Featured Resources for Faculty of Engineering
Henry Stewart Talks. Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection
The collection contains over 2,400 lectures and talks by world leading experts in the biomedical and life sciences areas. Lectures are appropriate for research scientists, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates. You may search or browse the talks by subjects, speakers and institutions. Transcripts and printable handouts are also available for all talks in the database.
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Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (via ProQuest)
This database collects over 3,000 titles in the aeronautics and aerospace engineering areas. Around 1,100 titles are peer-review scholarly journals with full text. Apart from this, it also covers trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database is part of the Proquest SciTech premium collection.
In addition to the topic description, Credo also provides a Mind Map for each topic, which helps expand the vocabulary in a given area. You may see Artificial Intelligence as an example. To learn the key topics covered in Credo’s Technology & Engineering, please refer to this guide Technology in Credo.
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Media Resources
超级工程. II = China's Mega Project. 2
[TA636 .C552 2017 DVD]
本紀錄片共四集，包括：中國路、中國橋、中國車、中國港。主要介紹改革開放30多年來，中國建設了世界上最大的高速公路網路；架設了眾多全球技術難度最高的橋樑；建成了世界最長的高速鐵路里程，甚至超越了全球其他地區的總和；世界吞吐量排名前十的港口，有七個位於中國。
Volvo Cars: Designing for Innovation & Safety
[TS171 .I52 v.5 DVD]
Volvo's dream is for a crash free future….but how do you design innovative safety systems for the cars of tomorrow without compromising the aesthetic? With unparalleled access to their chief designer and engineer, we get to look around the world's most advanced crash-testing facility, finding out about: the drivers for innovation behind Volvo's new concept car; the role of the Volvo brand in product design; how testing, both physical and virtual, aid product design; and how engineers and designers work together to ensure the integration of new safety features into the overall design.
New Additions & Trial Databases
China and the World Ancient and Modern Silk Road
[Expiry: 31 Dec 2018]
New journal published by World Scientific Publishing Company.
Gale Business Collection
[Expiry: 31 Dec 2018]
A business resource mainly for undergraduates which covers business and trade publications in the areas of accounting, economics, finance, marketing and management with a selection of international, US and regional news publications.
Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine
[Expiry: 31 Dec 2018]
New journal published by World Scientific Publishing Company.