Discover our Digital Treasures at our e-Resource Fair.

Date: 12 – 13 Oct 2009
Time: 10.30 am – 5 pm
Venue: In front of LT 1A

Visit us at our Science booth!

Lee Wee Nam Library Extended Hours (20 Oct – 7 Dec 2009)
Mon – Fri:   8.30am to 11.30pm
Sat:                8.30am to 7.00pm
Sun:               9.30am to 4.30pm
Closed on public holidays (Hari Raya Haji 27 Nov)

Lee Wee Nam Library Level 5 opening hours (20 Oct – 7 Dec 2009)
Mon – Fri:   8:40am – 11:00pm
Sat:                8.40am – 6.30pm
Sun:               9.40am – 4.00pm
Level 5 will close half an hour before the Library’s closing time. 

LWN Library reverts back to 9.30pm closing on 8 Dec 2009.

NTU Library will be organizing the College of Science Lunch Hour Training in September 2009. This series of training is aimed at helping students familiarize themselves with the library’s access tools and resources. Through the training, students will be equipped with the skills to conduct research for term papers or final year project.

The one hour lunch training provides students with greater flexibility in organizing their schedule. By focusing on one tool or resource at a time, students only need to attend the sessions that they are interested in.

The format of lunch training series includes presentation by instructor followed by hands-on exercise on the topic covered.

Please note that finger food & snacks will be provided.

SBS Advanced Research Seminar aims to take you through the literature review process. The process is useful in your Final Year Project as it helps you to:

1) Explore the works of other researchers
2) Look at relevant works in your research area
3) Identify important variables from other studies
4) Identify gaps, misconceptions and contradictions
5) Assist in formulating your research design

We would also be conducting a full EndNote workshop to help you manage your references. EndNote is a software that makes your research easy. With EndNote, you can create a list of references by exporting them from databases for writing your final year projects. You can start citing while you write your reports and instantly EndNote generates and formats your references to your choice of citation styles (i.e. APA, MLA, etc.).

You will also gain hands-on experience using Web of Science and Scopus to source for journals/articles with their corresponding impact factor relevant to your research area.

Workshop Outline:
1. The Literature Review Process
2. Resources at NTU
3. Citation databases: Web of Science and Scopus
4. EndNote workshop

Time:
1.      8 May 09, Fri 10am to 1pm
2.      12 May 09, Tue 10am to 1pm

Venue: Instructional Room, Level 4, LWN Library

Who should attend: 3rd year BMS students of SBS

Please click on the link below to register for 1 session only.
1)SBS Advanced Research Seminar cum EndNote Workshop; 8 May 09, Fri 10am to 1pm
https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09041609212057

2) SBS Advanced Research Seminar cum EndNote Workshop; 12 May 09, Tue 10am to 1pm
https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09041609104826

DR-NTU (Open access) is our institutional repository that collects conference papers and journal articles by NTU faculty & researchers for which publishers permit self archiving in open access repositories.

The advantages of an institutional repository include:

1. IT IS A PERMANENT ARCHIVE
   Preserves intellectual output of the university; provides easy storage & retrieval.
2. IT SHOWCASES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OUTPUT
   Raises visibility/prestige of university staff and increases impact of faculty research.
3. IT SUPPORTS SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION EFFORT
   Provides easy & free access to scholarly output funded by public & the university and increases circulation of research materials.

You can find out more information about DR_NTU (including FAQ & Procedures). If you are keen to submit your publications, you may want to contact the respective science librarians.

“Stars & Constellations” Exhibition is on, at Lee Wee Nam Library (Level 3) from 16 – 27 March 2009.

This exhibition is put together by NTU Library & NTU Astronomical Society. Posters done by the members of the Astronomical Society are on display. Books on Astronomy are on display for your selection and reading. If you are interested to know about astronomy, stars, constellations, telescopes and more, do come by Lee Wee Nam Library.

To find out what titles are on display, go to  http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/SPMS/Physics/Stars_Constellations_Booklist.pdf.

For other related titles found in the libraries, use our library catalogue at http://opac.ntu.edu.sg/.

To find out more about International Year of Astronomy 2009, read our blog posting.

Among the feedback received from the recent LibQual survey, there were requests for more hot water dispensers in the Lee Wee Nam Library and more lights for the Level 4 individual study carrels.

We have placed a hot cum cold water dispenser in the lift lobby at every level and added new downlights at Level 4 reading area (individual study carrels).

We thank our users for their comments & suggestions. The Library will continue to improve its facilities and services to meet the needs of our users.

In the month of Feb, the NTU Library is organising a series of Information Searching Workshops designed to help HW102A students find information useful for their project work more efficiently and effectively. 

We extend an invitation to all College of Science students who wish to :

1) Understand more about the NTU library resources and services that support learning and research
2) Identify information sources that can be used for a research topic
3) Design a variety of search strategies for locating relevant materials
4) Sharpen search skills to locate quality and reliable resources, and
5) Critically evaluate information sources

to join one of these workshops:

Venue : Library Instruction Room, Lee Wee Nam Library (Level 4)

- Date: & Time: 12 Feb 2009 (Thu), 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

- Date & Time: 13 Feb 2009 (Fri), 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

- Date: & Time: 13 Feb 2009 (Fri), 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

- Date: & Time: 13 Feb 2009 (Fri), 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

- Date & Time: 16 Feb 2009 (Mon), 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

- Date: & Time: 17 Feb 2009 (Tue), 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

- Date: & Time: 17 Feb 2009 (Tue), 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

- Date: & Time: 19 Feb 2009 (Thu), 08:30 AM – 10:30 AM

- Date: & Time: 19 Feb 2009 (Thu), 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

- Date: & Time: 20 Feb 2009 (Fri), 08:30 AM – 10:30 AM

- Date: & Time: 20 Feb 2009 (Fri), 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

The Library is conducting EndNote workshop for SPMS (Physics) final year students.

The workshop aims to
1. Introduce and promote the use of EndNote as a tool for writing paper, thesis or final year project (FYP).
2. Equip NTU students with the knowledge & skills to create and manage personal reference libraries, and build bibliographies.

Workshop Outline:
1. Introducing EndNote XI – New Features
2. Installing or Upgrading to EndNote XI
3. Building EndNote XI Library
4. Setting EndNote XI Preferences
5. Managing Endnote XI References
6. Cite While You Write
7. EndNote XI Resources

Date: 18 Feb 2009, Wednesday (9am to 12pm)
Venue: Library Instructional Room (Lee Wee Nam Library, Level 4)

For SPMS (Physics) final year students who are interested, please click on the URL below to register!
https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA09020612383843