Kindle Reader Lending Service at LRC

Two Kindles are available at the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) for borrowing.

The Kindles include law-related book titles. If interested, please come to the LRC counter. 

Kindles available at LRC

24 book titles available

Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) Courses offered by Library

Courses:

• Discover Research Information at Your Discipline
• Managing and Creating Reference Citations with RefWorks
• Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research

Registration begins on 13 August 2018.

Discover Research Information at Your Discipline
The workshops for Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Medicine, Science, Social Science, Law and Chinese Law will cover:

• Key resources provided by the Library and free Internet resources for locating and accessing journal articles, conference proceedings, books, theses, multimedia materials, and other relevant information resources in each discipline
• Hands-on training on effective advanced search techniques of e-resources
• Highlights on ways of access to information sources in the campus libraries and beyond

Three courses for LAW: 

Group 8: Law (on CU Campus)
15 Sep (Sat) 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Venue: User Education Room 2, G/F, University Library

Group 9: Law (at Graduate Law Centre)
29 Sep (Sat) 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Venue: Classroom 4, Graduate Law Centre, 2/F, Bank of America Tower, Central

Group 10: Chinese Law
22 Sep (Sat) 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Venue: Classroom 4, Graduate Law Centre, 2/F, Bank of America Tower, Central

Managing and Creating Reference Citations with RefWorks
Mainly hands-on training, the workshop will cover:

• Creating in-text references and bibliographies for papers using RefWorks, a campus-wide Bibliographic Management Tool maintained by the Library
• Creating personal references database by importing references from online databases and other sources
• Managing the references in the personal database
• Introducing other citation tools supported by the Library such as Mendeley

22 Sep (Sat) 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

26 Sep (Wed) 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Venue: User Education Room 2, G/F, University Library

Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research
On-line course available on Blackboard
Compulsory for ALL RESEARCH postgraduate students

Medium of Instruction: English
Details and registration: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/prodev/ipl.html

Top Tips for Postgraduates

Postgraduates

• JOIN Library Postgraduate Orientation to get started of your postgraduate study
• JOIN Library Postgraduate Workshops to sharpen your research and writing skills
• BOOK a Research Consultation Session for professional help on a research topic
• SEARCH the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection to find materials for your research
• USE relevant Citation Tools to handle citations of your research papers
• VISIT Research Commons for the facilities you need for your study
• RESERVE the Digital Scholarship Lab to conduct digital scholarship research
• APPLY for a JULAC Library Card to gain access to other UGC Libraries
• USE Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Service to obtain materials for your research and study not owned by the Library
• RESERVE a Doctoral Study Room for your doctoral study
• INPUT your research outputs in CUHK Research Portal 

For more information, please visit: http://lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/information/postgraduates