e-Bulletin (Jun 2022, Issue 158)

Featured Resources for Faculty of Engineering

Self-learning Courses by DataCamp

Engineering students and researchers are increasingly expected to develop data skills in a data-driven world now. With the right tools, your data can be managed more effectively and efficiently. The Library has subscribed to DataCamp, an online self-learning platform which provides a wide range of data science training courses with different tools including:
 
DataCamp
 


E-books Collections by O’Reilly

The collection provides technological books and video tutorials which demonstrate fundamental principles and applications in engineering. Explore the e-book by subjects:
 
O'Reilly
 

Media Resources

Online Video Collections by Kanopy

The platform provides access to online documentaries and educational films for engineering, technology and other disciplines. Explore the videos by subjects:
 
Kanopy
 

New Additions and Trial Databases

 
Trial Databases:

JSTOR journal and primary sources temporary expanded access

[Expiry: 30 Jun 2023]
To support libraries during the COVID-19 crisis, JSTOR has opened up free access to all Archive Journal Collections, Thematic Collections and Primary Sources Collections.
 

Nursing Reference Center Plus

[Expiry: 30 Jun 2022]
This evidence-based reference tool provides clinical resources to nurses, directly at point-of-care. It covers nursing skills with videos, management topics, care plans and more.
 

SpringerMaterials

[Expiry: 3 Jul 2022]
SpringerMaterials provides curated data and interactive functionalities for visualizing and analyzing data to support research in materials science, physics, chemistry, engineering, and other related fields.
It includes the Landolt-Börnstein Collection (1961-2019) which covers the following subject groups:
  • Group I: Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Atoms
  • Group II: Molecules and Radicals
  • Group III: Condensed Matter
  • Group IV: Physical Chemistry
  • Group V: Geophysics
  • Group VI: Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Group VII: Biophysics
  • Group VIII: Advanced Materials and Technologies

SpringerProtocols

[Expiry: 15 Jul 2022]
SpringerProtocols (1980-2021) provides procedural methods in the design and implementation of experiments. It covers the safety, bias, procedures, equipment, statistical methods, reporting, and troubleshooting standards to be used in order to successfully conduct the experiments.
Most of the protocols are taken from the following book series:
  • Biological Methods
  • Methods in Biotechnology
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Methods in Molecular Medicine
  • Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Neuromethods
  • Springer Protocols Handbooks

中文期刊全文數據庫 Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949)

[Expiry: 12 Jul 2022]
Note: Library had acquired Vol 1-5, Vol 6-12 are currently on trial
 

百年華文書庫

[Expiry: 31 Dec 2022]
Collection: 本土文學