Answered By: Ask a Librarian Last Updated: Nov 28, 2016
Before the Library officially subscribes to an e-resource, a period of free trial use of the e-resource will usually be offered so that the Library could better evaluate the resource according to the usage and users can get familiar with the resource in advance.
There will be a ‘Trial’ label beside the title of a ‘trial’ resource.

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Answered By: Ask a Librarian
Last Updated: Nov 28, 2016
Before the Library officially subscribes to an e-resource, a period of free trial use of the e-resource will usually be offered so that the Library could better evaluate the resource according to the usage and users can get familiar with the resource in advance.
There will be a ‘Trial’ label beside the title of a ‘trial’ resource.
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