TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Information For

Research Assistant

🔸 Library Card Application

You can apply for a TMU Library Card at the Information Desk if you don't already have one.

🔸 Reading Seats

When you visit the library in Xinyi campus, please be sure to register your seat prior to use.

🔸 TMU Library Catalog

Search the catalog to ensure that the library has acquired the resources you seek. The login ID and password are the same as those used for your TMU email account.

🔸 Borrowing Terms

Books have a 30-day borrowing duration, whereas media materials (audio cassettes, compact discs, videos, and DVDs) have a 7-day loan period. Periodicals and reference items cannot be checked out.

Overdue Penalties
Lost Item
Renew and Request
Check Loan/Request Status
Intercampus Loan Service: TMUL-Xinyi ↔ TMUL-WFH ↔ TMUL-SH
Book Seeking

🔸 Public Computers

We offer over 60 computers in the areas list below:

Xinyi Campus
- Information Retrieval Area
  Located on the 3rd floor of Comprehensive Medical Building (Rear building). We also offer print and scan service here.
- E-Learning Lab
  Located on the 4th floor of Comprehensive Medical Building (Rear building). Computers only. You have to register a seat on-site before using it.
Shuangho Campus
- Information Retrieval Area
  Located on the 7th floor of Teaching & Research Building. We also offer print and scan service here.

Printers, copiers, and scanners are available on both campuses. Scanning services are free. You can pay for printing and copying with your Eazy Card, Line Pay, Apple Pay, and credit card (payWave only).

There are 3 ways to send a print request to the print server:

from the computer in the library,
email your PDF file(s) to 123cloudprint@gmail.com,
send your document(s) to Line id @977mthuv.

🔸 Reference Service

Librarians may help with research and can give advice on how to search for certain library resources.

🔸 Off-Campus Access

Staff can access databases both within the library and remotely. To access remotely, you must first connect to TMU-VPN.

🔸 Connect to TMU Wifi

The Office of Information Technology provides a BYOD WIFI Registration Service for current TMU students, staff, and faculty. Simply register your ID and mobile devices (including laptops), and you will not need to log in to TMU WIFI each time.

🔸 Library Instructions and Learning Materials

The Library offers many instruction sessions and materials for TMU students and Faculty, including...

⚫ Recommend a Purchase

If a book or other resource you need is not available in the library, we are pleased to attempt to source or purchase it for you. We welcome recommendations from students and faculty and will consider all suggestions within budget constraints.

🟡 Access E-resources

Over 25,000 articles, 90,000 ebooks, and over 130 databases are available for you.

Find a specific resource
You can login with your TMU email account and use A-Z to find and access the e-resources.
Quick search
This tool efficiently searches multiple item types. To get full text or detailed information on search results, remember to connect to TMU-VPN before accessing.

⚫ Document Delivery Services

Rapid ILL (About the service、Rapid ILL System）
NDDS (About this service、NDDS System)

🟡 Borrow from Another Library

🟡 Discussion Room

Current TMU students and staff can book discussion rooms for group work and discussions. Six rooms are set in the library (Xinyi campus only), and reservations can be made up to 7 days in advance.

🟡 Academic Writing

About Open Access(Open Access)
Journal Publishing Discounts
We offer BMC, ACS and Elsevier publishing discount for you.
Indicators for research evaluation
Writing Principles of Submission Unit
Citation manager: EndNote
Plagiarism Checker: Turnitin
Find the Journal Impact Factor, category, rank
Before accessing the database, don't forget to connect to TMU-VPN first when you are off campus.

Last updated: 2024-06-05

🔸 General Regulations