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Art, Design &
Medial Library
(ADML)
ART – 1 – 3
Visual Art
Architecture
Drawing
Design
Illustration
Painting
Photography
Audio Visual Materials
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1. Library Essentials!!
2. Course Essentials
3. Research Essentials
4. Contact Essentials
Info Survival Skills – Tips for today!
1. Library Essentials
How do I get a
membership
card?
How many
books can I
borrow?
Registration is generally not
necessary
Your matriculation card is your
library card
Approach staff at Service Desk if you
encounter problems
You can borrow from any of the NTU
libraries
Books can be borrowed either by
using the Self-Check machines or at
the Service Desk
Borrowing privileges can be found at
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/membe
rship/Pages/default.aspx
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1. Library Essentials
Checking of Library account
Default PIN = last 4 alphanumeric characters of your NRIC number
Example:
NRIC No.: S9152345G
Default PIN: 345G
Library card = your matriculation card
Library card number = matriculation card number
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1. Library Essentials
Borrowing privileges (for undergrads)
Loan Limit: 10 items
Items Loan period Overdue fines
Books & Conference
proceedings
21 days $0.30 per day
Reserves 2 hours
(1 Item only)
$0.50 per hour or part thereof
overnight loan starts 2 hr
before Service Desk closes
Reference books no loan
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1. Library Essentials
Checking of Library account
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1. Library Essentials
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
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2. Course Essentials
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?
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2. Course Essentials
Searching Library Catalogue Books
Audio Visuals
E-Books
Print Periodicals
http://opac.ntu.edu.sg/
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2. Course Essentials
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
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Past Year Exam Papers
2. Course Essentials
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/ExamPapers.aspx
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3. Research Essentials
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?
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3. Research EssentialsUniversity students must know:
the journals, e-books,
databases available in their
subject areas
how to access and retrieve
information from these
sources effectively.
What resources
should I use for
my
assignments?
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Databaseso More than 132 databases in all subject
areaso Electronic documents & information
sources from quality & authoritative sources
• Articles• Conference proceedings• News• Images• E-Books
o Grouped by discipline
Library Resources
www.ntu.edu.sg/library/databases
3. Research Essentials
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3. Research Essentials
Method 2: Retrieving Journal Articles using Databases
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Print & E-Journalso 32,441 unique titles
o Print serials
o Electronic versions of journals and magazines Viewed on screen
Downloaded or printed direct from your desktop
Library Resources
www.ntu.edu.sg/library/ejournals
3. Research Essentials
Statistics as of June 2009
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3. Research Essentials
Method 1: Retrieving Journal Articles using A-Z Listing
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Theses(and other materials
published by NTU staff)
Open Access
o Conference papers and journal articles by NTU faculty and researchers
Restricted Access
o Student submissions such as theses
o Work attachment reports
o Final year projects
o Past exam papers
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3. Restricted Access
2. Open Access
3. Research Essentials
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Remote access to e-Resources
Off campus access
NTU Network account username & passwordo New students will be
required to change password for the first log-in (http://pwd.ntu.edu.sg)
3. Research Essentials
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NTU Library Toolbar
Install the Toolbar on your computer and search for Library materials no matter where you are on the Web!
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3. Research Essentials
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4. Contact Essentials
Have questions on library or
research?
Your Subject Librarians !
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/about/staffdirectory/Pages/subject.aspx
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4. Contact Essentials
Have questions on library or
research?
Other useful Contacts
Assistance with your researcho [email protected]
Loan enquirieso [email protected]
Technical enquirieso [email protected]
Library feedbacko [email protected]
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/about/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
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4. Contact Essentials
Have books to recommend?
Students are welcome to
Recommend books to be purchased for NTU library
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
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4. Contact Essentials
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
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.”
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Final details …
Feedback on this session
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/lip/orientation
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