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Notice on the available of Textbook Bookshelf

For the convenience of instructors and students to obtain textbooks, textbook bookshelf has been set up on the first floor of the library. The books are mainly for the undergraduate courses in the campus, including biomedical, engineering, language and other disciplines. Textbooks shelved are all published by world-famous academic presses, including Cengage, Pearson, McGraw-Hill Education etc., which are wildly used by global institutions of higher learning. We’ll continuously improve our service and update the books in time. 1. Location: West side of the Library entrance 2. Rules (1) textbooks can be used only for indoor reading, temporarily cannot be loaned out. (2) Please put books back to the corresponding area of the bookshelf or put them in the return box on each floor when you finish reading. All comments or suggestions are welcome! Email:library@intl.zju.edu.cn TEL:0571-87572288 Library & Information Center Nov. 2nd, 2018

WeiXue Fair—Special Exhibition of Philosophy in Oxford Handbook

‘Knowledge is like a candle, it can illuminate a person, also can illuminate countless people.’ ——Francis Bacon Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom ") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is closely related to specific disciplines. They are based on practice and grasp the essence and laws of things through phenomena. We sincerely provide the ‘WeiXue Fair—Special Exhibition of Philosophy in Oxford Handbook’in order to deepen students' understanding of philosophy and science, feel its inner connection as well as improve their interests of learning Philosophy and Oxford Handbook. Oxford Handbook Series take specific subject area as themes, collect authoritative and latest original research articles. The articles included in each handbook are written by top experts in a specific discipline, critically examine the development of the discipline and guide the direction of debate, and lay the foundation for future research. We select ten Oxford Handbooks of philosophy to provide their introduction and recommended reading content this time, including The Oxford Handbook of Phyilosophy of Biology, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language and so on. We expect you to come! In the future, WeiXue Fair will provide several exhibitions of books in specific theme irregularly. Each exhibition will select some thoughtful and informative books to meet readers’ demands. Exhibition Theme: WeiXue Fair—Special Exhibition of Philosophy in Oxford Handbook Exhibition Time: October 31st to November 30th Location: Library Corridor on 2nd Floor, International Campus Sponsor: Library and Information Center of International Campus Library and Information Center

Notice on New Books in Campus Library

The shelving of new books in 2018 has been completed. There are 12,473 new foreign language books in total, covering biology, medicine, computer, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical automation engineering and mathematics, physics, chemistry, literature and other fields. The collection development of library is based on the goals, major setup and discipline construction of Zhejiang University International campus, and we selected books according to the needs of readers at all levels. The new books purchased this time are mainly based on the recommendation of teachers and students in the campus, and the shelving information of the recommended books has been notified to the readers by email. To build a reader-oriented collection system, the selection of books will closely focus on the development of the campus and discipline. You are all welcomed to borrow books in the library!