(updated on 4 March 2014) 
The Library is pleased to announce the upcoming workshop, Strategies for Using IEEE Xplore: Searching & Getting Published. Science and engineering researchers and students are invited to join this tips and tricks session to learn:
The workshop will include hands-on experience, and the medium of instruction is English. Bring your research topics & questions as we will use these during the live demonstration.
To reserve a seat, please visit: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/form/ws_ieee.htm
| Instructor: | Ms. Qing Li, IEEE Client Services and UPP Manager – China |
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| Date and time: | 10 March 2014 (Monday), 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
| Venue: | Library User Education Room |
For enquiries, please visit the Reference Desk, call 3442-6415 or email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
The Library is pleased to announce the upcoming research oriented training session on Compustat databases. The training session will be most useful to those who need financial data for their research. It will cover the following databases:
Compustat Executive Compensation
Compustat Executive Compensation information consists of executive compensation data for the company's top officers for companies within the S&P 1500.
Compustat Global
Compustat Global provides data covering public traded companies in more than 80 countries, representing over 90% of the world's market capitalisation, including coverage over 96% of European market capitalisation and 88% of Asian market capitalisation.
Compustat North America
Compustat North America provides U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on more than 24,000 active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides annual and quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplementary data items.
| Date and Time: | 7 March 2014 (Friday), 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
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| Venue: | Library User Education Room |
| Medium of Instruction: | English |
| Instructor: | Ms. Yavi Fong from S&P Capital IQ |
Users who are interested in the training session may reserve a seat by completing an online registration form available at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/form/ws_compustat.htm
Should there be any enquiries, please contact the Library Reference Desk at 3442-6415 or email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk.
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
The Library has subscribed to a large number of electronic resources, such as databases, e-journals and e-books, to meet your learning and research needs. Recently, we have been informed of a few massive downloading cases. We therefore would like to remind you of your responsibility of using our Library-subscribed e-resources.
As all our e-resources are copyrighted materials, please be reminded to comply with the conditions of use and licensing restrictions and refrain from prohibited actions such as:
When violation of license agreements such as excessive downloading is detected, the vendors may cut off the entire University community from accessing the e-resource concerned. Violators are fully responsible for any legal consequences.
Thanks for your cooperation.
For further enquiries, please contact the Library at 3442-6415 or lbinf@cityu.edu.hk.
Join a librarian for our Using RefWorks – Your Personal Web-based Database of References and Bibliography Creator workshop to learn how to centrally store references and citations, organize references into folders, insert in-text references, and create a bibliography in your preferred citation style by the RefWorks online tool.
This Using RefWorks workshop is one of our Information Skills Workshops of this semester, and may be of particular interest to postgraduate students and staff. Participants should have experience in searching Library databases and the Library’s Catalogue.
Two identical sessions will be held:
| Instructor: | Ms. Shun-wa Lee, Assistant Librarian, Teaching & Learning Support Division |
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| Date and Time: | 21 February 2014 (Friday), 2:30 pm - 5:15 pm |
| 24 February 2014 (Monday), 6:30 pm - 9:15 pm | |
| Venue: | Library User Education Room |
The workshop will include hands-on experience. The medium of instruction is English.
Please note that the Library reserves the right to cancel any session with less than 5 registrants.
For enquiries, please call 3442-6415, email lbinf@cityu.edu.hk or visit our Reference Desk.
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
The Library is pleased to announce the upcoming workshop – Guide to Getting Published: An Insider's Tips on Publishing Your Work!
The presenter for the session is Ms. Ling-Fei LIU from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Emerald Group Publishing Limited publishes more than 290 journal titles and over 2000 books and book series volumes in the fields of management, information science, and engineering. This is a great opportunity to learn from a leading publisher of management research about how to get your research published. The session will include insider's information on:
| Date: | 17 February 2014 (Monday) |
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| Time: | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | Library User Education Room |
The medium of instruction is English. All staff and students are welcome!
For enquiries, please call 3442-6415, email lbinf@cityu.edu.hk or visit our Reference Desk.
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
The Library is pleased to announce the following two Information Skills Workshops to help you learn how to measure the impact of research and scholarship. All staff and students are welcome!
| Instructor: | Ms. Joanna Pong, Assistant Librarian, Teaching & Learning Support Division |
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| Date and Time: | 17 February 2014 (Monday), 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm |
| 19 February 2014 (Wednesday), 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | |
| Venue: | User Education Room, Library |
| Description: | You will learn the ways to measure the impact of journals and articles and to obtain impact factors and other metrics using major journal ranking tools and databases such as Journal Citation Report (JCR), Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar. Altmetrics, alternative measures of scholarly influences, will also be covered. |
| Instructor: | Ms. Anna Ryan, Assistant Librarian, Teaching & Learning Support Division |
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| Date and Time: | 25 February 2014 (Tuesday), 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm |
| 26 February 2014 (Wednesday), 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | |
| Venue: | User Education Room, Library |
| Description: | You will learn how to search citation databases to accurately identify authors, locate an author's h-index and other indexes, and explore altmetrics to view author impact in social media. Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar will be used. |
The two sessions of each workshop are identical. They will include hands-on experience. The medium of instruction is English.
