Research Data Management is essential in your research process. The Library has implemented new services for our PolyU researchers.

1. Refine your Metadata with TurboCurator!
   

   After inputting your dataset’s basic metadata in the PolyU Research Data Repository, TurboCurator uses AI to suggest enhanced titles, descriptions, and keywords. 

   A comprehensive metadata makes your dataset more discoverable and FAIR—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.

   Learn more about TurboCurator in our Library Guide!

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2. Try Out our Data Management Plan Service!
   

   A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a comprehensive document that outlines how you will manage your research data throughout a project. It helps you stay organized and is often required by funding agencies.

   Further strengthening the University’s open access policy, the Library now offers a DMP Service on the DMP Tool online platform, available to all PolyU staff and students.

   Check out the Library Guide for more details!

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To enhance the intelligence, efficiency and credibility of your research process, the Library has subscribed to additional AI-powered research tools within key scholarly resources.

• CNKI AI combines CNKI’s extensive literature database 中國知網 with AI capabilities to support your entire research journey—from discovering literature to writing and originality checks.
• Consensus synthesises findings from over 200 million peer-reviewed papers with AI-powered features like the Consensus Meter and evidence-based summaries, helping you quickly understand scientific agreement on research questions.
• ScienceDirect AI integrates Elsevier’s vast collection of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with AI features like natural language search, smart summaries, and comparative analysis, helping you explore and synthesise scientific literature with ease.
• Web of Science Research Assistant leverages GenAI and advanced agentic AI to accelerate literature reviews, identify trends, and build comprehensive research strategies with dynamic visualisations and guided walk throughs.

Learn more about these databases and other GenAI tools available to support your research on our LibGuide AI-Powered Academic Search in PolyU Library.

We’ll be introducing more tools soon, so be sure to look out for our announcements!

Art & Architecture Source is a comprehensive research database from EBSCO providing access to 448 active full-text art journals and magazines, and a collection of more than 14,000 indexed art dissertations and more than 552,000 indexed art reproductions.

It covers a wide range of subjects, including advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, ceramics, contemporary art, costume design, crafts, decorative arts, drawing, fiber art, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, non-Western art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video art.

Expiry date: 28 February 2026

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global offers a truly international perspective on academic research, providing access to over six million records, including four million full-text documents. From North America and Europe to Asia and beyond, it delivers a comprehensive view of the global scholarly landscape.

Note: The Library has subscribed to the subset A: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (A&I) and subset B: The Sciences and Engineering Collection (Full text). The subset A: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (Full text) is currently under trial.

Expiry date: 11 February 2026