Provides assistance and advice to individual library patrons in obtaining documents and information:

a. Answer patrons' questions of finding materials from library's collections and accessing to the catalogs. Collections include printed books and periodicals, microforms, electronic databases, etc.

b. Help patrons in searching CD-ROM networking databases, online databases and Internet resources and provide reports which indicate the citation of their theses.

c. Provide current awareness update service.

d. Introduce library services to patrons.

Please refer to Hu Juan, Li YongFang for more details.
E-mail: wenxian@bjut.edu.cn

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2.Interlibrary Loan

Services provided:
· Copying articles owned by Beijing University of Technology Library
· Copying journal articles, standards, patents, conference papers and technical reports from other domestic or overseas libraries or information agencies.
· Borrowing or ordering dissertations.
· Borrowing books from National Library of China, Documentation and Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for users of Beijing University of Technology (users out of Beijing University of Technology are restricted).

Please refer to Guo XiaoJing for more details.
E-mail: wenxian@bjut.edu.cn

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3.Online Database Retrieval Service

The Library provides access to various online databases such as DIALOG, STN, etc. Trained librarians plan and execute searches of databases, help patrons analyze the search results.

Please refer to Hu Juan, Li YongFang for more details.
E-mail: wenxian@bjut.edu.cn

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4.Library Instructions

1.Sci-Tech Literature Searching and Utilization --A required and elective course for both under-graduates and graduates, helping them to grasp the basic skills of information retrieval and utilization through teaching and practice.

2.How to Use the Library --An elective course with the goal of helping under-graduate students to comprehend the bibliographic services provided by the library and then make the best use of the library.

3.Library offers the following regular lectures of library utilization
· Library Collections and Utilization
· CD-ROM, online web Database Searching skill.
· Electronic Journals Searching and Utilization
· New Resources and New Services of Library , etc.

Please refer to Lin TieLi, Hu Juan for more details.
E-mail: wenxian@bjut.edu.cn

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