Essential Resources for IELTS Success

E-Resources
(Issue 143/March 2020)

Looking for IETLS test preparation materials?

Net Languages IELTS Preparation Course database offers a wide range of useful online materials to prepare you for the IELTS reading, writing, speaking and listening tests. It contains four modules: (i) IELTS Preparation Course, (ii) Additional IELTS Practice Tests, (iii) IELTS Writing Preparation and IELTS Speaking Preparation Course, and (iv) Listening Practice.

Besides, there are many e-Books for IELTS preparation in the Library. You can access these e-resources anytime, anywhere.

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Beyond Library Collections

Facilities and Services
(Issue 143/March 2020)

Cannot find what you need in the Library? No worries, you can use Document Delivery Service (DDS) to get the resources beyond the Library collections.

Simply fill in the Document Delivery Online Request Form to request full-text articles or book chapters, we will send you a PDF file by email afterward.

Full-time academic staff, research assistants and postgraduate students are eligible for the service. Learn more and get more from the Library.

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Stand by YOU

Facilities and Services
(Issue 143/March 2020)

Our librarians are devoted to stand by you to ride out any difficult times together. As always, we provide support to you no matter you are studying at home or on campus.

Please do not hesitate to Ask a Librarian if you need help.

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(Photo: Greeting from the Librarians of HSUHK Library, March 2020).

Online Information Skills Workshops

User Education
(Issue 142/February 2020)

The Library online information skills workshops are on the road. From these workshops, you will learn how to search for information, make a professional presentation, create references list, and visualize research data. The first class ran successfully yesterday with nearly a hundred students attended.

Sign up here for your favourite class. iGPS unit / ECA hour(s) are counted. What are you waiting for?

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Cambridge Books Online

E-Resources
(Issue 142/February 2020)

Cambridge Books Online offers access to a wealth of knowledge. Newly released e-Books of Cambridge University Press will be continuously added to the database. The e-Books cover numerous subjects across discipline boundaries, such as Language, Linguistics, Literature, Economics, Management, Psychology, Computing, Politics, Sociology, and Law.

Find Your Book

Facilities and Services
(Issue 142/February 2020)

Reading detective stories, novels, and other leisure books can be enjoyable. A new BookCrossing point is set up for you outside the Library on the G/F. Go hunting for your favourite book and receive the happiness shared by others.

More BookCrossing points at: a) 2/F of Blk D; b) Rendezvous in the Blk M Canteen; c) Resting Area in Blk N; and d) Crema in Blk A.

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The Funniest Thing You Never Said

Library Collections
(Issue 142/February 2020)

Wanna have a laugh-out-loud moment?

‑  Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute (by anon, p.128)

‑  The most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help’ (by Ronald Reagan, p.228)

‑  ‘In conclusion’ – the phrase that wakes up the audience (by Herbert Prochnow, p.269)

‑  To cut a long story short, there’s nothing like having the boss walk in (by Doris Lily, p.270)

‑  California is a fine place to live – if you happen to be an orange (by Fred Allen, p.356)

A book titled The Funniest Thing You Never Said which collects fantastic and hilarious quotes for everyone with a sense of humour. Never forget to put a smile on your face. We will continue to explore more funny quotes to share.

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