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During December, while many of you were away, the Li Ka Shing Library launched its new Digital Library, SMU PYXIS, in conjunction with CIT and with feedback from many of you, SMU’s digital library has many components. What our users see are our new public faces, offering a variety of discovery
tools. None of this would be possible without our also putting in place a 21^st century infrastructure to organize and manage our materials.

New modules include:

Catalogue
If you are comfortable with results from a simple search box, you will use Catalogue, on the library home page or on OASIS. It looks and acts like a “Google” box and is also a pathway to our other services. It displays results with a new look, includes book jackets and provides you with more options. By clicking on Find out more, you will see reviews and be able to rate and write your own reviews. The Catalogue also provides tools for you to customize your library account and to view and connect to your course reserves.

SMU Repository
You can now search SMU intellectual assets, starting with faculty papers, by using keywords or combining terms such as author, subject and school. For questions or feedback, email: libIR@smu.edu.sg

Articles
If you are not sure which database to use to find articles on a subject, start by searching across multiple databases. For questions or feedback, email: libresearch@smu.edu.sg

The search features of Catalogue and SMU Repository are open to the general public. Articles and other components such as Databases and E-Journals are available only to the SMU community.

SMU PYXIS had its soft launch on December 12^th and its official launch will be part of Patron’s day on February 6^th 2009. Nathanael Lee, a second year law student, submitted the winning name. PYXIS refers to a constellation that is said to have guided sailors. The judges’ selection delighted the library since it fits in so nicely with the winning object of the Li Ka Shing Foundation’s public art contest, “Sea of Learning”, which is located in front of the library.

For more information about SMU PYXIS and our Digital Library project go to http://library.smu.edu.sg or http://library.smu.edu.sg/home/dl_updates.asp

If you would like to learn how to use SMU PYXIS, sign up at http://library.smu.edu.sg/calendar/default.asp.



	Introducing ... Dear SMU Community: Do you want your library search experience to be as familiar as using Google or Amazon? Are you confused about which database to use in starting your research? Are you keen to recommend a book to your colleagues? Would you like to know which SMU faculty members have papers on your research topic? During December, while many of you were away, the Li Ka Shing Library launched its new Digital Library, SMU PYXIS, in conjunction with CIT and with feedback from many of you, SMU’s digital library has many components. What our users see are our new public faces, offering a variety of discovery tools. None of this would be possible without our also putting in place a 21^st century infrastructure to organize and manage our materials. New modules include: Catalogue If you are comfortable with results from a simple search box, you will use Catalogue, on the library home page or on OASIS. It looks and acts like a “Google” box and is also a pathway to our other services. It displays results with a new look, includes book jackets and provides you with more options. By clicking on Find out more, you will see reviews and be able to rate and write your own reviews. The Catalogue also provides tools for you to customize your library account and to view and connect to your course reserves. SMU Repository You can now search SMU intellectual assets, starting with faculty papers, by using keywords or combining terms such as author, subject and school. For questions or feedback, email: libIR@smu.edu.sg Articles If you are not sure which database to use to find articles on a subject, start by searching across multiple databases. For questions or feedback, email: libresearch@smu.edu.sg The search features of Catalogue and SMU Repository are open to the general public. Articles and other components such as Databases and E-Journals are available only to the SMU community. SMU PYXIS had its soft launch on December 12^th and its official launch will be part of Patron’s day on February 6^th 2009. Nathanael Lee, a second year law student, submitted the winning name. PYXIS refers to a constellation that is said to have guided sailors. The judges’ selection delighted the library since it fits in so nicely with the winning object of the Li Ka Shing Foundation’s public art contest, “Sea of Learning”, which is located in front of the library. For more information about SMU PYXIS and our Digital Library project go to http://library.smu.edu.sg or http://library.smu.edu.sg/home/dl_updates.asp If you would like to learn how to use SMU PYXIS, sign up at http://library.smu.edu.sg/calendar/default.asp. Ruth A Pagell, University Librarian Li Ka Shing Library http://library.smu.edu.sg/home/home.asp Email:library@smu.edu.sg Tel: 6828 0355 Fax: 6822 8083


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