Expiry date: 31 May 2021
Past News & Events
Systems of EBSCOhost eBook & Audiobooks will be upgrading from 6:00a.m. on 6 May 2021 to 1:00p.m. on 13 May 2021, users may experience some downtime of service during this period.
People's Daily - Renmin Ribao (1946 - Present) (Trial)
This newspaper resource is updated daily and is the official voice of the central government of the People’s Republic of China to announce policies and disseminate governmental, political and economic messages to the public and the world.
Expiry date: 12 May 2021
SAGE Video (Trial)
SAGE Video provides educational videos across key social science disciplines. Each collection includes a breadth of video types to support research and learning needs. The following collections are opened for trial :
- Business & Management
- Education
- Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
- Politics & International Relations
- Sociology
Expiry date: 31 May 2021
McGraw-Hill AccessEngineering (Trial)
This is an engineering reference and teaching platform covering interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools. Selected handbooks and textbooks are included.
Expiry date: 9 May 2021
Services of 1) iRead eBook 華藝多媒體電子書, 2) iRead eBook 華藝電子書, 3) 中文電子期刊服務 (CEPS) will temporarily unavailable from 15:00 - 20:00 on 10 April 2021.
Engineering Case Studies Online (Trial)
This resource includes videos and text material focusing on engineering failures and successes covering documentaries, accident reports, equipment, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions around the world.
Expiry date: 30 Apr 2021
O'Reilly for Higher Education (Trial)
O’Reilly for Higher Education aims to prepare users for future careers and encourage lifelong learning with access to over 42,000 ebooks and 30,000 hours of videos/tutorials in a wide range of topics in business and technology. It also covers case studies from companies such as Uber, Netflix and Microsoft to prepare students for real-life scenarios once employed.
PS: This trial is opened to users whose institution email address is "@polyu.edu.hk" ONLY. Please find the below steps for reference:
- Please select "Not Listed? Click here." from the "Select your institution" list.
- Please enter your academic institution email (@polyu.edu.hk)
- Click "Let's Go" button
Expiry date: 12 May 2021
SAGE Research Methods Video - Market Research (Trial)
This video collection covers a range of essential qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods for data collection and analysis for market research. It includes video types such as expert interviews, tutorials, in-practice videos, video case studies, documentaries and lectures.
Expiry date: 31 May 2021
SAGE Research Methods Video - Practical Research and Academic Skills (Trial)
This video collection offers support on the practical skills that researchers need to complete their research. It covers key areas such as writing a research proposal, planning and designing a research project and securing ethical approval. Skills such as project management, writing for publication, presenting work, and building networks are also presented through explanatory videos.
Expiry date: 31 May 2021