Thematic Highlights | Job Hunting and Further Studies

Whether you are looking for a job after graduation or want to pursue further studies, we have compiled a list of useful library resources that can help you achieve your goals.

 

Physical Book Exhibition
Join us at the Book Exhibition on the Display Wall, Library Podium Floor. You will explore a diverse collection of titles from resume writing, interview techniques, career exploration, professional development, and more. The exhibition will run until 16 June 2024.

READ@POLYU: Recommend the Common Book for 2016 & win a prize!

READ@PolyU is a campus-wide common reading programme designed to help foster a reading culture across the University. A free copy of the common book will be distributed to all PolyU full-time first-year undergraduate degree students. To create a sense of community for freshman, a series of activities such as discussion sessions, book talks and an essay contest will also be organized to enhance the reading experience.

e-Bulletin (Apr 2026, Issue 204)

Featured Resources for Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

MathSciNet is a mathematical sciences bibliographic database with literature on pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and computer science. It is maintained by the American Mathematical Society and it was launched in 1996 as the digitial successor to Mathematical Reviews. The database includes records dating back to 1940, with retro-digitised bibliographic data extending into the early 1800s. MathSciNet covers information on more than 4 million articles and books, with direct links to over 2.7 million articles in over 1,800 journals. It is featured by its vast collection of expert-written reviews, with over 90,000 new reviews added each year, providing critical assessments of new research. MathSciNet supports search by publication, author, journal, series, and the Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC).
 
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The content of MathSciNet is accessible via EBSCOhost which supports natural language search.
 
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Statista is a global data-as-a-service provider, offering an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from more than 50,000 sources across 170 industries. The key topics it covered include:
  • Consumer goods and FMCG
  • E-Commerce
  • Economy & Politics
  • Energy & Environment
  • Internet
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Transportation and logistics
  • Travel, tourism and hospitality

The platform offers downloadable statistics with visualisations and data analysis, as well as suggested insights on topics such as market trends, consumer behaviour, and e-commerce developments.

 
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The new “Research AI” feature allows users to explore statistics by asking questions in natural language. It also supports tasks like projecting future trends, helping users gain deeper insights from the data.
 
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Media Resources

Evaluating AI Responses in Bookboon

“Evaluating AI Responses” by Jocelyn Burnham provides a critical framework for assessing AI-generated content, emphasising the user’s role in verifying accuracy and identifying bias. The video focuses on strategies for mitigating bias, developing effective prompting techniques, and employing structured assessment methods to ensure accuracy and contextual relevance in AI-assisted work. It positions the technology as a collaborative learning partner rather than a substitute for human judgment.

Toolkit for a Successful AI Rollout

 

Math Fundamentals in JoVE Core

“JoVE Core: Math Fundamentals” offers a comprehensive 11-chapter digital curriculum featuring 105 animated videos tailored for undergraduate and introductory courses. The series addresses foundational topics, ranging from basic concepts such as real numbers, basic operations, and algebraic equations to more advanced subjects like polar coordinates, vectors, analytic geometry, and trigonometry. Through engaging visual demonstrations, this curriculum supports both independent study and flipped classroom methodologies.

 

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New Additions and Trial Databases

New Additions:

Audio Visual Materials | Books | Journals | PolyU Reads

 

e-Resources on Trial (Full list):

Applied Nursing and Allied Health

[Expiry: 06 Apr 2026]
Launched with more than 200,000 items from over 500 organisations 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.

IET.tv

[Expiry: 30 Jun 2026]
IET.tv is the online video platform of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), offering a wide range of multidisciplinary engineering and technology content. It serves as a crucial resource for academics, professionals, and students.

The platform features 8,500+ subtitled videos and 8,500+ videos with full transcripts. It covers key sectors, including Communications, IT, Manufacturing, Control and Automation, Power, Transport, Electronics, Management, and Healthcare Technology.

Content includes university seminars, unique teaching materials, expert interviews, and keynote presentations on advanced topics. It also provides professional development resources for continuing education, recordings from major IET and external events, as well as bite-sized news and demonstrations.

