Library Workshops on SearchPlus, WiseNews & EBSCOhost (March, AY 12-13)

User Education
(Mar 2013/Issue 6)

Library Workshop on SearchPlus, WiseNews & EBSCOhost

Thank you for your support and participations, the Library has successfully conducted four SearchPlus Workshops in January and February. We are pleased to announce the following Library Workshops in March and April.

ECA Hours counted.

SearchPlus Workshops: finding library materials and electronic resources

This workshop introduces the Library’s new search engine, SearchPlus, to locate a wide range of Libraryresources, view your Library account and other functions.

Date & Time: 8 March (Fri) 3:15 – 4:30 pm
16 April (Tue) 10:30 – 11:45 am
Venue: E-Learning Classroom (A114, 1/F of the Library)

Workshops on WiseNews & EBSCOhost: finding news, journal articles, company information and industry reports for your assignment

This workshop demonstrates effective searching skills at the database platforms of WiseNews & EBSCOhost with hands-on exercises.

Date & Time: 7 March (Thu) 3:15 – 4:15 pm
17 April (Wed) 4:35 – 5:35 pm
Venue: E-Learning Classroom (A114, 1/F of the Library)

 


Please click HERE to register online NOW!

SearchPlus goes Mobile

Facilities and Services
(Mar 2013/Issue 6)

SearchPlus goes Mobile

HSMC Library is pleased to bring you SearchPlus goes Mobile. It is the mobile version of SearchPlus, which is the one-stop search interface for the discovery and delivery of a wide variety of Libraryresources, on your smartphones or other mobile devices. Now, you can search Library resources in the palm of your hand anywhere around the clock.

 

 You can get the followings in the palm of your hand:

  • Check the status and location of any item in ourLibrary’s collection;
  • Search for books, articles , journals and more at one go;
  • Check your current loan, renew and place hold on items;
  • Read full-text journal articles from selected databases.
    (For remote access, you are required to set up VPN on your mobile);
  • Save your search result at e-shelf.

Search Library resources on-the-go at http://mcat.hsmc.edu.hk

HKUST Library Card Service

Facilities and Services
(Feb 2013/Issue 5)

HKUST Library Card Service

To support academic and research needs, the HKUST Library Card is now available for full time academic staff to borrow.

What can you do with the card?

●Check out up to 25 books (including 4 weeks loan and & 7 days reserve) at one time.
●Use library resources including printed collection and some electronic resources (remote access is NOT allowed).
●Use facilities and reference services inside the library.

For details of the card, please CLICK

Please be reminded that HSMC Library also has Reader’s Cards from Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Shue Yan University. It gives access to these two academic libraries to use library resources, reference service and facilities inside the libraries.

You are welcome to borrow the card at the Library Services Desk on G/F.

New Databases for your choices (February, 2013)

E-Resources
(Feb 2013/Issue 5)

Search literature, journals, poems and more with Talking Articles @ Gale Literature Resource Center

HSMC Library is pleased to announce the subscription of Literature Resource Center that will serve the learning and research needs on literature and authors. It provides full-text access to biographies, bibliographies, critical analysis of authors, their works and literary movements from Antiquity to the Modern Era and every literary discipline.

Features:

●Search multiple databases at one go (LitFinder, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers on GVRL and Twayne’s Authors on GVRL)
●Make custom search by Author Name, Genre, Title, Nationality, Literary Movement and more or to combine search criteria
●Listen and download Talking Articles on selected journals

Try it out at Literature Resource Center

Research companies, industries around the world @ Gale Business Insights^(TM): Global

This database provides access to international case studies, global data, industry and company profiles, reports and market share information in the global business world.

Textbook Fair (Semester 2, AY 12-13)

Library Events
(Jan 2013/Issue 4)

Library Textbook Fair

(Semester 2, AY12-13)

Date : 30th Jan 2013 (WED) – 1st Feb 2013 (FRI)

Venue : G/F, Block A (near Main Entrance)

Time : 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

CLICK to view the Textbook List (with Net Price) that will be sold at the Textbook Fair.

If you have any enquiries, please contact the Library Service Desks or General Enquiry Hotline at 3963 – 5310 during Library Opening Hours.

New Platform : Launch of SearchPlus

Facilities and Services
(Jan 2013/Issue 3)

The Library’s new search engine – SearchPlus goes live.

From now on you no longer need to search the Library collections and electronic resources in two separate platforms, SearchPlus allows you to search across a wide range of Library resources including books, journals, audio-visual materials, Library’s subscribed e-journals, e-books and more in a single search box.

Try it out and enjoy your exploration of SearchPlus.

To learn more:

Search Tips provide useful help for SearchPlus.