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

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 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

PrimeLaw

PrimeLaw is a legal database with a comprehensive coverage of legislation, case law, commentary and professional articles, and up-to-date news. This database serves as an essential resource for navigating the legal and tax landscape of Greater China.

Whether you are a legal practitioner, business professional, academic researcher, or student, the platform offers a quick and reliable search tool to fulfil your requirements for authoritative information and informed decision-making.

AI in Marketing: Master Techniques to Make AI Work for You 

AI is revolutionizing marketing strategies today. Marketers don’t need to be experts in technology, statistics, or data science to use AI. In this course, you will learn what AI can do for you as a marketer, when it will work, and what processes are needed to implement it. Don't miss this chance to up-level your skills and tap into AI's game-changing potential. - Adapted from the O’Reilly webpage

 

An Introduction to Fintech: The Revolution of Financial Services

Let's discover the revolutionary realm of fintech with a comprehensive introduction. Uncover the key components, success factors, and crucial technologies driving fintech. You will explore the existing markets, the major players and the challenges, helping you understand the underlying technologies that allow for a fintech startup to function. - Adapted from the O’Reilly webpage

Sometimes students and staff may get confused about choosing among various resources and research tools to meet their specific research needs, e.g. looking for relevant articles for reading, or identifying top journals to publish in. In this issue, we will highlight a few databases that can help with finding articles, journals, and top authors in a subject field.

IUPAC Standards Online

[Expiry: 31 Dec 2021]
It is a database created by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) covering international standards and recommendations extracted from Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Nursing Reference Center Plus

[Expiry: 30 Jun 2022]
This evidence-based reference tool provides clinical resources to nurses, directly at point-of-care. It covers nursing skills with videos, management topics, care plans and more.

The Belt and Road Initiative Reference Source

[Expiry: 30 Jun 2021]
It is a full-text database that supports the study of the Belt and Road Initiative. It provides scholarly journals from various countries covering business trends, infrastructure, research collaboration and trade opportunities related to the initiative.

Lloyd's List

This database offers the must-read information and analysis for maritime professionals, including marine insurance, shipping and trade law, logistics, market data, global news and insights. You can view the up-to-date content by markets, sectors, hot topics, regulars and more.

 

 

 

 

Shipping Intelligence Network

This database delivers useful shipping resources on the register of ship, owner and builder details, fleet, orderbook, as well as time-series data on markets, trade flows and fleet developments. You can find the key publications, including Shipping Intelligence Weekly, Dry Bulk Trade Outlook, Oil and Tanker Trade Outlook, World Shipyard Monitor and more.

Other Library databases on logistics and maritime can be found here.

 

 

 

 

The Impact of Covid-19 on Organizations

Prof Paul Schoemaker is Research Director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In his audio interview, he will discuss how coronavirus will affect big companies, from the perspectives of decision-making, uncertainty, and disaster preparation.

The Startup Kids

“The Startup Kids is a documentary about young web entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Europe. It contains interviews with the founders of Vimeo, Soundcloud, Kiip, InDinero, Dropbox, Foodspotting and many others who talk about how they started their company and their lives as an entrepreneur.” – from this webpage (https://polyu.kanopy.com/video/startup-kids)

East India Company

[Expiry: 14 Feb 2021]
This database is a collection of India Office Records from the British Library. The content includes royal charters, correspondence, trading diaries, minutes of council meetings and reports of expedition, etc. which charts the history of British trade and rule in the Indian subcontinent and beyond from 1599 to 1947.

SCMP Compass

[Expiry: 12 Feb 2021]
An archival newspaper database that covers 175 years of news in English from The South China Morning Post [1903-2019] and China Mail [1845-1974].