e-Bulletin (Apr 2016, Issue 84)

Movies of the 87th Academy Awards

2015 Oscar Winning Films

Check out your favorite movies of the 87th Academy Awards at Multimedia Commons (3/F).

 

Movie Title

Call No.

Award

 

Birdman or (The unexpected Virture of Ignorance)

  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
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Whiplash

  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Sound Mixing

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Ida

  • Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar award

Grand Budapest Hotel

  • Best Original Score
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  • Best Production Design
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Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

  • Best Documentary Short Subject
Oscar award

Trial Databases

Embase

[Expiry: 19 Apr 2016]
Embase is a comprehensive database, indexed 8,500 peer-reviewed journals on biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day.

Thomson Reuters Proview

[Expiry: 22 Apr 2016]
It provides the full-text of Law ebooks from Thomson Reuters.

超閱網

[Expiry: 30 Apr 2016]
提供香港聯合出版集團屬下出版社之電子書,並引入香港、內地、台灣,以至世界各地的優質電子書。電子書的學科涵蓋政治、經濟、思想、文化、藝術、教育、生活等領域。

e-Bulletin (Dec 2015, Issue 80)

Featured Library Resources for School of Hotel and Tourism Management

Hospitality & Tourism Complete

Hospitality & Tourism Complete
This collection contains more than 1.18 million records, with coverage dating back to 1938, with full text for over 520 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.
Sources are from the USA and the World in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Publications include Hotel & Motel Management, Journal of Leisure Research, Nation's Restaurant News, Restaurants & Institutions, and many more.

Major coverage includes demographics and statistics, development and investment, food and beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management and administrative practices, leisure and business travel, market trends, technology and more.

Please click here to access this invaluable resource for your research and learning needs.
 
The Premier Collection of Scholarly Research and Industry News Relating to All Areas of Hospitality and Tourism

AV Materials

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Preventive Guestroom Maintenance
[TX911.3.M27 P738 DVD]
This DVD program features the latest, updated techniques and strategies for handling guestroom inspections and repairs in hotels. Viewers will learn about common inspection items, including doors and locks, sprinklers, Internet connections, HVAC units, drapes and windows, bathroom fixtures, and mini-bars. The program also covers an overview of several basic repairs, including shower heads, ceilings, faucet leaks and drips, caulk and grout replacement, damaged carpet, and damaged wallpaper or drywall.
 
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Culinary & Hospitality Industry
[TX911.3.V62 C84 DVD]
This program introduces a cake shop where the owner shares with why she loves creating designer cakes for her customers. The program also shows the Rosen College of Hospitality and that the career future is bright for those interested in serving travelers in hospitality and tourism. For those interested in event planning, the program introduces an event specialist who spends her time planning her company's big corporate affairs.

e-Resources on Trial

Bloomsbury e-books Collections
[Expiry: 21 Dec 2015]
Bloomsbury Collections include scholarly monographs and elite collections in the humanities and social sciences published by Bloomsbury’s Academic Division.
 
IEEE eLearning Library
[Expiry: 31 Dec 2015]
It is an online collection of short courses and conference workshops offering over 400 courses in core and emerging technologies. The collection of courses is delivered through the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, providing streamlined access to other Library subscribed content on the same platform.
 
Practical Writing : Writing for Life
[Expiry: 13 Feb 2016]
It is a new online English course produced by Clarity English. This course was designed for Intermediate to Advanced level learners who need to improve their academic writing skills (e.g., essays, reports, taking notes, avoiding plagiarism) and their writing for life (i.e., emails, official letters, online profiles for job application or a college place, etc)
Note: Please click “Start” to begin the trial, no login required.

e-Bulletin (Nov 2015, Issue 79)

2015 Nobel Laureates and their Selected Books/Book Chapters are Held in the Library

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015: Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"

Title

Call No.

Author

   

  • Neutrinos in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology

Takaaki Kajita

Neutrinos in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015: Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar
"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"

Title

Call No.

Author

   

  • DNA repair and recombination
  • Telomeres and telomerase

Tomas Lindahl

  • DNA repair. Part A
  • DNA repair. Part B

Paul Modrich

  • Handbook of photosensory receptors
  • DNA-protein: structural interactions

Aziz Sancar

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015: William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura
"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites"
Youyou Tu
"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria"

Title

Call No.

