The university’s library was founded in 1921. At present, it covers a total floor space of 22,000 m2. The library has a collection of 2.5 million volumes with half a million of them in foreign languages. Each year, it collection grows each year by more than 100,000 volumes. The academic strength of the university is shown in some way by the books and materials collected in the library: economics, business management, philosophy, history, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, Southeast Asia studies and Taiwan research. The library has so far purchased or leased more than 40 domestic and overseas databases for complete original literature and indexes with annotations. Web of Science and other major science and technology databases in the world can also be accessed. There are more than 10,000 e-journals in foreign languages and 8,000-plus e-journals in Chinese available for university LAN users. The volume of data stored in the library server has reached 8TB. You can visit the university digital library at http://library.xmu.edu.cn/ |
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