Access (w/ demo)	No registration needed
05/04/04 (Mon)	2:00-4:30pm	BOC Theater	Introduction Remote Access (w/ demo)	No registration needed
10/04/04 (Sat)	2:00-4:30pm	BOC Theater	Introduction Remote Access (w/ demo)	No registration needed
15/04/04 (Thu)	7:00-8:30pm	Lang Lab (Library)	Introduction	FULL
19/04/04 (Mon)	7:00-8:30pm	Lang Lab (Library)	Introduction	FULL
22/04/04 (Thu)	7:00-8:30pm	Lang Lab (Library)	Introduction	FULL
25/04/04 (Sun)	2:00-4:30pm	BOC Theater	Introduction Remote Access (w/ demo)	No registration needed
01/05/04 (Sat)	2:00-4:30pm	BOC Theater	Introduction Remote Access (w/ demo)	No registration needed

Registration is needed. Call 2768-6778 or e-mail your name, student ID, contact phone no./e-mail address, and date of the session to libwww@ouhk.edu.hk

Resource Update

Remark: If you are not using Campus PC, you
must have the proper remote access connection to the E-Lib set up BEFORE accessing to the electronic resources below and on the right. For Details, please refer to the Remote Access Guide section in the E-Lib homepage.

Newly Subscribed Databases:

1. Lawyee.net

The China Law Database includes PRC laws and regulations, legal cases, judicial interpretations and bibliographic records of law essays from major national law journals.

2. Business Source Premier (BSP)

Covering not only all the titles available in the previous version Business Source Elite, BSP adds more than 1700 new full-text titles and expands the full-text archive of 250 top management journals back to 1965 or the first issue published. For instance, Harvard Business Review dates back to 1922.

Databases with new databases providers

1. EconLit (New provider: EBSCOHost)
Includes links to full-text articles available in EBSCOhost databases such as Business Source Premier and Academic Search Elite.

2. EIU Country Forecasts: Asia Pacific (New provider: EIU.com)

3. EIU Country Reports: Asia Pacific (New provider: EIU.com)
Includes searching across other EIU publications including Country Monitor and Business Intelligence Newsletters.

4. LLBA (New provider: CSA)

5. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (New provider: CSA)

Formerly it was “Political Science Abstracts” on SilverPlatter platform.

6. Sociological Abstracts (New provider: CSA)

Databases removed

The following databases have been removed from the E-Library based on the annual review on journal and database subscriptions. To know what other resources are available in the subject areas, please click here.

1. Business & Industry (Dialog@site)

2. Business and Management Practices (Dialog@site)

3. Business Source Elite (EBSCOHost)

4. Computer and Information System Abstracts (CSA)

5. Computer Database (Gale)

6. Current Contents Connects (ISI)

7. Digital Dissertations (ProQuest)

8. ECER - Exceptional Child Education Resources (SilverPlatter)

9. Education Full Text (Wilson)

10. International Newspapers (ProQuest)

11. Keesing's Record of World Events (Keesing's Worldwide)

12. Management & Marketing Abstracts (Dialog@site)

13. World Almanac and Book of Fact (OCLC FirstSearch)

netLibrary interface upgraded

netLibrary has released a site upgrade with a brand new interface design including browsing and searching as well as Chinese language display options in January 2004. Click the user guide to learn more.

China Journal Net articles now available in PDF format

You can now view the full text articles in i) PDF format using Adobe Reader 6 with Traditional Font Pack; or ii) the text format with CAJ Viewer.

Full-text link (if available) added in ERIC (CSA)

You may now find links to full text articles from E*Subscribe (if available) on the right hand side of the search result list in ERIC (CSA).

Service Alerts

Using "Keeping current" Service

to receive via email the latest journal articles on your research topics

to receive via email the latest table of contents of your favorite journals

to view the latest table of contents of journals on distance education (subscribed by Library)

Just click on the links to know more about the Service.

Reminder for Course Coordinators: Reserve Materials for April 04 Semester

Please pass the new reserve materials together with the form four weeks before the semester begins to allow sufficient time for processing. Please contact Ms. Kathy Chau at extension 6781 or e-mail: mlchau@ouhk.edu.hk for more details.

Featured Resources :

Electronic Resources on PRC Laws

Electronic databases

Lawyee.net

The China Law Database includes PRC laws and regulations, legal cases, judicial interpretations and bibliographic records of law essays from major national law journals.

To access, activate the remote access connection, go to E-Library > Electronic Resources > Keyword Search > key in "lawyee" and click the title to access the database.

China InfoBank - China Laws and Regulations Databases (中國資訊行 - 中國法律法規庫)

The database provides complete coverage of China central and municipal laws and regulations since 1949.

To access, activate the remote access connection, go to E-Library > Electronic Resources > Keyword Search > key in "China InfoBank" Select the database once you are in China InfoBank main search page.

China Journal Net - Economics, Politics & Laws (中國期刊網 - 經濟, 政治與法律專檔)

The database covers academic journals in the fields of economics, politics and laws published in China.

To access, activate the remote access connection, go to E-Library > Electronic Resources > Keyword Search > key in "China Journal Net" and click the database once you have read the instruction.

Electronic Books

All the following titles can be accessed in E-Library > E-text Centre

Constitutional Law

許崇德,《憲法》(北京: 中國人民大學出版社, 1999)
李忠,《憲法監督論》(北京: 社會科學文獻出版社, 2002)

Corporation Law

甘培忠,《企業法新論》 (北京: 北京大學出版社, 2000)

戚偉平,《商事組織法》 (上海 : 上海財經大學出版社, 1997)

Criminal Law

陳興良,《刑法適用總論上卷、下卷》(北京: 法律出版社, 1999)

何萍、孫萬懷,《刑法學》(上海: 復旦大學出版社, 2002)

To search for these or more titles, go to Library Catalogue > Subject Keyword > Key in subject headings such as "constitutional law china", "corporation law china", or "criminal law china".