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 

 Name
Acronym
Print Coverage
E-copy
 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

 Name
Acronym
Print Coverage
E-copy
Spring Singapore

SS

Complete

No

British Standards Institute

BS

Partial

Yes


Professional bodies

Name
Acronym
Print Coverage
E-copy
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

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