Look here for resources at your fingertips

When looking for information, many of us instinctively use Google. Why not? It is easily accessible even from our mobiles and provide us with quick information right at our fingertips.

As a librarian, however, we try our best to expose the public to more authoritative sources of information - and they are not found only in books either.

If you have not already heard of our eResources, now is a good place as any. Let me give you an example:

I was manning the ASK service in recent weeks when I received an enquiry from students belonging to a certain junior college in Singapore. They were looking for resources to complete their project based on revolutions in history. Rather than pointing them only to books, I encouraged them to use the database 'Modern World History Online' found in our eResources. There, they will be able to locate not only resources in text format but also images, videos, maps and charts.

And if you think this site will not be applicable to the young ones, you may very well be surprised! Introducing TumbleBooks - where picture books are read out for your young ones. As a mother myself, I say this beats watching cartoons anytime. (Note to mummys: You might also enjoy looking at the parenting eMagazines while the little one takes her afternoon nap.)

I highly recommend you to try it. And should you need help finding the appropriate database to suit your needs, you could always ASK us!

After all, we are just a call or a click away.


Cheers from
Raihana