1 Aug 2016 Stephanie Ng Science Resource Librarian Science Library LIBRARY ORIENTATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND APPLIED PROBABILITY

OUTLINE Essential information Services for Graduate Students Resources How librarians can help? Facilities 2

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

Chinese Library C J Koh Law Library Central Library HSSM Library Science Library Music Library Medical Library

RICH COLLECTIONS & RESOURCES 5 Source:

Searching for books, articles & more! Library Opening Hours & Calendars Important Links and Information News & NUS Libraries NUS Libraries Portal

DISCOVERY SERVICE: 7

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LIBRARY CATALOGUE : LINC 10

READING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE 11

ONLINE RENEWAL, PLACE RESERVATION, CLOSED STACKS REQUEST: MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT (MYLINC)

RECOMMENDED BOOKS/READINGS (RBR) 13

PAST EXAM PAPERS 14

SERVICES for GRADUATE STUDENTS

SERVICES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 16 Students Honours & Graduate student Loan Entitlement 30 books Online Renewals 3 times Main Shelves Books 28 days RBR books (1 book at a time) 2 hours/ overnight Bound Journals & Special Library materials 1 day (Not applicable in CJ Koh Law Library & Medical Library)

LOAN PRIVILEGES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 17 Loan Entitlement 30 Items 28 Days 3 Online Renewals How do I Borrow a Book? FAQ:

18 SERVICES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Intra-Library Loan loan within NUS Libraries eg Central Library (CL) to Science Library (SC) Inter-Library Loan from other libraries eg Australian University to NUS Libraries Document Delivery Services (DDS) Request journal articles, book chapters or conference papers that are not available in NUS Libraries 19

RESOURCES

23 DATABASES FOR SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENTS Topics CoveredDatabase Name Biological SciencesWeb of Science, BIOSIS Preview, PubMed ChemistryReaxys, SciFinder, FSTA (Food Science & Technology Abstracts), Powder diffraction file (PDF-4) Materials ScienceSpringerMaterials, Engineering Village (Compendex, Inspec) Mathematics, Statistics & Applied Probability MathSciNet, Current Index in Statistics PhysicsWeb of Science, Engineering Village (Compendex, Inspec), Physical Review

24 Topics CoveredDatabase Name MultidisciplinaryScopus, Proquest, Ebsohost, ScienceDirect Theses (2003 onwards – NUS Masters by Research & PhD Theses), LINC (hardcopy prior to 2003) Theses (US & UK)ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global PatentsPatsnap StandardsBritish Standards Online (BSOL), ASTM Compass, IHS standards expert - IEC, IEEE Xplore NewspapersFactiva, Lexis-Nexis Academic DATABASES FOR SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENTS

PROXY BOOKMARKLET

LIBGUIDES.NUS.EDU.SG/PROXYBOOKMARKLET

28 Master’s (by Research) and Ph.D theses

FACILITIES

Creating spaces for collaboration

OPEN COLLABORATIVE SPACES

VARIETY OF SPACES Discussion & Seminar Rooms New arrivals & Newspaper Corner Individual carrels Quiet Reading Area

VARIETY OF SPACES Training Room Open Discussion Area Study Carrels for Graduate Students E-Resource PCs

HOW LIBRARIANS CAN HELP

SUBJECT GUIDES

ADVISORY SERVICE, TUTORIALS & TOURS Advisory Service Library Tours

ONLINE FAQs & CHAT

Upcoming Hands-On Resource Discovery Workshop 38 If you encounter problems registering online, please approach Library staff at the Information Desk or send an to Hurry! Limited seats only … for new students Register bit.ly/sci_lib_orientation

Research Workshops organized by NUSL EndNote X7 Mendeley Open Access / Author Profiling Understanding Patent Searching and Filing Process - jointly organized with Industry Liaison Office (ILO) Academic Publishers’ Talks on Manuscript Submission & Review Process Publishing Innovating Reference Management Increasing Visibility

E-RESOURCE DISCOVERY DAY

libn.us/erdd2016

WISHING YOU SUCCESS IN YOUR ACADEMIC PURSUIT SCIENCE RESOURCE LIBRARIANS