NTU Library Research Essentials

Art, Design &
Medial Library
(ADML)

ART – 1 – 3

 Visual Art
 Architecture
 Drawing
 Design
 Illustration
 Painting
 Photography
 Audio Visual Materials


Info Survival Skills – Tips for today!

1. Library Essentials!!

2. Course Essentials

3. Research Essentials

4. Contact Essentials


 Registration is generally not
1. Library Essentials necessary

 Your matriculation card is your
library card
Approach staff at Service Desk if you
How do I get a encounter problems
membership
card?  You can borrow from any of the NTU
libraries

 Books can be borrowed either by
How many using the Self-Check machines or at
books can I the Service Desk
borrow?
 Borrowing privileges can be found at
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/membe
rship/Pages/default.aspx


1. Library Essentials

Checking of Library account

Library card = your matriculation card

Library card number = matriculation card number

Default PIN = last 4 alphanumeric characters of your NRIC number

Example:
NRIC No.: S9152345G
Default PIN: 345G



Borrowing privileges (for undergrads)
Loan Limit: 10 items
Items Loan period Overdue fines

Books & Conference 21 days $0.30 per day
proceedings

Reserves 2 hours $0.50 per hour or part thereof
(1 Item only)
overnight loan starts 2 hr
before Service Desk closes
Reference books no loan



Checking of Library account



Photocopy & Printing Services
 Networked printing
o 4.5 cents per A4 page (black & white)

 Photocopying
o 2.5 cents per A4 page

 Payment of printing and photocopying
o CashCard or ez-link card
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/facilities/Pages/printing.aspx
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/facilities/Pages/Photocopying.aspx



 How do I search for books available in
the library?
 How do I know if a book is available for
loan?
 What are reserves? Where can I get my
Course Reserves?
 Where can I find past year exam papers?


Searching Library Catalogue
 Books  E-Books http://opac.ntu.edu.sg/
 Audio Visuals  Print Periodicals



Reserves

This collection
consists of textbooks,
recommended texts
and other reference
materials which are
core reading materials
related to student
coursework.

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/Reserves.aspx


Past Year Exam
Papers

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/ExamPapers.aspx


 What other materials can I use when researching
for my assignment?

 What types of electronic resources are there and
how can I access them?

 How do I find a journal article?

 How do I find theses done by previous students?


University students must know:

What resources  the journals, e-books,
should I use for databases available in their
my subject areas
assignments?

 how to access and retrieve
information from these
sources effectively.



Library
Resources
 Databases
o More than 132 databases in all subject
areas
o Electronic documents & information
sources from quality & authoritative
sources
• Articles
• Conference proceedings
• News
• Images
• E-Books
o Grouped by discipline
www.ntu.edu.sg/library/databases


Method 2: Retrieving Journal Articles using Databases

1 2

1

3



Library
Resources
 Print & E-Journals
o 32,441 unique titles
o Print serials
o Electronic versions of
journals and magazines
 Viewed on screen
 Downloaded or printed direct
from your desktop
www.ntu.edu.sg/library/ejournals
Statistics as of June 2009


Method 1: Retrieving Journal Articles using A-Z Listing

2 2

1

3


1

Theses
(and other materials
published by NTU staff) 2. Open Access

 Open Access
o Conference papers and
journal articles by NTU
faculty and researchers
3. Restricted
Access
 Restricted Access
o Student submissions such as
theses
o Work attachment reports
o Final year projects
o Past exam papers



Remote access
to e-Resources
 Off campus access

 NTU Network account
username & password
o New students will be
required to change
password for the first log-in
(http://pwd.ntu.edu.sg)



NTU Library
Toolbar 1

Install the Toolbar on
your computer and
2
search for Library
materials no matter
where you are on the
Web!



Have questions
on library or
research?

Your Subject
Librarians !

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/about/staffdirectory/Pages/subject.aspx

 Assistance with your research
4. Contact Essentials o askalibrarian@ntu.edu.sg

Have questions  Loan enquiries
on library or o circulation@ntu.edu.sg
research?
 Technical enquiries
o ltd@ntu.edu.sg
Other useful
Contacts  Library feedback
o library@ntu.edu.sg

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/about/Pages/ContactUs.aspx


Students are welcome to
 Recommend books to be
Have books to purchased for NTU library
recommend?
 Request for documents like
journal articles not
available at our library
More details available at:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/services/Pages/defau
lt.aspx


NTU Honour Code & Honour Pledge on
Plagiarism:
“To use or pass off as one’s own, the
writings or ideas of another, without
acknowledging or crediting the source from
which the ideas are taken.”

Instructional Services

What is Academic Integrity ?

Give credit whenever you use any:

 idea, theory, illustration, statistics, graphs, drawings, images or
opinion of others
 quotation of actual spoken or written words of others ;
paraphrase of spoken or written words of others

 SafeAssignment™ / Turnitin® : A tool to detect plagiarism in NTU


Final details …

Feedback on this session
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/lip/orientation


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