24/7 @ Library 24 Hours Study Area (24 Apr 2017 – 19 May 2017)

Facilities and Services
(April 2017/Issue 85)
The examination is coming, the Library will operate the 24 Hours Study Area to provide 24/7 access to the G/F of the Library during the following period:

24 April 2017 (Mon 8:30 am) – 19 May 2017 (Fri 7:00 pm)

Please click for the information on opening hours and how to access the Area.

To ensure safety, the Area is safeguarded by Security Guard. Library users are required to have valid student ID cards in order to access to the Area. Please tap your valid student card to the card reader next to the side door (G/F of the Library) to enter the Area.

Recap: Library Friend Fair – Have Your Say! Have Your Vote!

Library Events
(April 2017/Issue 85)
The Library Friend Fair was held on 28 March with a huge success. It was well attended with over hundreds of participants. The atmosphere was thick with joy. Thanks for all your support and your LIKE. Here are the top three LIKEs of library services and facilities from you:

1. Printing and Photocopying
2. Study Carrels / Discussion Rooms
3. Study Space

We value your suggestions and will follow up with necessary actions.

Please stay involved. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Have Your Say! Have Your Vote!

Library Events
(March 2017/Issue 84)
Your feedback is valuable to us. Join us in the Library Friend Fair to cast your votes on your favourite Library services, or just stop by for a chat with librarians and friends.

Date: 28 March 2017 (Tue)

Time: 4:30 – 6:00pm

Venue: G/F, S H Ho Academic Building (outside the Library)

Refreshments will be served!

Gathering@Library Reading Club

Library Events
(March 2017/Issue 84)
No time to join our Reading Club before? Wanna discuss books in a joyful environment and meet other bookworms? We are going to have a chat with Dr Anselm Lam and Dr Rami Chan, the facilitators of The Alchemist 《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》and The Monopolists 《貪婪遊戲：隱藏在大富翁背後的壟斷、陰謀、謊言與真相》and look into more books. Details are as follows:

 

Date: 11 April 2017 (Tue)

 

Time: 4:30 – 6:00pm

 

Venue: 2/F, S H Ho Academic Building (outside the Library)

 

Feel free to bring your favourite book to share with us and enjoy refreshments together!

Emerald Online Quiz Campaign 2017

Library Events
(March 2017/Issue 84)
Emerald Management database provides access to the latest peer-reviewed business and management research journals as well as e-books on the Emerald platform.

 

You can now take the Emerald Online Quiz to learn more about the database and win an attractive prizes!

 

The Quiz consists of 6 questions and there are step-by-step guides to show you how to find the answers.

 

Click HERE to enter it now.

 

Register a WRDS account

E-Resources
(March 2017/Issue 83)
The Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a web-based data management system that allows faculty, students, and postgraduates to access information from a wide variety of financial, economic and marketing data sources.

 

The Library has subscribed the following data sets:

 

COMPUSTAT includes annual and quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items on more than 7,500 publicly held companies.

 

CRSP (The Center for Research in Security Prices) maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets.

 

I/B/E/S (The Institutional Brokers Estimate System) provides a global summary and individual forecast information as well as buy-sell-hold recommendations for companies globally, plus cash flow, dividend, and pre-tax profit forecasts.

 

If it may be of interest for your study and research, you may like to apply for a WRDS account via our Library’s databases web page. For more information, click HERE.

DIY Borrowing and Returning

User Education
(March 2017/Issue 83)
Time to speed up borrowing and returning process! Try the self-check machines located at 1/F and 2/F of the Library. They provide a convenient and straightforward way for you to check out up to 3 items at one go.

 

Don’t know how to use the machines? Watch a 2-minutes video and you will know the whole process. You may come to our service counters if you encounter any difficulties.