花木蘭數位資料庫主要包含以下三大系列：
(一) 中國傳統文化研究系列: 收錄近三十年來中國傳統文化研究的六類重要學術著作, 近三千七百餘冊
(二) 臺灣歷史與文化研究輯刊: 收錄近二十年來有關臺灣歷史與文化研究的重要學術論著, 近四百冊
(三）中國現當代文化與文學研究系列: 收錄有關民國時期及人民共和國時期之文學論著, 近四百冊
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試用版僅開放瀏覽「中國傳統文化研究系列」回溯編全文共100篇，以及「中國現當代文化與文學研究系列」全文共100篇。
Expiry date: 5 June 2026
The Hongkong News Online, printed on the abandoned presses of the South China Morning Post, offers an unfiltered view of the voice and mindset of the Japanese administration during the occupation of Hongkong. It started publication on December 31, 1941, six days after the Christmas Day surrender of the British Crown Colony and lasting until August 17, 1945, the day the Shōwa Emperor’s rescript ordered Japanese forces to surrender to the Allies.
This collection comprises over 5,000 full-text-searchable pages from the SOAS (University of London) holdings, tracing Japan’s trajectory from imperial overlord to abject defeat while covering large-scale internment, wartime propaganda, assurances of certain victory, and Japan’s specific vision for a Japanese-led East Asia, providing a rare, "unvarnished" look into the Japanese administration’s mindset.
The collection begins with volume 30; the first 29 volumes likely never existed or have not survived, as the newspaper initially functioned as a "shell publication" prepared in anticipation of the imminent Japanese occupation from September 1941.
Noted: Access is limited to viewing files only during the trial.
Expiry date: 31 May 2026
The Hongkong Weekly Press Online collection comprises approximately 15,000 full-text searchable pages from the Hongkong Weekly Press, an English-language weekly newspaper published between 1890 and 1945, with the online collection focusing on the issues published in the years 1920–1929.
Key Topics and Content Covering: The primary source documents the aftermath of the May 30th Incident (1952) in Shanghai, the subsequent violence in Guangzhou, and the Canton–Hong Kong strike, during which approximately 250,000 workers paralyze the colony’s public services. These events led to the “Christmas Truce” of 1926 and a long-term decline of British influence in East Asia.
Noted: Access is limited to viewing files only during the trial.
Expiry date: 31 May 2026
ckbk is an essential resource for culinary professionals and researchers, offering a curated collection of over 1,000 fully searchable cookbooks with more than 170,000 recipes. It is accessible via web or mobile app.
Key content includes an international selection of trusted cookbooks spanning cultures and eras, extensive professional and reference materials, detailed information on ingredients and cooking styles, food history, nutritional search filters for specific dietary needs, and automated US/metric unit conversion.
Researchers can use this database to support their own projects and curriculum development, while key functions allow users to search and filter by diet, complexity, or cuisine, create personal collections with private notes, and take advantage of automatic unit conversion.
Expiry date: 30 Apr 2026
Aeronautics and Space Flight: Global Origins of Modern Aviation and Rocketry is a fully searchable, digitized collection of primary source documents on aerospace engineering, rocketry, and aviation from 1957 to 1995. The collection supports a wide range of STEM and humanities disciplines. Thus, researchers can easily explore topics such as satellite communications, astrophysics, and wartime technology.
The collection also includes the Global Origins of Modern Science and Technology series, which includes related collections on bioethics, computing, climate science, and nuclear energy. Moreover, the collection offers unique international sources, including tens of thousands of journal articles, government publications, newspapers, magazines, and translated television and radio broadcasts collected by the CIA.
This archive captures the remarkable pace of aeronautics during the Cold War era—from the military impact of B52 bombers to the Apollo 11 moon landing and the rise of commercial aviation.
Expiry date: 8 May 2026
ProQuest Central Premium is a foundational, multidisciplinary resource offering extensive full-text content from journals, magazines, news, trade publications, reports, case studies, videos, ebooks, and primary sources. It supports teaching and research across disciplines such as business, psychology, sustainability, social sciences, education, and more. It also includes ProQuest Research Assistant, an AI-powered tool that helps users refine searches, analyze documents, evaluate relevance, and receive guidance on research topics and next steps.
