This monthly newsletter will inform you about the latest book order status, print book acquisition plan for AY2017/18, library conference and events.

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Print Book Acquisition

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The 1st round of book acquisition for AY2017-2018 has been closed on Oct 31, 2017. Now, it comes to the 2nd round. 50% book titles shall be collected by Dec 15, 2017.

For book purchasing schedule, please refer to Library Purchasing Time Schedule for Print Western Books

The latest Library Pre-approval Plans for each department are provided as below, from where you could select desired titles. The Order Feedback regarding the books ordered by the Library from June to October is attached. Please kindly note that the order feedback of latest book requests raised around the end of October will be delivered in the December.

 

Architecture

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

Biological Sciences

Pre-approval Plan

 

Chemistry

Pre-approval Plan

 

China Studies

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

Civil Engineering

Pre-approval Plan

 

Computer Science& Software Engineering

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Pre-approval Plan

 

Department of English

Pre-approval Plan

 

International Business School Suzhou

Pre-approval Plan 

 Order Feedback

Industrial Design

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

Mathematical Sciences

Pre-approval Plan

 

Public Health

Pre-approval Plan

 

Urban Planning and Design

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

Environmental Science

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

Language Center

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

School of Film and TV Arts

Pre-approval Plan

 Order Feedback

 

Meanwhile, you could fill in Purchase Request Form with the detailed information of your desired books out of the pre-approval plan.

More information on Library Book Acquisition, please refer to http://libguides.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn/bookacquisition

Library Training Schedule in November

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Finding Research Information Using DISCOVER

Did you know how to find related articles, books, news or more for your course assignments and essays? XJTLU Library provides various resources and searching tools to make your information searching easier....
 
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
R455, Library, Central Building

InfoClinic: Get Solution on Your Searching Queries

InfoClinic is a session given by professional librarians, aiming to solve any searching request raised by XJTLUers. Requests could be made on different topics.
 
Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
R455, Central Building

IEEE Xplore MOOC 2017 (in Chinese)

The IEEE Xplore digital library is a powerful resource for discovery of scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners.  IEEE Xplore MOOC offers the opportunity to learn best practices in searching and get demonstrations of new features on IEEE Xplore.

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Textbook Division Finished Request Submission and Proceed to Textbook Procumbent Session

Since November, Textbook Division started textbook request submission for 2017-2018 S2. Till Nov. 6th, Textbook Division finished request submission and proceed to procumbent session with receiving 270 categories of textbooks. It is estimated that Textbook Division will offer price bidding feedback within 10 working days to department when receiving reply from book vendors.

LibAnswers - Get Help from Librarians

LibAnswers provides you a one-stop library reference service by:

  • Knowledge Base Searching -- You can browse questions by topic or search for answers by entering keywords.
  • Real-time Chat (LibChat) -- If no answers fit your problem, you can start an online chat at the right side of LibAnswers page. Cha is available during librarians' working hours.
  • Query Form -- You are welcome to fill in Query Form with your questions on LibAnswers. Librarians will respond to all submitted queries via email as soon as possible.