當代中文報紙數據庫

[Expiry: 30 Apr 2026]
《當代中文報紙資料庫》是一套以中國當代報紙為核心的全文資料庫系統,全面收錄各級黨報、綜合新聞類報紙及業界專業報紙,從政治、經濟、文化、教育、民生等多角度展現當代中國的變遷與發展。

此資料庫集文獻檢索與報紙瀏覽於一體,在原版原式閱讀的基礎上提供深度檢索與應用功能。目前已收錄中文報紙近500種,最早回溯至1949年,包含約800萬版報紙版面與2億條新聞文獻。

內容涵蓋中央級報紙20餘種,如人民日報、環球時報、中國青年報、解放軍報、參考消息、科技日報、經濟日報等 ; 省級報紙50餘種,如北京日報、解放日報、廣州日報、深圳特區報、大眾日報等 ; 以及行業報紙100餘種,如中國石化報、中國航空報、證券時報、中國經營報、中國醫藥報、中國體育報、中華讀書報等,為研究中國近現代社會、政策與文化提供了權威而豐富的資源。

Note: 試用範圍自2023至今之資料

e-Bulletin (Mar 2026, Issue 203)

Featured Resources for Faculty of Business

Business Source Ultimate provides full-text access to scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more.

Powered by AI, this database on the EBSCO platform supports Natural Language Search with a search query formulated for your editing. The EBSCO’s AI Insights offers concise summaries for documents, facilitating rapid review.
 
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Gale Business Insights is a comprehensive business intelligence resource that integrates authoritative reference content, full-text periodicals, proprietary data, and global market intelligence to support in-depth research on companies, industries, and markets worldwide.

You can gain deep insight on companies around the globe through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more.
 
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This database also gives you access to over 4,000 full-text publications including newspapers, trade journals, magazines, and peer-reviewed academic journals. Most used top Business publications include The Economist, The New York Times, The Guardian (London, England), and The Financial Times.
 
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Click here for more databases in Business.
 

Media Resources

Toolkit for a Successful AI Rollout in Bookboon

Many organisations struggle with AI adoption not because of the technology itself, but due to a lack of support tools. To ensure that AI investments deliver real value and transform work in ways that meet customer and stakeholder expectations, this episode explores the following key success factors:

  • Alignment with organisational culture
  • Building confidence in using new technologies
  • Clear understanding and effective use of support tools, with best practices shared across teams
  • Ongoing feedback from team members
  • Senior Leadership advocacy
  • A shared prompt library to save time and reduce duplicated effort
  • Updated role‑relevant training

Toolkit for a Successful AI Rollout

 

AI in Marketing in JoVE Business. Finance (AI-Powered)

The future of marketing is increasingly being shaped by the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which enables more personalised, efficient, and data-driven strategies. Machines equipped with AI can perform tasks that usually require human intelligence, such as learning from experience, recognising patterns, and making decisions. In marketing, this technology is employed to enhance customer engagement, streamline processes, and improve decision-making.

This episode explores how global companies like Amazon use AI in marketing, and how AI transforms customer experiences and drives business growth.

AI in Marketing

New Additions and Trial Databases

New Additions:

Audio Visual Materials | Books | Journals | PolyU Reads

 

e-Resources on Trial (Full list):

Manhua Digital Archive
[Expiry: 02 Mar 2026]

The Chinese Soviet Republic
[Expiry: 02 Mar 2026]

Stash
[Expiry: 05 Mar 2026]

Connected Papers
[Expiry: 10 Mar 2026]

ProQuest One
[Expiry: 13 Mar 2026]

Designed as modern one-stop gateways for specific disciplines, these “One” products combine unified interfaces with AI-powered enhancements.

Wolters Kluwer China Law & Reference
[Expiry: 22 Mar 2026]

Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

Gale OneFile
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

This serves as modern one-stop gateways with AI-powered features providing instant access to extensive full-text content from journals, magazines, newspapers, reference materials and more.

Gale In Content
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

This suite provides current, authoritative, media-rich databases featuring engaging topical content, seamless curriculum alignment, user-friendly mobile-responsive design and powerful discovery tools to support effective research.

