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  • 2024-03-17

    Book Recommendation #9

    Noise: Living and Leading When Nobody can Focus Author: Joseph McCormackCall Number: BF323.D5 M33 2020 This book is a practical manual that explores how to maintain focus in the age of information overload. The author outlines the problem of information interference and its impact, sharing practical and easy-to-implement strategies for "noise elimination" with readers. In addition to the author’s professional research and insights, the book includes illustrations, making it engaging for readers…
  • 2024-03-14

    Subscription of SAGE Business Cases

    The WKU Library has subscribed to SAGE Business Cases. It is listed on the Library’s Database A-Z page.   SAGE Business Cases database provides access to more than 2,000 business case studies, which cover a variety of topics and industries focusing on global brands and companies. The subjects covered include marketing, human resource management, leadership, etc.   Case studies also provide teaching notes, which involve teaching objectives, teaching plans, and many more. These notes are only avai…
  • 2024-03-09

    Book Recommendation #8

    How to think about weird things: critical thinking for a new age Author: Theodore Schick Jr., Lewis VaughnCall Number: BC177 .S35 2024 In today's information explosion, we are exposed to a great deal of information every day, choose to believe some of it, and use it as a basis for deciding our behavior. Critical thinking can guide beliefs and actions, so critical thinking is an indispensable way of thinking for contemporary people. This book explores how to analyze and understand various strange…
  • 2024-03-03

    Book Recommendation #7

    The Joy Luck Club Author: Amy Tan Call Number: PS3570.A48 T36 1989 The Joy Luck Club is the story of four Chinese immigrant women and their four American-born daughters. Mothers experienced unhappy marriages under the moral oppression of the old Chinese society. They hope the next generation can take control of their lives and pursue self-worth. By describing the conflict and generation gap caused by different values between mothers and daughters, this book reflects the collision and compatibili…
  • 2024-01-10

    Notice: Electronic Resources Updatesa

    According to the evaluation of current databases and the patrons’ needs for new databases, the WKU Library adjusted the subscription of electronic resources as follows:   Update of CSMAR The WKU Library has increased the number of sub-databases on CSMAR. 52 sub-databases are available now. CSMAR is a comprehensive research-oriented database focusing on Chinese Finance and Economy.   The newly subscribed sub-databases are listed below. The more details of sub-databases can be found on the CSMAR…
  • 2024-01-09

    Exciting News on New Books at WKU Library

    Dear WKUers!   Happy New Year!As we gear up for the winter holiday, a big shout-out to all of you for making our library awesome year-round.   Guess what? We've got more than 8000 new books in the library, including books recommended by readers at the 2023 book fair! From academic publications to recreational readings, there's something for everyone. So, before you're chilling during the Spring Festival, why not swing by and check out our new arrivals? Feel free to borrow anything that catches…
  • 2024-01-03

    New Year Booklist | New Arrivals #6

    WKU library has prepared not only a Chinese New Year booklist but also a foreign New Year booklist for all patrons. There are 20 new books in this recommendation. We recommend them through five categories. Let's have a look at some of them! Academic and Professional Development The secret syllabus: a guide to the unwritten rules of college successAuthor: Jay Phelan, Terry BurnhamCall No.: LB2343.32 P54 2022 In this book, two Harvard Ph.D. professors provide students with the language and tools t…
  • 2023-12-21

    New Arrivals | New Year Chinese Booklist

    The ticking countdown to 2023 has less than ten days remaining.  It's time to look back. Regardless of how your past reading journey unfolded, the new year is always a fresh beginning, opening a brand-new page for the possibilities of reading. ​The library has prepared an opening-year booklist for all readers.  (Some books will be presented in a surprise blind box, all readers can attend interactive activity through the WeChat Platform article) The Elephant in the UniverseAuthor: Govert Schillin…
  • 2023-05-03

    Library Resumes Borrowing Services

    Dear patrons, We are pleased to announce that the Library is now resuming its borrowing services after a temporary suspension caused by the relocation of the collection. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please note that our borrowing services will initially be limited to items that are currently physically on the shelves. However, we will gradually expand our offerings as we organize and settle the collection into our new spaces. We kindly ask for your cooperation in adhe…
  • 2023-04-21

    World Book Day special recommendation: Annie Ernaux, the winner of 2022 Nobel Prize in literature

    Annie Ernaux, a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in 1940. She once taught at a secondary school, and become a professor at National Centre for Distance Education. Her books, A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story, have become contemporary classics in France. Annie Ernaux’s works you can get from the library online are: I Remain In Darkness An extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter’s attachment to her mother, and of both women’s strength and resiliency. I…