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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2021-22

The University Library

The Shue Yan University Library Complex is located on the west side of the main
Academic Building and was opened on 15 November 1995. It is multi-functional and has 19
storeys. Facilities include the International Conference Hall, the Library, the Counselling and
Research Centre, and accommodations for staff and visiting scholars. The Library occupies
5½ levels (the ground floor, second to sixth floor). Each floor covers about 850 square metres.
The ever-expanding Library has a holding of over 353,966 volumes. As for periodicals
and magazines, there are over 789 Chinese and English titles in print format with a total of
33,848 bound volumes. A special collection of annual reports, research reports, statistical data
of government departments, non-government organizations, dissertations and student reports
contains about 22,273 volumes in English and Chinese. There are over 24,254 non-print items.
Over 147 e-resources subscribed by the Library which cover ejournals, ebooks, electronic
reference tools, news and online videos, such as ProQuest Central, Academic Search Ultimate,
Business Source Ultimate, China Academic Journals Full-text Database (中國期刊全文數據
庫), 瀚堂典藏古籍數據庫, World Ebook Collection, China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text
Database, China Master Theses Full-text Database, Oxford Scholarship Online, History
Reference Centre, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Literature Online, PsycINFO,
PsycARTILCES, PsycBOOKS, Ebrary, SocINDEX with Full Text, Westlaw China, Sociological
Abstracts, Scopus, Gale Reference Complete, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, the Oxford
English Dictionary, 四部叢刊電子版, 文淵閣四庫全書, WiseNews and Films on Demand. The
e-resources cover over 96,758 authoritative ejournals and 403,127 ebooks on arts, business,
management and social sciences.
Institutional Repository preserves and disseminates research outputs of the University for
capturing intellectual vitality of scholars and facilitating scholarly communication. Most of the
e-resources can be accessed on the campus or remotely.
The above-mentioned resources are full-text searchable and can be accessed via the
library resources discovery platform, Discover@ShueYan, and connect to other local or
overseas academic libraries for inter-library loans at the internet-ready computer workstations
in the Library, and the users’ desktop or mobile devices. Furthermore, the computer
workstations are also equipped Microsoft Office, SPSS and Adobe applications etc.
It is noteworthy that in January 1996, the then State Education Commission of China
donated to Shue Yan 3,097 volumes (1,793 titles) of rare Chinese books, thus making a
valuable contribution to the collection of the University Library. In February 2007, the Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China donated a set of 10,000 items of Chinese
classics —‘中華再造善本’to commemorate the inauguration of Shue Yan University.
In addition to regular services provided such as circulation, information and research
support, the Library also organizes user educational activities such as library instruction
classes, orientation, information day and book exhibitions, etc.

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