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 (May 2024, Issue 181)

42nd Hong Kong Film Awards: Winners and Nominees

 

It’s that Time of the Year: Hong Kong Film Awards Season!

If you have missed the films from this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, here's your chance to catch them as we add new titles to our collection.

Discover more movies in our Audio-Visual Collection located on the Library Podium Floor.

 

Movie Title

    Award

Call No.

毒舌大狀

毒舌大狀 A guilty conscience

  • 最佳電影 Best Film

PN1997.A14 D796 2023 DVD

命案

命案 Mad fate

  • 最佳導演 Best Director
  • 最佳編劇 Best Screenplay
  • 最佳剪接 Best Film Editing

PN1997.A14 M5643 2023 DVD

爆裂點

爆裂點 Bursting Point

  • 最佳動作設計 Best Action Choreography

PN1997.A14 B3655 2024 DVD

4拍4家族

4拍4家族 Band Four

  • 最佳原創電影音樂 Best Original Film Score

PN1997.A14 A112 2024 DVD

 

Movie Title

    Nominee

Call No.

天龍八部之喬峰傳

天龍八部之喬峰傳 Śakra

  • 最佳動作設計 Best Action Choreography

PN1997.A14 T5366 2023 DVD

掃毒3

掃毒3: 人在天涯 The white storm 3 : heaven or hell

  • 最佳動作設計 Best Action Choreography

PN1997.A14 S26283 2023 DVD

斷網

斷網 Cyberheist

  • 最佳視覺效果 Best Visual Effects

PN1997.A14 D8369 2023 DVD

滿江紅

滿江紅 Full river red

  • 最佳亞洲華語電影 Best Asian Chinese Language Film

PN1997.A14 M365 2023 DVD

關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事

關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事 Marry my dead body

  • 最佳亞洲華語電影 Best Asian Chinese Language Film

PN1997.A14 G8355 2023 DVD

New Additions and Trial Databases

New Additions:

Audio Visual Materials | Books | Journals | PolyU Reads

Trial Databases:

UpToDate

[Expiry: 11 May 2024]
UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical decision support resource which provides the latest medical information across 25 specialties. It covers over 11,800 medical topics to provide answers to clinical questions and assists point-of-care decision making. It also contains patient education, clinical calculators, drug information, and a drug interactions tool (powered by Lexicomp®).
Remark: To access the database, you will need to register an individual account on the platform.

DynaMed

[Expiry: 31 May 2024]
DynaMed is a clinical decision support point-of-care reference tool. It combines current clinical evidence with guidance from experts.

The Economist Historical Archives, 1843-2020

[Expiry: 31 May 2024]
The archive of The Economist covering global content on business, scientific, technological, cultural developments and issues.

尚儀近代華文書籍暨圖像資料庫

[Expiry: 31 May 2024]
本資料庫收錄自1900年至1949年期間，在中國大陸所出版的繁中圖書，全文數量約12萬種。書籍種類包含了人文思潮、社會研究、政治法律、史地教育、翻譯文學等。

晚清洋務運動史料匯編

[Expiry: 31 May 2024]
此數據庫記錄了兩次鴉片戰爭後，清廷應對國內外局勢所推行的工業、通商、交通等基礎建設，以及新式教育的改革自強運動。
Remark: 試用期間，每天列印額度100 頁

民國近代史料資料庫

[Expiry: 31 May 2024]
此數據庫主要以各行各業的民國人物為收錄主軸，輔以照片、文獻、年表與重大事件為輔，譜出中華民國當時的歷史。

清代史料文獻

[Expiry: 31 May 2024]
此數據庫分六類匯集了清代各種書籍，是研究清代政治、文化、軍事、地理的豐富資料。
Remark: 試用期間，每天列印額度100 頁

清代外交檔案匯編

[Expiry: 31 May 2024]
此數據庫收錄了咸豐、道光、同治《三朝籌辦夷務始末》，和清末光緒、宣統的外交史料，包括第一、二次鴉片戰爭、中法戰爭、日俄戰爭期間，清政府自1836年至1911年對外關係的重要檔案。
Remark: 試用期間，每天列印額度100 頁

