Print Book Acquisition
The 1st round of departmental book acquisition for AY2019-2020 has started. 30% book titles shall be collected by Oct 31, 2019.
For book purchasing schedule, please refer to Library Print Book Acquisition Schedule for AY2019-20.
The latest Library Pre-approval Plans for each department are provided as below, from where you could select desired titles.
The Order Feedback (August-September 2019) regarding the books ordered by the Library is attached as well.
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Biological Sciences |
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Chemistry |
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China Studies |
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Civil Engineering |
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Computer Science& Software Engineering |
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
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Department of English |
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ILEAD |
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International Business School Suzhou |
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International Relations |
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Health and Environmental Science |
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Urban Planning and Design |
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Language Center |
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School of Film and TV Arts |
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
Wanted Book List
Based on the book recommendations from academic departments, the Library produces a ‘wanted book list’ for items which failed to be purchased. Faculty could find your own ways to purchase the listed books for teaching and research needs. It shall follow the procedure in XJTLU Library Faculty Purchase Reimbursement Policy when purchasing a book from the wanted book list.
You can click here to review the Wanted Book List.
Contact Lib-CDD@xjtlu.edu.cn if any queries.
AY19/20-S1 Recommended Textbook Order Feedback
The Library received 1,393 recommended textbook requests through e-Bridge. You can check the details for your own modules in the document below. Upon the arrival in the Library, one copy of the books will be shelved in Course Reserved Area (3F, the Library), to allow more students to have access to them.
If you have any queries on the order status, feel free to contact Lib-CDD@xjtlu.edu.cn.
For consultation on textbook request issues, feel free to contact Textbook@xjtlu.edu.cn.
You can click here to review Book Status.
Library Training Schedule in October
Empower Your Research with Web of Science
This session will introduce how to find research fronts, grasp trends of research topics, select appropriate journals to publish research outputs with Web of Science, as well as managing documents with EndNote.
Time: Oct 10, Thursday, 4:00 - 5:00pm
Location: 529, Library
Smart Searching: How to Use Databases
This session will introduce how to find related articles, books, news and more for your courseworks and essays by using XJTLU Digital Library.
Time: Oct 16, Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00pm
Location: 529, Library
Consultation: EndNote X9 for Mac
This consultation is aimed at Mac users who wish to consult for potential queries about using EndNote X9.
Time: Oct 23, Wednesday 3:30 - 4:30pm
Location: 416, Library
Smart Tools: EndNote X9 for Windows
This session will introduce how to use EndNote X9 to keep track of your citations, organise them into folders, and create references and bibliographies in your papers.
Time: Oct 30, Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00pm
Location: 529, Library
Smart Searching: How to Use Discover
This session is aimed at undergraduate students who wish to learn how to search information more effectively via using XJTLU Library Discover.
Time: Oct 30, Wednesday 3:30 - 4:30pm
Location: 529, Library
Digital Resources Update
It reveals emerging science trends as well as influential individuals, institutions, papers, journals and countries in your field of research.
It is a citation-based evaluation tool for academic and government administrators to analyse institutional productivity and benchmark output against peers and aspirational peers in a national or international context.
It is the world’s first peer reviewed scientific video journal, covering JoVE Biology, JoVE Science Education (General Lab Techniques, Basic Methods, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry).
It is focused on developing software for publishing, and on assisting and creating top-level scientific-research publications, covering mathematics and other selected fields.
World Scientific publishes journals in various fields, including Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Finance, Engineering, Environmental Science, Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Social Sciences, etc.
Wiley Online Journals (Updated)
Upgraded from previous Wiley Online Journals, with contents of Social Sciences and Humanities covered.
E-Discovery Week 2019
The annual event is designed for students to get a better understanding of library’s online resources and use them for gaining in-depth knowledge of a subject. A week of activities including searching competition, training workshops and interactive sessions will display the wealth of library’s e-resources in a multi-dimensional perspective. Staff are suggested to encourage the students to join the event, especially those who are doing Final Year Projects or postgraduate studies.
Event Location: XJTLU Library Entrance Hall
Event Time: October 7th- 11th, 2019
Please find more information about:
Event Activities: https://libguides.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn/ediscovery
Training Workshops: https://libcal.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn/
Scholarly Communication Week 2019
XJTLU Library will organise a series of activities in regards to scholarly communication for both staff and students. Various sessions will be provided during this Scholarly Communication Week 2019, including Scholarly Communication display, Scholarly Publishing seminars, Research Impact discussion, Open Access workshop, Open Access documentary screening and promotion of XJTLU Research Repository.
All staff and students are welcomed to join our Scholarly Communication Week!
Event Location: 153, Library
Event Time: October 21th- 27th, 2019
Academic Book & Textbook Fair 2019
We take great pleasure in inviting you to attend the XJTLU Library Academic Book & Textbook Fair 2019.
In Academic Book Fair 2019, it is highly appreciated for any recommendations which would help us on optimising the library collections, so that the Library could support the University learning, teaching, and researching better in future.
In Textbook Fair 2019, it is a great chance for academic staff to talk with the international publishers face to face about textbook issues. Via the communication you will be able to get valuable information of the latest global academic publications.
Event Location: South Study Hall, 3rd Floor, Library
Event Time: October 14th- 17th, 2019
Vendors: CNPIEC, CNPIECSB, CTI, CEPIEC, BJZhongke
Publishers: Pearson, Taylor & Francis, Macmillan, Macgrawhill, Oxford University Press, Cambridge, Cengage, Sage, Bloomsbury.