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Library User Survey 2024

Library User Survey 2024


Participate now – Library User Survey 2024

4 November – 13 December 2024

To help us know more about your teaching, learning and research needs, please spare a few minutes to take part in the annual survey and fill out the questionnaire. Your comments and suggestions on our services will be essential in our ongoing efforts to make improvements.

As a token of our appreciation, you will be automatically entered into a lucky draw and have a chance to win fabulous prizes offered by the e-resources vendors.

Special thanks go to the following sponsors:

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Chinamaxx
1st
Apple iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi 64GB
2nd
Sennheiser MOMENTUM 4 Wireless

(With Headphone Stand)

Airiti
EBSCO
3rd
Apple AirPods Pro
4th
Apple AirPods 4
iGroup
ProQuest
McGrawHill
HK$500 Cash Coupons (Bookstore)
HK$500 Cash Coupons
(Electronic Products)
HK$500 Cash Coupons (Coffee)
Other sponsors Prizes
Elsevier Hong Kong Ltd. Wireless Charger
Power Bank
Laptop Stand
Springer Nature Group Portable keyboard
Power Bank
ASIAWORLD Digital Technology Co., Ltd. Lucky Gift Set
Cengage Learning Hong Kong Ltd.
Hong Kong CSMAR DATA Technology Ltd.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Sage Publications Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd.
China Academic Journals (CD Edition) Electronic Publishing House Co., Ltd
World Scientific Publishing Co.

Terms and Conditions

  1. Each participant is suggested to take the survey only ONCE. Multiple entries of the same participant will only be counted ONCE;
  2. The Lucky Draw results will be posted on the library website and all winners will be contacted individually by email. The Library is NOT liable for any non-delivery or non-receipt of email(s) by the winners;
  3. Late redemption will NOT be entertained. All prizes are NOT transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for cash;
  4. Authorization of other persons to collect the prize on your behalf will NOT be accepted;
  5. The Library is NOT liable for any cost or damage relating to or resulting from the acceptance and/or use of the above prizes by the participants;
  6. NO warranty or maintenance service will be provided;
  7. The Library reserves the right of final decision on all matters in case of any disputes.

Eligible Participants

  1. This survey is open to all current SFU/CBCC/CAPS students and staff;
  2. External members including Alumni with valid Library cards are also welcome to participate except the Corporate members with Readers’ cards;
  3. This is an anonymous survey. No personal information will be collected;
  4. If you are interested in entering the Lucky Draw, please provide your contact information (i.e. Student/Staff ID, name, email address and phone number) at the end of the survey. This information will only be used for purposes related to the Lucky Draw;
  5. The results of the Lucky Draw will not be affected by your answers and written comments.

E-Resources Discovery Days (11-13 November 2024)

E-Resources Discovery Days 2024

The Library is pleased to invite you to join our E-Resources Discovery Days to be held on 11-13 November 2024 to explore a vast array of digital resources and to get a chance to win fabulous prizes. Professional trainers from Wolters Kluwer, Clarivate & ProQuest, McGraw Hill, Emerald Publishing, Gale, HyRead, Wanfang, CNKI and CSMAR will set up booths at the Library Learning Commons to

  • explain featured resources and answer your enquiries; and
  • conduct workshops to show you effective ways of locating books, journal articles and news stories for your assignments and research projects.

Please visit the booths and register for the workshops that you are interested in. You may click here to get more information about the event.


ReadingList & ILL Workshop

The Library is pleased to hold a workshop which can effectively help you build specialized resource lists for your teaching courses and efficiently get digital copy of articles with the enhanced Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Services.

Topics include:

  • Introducing ReadingList@Library and integrating a reading list on Moodle for students’ access;
  • Creating your own reading lists and adding references;
  • Communicating with the Library via ReadingList@Library;
  • Introducing the enhanced ILL Services;
  • Making requests for ILL items, which are not held by SFU/CBCC Library, via the Library Discovery Search.

For registration, please click: https://forms.office.com/r/mg3bzcYndz

Date 21 Oct 2024 (Monday)
Time 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue In-person: E-Learning Laboratory (A411), Learning Commons
Audience: Staff Only

For enquiries, please contact us at library@sfu.edu.hk.


New e-resources available – ProQuest One Business and ProQuest One Psychology

The Library is pleased to offer the following newly subscribed e-databases:

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ProQuest One Business

ProQuest One Business contains a vast amount of business information in multiple databases, including ABI/INFORM Collection, Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection, Business Market Research Collection and Entrepreneurship Database, covering over 2,400 journals, thousands of e-books and videos, as well as hundreds of thousands of reports from J. P Morgan, BMI Research, Hoovers and others.

ProQuest One Psychology

ProQuest One Psychology provides diverse resource types including scholarly journals, therapy videos, counselling transcripts, news and dissertations to support research on various topics related to psychology, such as abnormal psychology, addiction, death and dying, school counselling and parenting.

Students and staff are welcome to access this resource via A-Z List of e-Databases.


Sage Research Methods on trial

Sage Research Methods is currently available for free trial (Till: 30 November 2024). For details, Please refer to Trial Databases. Please feel free to send your comments on this resource to library@sfu.edu.hk or fill in our E-Resources Trial Feedback Form


Opening Hours during the Mid-Autumn Festival

Library service hours during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Date Festival
Opening Hours
17 Sep 2024 (Tue) Mid-Autumn Festival
08:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
18 Sep 2024 (Wed) The day following the Mid-Autumn Festival
Closed

Library Orientation 2024

Library Orientation 2024

To help you achieve success in your studies, please register to join the Library Orientation. In the 30-minute orientation session, you will get to know:

  • Library opening hours
  • Key loan rules
  • Search, renew or request a book
  • Access e-resources
  • Borrow laptops, and print / photocopy documents
  • Reserve group discussion rooms

Participants can join the Lucky Draw to win cash coupon.

Mode Date Time Language
Face-to-Face
16 Aug 2024 (Fri) 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Cantonese
16 Aug 2024 (Fri) 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Cantonese
19 Aug 2024 (Mon) 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Cantonese
19 Aug 2024 (Mon) 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Cantonese
20 Aug 2024 (Tue) 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Cantonese
9 Sep 2024 (Mon) 12:00 nn – 12:30 p.m. Cantonese
10 Sep 2024 (Tue) 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Cantonese
11 Sep 2024 (Wed) 12:00 nn – 12:30 p.m. Cantonese
13 Sep 2024 (Fri) 12:00 nn – 12:30 p.m. Cantonese
16 Sep 2024 (Mon) 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. English
Zoom
21 Aug 2024 (Wed) 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Cantonese
28 Aug 2024 (Wed) 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. English
2 Sep 2024 (Mon) 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Cantonese
4 Sep 2024 (Wed) 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Cantonese
6 Sep 2024 (Fri) 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Cantonese
12 Sep 2024 (Thurs) 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Cantonese


You may also view the “Get Started Guide” to understand the library services, resources and facilities.

Face-to-Face: Room A415, Learning Commons, 4/F SFU Campus
Zoom: Log-in details will be sent to you via e-mail after registration

Enquiries: Contact us at 3653-6620 or email to library@sfu.edu.hk


New e-resources available – Web of Science

The Library is pleased to offer the following newly subscribed e-database:

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Web of Science

Web of Science is a well-known database which publishes Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and impact factors to inform research performance and analysis. It also provides the most recent and retrospective reference information from academic journals and conference proceedings in various disciplines.

Students and staff are welcome to access this resource via A-Z List of e-Databases.


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