News & Events

Discover the Digital Makerspace Plus: Expand Your Horizons of Creativity and Collaboration!

News Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - 09:20

We are excited to announce the opening of the Digital Makerspace Plus at i-Space on 4/F (North Wing) of the Library!

Step into a vibrant, open environment designed to inspire innovation and creative exploration. The Digital Makerspace Plus is a self-service hub where you can engage in hands-on learning, collaborate with fellow makers, and experiment freely with cutting-edge technologies. Whether you’re interested in 3D printing, 3D scanning, large-format scanning, or craft cutting, our intuitive tools and equipment are here to help you bring your ideas to life.

All PolyU/CPCE students and staff are warmly invited to visit, connect with the maker community, and let your imagination soar. The Digital Makerspace Plus is open during the Library’s regular hours—just drop by and start creating!

And there’s more to come! A self-service kiosk for borrowing Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices will be available soon. Stay tuned.

Library’s Server Maintenance

Notice Monday, January 5, 2026 - 08:30

 

Please be informed that the Library will perform scheduled server maintenance as below:

 

Date & Time

Services affected

01 Feb 2026 (Sunday)

9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Access to Library website

08 Feb 2026 (Sunday)

9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Access to iBooking system

15 Feb 2026 (Sunday)

9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Off-campus access to Library electronic resources and e-forms 

01 Mar 2026 (Sunday)

9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Login to Library's computer workstations

 

We are sorry for any inconvenience that may cause to you. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 

Enhanced Services on Research Data Management

News Monday, January 5, 2026 - 08:30

Research Data Management is essential in your research process. The Library has implemented new services for our PolyU researchers.

  1. Refine your Metadata with TurboCurator!

    After inputting your dataset’s basic metadata in the PolyU Research Data Repository, TurboCurator uses AI to suggest enhanced titles, descriptions, and keywords. 

    A comprehensive metadata makes your dataset more discoverable and FAIR—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.

    Learn more about TurboCurator in our Library Guide!

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  2. Try Out our Data Management Plan Service!

    A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a comprehensive document that outlines how you will manage your research data throughout a project. It helps you stay organized and is often required by funding agencies.

    Further strengthening the University’s open access policy, the Library now offers a DMP Service on the DMP Tool online platform, available to all PolyU staff and students.

    Check out the Library Guide for more details!

    Learn More!

     

Inspec Analytics (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 09:32

Inspec Analytics is a dynamic research intelligence tool based on the Inspec database to help research professionals explore beyond the literature in Inspec to uncover global trends in physics, engineering, and technology research. Additional collaboration features and citation data in Inspec Analytics Plus enable users to deepen insights into the impact of global research with citation metrics.

Expiry date: 28 February 2026

Engineering Village AI (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 08:58

Engineering Village (EV) AI is an intelligent, generative AI tool integrated directly into the Engineering Village platform. Built in collaboration with the engineering community and powered by the trusted Compendex database, it transforms research workflows. EV AI helps students and professionals move beyond simple searches to efficiently navigate complex, interdisciplinary content, explore unfamiliar topics, and synthesize verified insights. With features like "go deeper" prompts, targeted summaries, and trend analysis, it accelerates the journey from discovery to actionable understanding.

Expiry date: 4 February 2026

Engineering Village Patents Plus (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 08:55

Engineering Village (EV) Patents Plus offers expanded coverage of over 120 million patents from patent authorities including United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), European Patent Office (EPO), Japanese Patent Office (JPO), China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO), German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). The database comprises both patent applications and granted patents, with search functionalities across US, CPC, and IPC classifications.

Expiry date: 4 February 2026

Engineering Village Compendex (Trial)

News Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 08:53

Engineering Village (EV) Compendex is an engineering-focused database where researchers can access interdisciplinary scholarly and technical literature, including journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, standards, books, and recently preprints. Content for Compendex comes from thousands of publishers worldwide, including major engineering societies such as IEEE, ASME, SAE, and ACM. It offers a unified research perspective across 190 engineering disciplines.

Expiry date: 4 February 2026

中國近代報紙庫 (Trial)

News Monday, January 12, 2026 - 11:31

《中國近代報紙庫》由上海圖書館《全國報刊索引》出品, 彙聚了1850年至1952年百餘年間的4000份中英文報紙，包括小報、新聞報、時報、中央日報、申報、大公報、上海泰晤士報、字林洋行中英文報等。

Notes:

The Library has subscribed to the two newspapers below:

Expiry date: 5 March 2026

中文期刊全文數據庫（1911~1949）- Series 14 & 15 (Trial)

News Monday, January 12, 2026 - 11:28

《中文期刊全文數據庫》（又稱《民國時期期刊全文數據庫》）（1911～1949）計劃收錄民國時期（1911～1949）出版的20000餘種期刊，近1000萬篇文獻，內容集中反映這一時期的政治、軍事、外交、經濟、教育、思想文化、宗教等各方面的情況。作為歷史檔案的重要組成部分，《民國時期期刊全文數據庫》（1911～1949）具有極為重要的學術價值和史料價值，它豐富了報刊數字資源，更方便了廣大讀者用戶進行關於民國時期歷史的學術研究。

Notes:

The Library has subscribed to Series 1-13 of this database and Series 14-15 is currently under trial. These two new series feature 331 and 335 periodical titles respectively, sourced from a recently discovered collection at the Shanghai Library. The collection includes various special issues, serial publications, anthologies, yearbooks, and school journals. 

Expiry date: 5 March 2026

AI-Powered Academic Search: Explore these new tools!

News Thursday, January 8, 2026 - 17:20

 

To enhance the intelligence, efficiency and credibility of your research process, the Library has subscribed to additional AI-powered research tools within key scholarly resources.

  • CNKI AI combines CNKI’s extensive literature database 中國知網 with AI capabilities to support your entire research journey—from discovering literature to writing and originality checks.
  • Consensus synthesises findings from over 200 million peer-reviewed papers with AI-powered features like the Consensus Meter and evidence-based summaries, helping you quickly understand scientific agreement on research questions.
  • ScienceDirect AI integrates Elsevier’s vast collection of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with AI features like natural language search, smart summaries, and comparative analysis, helping you explore and synthesise scientific literature with ease.
  • Web of Science Research Assistant leverages GenAI and advanced agentic AI to accelerate literature reviews, identify trends, and build comprehensive research strategies with dynamic visualisations and guided walk throughs.

Learn more about these databases and other GenAI tools available to support your research on our LibGuide AI-Powered Academic Search in PolyU Library.

We’ll be introducing more tools soon, so be sure to look out for our announcements!

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