Ng Kok Koon, Central Library Digital Services Division

The NUS Digital Library Homepage has been changed to reflect the significant increase in the amount of data available. The new page is organised into four main areas.

1. Library InfoGate
   This is the gateway to the electronic resources collection of the Library. It is subdivided into three sections:

   Browse by subject
   To zero in quickly on your research area you can browse by subject for resources such as electronic journals, electronic books and reference databases. The resources are divided into the following disciplines:

   • Arts, architecture, and humanities
   • Biological sciences
   • Business, management, and economics
   • Computer science and mathematics
   • Engineering and technology
   • Environmental sciences
   • General interest
   • Law
   • Medical and dental sciences
   • Science (general)
   • Social sciences

   We are working on adding more resources to this section.

   

   Browse by type of materials
   If you know the title that you need, go directly to this section. It is subdivided into Electronic journals, Electronic books, Examination papers, Newspapers, Digitised video, Reference databases (comprising biographies, dictionaries and encyclopaedias, indexes and abstracts, patents, standards, statistics) A complete list of all the titles will be added soon. This will make searching for titles even easier.

   NUS Library Digital Projects
   This section lists the publications that have been made available on the Internet by the Library.

2. LINC (Library INtegrated Catalogue)

   LINC is the Library's integrated catalogue that allows you to:

   • Search for books, journals, conference proceedings, theses, audiovisuals, microforms, electronic resources, and table of contents of selected books covering all major disciplines found in the Library.
   • Check for materials newly acquired by the Library.
   • View/renew items checked out by you, place a hold on items that are checked out, cancel your holds, check your library fines.

3. LION (Library Instruction ONline)

   LION is the online library instructional service. The aim of LION is to show you how to use the resources available in the Library to find the materials you need. LION will:

   • Teaches you how to look for information in the Library, showing you how to do research, how to formulate searches, and how to evaluate results.
   • Shows you how to locate items in the Library.
   • Guides you how to use LINC and selected databases.

4. Electronic Forms for Library Services

   This section allows you to submit electronic forms to the Library. The forms available are:

   • Electronic enquiries service
   • Form for reporting of lost book
   • Request for document delivery
     (available to staff and higher degree students only)
   • Request for interlibrary loan
     (available to staff and higher degree students only)
   • Request for purchase of new materials, such as books, journals, videotapes, for the Library
   • Request to place or remove library materials in Reserve Books/Readings (RBR)