Past News & Events

Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases (Trial)

News Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 16:18

Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases is a curated digital collection of over 300 peer-reviewed, real-world cases for fashion business education. It aims to equip the next generation of industry professionals with essential business skills by immersing them in genuine commercial scenarios that address contemporary challenges such as sustainability, technology, ethics, and leadership.

It covers key topics including branding, buying, marketing, merchandising, sustainability, product development, consumer behaviour, textiles, entrepreneurship, and supply chain management. This resource encourages students to analyze complex situations, evaluate strategic alternatives, and propose actionable solutions, more effectively honing their analytical, evaluative, and communication skills in preparation for successful careers in fashion.

Expiry date: 31 March 2026

AI-Powered Academic Search: Explore these new tools!

News Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 15:52

 

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.
  • LeapSpace integrates Scopus AI and ScienceDirect AI into a unified, secure platform, enabling researchers to explore literature, generate evidence‑based insights, compare experimental methods, and accelerate discovery with trusted content from Elsevier’s publications and transparent sources.
  • 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. (Note: From April 2026, ScienceDirect AI transitions to LeapSpace, platform for AI-powered searches of ScienceDirect and Scopus content.)
  • 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!

Manhua Digital Archive (Trial)

News Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 15:49

The Manhua Digital Archive presents a comprehensive collection of the state-sponsored magazine Manhua, from the first issue, comprising 164 issues. This magazine was founded by Mi Gu and published monthly in the People's Republic of China through the 1950's.

The archive captures the magazine's evolution, starting from its graphic calls-to-action for the Korean War effort, illustrating domestic campaigns such as land reform from 1953, and then focusing on encouraging people to join Great Leap Forward activities from 1958.

Throughout the decade, Manhua consistently focused on themes of resisting imperialism and solidarity across socialist movements.

Note: Please access the full-text content using Edge or Chrome.

Expiry date: 2 March 2026

設計學專題庫 (Trial)

News Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 13:25

設計學專題庫整合了90餘種學術期刊與200多個國際會議, 同時涵蓋其他多出版類型學術文獻。學科內容範圍包括設計歷史與理論、環境設計、工業設計、視覺傳達與媒體設計、信息與交互設計、手工藝設計、染織與服裝設計、陶瓷藝術設計及藝術與科技等領域，旨在為相關領域的研究人員提供學術支持。

Expiry date: 4 March 2026

The Chinese Soviet Republic (Trial)

News Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - 09:17

The Chinese Soviet Republic comprises nearly 2,500 records from 1922 to 1956, with a significant focus on the period between the establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic (CSR) in November 1931 and its collapse in 1934 due to the Kuomintang (KMT) Army’s encirclement campaign. This collection includes constitutions, directives, resolutions, denunciations, military reports, and court decisions that reflect the struggle to maintain the CSR during wartime.

Expiry date: 2 March 2026

中國古生物地層知識庫 (Trial)

News Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 10:51

《中國古生物地層知識庫》以《中國古生物誌》、《中國古脊椎動物誌》和《中國各門類化石》等權威古生物學與地層學專著為內容基礎，將文本數位化並形成結構化資料庫。具備對物種與地層資訊、理論知識、術語解釋進行瀏覽、檢索、篩選的功能，並將各子庫的相關資訊進行互鏈以方便追索，為相關專業的科研與生產工作者提供知識服務。

Expiry date: 31 March 2026

中國生物誌庫 (Trial)

News Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 10:49

《中國生物誌庫》現已收錄了中國近10萬種現生生物物種，包括所有的植物類群（苔蘚植物、蕨類植物、裸子植物和種子植物）、動物類群（昆蟲、鳥、魚、哺乳動物）、藻類（淡水藻、海藻）、菌物（真菌、黏菌、卵菌）及海洋生物。 不僅服務於大學和研究機構，為生物學、農學、林學、中醫藥、生態學、地學、環境、食品、海洋水產等專業的科研人員、教師和學生提供權威、前沿的知識服務。

Expiry date: 31 March 2026

歷代進士登科數據庫 (Trial)

News Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 10:46

《歷代進士登科數據庫》內容涵蓋公元6世紀以來1300年歷代幾乎所有的進士登科人物資料，規模龐大，史料豐富，內容詳實，編排科學，具有較強的學術權威性，對於科舉史研究具有奠基性的意義，可以為文化史、政治史、教育史等領域的研究提供基礎性的支持資料。

Expiry date: 31 March 2026

西域文物考古資料庫 (Trial)

News Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 10:44

《西域文物考古資料庫》由新疆自治區文物局整理彙編，集新疆60年考古研究發現之大全，全面收錄迄今為止海內外西域文物考古的圖文資料和各項成果。 更新後現有圖書39卷，文獻資料13,000餘條，7萬多幅珍貴圖片，資料庫不僅提供了考古、歷史和文物保護等專業相關的研究資料，同時收錄文物的地貌、氣候等自然環境及社會變遷等諸多內容，全景式反映西域獨特的中外融合的人文景觀。
資源囊括新疆古遺址、古墓葬、古建築、石窟寺及石刻、近現代重要史跡等10,000餘處不可移動文物。 文物資料涉及新疆原始社會新石器時代文化、「絲綢之路」、古代少數民族考古文化、樓蘭古國、新疆佛教、伊斯蘭文化及基督教在新疆的發展歷史等。 文物體例描述均按位址與位置、環境狀況、簡介、保存狀況、備註等條目，同時附有文物高解析照片、採集點位置圖及與周圍文物點相對位置圖。

Expiry date: 31 March 2026

絲綢之路西域文獻史料輯要數據庫 (Trial)

News Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 10:41

《絲綢之路西域文獻史料輯要數據庫》是“一帶一路”發展研究文獻史料的巨著，集絲綢之路核心區域中外文獻資料之大成，係從世界各地近百家圖書館、檔案館、博物館、文史館、資料室、研究機構、出版機構和個人收藏者的萬餘種有關西域的文獻和檔案史料中徵集、蒐集、整理後精編而成的珍稀文獻數據庫產品。
全庫分古代文獻、民國文獻兩大部分，共391卷。其中《紅山碎葉》、《補過齋文牘》、《補過齋文牘續編》、《補過齋日記》等許多資料都是首次公開面世的珍貴文獻。全庫匯集了從漢代到民國時期所有具備文獻價值、學術價值、參考價值、研究價值、傳承價值的西域文獻史料，內容涉及古代和近現代政治、經濟、貿易、文化、地理、人文、考古、探險、民族、民俗、古代軍事等各個方面。

Expiry date: 31 March 2026

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