Hi, I’m Sarah! I'm your librarian. The library comprises a set of bookshelves.
The library is fully online and free to use. The books are all electronic books that you can navigate using your browser. To browse the library, please click on the bookshelves you want to go to. When you go into it, use your browser’s left arrow to get back to the main menu.
Otherwise, it’s much like a regular paper library:
There are lots of different books, and they are not collated into one big encyclopedia.
Some books are very short and some are much longer.
Titles normally represent the actual topic of the book.
I divide a bookshelf into two bookshelves when I think it is too full to find things easily. Even so, you might need to browse around to find what will be most useful to you.
Some books on similar topics have different information.
Different books look different on your screen.
Some books are newer, some are older. When I notice that a book is out of date, I usually either get it updated or throw it out.
A few books are connected by hyperlinks, like having a reference in one book to another book.
Some resources (and some individual pages) can be used for online training simply by linking to them.
By the way
Many of our books are laid out like this. The gray squares with italicized print are section headings, and the others are links. To get a chapter, simply click on any of the gray squares that are not italicized.
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WU attempts to provide open source textbooks for all units currently taught in the language of instruction. This has several benefits:
WU can easily edit, translate, and update textbooks, with a priority of units to be taught.
Students get textbooks for free. Textbook prices can’t change, and students don’t have to pay for textbooks in international currencies.
It avoids the problems related to traditional commercial paper textbooks. We don’t have problems with supply, because our books can't go out of print. We also avoid delivery problems; the book always arrives on time, without import tax for crossing national boundaries.
Library users can download PDF sources. Html sources are best viewed online.
WU provides some selected open source journal articles in the library.
The library includes some relevant international standards as needed.
WU is improving language coverage in Indonesian.
Other than that, students can use Google Scholar and Sinta for recent primary sources.
