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Library News(updated on 8 September 2008)
Training session on the New OvidSP PlatformThe Library is pleased to announce the training session on the OvidSP platform:
On 16 September 2008, four Library-susbcribed databases, namely BIOSIS Previews, FIAF International Filmarchive Database, ICONDA (International Construction Database) and Index to Legal Periodicals, will be migrated from their current platform (WebSPIRS) to the new OvidSP platform. The old platform will be phased out one month after the migration. If you are current users of these databases or are interested in using these databases, please register to participate in this training session. For more information, and to reserve a seat, please visit: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/form/train_ovidsp.htm. For enquiries, please contact our Reference Desk at 3442-6415 or email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk. (8.9.2008)[Top]
Library and Information Skills ProgrammeTo equip you with information skills essential to studying at CityU, the Library will offer the following courses of the Library and Information Skills Programme in Semester A:
The Programme will start on Friday, 12 September 2008. You may view our complete course list from http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/instruct/course/. Please register online via AIMS (select "Student Services Menu" in AIMS, then select "On-line Application for In-house Student Development Courses"). For enquiries, please call the Reference Desk at 3442-6415 or email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk. (3.9.2008)[Top]
Guided Library Tours and Library and Information Skills ProgrammeWelcome to the new academic year! In order to prepare yourselves for study and research, you may need to get familiar with various Library collections and services by joining the following activities and programmes:
For enquiries, please contact the Reference Desk at 3442-6415 or email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk (19.8.2008)[Top]
Pearl River Delta & Yangtze River Delta Distinguished Lecture (2nd)The second Pearl River Delta & Yangtze River Delta Distinguished Lecture, co-organized with the Department of Economics and Finance, will be held in the Library on 24 July 2008. In the lecture, Professor Gregory Chow 鄒至莊教授 will discuss the nature of energy and environmental problems in general and then bring the case of China into the focus. He will also present a proposal for improving the regulation of air and water pollution in China. Professor Chow is Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society, an Academician of Academia Sinica and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Econometric Society. Professor Chow publishes extensively in the areas of econometrics and China economy. The celebrated "Chow test" was named after him. The Econometric Research Program at Princeton was renamed the Gregory C Chow Econometric Research Program in his honor. He is currently Honorary Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance. The Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta Collection of the Run Run Shaw Library aims at serving users from both the scholarly and business communities through the provision of quality and first-hand information related to the PRD and YRD regions.
Registration by email: lbprdyrd@cityu.edu.hk [Top]
Training session on Thomson ONE BankerThe Library is pleased to announce the following training session on Thomson ONE Banker:
Thomson ONE Banker provides integrated access to several financial databases. In addition to the previously introduced SDC Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity Issues, the following datasets via Thomson ONE Banker are also available now:
The training session will focus on searching Ownership and Worldscope data on Thomson ONE Banker. For enquiries, please contact the Library at 3442-6415. (9.7.2008)[Top]
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