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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.
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
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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
SAGE Research Methods Video - Data Science, Big Data Analytics, and Digital Methods (Trial)
This video collection covers data science methods, issues and challenges surrounding big data research, with examples and applications of computational social science research.
Expiry date: 31 May 2021
SAGE Research Methods Video - Core (Trial)
This video collection covers the entire research methods and statistics curriculum through tutorials, case study videos, expert interviews, and more.
Expiry date: 31 May 2021
BBC Horizon Collection (Trial)
The BBC Horizon television program reveals the science behind a broad range of topics, including astronomy, physics, mathematics, the environment, disease and more.
Expiry date: 30 Apr 2021