E-Resource Fair – Lucky draw winners!

Thank you to all who dropped by the e-resource fair on 10 November! You have certainly helped us make our fair a huge success.

As promised, here is the list of winners! Congratulations to all!

  

1st prize: Panasonic LZ10 (donated by iGroup – ITPro and EngineeringPro)

Congratulations to Lim Yew Wan, 0807309J.

 

  

2nd prize: 8GG iPod Nano

Congratulations to Carissa Chee, 0903733D.

 

 

  

3rd prize: 250 GB Buffalo Mini Station 2.5″ (External hard disk) (donated by Emerald Management Xtra College)

Congratulations to Kathleen Kwan, 0902713G.

 

 

 

4th prize: Lexis Nexis hamper (with laptop bag and Filofax) + $30 Borders voucher (donated by Lexis Nexis and Proquest respectively)

5th prize: Lexis Nexis hamper (with laptop bag and Filofax) (donated by Lexis Nexis)

Congratulations to Tessa Yan, 0805403C and Desmond Wee 0905108G, our 4th and 5th winners respectively!

6th – 9th prize: $30 Borders voucher (donated by Proquest)

Congratulations to Sean Kam, 0905012A; Siti Radiah bte Mohamad, 0803241I; Kean Madecastro, 0900042C and Garene Tay, 0702014B respectively.

10th prize: Lexis Nexis hamper (donated by Lexis Nexis)

 Congratulations to Surriamurthy s/o Ramasamy, 0706614E.

 

Congratulations to our ten winners! Please drop by the Library Reference Counter (Level 5) to collect your prizes between 0900 and 1700 from Monday – Friday (16 Nov – 20 Nov).

E-resource fair @ Lifestyle

On 10 November, the Lifestyle floor of the Library will come alive with our E-resource fair!

What? E-resource Fair

Where? Lifestyle floor, Library Level 3

When? 11am – 4pm

What is an e-resource fair? We have basically invited database vendors to come down to the Library to showcase some insider tips and tricks to help you search better!

We have invited six vendors, and between them, they will cover –

Factiva, Lexis Nexis Academic and Lexis Nexis Butterworth – an excellent source for news, business, and legal references.

ProQuest and Science Direct – Looking for Science and Technology articles? Look no further than ProQuest or Science Direct.

Global Market Information Database (GMID) – Beyond country, consumer and industry reports, this database is a great resource for statistics.

Emerald Management Xtra College – Need peer-reviewed management journals? This is it!

ITPro and EngineeringPro – With fast-approaching 10,000 ebooks available, ITPro and EngineeringPro provides a wide range of technical and laymen books, from robotics to powerpoint presentations tips!

Participate in our e-resource quiz and you might walk away with some prizes donated by our vendors.

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Terms & Conditions

1. The quiz is open to both staff and students. Quiz forms are available from the library on 10 November. The last entry must  be received before 1600.

2. Quiz forms with the correct answer will be collated for a lucky draw. Results of the lucky draw will be announced on the blog on 16 November 2009.

3. Only one prize will be awarded per contestant.

 

 

Global Community Week Fringe Activities!

In support of Global Community Week, the library is hosting a range of fringe activities at the podium from 2 November – 5 November 2009!

2 November 2009

Hunker down with the HSS lecturers Cedric and Jerome as they bring you on a personal tour of France, and rock to the tunes of French songs as you’ve never heard them before! 

HSS lecturer Giuliano will also charm you with the keyboard and guitar! Drop by to find out how he manages this feat!

When? 1215 – 1400

Where? Library, Podium

 

3 November 2009

On Tuesday, immerse yourself in the Japanese culture as we present both the new and old, high and popular culture!

At 1215, the Japanese Cultural Group will put up a Bon Odori dance. After a dose of high culture, go crazy with the cosplayers as they wander around the library from 12-2! For the rest of the day, enjoy the various manga drawings submitted by students and vote for your favourites!

 

5 November 2009:

The T’ang Quartet is back! You asked for it, and we hear you – we’ve invited the T’ang Quartet back one more time!

When? 1215 – 1315

Where? Library podium, Level 3

Exciting activities coming your way!

 … more details to come, so stay tuned!

Chat with a Librarian

Feeling sad and frustrated? Especially after searching OPAC (the library catalogue) and not finding anything?

Well, the good news is that you can now chat with a librarian if you have problems while you are searching OPAC. Just look for these buttons…

      

No login or registration required!

(available between 10:30am and 4:30pm weekdays)

Book Selection@TP Library!

 Book Selection@TP Library is back!

Presenting over 800 titles on subjects ranging from hospitality, culinary arts, leisure & resort management, retail, business, management & human resources, marketing, financial  accounting, business IT, communications & media management, law, and logistics & operations management, there’s something for everyone!

Drop by the library podium on

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 

11am to 5pm.

PLUS! You can buy your own books, enjoying discounts from 10 – 20%! Payment by cash or credit card only.

See you there!

10,000 eBooks and counting!

Building on our existing eBook collection, EngineeringPro adds its specialised titles to the mix. Available anytime, anywhere, eBooks are great as you only need a stable internet connection to access them.

EngineeringPro’s books cover a wide range of topics, including aerospace, bioengineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering, telecommunications, and more. 

There are a couple of ways to access this database:

From the Library homepage, click on the tab near the top of the screen called “Research Resources”, look for eBooks and then select “IT and Engineering titles”.

If you want to find out more about eBooks, click here to access our list of frequently asked questions.

Alternatively, if you are looking for a specific book title and are hoping to get your hands on an electronic copy, simply type the title in an OPAC search. If an electronic copy of the title exists, all you need to do is select the link “Click here to access eBook”.

Books 24×7 is constantly adding new titles to their collection, so be sure to check in regularly!

Holiday Book Display

We have a wide range of fiction and lifestyle titles at the podium. Why not browse the sampling on display and bring some home over the holidays?

When? 25 August – 16 October 2009

Where? Podium, Level 3

Talent wanted!

 

Have a talent that you would like to share?

We are holding a series of lunch time performances at the library from 2 November to 6 November 2009 and would like to invite YOU to step up for our open-mike afternoons!

Whether beatboxing, origami folding, or singing, we’re interested! For more information, please feel free to drop by the Information and Reference services counter at the Library, Level 5; or simply drop an email to Mindy @ mindytan@tp.edu.sg

IEEE Pick 5 Package

We have  recently acquired the IEEE Pick 5 database.

We are subscribed to the following modules:

1. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence
2. IEEE Transactions on Visualisation & Computer Graphics
3. Transactions on Computer
4. IEEE Multimedia
5. IEEE Distributed System Online

The database is available at the Research Databases page, here. It is also available via OPAC when searches are done for individual journal titles.

If you have any queries, feel free to drop by the Reference Counter at Level 5!