HSS Library http://hsslibrary.wordpress.com This is the blog containing all relevant updates for the HSS Library Wed, 21 Jun 2006 05:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/6bb34fa0ee6390d2d9d45eaa601480bc?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png HSS Library http://hsslibrary.wordpress.com Flickr http://hsslibrary.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/flickr/ http://hsslibrary.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/flickr/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2006 05:47:58 +0000 hsslibrary http://hsslibrary.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/flickr/ ]]>

This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

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The HSS Library has added new magazing browsing shelves for your browsing and viewing pleasure. The new book section has also been relocated to a new shelf, with more space and better lighting.

Both new sections can be located next to the photocopying room in the HSS Library. 

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From Non Sequitur.

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From Non Sequitur.

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 Taken from the Political cartoons website.

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  Cheryl

Currently, this is the only web-based China statistical database in English that our library has subscribed to. A brief writeup of it is given at http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/collections/db/A377110.htm

Other China databases eg. CNKI and Wanfang, are in Chinese.

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Taken from the Political Cartoons website.

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An online Sociology Dictionary is available.

Search the NTU OPAC for A Dictionary of Sociology, written by Marshall, Gordon.

This online dictionary is a very useful reference tool, especially when reading highly theoretical Sociological texts.

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If you are looking for an article published in a particular journal, try searching for it under the E-Journals page.

If NTU subscribes to that particular journal, the next page will indicate which database has access to that particular journal. This is much faster than scanning the list of journals which each database subscribes to.

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“Calligraphy + Old People = Boring” This was the equation in my head whenever the word is mentioned. My formula changed on the 10th of Feb 2006 when HSS Library played host to the Chinese Calligraphy session where we invited the famous artist, Dr. Tan Ching Yam.

I discovered that a few chinese characters, brushed on the red cloth carries deep meaning, a beauty only appreciated by the wise and deep thinkers.

I also learnt that during Chinese New Year, the Chinese will hang an inverted Fortune character (“FU”) at home. This is a symbol to signify their hope that wealth will descend in their home.



From the left: Tan Han Yong (Sociology Subject Librarian), Chia Yew Boon (Head of HSS Library), Mr Chew Ho Son (Divisional Director for Office of Finance/Calligrapher) and I, Lisa holding the inverted character, “FU”.

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