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Grammarly is available to all WKU faculty, staff, and students starting September 1st, 2021. Invitation emails have been sent to your WKU email address. (Please use your @wku.edu.cn email account to log in to Grammarly) For more instruction, please visit Library Digital Learning. Notes: WKU Library will perform routine checking and cleaning on the unused accounts. If you did not receive an email, please click here to join in.   Content |  ZHOU Shuxian Review  |  LIAO Qijia   ⇐ Back to Library H…

Based on the evaluation of the databases and consultation with the Colleges, the WKU Library added four new databases and canceled one in the fiscal year 2020-2021.   New Subscriptions: SAGE Journals Online Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) eBooks Wind (terminal database at GEH A301 Digital Scholarship Center use only) Eikon with Datastream (terminal database at GEH A301 Digital Scholarship Center use only)   Cancellation: Digital Loeb Classical Library (access ends December 31, 2021)   The datab…

WKU Library has subscribed to the database of SAGE Journals Online, including SAGE Premier and SAGE Deep Backfile. SAGE Premier can be accessible now, and SAGE Deep Backfile will be available on January 1, 2022. SAGE Journals Online is listed on the Library’s Database A-Z page. SAGE Journals Online provides renowned peer-reviewed journals and covers a wide range of disciplines, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, Natural Sciences, Technology, and Medicine. Currently, SAGE Premier of…

Le Yang has been re-elected to serve another four-year term, 2021-2025, for the International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA)’s Section 32 – Library Services to Multicultural Populations. The Section brings together libraries and institutions interested in the development and availability of library services designed to meet the needs of cultural and linguistic minorities. It is striving to share its experience in library services to multicultural populations in view…

Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) Library Book Fair 2021 was successfully held on-site and online from May 18 to May 21, 2021. During the four-day book fair, over 6,000 titles were provided by renowned academic publishers, including Princeton University Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Sage Publications, Springer, Wiley, Elsevier, etc. A total of 2,183 books were selected by faculty, staff, and students. Among the selected books, the top three subjects are Art & Archit…

The “Tea with Professors” serial event is an informal seminar that serves as a cultural conversation and a supplement to classroom teaching. This type of program is popular among higher education institutions in the United States. A cup of tea or coffee cohesively bridge the professors and students in a casual and meaningful discussion. Professors from different departments can share their own learning and living experiences of being a student at their younger age and provide insightful advice t…

The four-day Library Book Fair 2021 is underway since Tuesday morning on May 18th, 2021. Faculty, staff, and students actively participated in the book selection event. The cumulative books selected for the first day remarkably hit 1,000, whereas, the top three subjects among the chosen books were from Art & Architecture Design, Mathematics and Management. This year, we have up to 6,000 books from prestigious academic publishers, including the American Mathematics Society, MIT Press, Prince…

Wind Financial Terminal (WFT) is available at WKU library since May 14th, 2021. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to download financial data at GEH A301. User: Anyone interested in business research Time: Available since May 14th, 2021 Location: GEH A301 (Dual-monitor computer) About Wind: The Wind Economic Database pairs over 1.3 million macroeconomic and industry time series with powerful graphics and data analysis tools to provide financial professionals with the most comprehensive ins…

The 2021 Sino-foreign University Library Annual Conference was successfully held at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University from April 28th to 29th. Library colleagues from nine Sino-foreign university libraries and guests from book publishers, including Elsevier, Wiley, and Princeton University Press, gathered in Shenzhen to celebrate the annual event. A total of 22 library colleagues gave presentations at the Conference. The presentations covered a wide range of topics, including strategic management, in…

“Tea with Professor” serial event invites professors from different departments to have gathering with a small group of students. In the tea gathering, professors will provide guidance and advice to students on graduate study matters and career development, or just casual sharing about how the study-abroad is like, such as: How to choose a graduate school? Where should I go for graduate study? How to be an outstanding candidate among the applicants? How to write a better personal statement and r…