Past News & Events

當代中文報紙數據庫 (Trial)

News Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - 09:33

《當代中文報紙數據庫》是北京數智有為科技有限公司開發的以中國當代報紙資源為主的全文資料庫系統,涵蓋各級黨報、綜合新聞類報紙、行業專業類報紙。從政治、經濟、文化、教育、民生等多個面向展現當代中國的變遷與發展。當代中文報紙資料庫提供集文獻檢索和報紙瀏覽服務為一體,在原版原式閱讀的基礎上,可實現新聞資料的深度檢索和應用。 《當代中文報紙資料庫》 已收錄中文報紙近500種,最早回溯至1949年,擁有報紙版面800萬版,新聞文獻2億條。收錄了中央級報紙20餘種,如人民日報、環球時報、中國青年報、農民日報、解放軍報、參考消息、新華每日電訊、科技日報、經濟日報、人民法院報、中國教育報、中國文化報等;省級報紙50餘種,北京日報、解放日報、廣州日報、深圳特區報、大眾日報等;行業報紙100餘種,如中國石化報、中國航空報、經濟觀察報、證券時報、中國經濟時報、中國證券報、中國經營報、證券日報、中國商報、中國醫藥報、中國體育報、中華讀書報。

Expiry date: 30 April 2026

AI-Powered Academic Search: Explore these new tools!

News Monday, January 19, 2026 - 16:24

 

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!

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Trial)

News Monday, January 19, 2026 - 09:57

The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals offers extensive coverage of both scholarly and popular literature related to architecture. Its global reach includes major series from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia, as well as publications from professional associations and regional journals in the United States.

The index features articles from leading publications such as C3 KoreaDomusDwell, and El Croquis, alongside architectural content drawn from art and planning journals like Burlington Magazine and Urban Land.

Subject areas covered include architecture, city planning (from the 1930s to the present), conservation and restoration, interior design, museums, and sustainable design.

Expiry date: 28 February 2026

Art & Architecture Source (Trial)

News Friday, January 16, 2026 - 09:54

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 One Health & Nursing (Trial)

News Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 16:18

ProQuest One Health & Nursing is a comprehensive digital resource tailored for the academic and professional healthcare community. It brings together global scholarly literature, authoritative clinical references, and practical training materials within a single, integrated platform. The resource empowers students, educators, researchers, and practitioners to investigate emerging topics, conduct rigorous research, and seamlessly connect theoretical knowledge with clinical practice.

It offers multi-format contents with below highlights:

  1. Scholarly Journals: 2,900 journals including 1,700 in active full text
  2. Nursing Skills Videos: A growing collection of regularly updated demonstration and training videos
  3. Comprehensive Source for Grey Literature: Reports, preprints, and other types of non-traditional research for more in-depth literature reviews
  4. 700 Trade Journals & Magazines: Covering the latest news from all areas in the discipline
  5. 65k Dissertations & Theses

Expiry date: 11 February 2026

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (Trial)

News Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 16:14

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

ProQuest One Visual Arts & Design (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 16:15

ProQuest One Visual Arts & Design is a resource offering a wide-ranging selection of contents in art, design, architecture, and fashion. It consolidates rare materials, leading magazine backfiles, key scholarly journals, documentary videos, and specialist indexes into a single platform. Key themes and topics include Architectural History, Art History, Arts Business/Marketing, Culture & Society, Fashion, Textiles & Dress, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Photography, and Visual Arts. The database contains over 700 key publications and more than 11.5 million full-text items, with a time span from 1860 to the present.

Expiry date: 11 February 2026

ProQuest One Sustainability (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 16:13

ProQuest One Sustainability offers a comprehensive, transdisciplinary research experience structured around essential frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the three pillars of sustainability, and the core competencies of sustainability. Created in collaboration with curriculum experts, faculty, students, continuing education learners, and librarians, this resource brings together the world’s largest and most diverse collection of sustainability-focused materials. Its content spans scholarly journals, case studies, reports, trade publications, magazines, ebooks, and more. All delivered through an interface designed specifically to support sustainability research and learning.

It offers multi-format contents with below highlights:

  1. Scholarly Journals: The latest research from 1,500+ scholarly journals in ongoing full-text, including Nature Sustainability.
  2. Selected Articles: Thousands of articles on sustainability from various disciplines such as politics, business, and current affairs.
  3. Books: A curated collection of 7,500 ebooks from publishers such as Taylor & Francis, Springer, and Emerald.
  4. Essential A&I Databases: Including AGRICOLA, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts, and Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts.
  5. Case studies: 40,000 case studies to illustrate theory and promote classroom discussion, featuring CABI Cases.
  6. Over 37,000 dissertations

Expiry date: 11 February 2026

ProQuest One Social Sciences (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 16:11

ProQuest One Social Sciences provides researchers worldwide with access to high-quality titles across regions, markets, and disciplines. The collection includes journals from top publishers such as Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and Emerald, alongside a wide range of specialist full-text publications such as dissertations, trade publications, and grey literature. Coverage spans key subject areas including anthropology, criminology, economics, international relations, library science, linguistics, political science, public policy, social work, and sociology. The solution also integrates ProQuest’s renowned abstracting and indexing databases, including Sociological Abstracts with full-text content, valued for their reliability and authority in social sciences research. The discipline-specific thesauri also enable precision searching to support literature reviews and systematic research. With more than 7,300 indexed titles and over 22.5 million records, the database supports comprehensive exploration of the social sciences.

Expiry date: 11 February 2026

ProQuest One Business (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 16:08

ProQuest One Business supports students and researchers in building the research skills through a unique business-specific interface. It centralizes authoritative, multi-format content, including scholarly journals, market & industry reports, analyst report, business news, books, videos, and case studies. It also includes unique discipline features such as Topic Pages for 4k global companies and 119 NAICS codes, and business-specific thesauri.

This database includes approximately 2,900 full-text scholarly journals, 21,000 videos, 29,000 books, 130 news sources, 30,000 case studies & business cases, thousands of reports, 2,500 magazines & trade journals, and 55,000 dissertations. These resources cover essential topics, including Accounting and Tax, Banking, Business Law, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources, Management, and Marketing.

Expiry date: 11 February 2026

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