Welcome to the Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Orientation Briefing

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Welcome to the Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library
Orientation Briefing

• Email hssmlib_at_nus.edu.sg
• Instant Message www.lib.nus.edu.sg/hlb/im.html
• Phone [phone]

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Contents of the briefing

• The starting point NUS Libraries portal.
• Getting the readings recommended by your
  lecturers IVLE/Ereserves and RBR books.
• Electronic services via NUS Libraries portal.
• Using LINC the online catalog.
• How to search for information for your projects.

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NUS Libraries web page http//www.lib.nus.edu.s
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You can access your required readings (Ereserves)
via IVLE
Click on IVLE
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Under Modules, click on Library Resources
Click on Library Resources
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Click on the Download icon to save or print the
PDF article
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Click on the blue link to open the record
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To explore electronic services at the library
portal, click on Login
Click to login
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These are some of the electronic services
Apply for various services using Eforms
Renew books online
Set your preferred databases and ejournals
Ask the librarian questions
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To Renew Books Online, click on myLINC
Enter your STUDENT ID (which appears on your
student card) PIN is same as your ID until you
change it.
PIN is the Smart card PIN in the slip Computer
Centre sent you
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Click on Items Currently Checked Out to see the
items you have borrowed.
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Select the books you want to renew
1. Click to select items to renew
2. Click on Renew Selected Items to renew
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Note the new due date
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Eforms
Click on Eforms to apply for various services
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How to use LINC (NUS Libraries Online Catalog)
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Search for a book that your lecturer recommended
you read
Enter your Module code
Select RBR/Course No.
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Click on your lecturers name
Available means the book is available on the
shelves.
Location of book
Call No. of book
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Search for other books, videos, etc in LINC by
Title, Author, Keyword, etc
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HSSML Books is on 2nd Floor. HSSML Loans Desk is
on 1st Floor.
These are Call Numbers to the book and the CDROM.
The book and CDROM are both out on loan with 2
holds or reservations.
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Where are the databases or electronic resources ?
Scroll down to Major Databases to access some of
popular databases
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Business Source Premier is a full-text database
of business, finance, marketing and management
journal articles.
EIU CountryData is a statistical database of
economic indicators of countries worldwide.
Factiva is a full-text database of newspaper
articles including Straits Times and Business
Times
Global Market Information Database is a marketing
statistics database.
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How to search for articles for a project or
presentation

• To begin, we suggest searching 2 major databases
  
• Business Source Premier
• Factiva
• You may want to complement these major databases
  with other databases (depending on what you are
  looking for). Eg. EIU.com, Osiris, Global Market
  Information Database.

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Hypothetical search

• As an effective leader of an engineering firm,
  how do you motivate your engineers using not only
  rewards but also empowering them.
• Give an example of rewarding or motivating or
  empowering in a Singapore company.

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The search process in 3 basic steps

• 1. Keywords.
• Eg. engineers, motivating, rewarding, empowering,
  Singapore
• 2. Databases.
• Eg. Business Source Premier, Factiva
• 3. Search strategies.
• Eg. engineer AND (motivat or empower or
  reward)

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Start with Business Source Premier

• 1. Go to NUS Libraries portal (www.lib.nus.edu.sg)
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• 2. Under Major Databases

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At Business Source Premier search screen, use
keywords and apply search strategies Eg.
engineer and employee n5 motivat
This searches articles with the keywords
engineer or engineers and also employee and
motivation or motivate or motivated or
motivating or motivator.
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These are some of the articles retrieved
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To look for an example or a case in Singapore

• 1. Look for the database Factiva under Major
  Databases

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Log on using your NUSNET ID
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At Factiva search screen, enter these keywords
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Ask A Librarian

• Email us at
• hssmlib_at_nus.edu.sg
• Instant message (IM) us at
• www.lib.nus.edu.sg/hlb/im.html
• Phone us at
• 6516 3131
• Come and see us at
• Information Desk, 1st Floor, HSSML