(July 2014/Issue 30)
Have you visited the Library in this summer yet? If not, it’s time to stop by for summer reading. Hundreds of new additions in a wide range of subjects have arrived in the Library.
Click to view the New Additions List.
Get Your Music from Naxos Music Library
(July 2014/Issue 30)
Summer is here! Let’s listen to an impressive array of Naxos Music to cool down.
Naxos Music Library with over one million tracks offers a comprehensive collection of classical music as well as other music genres online. To hit the beach with Naxos Music Library, you’ve got many choices, such as jazz, blues, pop & rock and relaxation music.
Revised Overdue Fines for Recall Materials
(June 2014/Issue 29)
Good News to ALL Library Users!
Circulating and Recall Materials are charged at the same rate with effect from 16 June 2014 (Monday). The revised overdue fines for Recall Materials is HK$1 per opening day.
Users are reminded that fines for Recall Materials accrued before 16 June 2014(Monday) are charged at the existing rate of $3 per opening day. There will be no retrospective adjustment for overdue fines of Recall Materials accrued before 16 June 2014.
Please note that the rules regarding maximum fines of up to $30 for each item and loss of Library privileges for overdue fines accrued to $200 remain unchanged. The complete Fines and Loss table can be viewed HERE.
For further enquiries, please call 3963-5310 or email library@hsmc.edu.hk.
Chill Out Your Summer With Award Winning Movies
(June 2014/Issue 29)
We are pleased to bring you chill-out time with new addition of a series of award winning movies to its Multi-Media Collection. The new additions include Academy Awards (Oscars) and Hong Kong Film Awards winners and nominations.
For the full lists of movie titles, please visit:
Come and Borrow your favorite movies from the Multi-Media Collection on the Library 2/F. You may also click HERE to book the Group Viewing Room to watch them with your peers.
Emerald Online Quiz Winners
(June 2014/Issue 29)
1st Prize Winner of the iPad mini
HSMC Students Joined the Emerald Online Quiz 2014
To promote the use of E-Resources, the Library organized an online quiz with Emerald
from 11 April to 19 May 2014. A total of 72 HSMC students and staff took part in the quiz. Thank you everyone who supported the event.
Participants who answered all quiz questions correctly with the use of the Emerald platform were entered into the lucky draw. A HSMC student, Kwok Man Yan, Janet, was the 1st prize winner of the iPad mini out of 264 participants. Other winners from HSMC are also listed below.
(From right to left) Stan Lee, Regional Manager of Emerald
presented the iPad mini to Janet in the Library.
1st Prize Winner of iPad mini
Kwok Man Yan, Janet
The Winners of HK$200 Gift Voucher
Yiu Wai Man
Yuen Hoi Yi
Kwok Tsz Wing, Belinda
Congratulations to the winners of the quiz.
Leisure Reading Online@HSMC Library
(May 2014/Issue 28)
Some e-book platforms cover a wide range of subject areas which providing sources for academic and leisure reading. For examples,
- Airiti Books: Provides over 1,000 Chinese titles. Subject areas include Business, Literature and Fiction, Design and Arts, Humanities, Language, Science, Social Sciences, Computers, etc.
- EBSCOhost eBook Collection: Covers more a hundred thousand English titles. Subject areas include Fiction, Business & Economics, Computer Science, Psychology, Social Sciences and more.
- Books24x7 – ITPro: Provides books in IT and technical topics such as Graphic Design (Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver), Desktop & Office Applications (Microsoft Office 2013), Databases (SQL, Oracle) and beyond.
Click to Read!
Important Notes:
- You have to set up VPN to access e-resources out of campus, click
Access E-resources from Home for more details. - Read the Responsible Use of Library E-Resources.
Click HERE to explore the full list of E-Book databases.
Reminder to Graduating Students
(May 2014/Issue 28)
Congratulations graduating students!
You can still enjoy various library services till 31 August, 2014 (Sunday).
- Access to the Library to use its facilities;
- Check out library materials and
- Use Library electronic resources
Reminder:
- Please return all of your borrowed materials on or before their due dates and
- Settle any outstanding library fines (if you have any) on or before 31 August, 2014 (Sunday)
