Lakefront Academy | Unlocking Massive Original Foreign Academic Resources:Itext & Iresearch Training

November 04, 2026

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Introduction

iText is a resource development project supported by special funding from the Foreign Teaching Materials Center of the Ministry of Education. It provides foreign-language electronic textbooks for online reading and downloading. iResearch is a foreign-language original e-book platform developed by China Educational Publications Import and Export Corporation. It brings together academic e-books from international publishers and provides functions such as online reading, annotation and translation. Together, the two platforms support coursework, teaching and research across a wide range of disciplines.

 

Subscribed Resources

The Wenzhou-Kean University Library subscribes to 6 iText collections with more than 8,000 titles, and iResearch provides online access to over 180,000 foreign academic e-books.

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Highlights

  • Platform Selection

  • Compare the resource types and subject coverage of iText and iResearch.

  • Core Functions

  • Learn how to search, read online, download chapters and use the knowledge graph.

  • Access and Recommendations

  • Learn about off-campus use and how to recommend titles not currently held by the Library.

  • Learning and Research Resources

  • 8,000+ textbooks and 180,000+ academic e-books support both course reading and research.

 

 

Details

Date: November 4, 2026 (Wednesday)

Time: 2:00–3:00 PM

Speaker: Zhao Yu

Language: English

Tencent Meeting ID: 147-531-561

Meeting QR Code: 

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Notes

Access the video recording via the Wenzhou-Kean University Library website after the training.

(https://library.wku.edu.cn/en/library-workshop)

 

Lakefront Academy

Lakefront Academy (Shu Hu Xue Tang) is an important platform for academic exchange and practice sharing at the Wenzhou-Kean University Library. It is dedicated to bringing together a wealth of activities such as lectures, seminars, workshops, academic competitions, and professional training, to set up a sparkling stage for the whole community to stimulate and inspire their thoughts.

 

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