Author

   

  • Inventive minds: creativity in technology
  • People, parasites, and plowshares: learning from our body's most terrifying invaders

William C. Campbell

  • The Search for bioactive compounds from microorganisms
  • Antibiotics current innovations and future trends
  • Enzyme technologies for pharmaceutical and biotechnological applications

Satoshi Ōmura

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015: Svetlana Alexievich
"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"

Title

Call No.

Author

   

  • Voices from Chernobyl
  • Writing war: the best contemporary journalism about warfare and conflict from around the world

Svetlana Alexievich

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015: Angus Deaton
"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare"

Title

Call No.

Author

   

  • The great escape: health, wealth, and the origins of inequality
  • The analysis of household surveys: a microeconometric approach to development policy
  • Understanding consumption
  • Economics and consumer behavior
  • Guidelines for constructing consumption aggregates for welfare analysis

Angus Deaton

Databases on Trial

[Expiry: 28 Feb 2016]

This journal covers advanced materials, fibers, nanotechnology, biomedical textiles, polymer sciences, textile chemistry, polymer chemistry, color science, textile and apparel design, anthropometry, sustainable materials and processes.

[Expiry: 28 Feb 2016]

This journal covers technical papers and feature articles on advanced materials, fibers, nanotechnology, biomedical textiles, polymer sciences, textile chemistry, polymer chemistry, color science, textile and apparel design, anthropometry, sustainable materials and processes. The Library currently subscribes to the printed version.

[Expiry: 21 Dec 2015]

Bloomsbury Collection include scholarly monographs and elite collections in the humanities and social sciences published by Bloomsbury’s Academic division.

[Expiry: 21 Nov 2015]

This ebook collection covers ELT, Spanish and French courses from publisher McGraw-Hill Education. It provides a diverse list of titles, including the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect series.

e-Bulletin (Oct 2015, Issue 78)

Featured Resources for School of Design

 

1. Material ConneXion

Material ConneXionMaterial ConneXion is a global resource for new materials and a knowledge base for information about new and innovative materials. With the content of over 7,500 innovative materials and processes, the database provides users’ access to images, detailed material descriptions, usage characteristics, manufacturer and distributor contact information. It is a resource for all disciplines of design development, including Architecture, Interior Design, Packaging Design, Industrial Design, Fashion, Apparel & Footwear, Exhibition Design and Textile Design.

Library users can now access the resource from workstation 4 & 5 at the Research Enhancement Centre, 3/F, Library.

 

Physical Materials Collection

 

The display with 1500 real materials is located at PolyU School of design, Material Resource Centre (Room V510, 5/F, V Core, Jockey Club Innovation Tower).

 

 

 


Britannica ImageQuest

2. Britannica ImageQuest

ImageQuest is a collection of nearly 3 million images from more than 50 collections in the world, including the Bridgeman Art Gallery, Dorling Kindersley Images, Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, the National Geographic Society, and other leading names joined with Britannica.



 

 

 


3. Masters of Architecture

3.	Masters of ArchitectureMasters of Architecture is an ongoing series of colour images from Pidgeon Audiovisual and World Microfilms. The database includes the complete Masters of Architecture series and some additional suitable slide sets with approx. 7,000 images, all fully searchable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media Resources

Design & ThinkingDesign & Thinking

[NK1510 .D4742 DVD]

It is a documentary exploring the idea of "design thinking"! How do we fully engage organizations to think about the changing landscape of business, culture and society? Inspired by design thinking, this documentary grabs businessman, designers, social change-makers and individuals to portrait what they have in common when facing this ambiguous 21st century. What is design thinking? How is it applied in business models? How are people changing the world with their own creative minds? It is a call to the conventional minds to change and collaborate.


 


Design is One: Lella & Massimo VignelliDesign is One : Lella & Massimo Vignelli

[NK1535.V53 D47 DVD]

Italian-born Lella and Massimo Vignelli are among the world's most influential designers.  Adhering to self-proclaimed motto, 'If you can't find it, design it,' their achievements in industrial and product design, graphic and publication design, corporate identity, architectural graphics, and exhibition, interior, and furniture design have earned worldwide respect and numerous international awards for over 40 years. The film brings us into the Vignellis' world, capturing their intelligence and creativity, as well as their humanity, warmth, and humor.

 

Database on Trial

東方雜誌 (The Eastern Miscellany)

[Expiry date: 23 Nov 2015]

東方雜誌 (1904-1948)是商務印書館的標誌性刊物雜誌內容包括清末、辛亥革命、五四運動、抗日戰爭、解放戰爭等時期,是一份以時事政治為主的社科類綜合性刊物。

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