Gale Power Search
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

IET.tv
[Expiry: 30 Jun 2026]

設計學專題庫
[Expiry: 04 Mar 2026]

中國近代報紙庫
[Expiry: 05 Mar 2026]

中華醫學期刊全文數據庫
[Expiry: 06 Mar 2026]

新方志
[Expiry: 06 Mar 2026]

國文天地雜誌資料庫
[Expiry: 20 Mar 2026]

中國古生物地層知識庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

中國生物誌庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

中華博物通考
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

中華文史工具書數據庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

佛學典籍文獻數據庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

典籍整理文獻數據庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

古地圖數據庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

歷代進士登科數據庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

西域文物考古資料庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

雅昌藝術圖書數據庫
[Expiry: 31 Mar 2026]

當代中文報紙數據庫
[Expiry: 30 Apr 2026]

e-Bulletin (Feb 2026, Issue 202)

Featured Resources for Powering your Research with AI

As we enter this new AI era, the Library has recently acquired several cross-disciplinary AI-powered academic search tools, including ScienceDirect AI, CNKI AI, Web of Science Research Assistant and more.

These tools are built on trusted scholarly databases and peer-reviewed content, so they provide more reliable and citable results than generic web-based AI services.

We are constantly adding new tools, so stay tuned for the latest updates on our dedicated News page!

Need specialised information? AI can help by quickly surfacing relevant, high quality literature!

Explore the following built-in AI features available in these databases:
 
Available in the new Factiva interface (toggleable from Classic Factiva), Factiva Smart Summary supports fast natural language searches, delivering instant AI-generated summaries drawn from nearly 4,000 licensed news sources across 160+ countries in 29 languages.
 
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With Statista’s Research AI, you can ask questions in natural language to instantly access its business statistics across 170+ industries and 150+ countries worldwide.
 
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APA PsycInfo contains citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, technical reports as well as dissertations in psychology and behavioural science.

To enhance literature discovery in APA PsycInfo, simply enter your PolyU email address at APA PsycInfo Research Services to enjoy the following AI-powered features in addition to semantic search:
  • Topic Mapper
    A visualisation tool that reveals connections between index terms (based on the APA Thesaurus for psychological science) and helps identify relevant works.
  • Citation Mapper
    An interactive graphical display of cited and citing documents linked to your selected record, allowing you to trace the evolution of research.
  • Explore Journal
    An interface for searching and analysing the content of a specific journal, with filtering options and insights derived from PsycInfo metrics.
Researchers can also sign up for optional weekly updates, where AI optimises content based on your personal research preferences. For full details, refer to APA PsycInfo Research Services: Your AI-Powered Research Assistant.
 
 
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For other details on available AI-Powered academic search tools for PolyU staff and students, see our LibGuide AI-Powered Search in PolyU Library.
 

Media Resources

Distinguished Lectures in Humanities: Humanities Research in a Datafied World

This talk, presented by Professor Kay O’Halloran, examines the impact of datafication and AI on humanities research, particularly in linguistics and language studies. LLMs now process text, images, video, and sound, enabling algorithmic modelling of society and culture. Also, the talk explores how humanities scholars can harness these technologies while addressing risks, drawing on examples from the University of Liverpool’s Digital Media and Society Institute, including new methods for analysing misinformation, disinformation, memes, and public responses to major events.

Distinguished Lectures in Humanities

 

AI in science: Accelerating discovery?

This seminar examines AI's role in accelerating scientific discovery, highlighting its transformative power, such as improved hurricane predictions and the AlphaFold model for protein structure prediction facilitating advances in drug safety. It also covers challenges like equitable access in low-income countries, reduced creativity, model opacity, bias, and the undervaluation of routine scientific tasks that may harbour discovery potential. The seminar advocates for transparent, collaborative, responsible human-AI partnerships and data-driven approaches to maximise research impact while ensuring responsible use, and fostering inclusive metascience.

AI in science

New Additions and Trial Databases

New Additions:

Audio Visual Materials | Books | Journals | PolyU Reads

 

e-Resources on Trial (Full list):

Sage Catalyst
[Expiry: 11 Feb 2026]

ProQuest One Highlighted Products
[Expiry: 11 Feb 2026]

Designed as modern one-stop gateways for specific disciplines, these “One” products combine unified interfaces with AI-powered enhancements.

