Library Service Updates (Feb 2017)

It's Spring!

Issue no. 42 (Feb 2017)

Most people would like to start a new plan in Spring. Do you have a new study plan? Whatever your plans are, you are welcome to join our activities or visit our E-Library. You will find that we offer abundant resources, facilities and services, which would be useful to your study.

Upcoming Events

Library Seminar: Thomson Reuters Eikon

Thomson Reuters Eikon is a financial research database which provides information for financial instruments, securities and indicators worldwide. Speaker from Thomson Reuters will introduce the content and functions of Eikon and demonstrates how to download data in this seminar.

Date:	1 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Times:	3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Venue:	C0816, OUHK main campus
Speaker:	Ms Winnie Tang, Client Specialist, Thomson Reuters
Medium of Instruction:	English

Admission to the seminar is free but registration is required. To register, please complete the Online Registration Form here.

Seminars on different topics will be coming in the near future. Please watch out for details at Electronic Library > News & Announcements

New Resources

New Databases

To facilitate your learning and research and to further enrich the collection of the OUHK E-Library, the following new electronic resources are subscribed:

Thomson Reuters Eikon

Eikon allows users to access all Thomson Reuters market leading financial content sets, such as I/B/E/S estimates, Reuters news, Deals, Datastream, etc., in a single platform. Users need to visit Stanley Ho Library in person to use this database.

ISO

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards are internationally recognized standards used by industrial and business organizations of all types. Users can now access the full text of the ISO Standards via the British Standards Online platform.

UL
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) has developed more than 800 Standards for Safety. Users can now access the full text of these Standards via the IHS platform.

Resources Update

The eBook collection has been enhanced!

The Library is now providing perpetual access to more than 80,000 eBooks in the collection! 40% of which were acquired with a Government funding through the Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS). The QESS project was completed in 2016 successfully together with four other higher education institutes. Most of the titles that OUHK recommended for purchase are related to Social Sciences, Language and Literature, Science, Technology and Education. Through this collaborative purchase, OUHK has gained 245% to 610% in the corresponding subject areas in terms of the number of titles acquired through the Project.

Subject Disciplines (Library of Congress Classification)	Recommended by OUHK	Purchased via QESS	% Gain
Language and Literature	1,596	6,892	332%
Social Sciences (including Commerce and Business Management)	991	7,039	610%
Science	507	2,283	350%
Technology	505	2,386	372%
Education	428	1,476	245%

Service Alert

Re-arranging Library Opening Hours (Pilot Run)

To further find out more about users' service needs, the Stanley Ho Library and the Ho Sik Yee Library will launch a pilot run of re-arranging opening hours from 20 February 2017 to 28 February 2018 as follows:

	Non-examination period*	Examination period*
Mondays – Fridays (excluding public holidays)	09:00 – 22:00	09:00 – 22:00
Saturdays and Sundays (including public holidays)	12:00 – 22:00
PUblic holidays (Mondays – Fridays)	13:00 – 21:00
* Early closing at 17:40 on festival days, including Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice, Christmas Eve, New Years, Eve, and Lunar New Year’s Eve.

If you have any enquiries or comments on the above arrangement, please feel free to contact us at Tel: 2768 6777 or Email: libwww@ouhk.edu.hk.

New Library Guides

“Use APA style for your assignment”, “Your citation should follow MLA style”. You may hear your teachers saying this. Do you know how to do it? In our Citation Guide, we provide you some ideas on what citation is and examples on some selected styles.

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