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Designated research books for Research Projects
Faculty members may borrow designated research books procured under a publicly funded research project until the conclusion of the project, and they may extend the loan period beyond the project expiry date if necessary. Designated research books shall be returned to the Library’s collection and made available to the general public upon conclusion of the project or expiry of the loan.
NCHU Library: Open Access (OA) Journals
Open access (OA) means free access to information and unrestricted use of academic resources on the Internet.
You can use a variety of tools to check whether a journal is open access or is actually a predatory journal before submitting your paper.
The Library provides information on publishing fee discounts for OA journals. Please read the relevant instructions if you are inter
Part-Time Work and Teaching Engagements (Full-Time Assistants)
Full-time assistants are prohibited from taking up another project or position, unless the sponsoring agency (or unit) of the project they work on has no restrictions on part-time engagements and the necessary administrative approval procedures have been completed.
Journal of NCHU Physical Education Research
The Journal of NCHU Physical Education Research is a peer-reviewed annual publication that provides a platform and communication channel for academic discourse in physical education and sports science. We are calling for papers in the field of physical education and sports science, and submissions are reviewed as they are received. You can download free electronic copies of the journal, a format guide, submission guidelines, the copyright release letter, and the peer-review response form here.
Varsity Team Tryouts and Coaching
Each University varsity team holds tryouts to recruit new players. Depending on their student status, members of a varsity team may receive physical education credits for time spent in training. The number of required physical education courses is as follows:n1. Students selected for athletic achievements: Such students must participate in varsity team training, activities, and competitions or assist in department-organized athletic events (coach’s approval required) in their first three academic years (six consecutive semesters) at NCHU and must obtain a passing grade in order graduate (applicable to students admitted in or after Academic Year 2015–16). However, students whose sport does not correspond with any varsity team of the University may be exempt from the preceding restriction and may select physical education courses as regular students do.
2. Regular students who make a varsity team are subject to a trial period for their first semester on the team (during this time, they are not considered formal members of the team and must select physical education courses as normal students do). Only after passing a test by the coach may they be officially recognized as a team member and receive physical education credits for time spent training, which may be combined with the course credits they have already obtained. Students who accrue 4 semesters’ worth of physical education credits are eligible to graduate. Varsity team members are obligated to assist the Office of Physical Education and Sports in organizing sports competitions and events.
Textbook Service
Textbook Service allows the NCHU faculty to submit textbook requests to the Library. It aims to work with instructors to make assigned textbooks available to students. Patrons can refer to the textbook lists through the Library’s website as well. To ensure that course resources are as accessible as possible, the designated textbooks can only be checked out for a short loan period. Print books can be borrowed for 14 days and multimedia items offer a 5-day loan. Renewals are not permitted.
Turnitin Originality Check System
Turnitin contains more than 99 billion webpages, 1.8 billion student papers, and 89 million scholarly articles.
Features:
*Compare faculty and student works, reports, and assignments to existing pieces of writing in its database.
*Produce a similarity report with a similarity score percentage.
* Help authors to verify the originality and quality of their writing before official publication.
* Review whether any citations are missing.
This section includes:
Graduate student school-leaving procedure
Account application
User manual and handbook
FAQs
Point of contact by college
Course Reserves
Professors may reserve reference materials for their courses. These may include books, periodicals, multimedia materials, journal articles, electronic resources, or self-made materials.Students can use the WebPAC’s “Course Reserves” function to look up and read materials for the current semester.To access course reserve materials, please present your student ID at the 1F Reference Information Desk or the 3F Multimedia Center and provide the name of the course and instructor.Please follow the usage guidelines so that more students are able to utilize course reserve materials.
Resources: The LibGuides Platform
To fully utilize the Library’s collections, we employ the LibGuides system to create catalogues tailored to individual departments and graduate institutes so as to meet their different teaching and research needs, develop and customize collection utilization guides, and facilitate timely access to resources by faculty members and students as they work on their academic writings and research projects.