DETAIL Inspiration
[Expiry: 26 Feb 2026]

Art & Architecture Source
[Expiry: 28 Feb 2026]

IET Inspec Products
[Expiry: 28 Feb 2026]

中國近代報紙庫
[Expiry: 05 Mar 2026]

當代中文報紙數據庫
[Expiry: 30 Apr 2026]

IET.tv
[Expiry: 30 Jun 2026]

e-Bulletin (Jan 2026, Issue 201)

Featured Resources for School of Design

Explore VADS for instant access to over 140,000 high-quality images in art, design, fashion, photography, and architecture. Curated from UK universities, museums, and archives, VADS provides freely available content for non-commercial use in teaching, learning, and research. This resource is ideal for lectures, mood boards, visual analysis, and inspiration. VADS is provided by the Library at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).
 
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Grove Art Online is an exciting gateway to trusted knowledge in the art world! It provides access to the Grove Dictionary of Art, an authoritative online encyclopaedia covering the visual arts. You can find scholarly, up-to-date articles on artists, art movements, terminology, genres, and global art history. With engaging artist biographies, stunning images, and valuable articles, this resource is perfect for your assignments, research, and teaching adventures!
 
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Explore other databases for School of Design here.
 

Media Resources

Alreadymade = 現成藝術

[NX550.Z9 A47 2025 DVD]

“杜象《噴泉》被譽為史上最具影響力的現代藝術品,這個充滿挑釁意味的現成小便斗,不費吹灰之力在藝壇投下震撼彈,從此改寫藝術史。真是天才手筆,抑或行銷噱頭?學者研究揭露,這件反藝術傳奇創舉,恐怕是一起創意剽竊! 本片從《噴泉》神秘遺失開展剖繪,揭露現成藝術第一人,極可能是杜象所讚頌的「未來」,一名被遺忘的達達主義女藝術家洛琳霍芬男爵夫人!在小便斗簽上化名的人,是「他」還是「她」?女性最終只能是男性藝術家的工具人? 全片攝製巧妙呼應「現成物」,犀利探討印象的破與立、創作的虛與實,引領觀眾思辨藝術的終極本質。” – from the DVD cover

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設計大師 MAU = Mau : design the time of your life

[NK1520 .S55 2025 DVD]

“布魯斯茅(Bruce Mau)是世所公認的設計大師, 同時也富藝術家的巧思、思想家的卓見。這位創意狂人從三十年的設計實踐, 提煉出「巨變24」設計工具組。這套原則人人都能應用, 更助他締造了許多佳績。他與當代建築巨擘庫哈斯合作出書, 成就不墜經典; 他為跨國企業可口可樂做品牌設計, 構思永續未來; 他重塑伊斯蘭教第一聖地麥加, 挑戰空前千年計畫; 他邀群眾重新設計瓜地馬拉, 發起運動來改造國家。 他從名不見經傳躍升世界級行列, 進而成為真正意義上的世界設計師, 在各地帶來正向改變。

本片跟隨大師腳步, 跑遍全球行程, 縱覽茅跌宕多姿的職涯發展和最具代表性的設計創舉, 見證他從荒野小屋走向世界舞台的奮鬥奇蹟, 展開一趟啟發思維的動人旅程。” – from the DVD cover

H熊貓家族; 海洋公園營運

New Additions and Trial Databases

New Additions:

Audio Visual Materials | Books | Journals | PolyU Reads

 

e-Resources on Trial (Full list):

Digital Library of Chinese Classics
[Expiry: 08 Jan 2026]

Digital Library of Chinese Classics is a comprehensive scholarly resource designed to support advanced research in Chinese and comparative literature, as well as intellectual history, political history, philosophy, and religion.

Key features of the platform include high-quality critical editions with detailed editorial notes, an advanced faceted search function, and an integrated Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese.

The platform includes a substantial collection of 510 core classical texts, comprising approximately 200 million characters. This is equivalent to 282 printed volumes or about 140,000 pages. The collection is organised according to the traditional four-category bibliographic system: it includes 190 texts in the Classics (經 Jing) category, 56 in History (史 Shi), 85 in Philosophy (子 Zi), and 127 in Literature (集 Ji). Additionally, it features 52 recently excavated manuscripts from various sites across China.

 

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