中國歷史文獻總庫. 紅色文獻數據庫 (China Revolution Literature Database)

[Expiry: 12 Jun 2024]
此數據庫整合了海內外收藏的1949年前的紅色書報刊文獻，包含紅色圖書、紅色期刊、紅色報紙三大版塊。其中包括圖書6300餘種、期刊100餘種、報紙70餘種。
Remark: 試用期間，每天下載額度100篇

一帶一路數據庫

[Expiry: 31 Jul 2024]
一帶一路數據庫是社會科學文獻出版社為配合國家 “一帶一路” 戰略實施而設。此資料庫包含九大一級子庫，包括戰略研究、實踐探索、投資指南、專題研究、國家庫、省域庫、絲路數據、絲路史話、絲路動態。其中專題研究下設交通篇、金融篇、產業篇、生態篇、外交篇及文化篇等六個專題。
Remark: 試用期間不提供全文下載，只可在線閱讀。

皮書數據庫

[Expiry: 31 Jul 2024]
皮書系列是社科文獻出版社編輯出版的藍皮書、綠皮書、黃皮書等連續性年度專題研究報告的統稱。此資料庫包括6個基本子庫，包括中國社會發展資料庫、中國經濟發展資料庫、中國行業發展資料庫、中國區域發展資料庫、中國文化傳媒資料庫和世界經濟與國際關聯式資料庫，及特色專題庫和定制子庫等不同類型子庫產品組成。
Remark: 試用期間不提供全文下載，只可在線閱讀。

 
e-Resources on Trial Online Survey

e-Bulletin (Apr 2024, Issue 180)

Movies of the 95th Academy Awards (2023 Oscar Winning Films)

 

It’s that Time of the Year: Oscar Season!

Discover the magic of award-winning films and other recent movies in the Audio Visual Collection, nestled within the Reserve Collection on the Library Podium Floor.

From gripping dramas to breathtaking adventures, here are some movies from last year’s Oscar. Don’t forget to click on the movie title to check the availability of the DVD beforehand.

 

Movie Title

Call No.

Award

 

All quiet on the Western Front = Im Westen nichts Neues

All quiet on the Western Front

PN1997 .A4463 2022 DVD

  • Cinematography
  • International Feature Film
  • Music (Original Score)
  • Production Design
Oscar awardOscar awardOscar awardOscar award

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

PN1997 .A9272 2023 DVD

  • Visual Effects
Oscar award

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

PN1997 .B56222 2023 DVD

  • Costume Design
Oscar award

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once

PN1997 .E947 2022 DVD

  • Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Actress in a Leading Role
  • Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Best Picture
  • Directing
  • Film Editing
  • Writing (Original Screenplay)

Oscar awardOscar awardOscar awardOscar awardOscar awardOscar awardOscar award

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

PN1997.5 .P568 2023 DVD

  • Animated Feature Film
Oscar award

The Whale

The Whale

PN1997 .W4255 2023 DVD

  • Actor in a Leading Role
  • Makeup and Hairstyling
Oscar awardOscar award

Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

PN1997 .T665 2022 DVD

  • Sound
Oscar award

Women Talking

Women Talking

PN1997 .W66 2023 DVD

  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Oscar award
Source: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023

For more movies of award winners and nominees, please click here.

New Additions and Trial Databases

New Additions: audio visual materials, books, journals and PolyU Reads.
 
Trial Databases:

IEEE English for Technical Professionals

[Expiry: 24 Apr 2024]
An interactive online course by IEEE which enables professional engineers and technical professionals whose first language is not English to improve their language skills in a way that fits the needs and priorities of working adults in the engineering fields.
 

