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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Ma. Leah N. Leal
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About NUS Libraries
The National University of Singapore Libraries are a group of multi-disciplinary libraries which comprise seven libraries. The C J Koh Law Library is located at the Bukit Timah Campus while the other six libraries are located across the Kent Ridge campus:
Central Library
Chinese Library
C J Koh Law Library
Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library
Medical Library
Music Library
Science Library
The Medical Library serves primarily the:
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies
Division of Graduate Dental Studies
Division of Graduate Medical Studies
Department of Pharmacy
Faculty of Dentistry
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
In addition to the University students and staff, the Library is also used by hospital doctors, health-services personnel, general practitioners, medical officers of the Armed Forces and personnel attached to various government departments, official bodies and scientific organisations.
The collection of the NUS Libraries is rich and diverse, especially in terms of the breadth and the depth of coverage. The collection encompasses subjects in architecture, building and real estate, the humanities and social sciences, business, law, medicine, dentistry, science, engineering and technology.
The NUS Libraries aim to encourage and support both the scholarly pursuits and the practical research activities of NUS staff and students. A full range of services is provided in each library, including loan, online renewal and reservation, inter-library loan, reference, online information search, document delivery, photocopying, viewing of audiovisual and microform materials.
*The following databases need to install a client program can access. Details can be found Database Client Installation Guide home page.
The online version of the Ming and Qing Record
Four Series electronic version
The orthodox Daozang online edition
Chinese ancient stone materials documenting the full-text version
Science Library
Resources:
Encyclopedias
Indexes and Abstracts
Streaming audio/video sources
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Video Library
Apart from offering basic library services, the Central Library also provides:
Information literacy
Indexing of periodical literature for architecture, building, humanities and social sciences for PERIND.
The Library provides reference and information services, user education programmes and conducts library tours and tutorials. Library members are welcome to request library tours.
The Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library collection comprises printed books, current journals, bound journals, and electronic resources (E-Book and E-Journals).
1. Central Library
Central Library is a multi-disciplinary library serving all NUS staff and students, primarily those from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering, the School of Computing and the School of Design and Environment. It is the largest library in NUS.
2. Chinese Library
The Chinese Library is located on the 5th & 6th floors of the Central Library. It collects mainly Chinese and Japanese materials to support Chinese and Japanese studies. The scope of the Chinese collection has been extended to include Chinese law, business administration and management. Chinese and Japanese materials on Southeast Asia and Chinese Overseas are also collected extensively. It is one of the largest library system in the country of special libraries.
Entrance
Information desk - Journal Collection Link to Chinese Library
Tutorials Reference Collection
Japanese resources
Books Collection (Call number A to Z)
3. Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library
The Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library (HSSML) is a Special Library within the NUS Libraries. The Library was built in memory of the late Mr Hon Sui Sen (1916-1983), former Minister for Finance of Singapore (1970-1983), who was also the Member of Parliament for the Havelock Constituency (1970-1983).
The Library collects and maintains a rich collection of management, business and finance books, journals, audiovisual materials and digital resources.
Main entrance
3rd floor (NUS Business School Library
2nd floor (NUS Business School Library
4. Medical Library
Medical Library is the oldest library in the NUS Libraries’ system whose origin can be traced back to 1905 when the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School was set up. The scope of its collection includes biomedical subjects, dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy.
5. Music Library
The Music library is situated on the ground floor of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music building and it is the youngest of all NUS Libraries. It opened in July 2006.
Our collection is focused on western art music tradition. As at June 2011, there are over 7,000 books, 22,500 music scores, 10,100 CDs, 1,100 DVD titles and 170 journals. There are state-of-the-art listening and multimedia viewing stations as well as computers in the library.
6. Science Library
Science Library opened its doors on 19 May 1986 and its collection covers primarily the biological sciences, chemistry, mathematics, statistics & applied probability and physics. The Library caters to the Faculty of Science and the Graduate School of Science.
Opening Hours:
09 Dec - 13 Jan 2013
Mon to Fri : 8:30am – 6:00pm
Sat : 8:30am – 5:00pm
Sun & Public Holiday : Closed.
Resources:
The Medical Library has a collection of over 53,000 book titles and over 2,800 journal titles of which over 9,30 are subscriptions (as at June 2011). The print collection is supplemented by a rich collection of electronic, multimedia and audio-visual materials. The Library collection covers a wide range of biomedical subjects relating to medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and health.
Resources:
Collection
The Library collection comprises of over 5,000 journal titles and 280,000 volumes of books which focus on the biological and life sciences, chemistry, mathematics, statistics & applied probability, materials science and physics.
Supplementing the collection is an array of Internet resources comprising of electronic journals, books and reference databases which are accessible online at anytime and from anywhere via the library portal. The collection includes multidisciplinary databases, Web of Science and Scopus and specialised resouces, BIOSIS, MathSciNet, SciFinder Web and the Powder Diffraction File (PDF).
Opening Hours:
09 Dec - 13 Jan 2013
Mon-Fri : 8.30am - 7.00pm
Sat : 8.30am - 5.00pm
Sun & Pub Hol : Closed *
* Unless otherwise stated
*The Library will be open on 8 December 2012 (Sat) from 8am to 5pm.
**The Library will be open on 24 December 2012 (Christmas Eve) from 8.30am to 5pm.
***All Libraries will be closed on the following public holidays:
25 December 2012 (Christmas Day)
1 January 2013 (New Year Day)
Services:
Basic Services & Facilities
Electronic Forms for Library Services
Additional Services for NUS Academic Staff
Additional Services for Graduate Students
Book selection in NUS Libraries
Digital Library
Document Delivery Services (DDS)
E-Reserves via IVLE
Library Online Information Service (LOIS)
Reserve Books/Readings (RBR)
Resources:
Unique book titles
Book volumes
Journal titles
Current journal subscriptions
Audio-visual titles
CD-ROM titles
Special collections include:
• Singapore/Malaysia Collection
• Rare Books Collection
• NUS Publications
• CD-ROM Databases
Resources:
Museum collection of printed books, current periodicals, published back, dissertations, and electronic resources. For more details, please refer to the the Chinese electronic resource guide , its scope is as follows:
- database client Installation Guide *
E-Journal
EBooks
Electronic newspapers
Dissertation
Thematic Guide
Opening Hours:
09 Dec - 13 Jan 2013
Mon-Fri : 8.30am - 7.00pm
Sat : 8.30am - 5.00pm
Sun & Pub Hol : Closed *
* The Library will be open on 24 December 2012 (Christmas Eve) from 8.30am to 5pm.