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Last Updated: Dec 02, 2025     Views: 1665

Course Readings are materials selected by teaching staff for a specific course and made available to students either online or in print. They may include: 

  • Digital content- e-books, journal articles from licensed databases subscribed by NUS Libraries
  • Scanned extracts-pdf files of book chapters, journal articles such as one chapter or up to 10% of a book or 1 journal article per issue. 
  • External links- open access materials from the internet such as public domain works or resources; titles found in NUS Library Catalogue

You can reference the the LibGuide on Course Readings for more step-by-step guidance on how to get started. 

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