内閣大庫檔案 (The archives of the Grand Secretariat)

[Expiry: 30 Apr 2024]
Remarks:
試用期間，影像瀏覽額度500頁，無列印權限
 

邊疆歷史地理數據庫

[Expiry: 30 Apr 2024]
此資料庫為集經典史地文獻、邊疆史地文獻、民族歷史關係文獻於一體的綜合性史地研究專題資料庫，分為「史地經典文庫」和「邊疆史料文庫」兩部分。
Remarks :
如欲開啟全文，請於「籍合網」平台登入下列帳戶 :
公用帳號：xglgdx1@163.com
公用密碼：123456
 

中國歷史文獻總庫. 民國圖書數據庫 (Early Twentieth Century Books in China 1911 - 1949)

[Expiry: 8 May 2024]
 
e-Resources on Trial Online Survey

e-Bulletin (Mar 2024, Issue 179)

Featured Resources for Faculty of Engineering

IEEE Xplore Digital Library

The IEEE Xplore Digital Library is a powerful resource for discovery and access to scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners. It provides access to the world's highest-quality literature in engineering, computer science, electronics, and related disciplines. You can easily find full-text documents from IEEE journals, magazines, conference proceedings, standards, books, and educational courses.
 
Cochrane
 

 

IET Digital Library

The IET Digital Library is a comprehensive repository of scientific, engineering, and technology-focused content on a global scale. Featuring e-books and journals from international authors and editors in academia and industry, the database offers a diverse array of real-world perspectives and contextual insights into the latest advancements in engineering and technology.
 
Cochrane
 

If you're interested in exploring more e-resources in engineering, visit our Library database page here.

Media Resources

Informatics: Signal Processing to AI 

When we drive a car, we process signals from all aspects of our environment-visual signals large and miniscule, sound, touch, and even smell. Learn what components we would need to create a reliable and safe system of self-driving cars-with signal processing as the basis-and why the system would be almost impossible to create and maintain without the benefit of artificial intelligence. -- From Kanopy.
Informatics: Signal Processing to AI
 

How AI Can Enhance Creativity

Can artificial intelligence (AI) help us realize our fullest creative potential in the future, or will it become a hinderance we nevertheless can't live without? Learn about the many ways in which AI might help us become more creative than ever before. How could we harness the strength of machines to enhance our creativity, a trait we often consider one of our most revered human characteristics? -- From Kanopy.
How AI Can Enhance Creativity

New Additions and Trial Databases

New Additions: audio visual materials, books, journals and PolyU Reads.
 
Trial Databases:

Transparent Language

[Expiry: 06 Mar 2024]

Transparent Language provides online, research-based learning programs for more than 100 languages, including English for speakers of other languages.

Remark: New user need to sign up a user account to log into the system.

 
e-Resources on Trial Online Survey

e-Bulletin (Feb 2024, Issue 178)

Featured Resources for Faculty of Construction and Environment

GreenFILE via EbscoHost

GreenFILE is a multidisciplinary database that provides information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content such as the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimise negative impact.

Topics covered include:
  • Global warming
  • Green building
  • Pollution
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Renewable energy
  • Recycling
 
WGSN Interiors
 

Click here for more databases of Construction & Environment.

Media Resources

A Prefect Planet. Humans

Earth is being rapidly changed by humans, affecting its weather, oceans, and living world. Carbon dioxide released by volcanic eruptions has caused mass extinctions in the past. CO2 is currently destabilizing our planet, leading to droughts and endangering wildlife. Burning fossil fuels creates large amounts of CO2, with humans now releasing more than all Earth's volcanoes combined. The solution lies in harnessing natural power sources like wind, sun, waves, and geothermal energy for our future. Find out more about this video from BBC Landmark Video Collection.

The Science of Energy

 

The Grid: Powering the Future

Dr Niraj Lal meets the Australians leading the biggest change to the electricity grid in a century: the rise of renewable energy. Along the way he explores the new technologies keeping the power on now and in the future. - From Kanopy
The Evidence for Modern Physics

New Additions

New Additions: audio visual materials, books, journals and PolyU Reads.
 

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