Expiry date: 10 Apr 2026
📍Virtual Thematic Collection & Physical Book Exhibition on P/F, Library (Until 30 April 2026)
為配合理大中華文化節，圖書館誠意呈獻書籍展覽，精選六位現代文學巨匠——魯迅、蕭紅、茅盾、巴金、梁羽生與金庸的經典書目。透過他們的書寫世界，一同追尋文學名家在香港的足跡，加深大家對國家歷史文化的共鳴。
無論你喜歡深度思辨、沉浸敘事，還是重讀經典，歡迎走進圖書館挑選心儀的書籍。透過借閱實體書或使用電子書開啟閱讀旅程，讓跨越時空的對話從此刻展開。
During the PolyU Chinese Culture Festival, the Library proudly presents a book exhibition featuring six iconic figures of modern Chinese literature — Lu Xun, Xiao Hong, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Liang Yusheng, and Jin Yong. Step into the realms of these master writers and their traces in Hong Kong, deepening our resonance with the nation’s historical and cultural heritage.
Whether you’re drawn to thought-provoking reflections, captivating narratives, or timeless classics, we invite you to visit the Library and discover a book that inspires you. Both print and e-book versions are available — let's kick-start your literary exploration that transcends time and space.
The Global & International Studies Collection is an interdisciplinary resource that explores critical political, social, and historical issues from both historical and contemporary perspectives, offering over 3.9 million pages of primary and secondary materials including government documents, archival records, periodicals, news transcripts, and video footage alongside 670 periodicals and magazines, more than 260 peer-reviewed academic journals across disciplines such as sociology, economics, and political science, and 2,250 video titles featuring documentaries, interviews, and lectures that provide compelling cultural, political, and historical insights.
The collection is organized into curated thematic areas such as Aging in the Modern World, Border and Migration Studies Online, Colonial Legacies, Disability in the Modern World, Human Rights Studies Online, Mass Incarceration and Prison Studies Online, Revolution and Protest Online, Trade and Globalization Studies Online, and over twenty other focused collections. The collection is designed to support in-depth research by connecting past and present global challenges.
Expiry date: 22 Apr 2026
Congratulations – PolyU Library Named Finalist for the Inaugural 2026 Clarivate Library Innovation Awards
The Library is thrilled to announce that we've been selected as a finalist for the 2026 Clarivate Library Innovation Awards, in recognition of our AI and digital transformation initiatives across core functions including resource discovery, learning and research support, operational efficiency, and staff capability building.
The Clarivate Library Innovation Awards celebrate libraries that are transforming their communities through creativity, technology, and meaningful impact. Recognising excellence across the global library community, the awards honour the initiatives shaping the future of information and access. From a diverse, high-calibre pool of entries spanning across 11 countries and regions, the finalist were carefully selected by an independent panel of judges, including leaders from global library organisations. PolyU Library is one of the three finalists in IGeLU Member Category (Academic Libraries - International).
Since 2024, PolyU Library's AI transformation initiative has demonstrated how strategic, inclusive innovation — grounded in user needs, staff empowerment, and sustainable technologies — can redefine the academic library as a proactive engine of institutional advancement. By pioneering an integrated AI ecosystem, democratising automation through Agentic AI, and maintaining rigorous governance aligned with institutional mission, the Library proves our value in driving student success, research excellence, and future ready services.
Launched with more than 200,000 items from over 500 organizations worldwide, the database delivers current, evidence‑informed resources essential for research, teaching, clinical education, fieldwork, skills‑based learning, and applied research across nursing and allied health disciplines such as exercise science, nutrition, physical and occupational therapy, radiology, speech‑language pathology, audiology, behavioural and mental health, and more.
The database features timely blogs for classroom discussion and current awareness, podcasts for bringing real-world perspectives and current issues into the classroom, high-quality instructional videos for demonstrations, case studies, and skills mastery, and reports and articles for delivering guidance, surveillance, outcomes, and applied evidence, etc.
Expiry date: 6 April 2026
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