News

Opening hours and loan period during spring break(2/17-4/6)

Opening hours during spring break(2/17-4/6)

  Period Opening hours Loan hours
Central

Weekdays
Sat,Sun,National holidays

System transition from Lexis.com to Lexis Advance.

Legal database Lexis.com will be transited to Lexis Advance.
For this reason, the University of Tsukuba Library will start to make a transition from Lexis.com to Lexis Advance in January 2017. The work is scheduled to be completed by the end of February 2017. (Even after the transition, both Lexis.com and Lexis Advance interfaces will be available for a while.)

【2017/02/09 Additional Information】
The registration procedure was completed on 8th February.

Looking for New Learning Advisers in 2017

We are looking for the graduate students as New Learning Adviser of the Central Library in 2017. All the applicants for Learning Adviser should be able to speak, read and write the Japanese language.
*Application period: January 4th to January 31st, 2017.

中央図書館ラーニング・スクエアの中核、学生サポートデスクのスタッフである「ラーニング・アドバイザー」について、
平成29年4月から平成30年2月まで働いていただける方を募集します。[募集締切:2017年1月31日(火)]
学生の学習支援に興味のある大学院生の皆様、ぜひご応募ください!

Oxford English Dictionary(OED) Online added to the library e-resource collection.

We have purchased the Oxford English Dictionary(OED) online.
(Available as a trial until March 31, 2017, as a subscription database from April 1.)

The OED Online is the most authoritative and comprehensive record of the English language in the world,
tracing the evolution and use of more than 600,000 words through over 3 million quotations.

Website:http://www.oed.com/
User Guide(PDF)

 

Library User Survey (Dec.8-9)

To Library User

  • DATE:8th ~9th Dec. 2016 9:00~20:00
  • PLACE:Central library(Main building-2nd floor mainly)
  • OUTLINE: Survey of library user behavior(by the library staff with color mark in their arm)
  • Please agree to the terms below;
    1. Survey staff will ask you co-operation for the survey.
      *If not acceptable, say “No”.
    2. Survey staff will record your behavior in the library.

Year-end & new year holidays closure and change of the loan period of the books

The Library will be closed during Year-end/New Year Holidays

12/29(Thu.)-1/3(Tue.)

Change of library hours

Library hours will be changed on 1/4 - 1/9.

  Date Opening hours
Central

1/4-1/6
1/7-1/9

The second Learning Advisers' Workshop: Let’s get “Gakushin-DC"

The workshop will be held on December 7th at the Learning Square of the Central Library.
It will be conducted by Learning Advisers who work for the Student Support Desk.
It starts at 18:15. The working language of the event is Japanese.
Please feel free to join the discussion.

DATE: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
TIME: 18:15 - 19:45
PLACE: Learning Square of the Central Library (Chat frame C)
LECTURER: Yutaka Nibu (URA, University of Tsukuba), Masayo Shindo (URA, University of Tsukuba), and some others.