Please note that the Library reserves the right to cancel any session with less than 5 registrants.
For enquiries, please call 3442-6415, email lbinf@cityu.edu.hk or visit our Reference Desk.
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
We are pleased to announce that the Library has developed a mobile Library App “CityU Mobile Library” for iPhone and Android smart phone. It is now available for free download at Apple Store or Google Play.
You can find our app by searching "CityU Mobile Library" on Apple Store or Google Play.
CityU Mobile Library lets you access the Library Catalogue and follow what's happening in the Library. The following features are available:
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The Library is pleased to announce the following two Information Skills Workshops to help you learn how to effectively find business and company information. All staff and students are welcome!
| Instructor: | Ms. Anna Ryan, Assistant Librarian, Teaching & Learning Support Division |
| Date and Time: | 10 February 2014 (Mon), 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
| 12 February 2014 (Wed), 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | |
| Description: | You will learn how to use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to discover what companies, products or brands are being talked about, monitor customer feedback and track competitors. Issues about data credibility and reliability will also be discussed. |
| Instructor: | Mrs. Stella Seto, Assistant Librarian, Teaching & Learning Support Division |
| Date and Time: | 11 February 2014 (Tue), 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
| 14 February 2014 (Fri), 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | |
| Description: | You will learn how to find company profiles, locate financial information and find key competitors. You will also get the tips to search journals and news sources to locate case studies, independent analyses of company strategies, and more. |
| Venue of the workshops: | User Education Room, Library |
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| Medium of instruction: | English |
The two sessions of each workshop are identical. They will include hands-on experience.
To reserve a seat, please visit: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/instruct/course/isw/. Please note that the Library reserves the right to cancel any session with less than 5 registrants.
For enquiries, please call 3442-6415, email lbinf@cityu.edu.hk or visit our Reference Desk.
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
Welcome new postgraduate students! To help you gain an overview of our Library's services, facilities and resources, the Library has developed an online library orientation particularly for you.
The online orientation consists of:
To access the online orientation, please check out this page: http://libguides.library.cityu.edu.hk/pgorientation
You can also access the online orientation via the Library homepage: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/
For enquiries, please visit the Reference Desk, call 3442-6415, or email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk
In memory of Sir Run Run Shaw, a Condolence Corner will be set up at the Library Multi-purpose Lobby for staff, students and alumni to pay tribute to Sir Run Run from 13 to 27 January 2014.
In remembrance of Sir Run Run’s contributions to CityU Library, the Library will organize an exhibition "Learning from Reading – Read @ Run Run Shaw Library". Selected library collections of Sir Run Run will be on display.
Enquiries: 3442 5418 / lb@cityu.edu.hk
為緬懷邵逸夫爵士，城大將由1月13日至27日，於圖書館多用途展示區放置弔唁冊，供校內人士向邵爵士致意。
為紀念邵爵士對城大圖書館的貢獻，圖書館亦同時舉行「書香逸夫，悅讀天下」展覽。
查詢︰3442 5418 / lb@cityu.edu.hk
The Library is pleased to announce the following three Information Skills Workshops to help you learn how to identify, locate and use information resources effectively and ethically:
| Date and Time: | 14 January 2014 (Tuesday), 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
| 16 January 2014 (Thursday), 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
| Date and Time: | 16 January 2014 (Thursday), 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
| 21 January 2014 (Tuesday), 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm |
| Date and Time: | 20 January 2014 (Monday), 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
| 22 January 2014 (Wednesday), 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
| Venue of the workshops: | User Education Room, Library |
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| Medium of instruction: | English |
The two sessions of each workshop are identical. All staff and students are welcome! To reserve a seat, please visit: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/instruct/course/isw/. The Library reserves the right to cancel any session with less than 5 registrants.
For enquiries, please call 3442-6415, email lbinf@cityu.edu.hk or visit our Reference Desk.
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
Welcome new non-local undergraduate students! To support your academic success at CityU, the Library is conducting an Orientation Session specifically designed for non-local undergraduate students. This Orientation Session includes:
During the Session, you will learn:
The Library Orientation Session for Non-local Undergraduate Students for Semester B, 2013/14 will be held on Friday, 10 January, 2013, 10:00 am - 11:45 am.
| Medium of Instruction: | English |
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| Place of assembly: | Inside of the Library's entrance |
| Enrollment method: | First-come, first-served! |
For enquiries, please visit the Reference Desk, call 3442-6415, or email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
To meet the need for more study space for private study, the Library is pleased to announce the opening of a new study area on 2/F on 28 October 2013 (Monday). There are altogether 125 individual study seats in the new extension. All seats are available for private study on a first come, first served basis. You may enter this study zone via an internal staircase near the Humanities Academy and the floor plan is shown below for your reference:
