Main Collection -- Print Collection
[ Open Shelf Books | Periodicals | Reference Materials | Reserves Collection | Standards ]
Open Shelf Books
The bulk of the library collection consists of open shelf books such as textbooks, conference proceedings, technical papers, dissertations and theses from other universities.
Periodicals
The Library subscribes to over 2,000 periodical titles in print format. Some of these periodicals titles are also available in electronic format.
Reference Materials
This consists of materials such as handbooks, dictionaries, abstracts and indexes and annual reports of public and private companies.
Reserves Collection
This collection consists of textbooks, reference texts and articles which are core reading materials related to student coursework. Selected Industrial Attachment Reports are also located in the Reserves Collection in Lee Wee Nam Library.
Borrowing course reserve materials
Course reserve materials may be borrowed for 2 hours at a time. One reserve item can be borrowed at any one time.
Overnight loan service
You can choose to borrow course reserve materials overnight. On weekdays, the overnight loan service starts two hours before the counter closing time (Semester: 7pm; Vacation: 4.30pm). For Saturdays, the overnight loan service starts at 10 am. These reserve items which are borrowed overnight must be returned to the Library by 11am the next working day.
Standards Collection
This collection consists of standards, codes of practice and specifications issued by national, international standards organisations and by professional bodies or associations.
Standards from the following organisations are available in our collection:
International standards organisations
| International Electrotechnical Commission |
IEC |
Partial |
Yes |
| International Organization for Standardization |
ISO |
Partial |
No |
| International Telecommunication Union |
ITU-T & ITU-R |
Partial |
Yes |
| European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
ETSI |
Partial |
Yes |
National standards organisations
| Spring Singapore |
SS |
Complete |
No |
| British Standards Institute |
BS |
Partial |
Yes |
Professional bodies
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IEEE |
Partial |
Yes |
| Society of Automotive Engineers |
SAE |
Partial |
Yes |
| American Society for Testing and Materials |
ASTM |
Complete (for year 1998 only) |
Yes |
| Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
SMPTE |
No |
Yes (CD ROM) |
We also have in our collection, a small selection of other standards in print, e.g.
(i) National standards
• Australian Standards,
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI),
• Canadian Standards, and
• DIN Standards (Germany)
(ii) Professional bodies
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE),
• American Society of Civil Engineers/Structural Engineering Institute (ASCE/SEI),
• American Concrete Institute (ACI),
• American Water Works Association (AWWA),
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO),
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
• Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), and
• others
Location: Lee Wee Nam Library