ScienceDirect AI is an integrated workflow companion that provides researchers with immediate access to authoritative evidence from peer-reviewed publications. It is designed to address common research challenges, including:

- Accessing answers from a vast collection of full-text articles, book chapters from ScienceDirect, and open-access content. Researchers can gain deeper insights through AI-driven recommendations tailored to their specific inquiries.

- Easily comparing experiments and synthesising literature.

- Consulting a Reading Assistant directly when opening any article or book chapter.

Expiry date: 5 Nov 2025

We are thrilled to announce the soft opening of the brand-new Digital Makerspace Plus at i-Space, located on the 4th floor (North Wing) of the Library!

Step into a dynamic, open environment designed for creativity and innovation. The Digital Makerspace Plus is a self-service space where you can engage in hands-on learning, collaborate with others, and freely experiment with the latest maker technologies. Whether you’re interested in 3D printing, 3D scanning, or craft cutting, our user-friendly tools and equipment are ready to help you turn your ideas into reality.

All PolyU/CPCE students and staff are warmly invited to visit, connect with fellow makers, and unleash their imagination. The Digital Makerspace Plus is open during the Library’s regular opening hours, just drop by and start creating!

And this is just the beginning! Exciting upgrades are coming, including new furniture and a self-service kiosk and large format scanner. Stay tuned for more features by Q4 2025.

Come explore the Digital Makerspace Plus and ignite your creativity today!

It offers full, unlimited digital access to researchers, the top online resource for APA Style.

Key features include:

• Cover-to-cover access to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition.
• Reinforce concepts with instructional lessons that present manual content in an engaging, alternative format.
• An intuitive platform that allows users to easily search, highlight, and annotate content.
• A mobile-responsive platform optimised for accessibility and use on any device.

Expiry date: 11 Nov 2025

Try AI-Powered Research Assistant Tools!

PolyU Library is excited to announce trial access to several e-resources featuring AI-powered research assistant tools.

These platforms offer intuitive interfaces, advanced data analysis, and personalized insights to support your research, work, and studies.

We invite you to try out these tools during the trial period and share your feedback with us using the surveys form. Your input will help us evaluate their value for our community!

AI-Research Assistants on Trial

• ScienceDirect AI (till 05 Nov 2025)
  ScienceDirect AI is an integrated workflow companion that provides researchers with immediate access to authoritative evidence from peer-reviewed publications. It is designed to address common research challenges, including:
  - Accessing answers from a vast collection of full-text articles, book chapters from ScienceDirect, and open-access content. Researchers can gain deeper insights through AI-driven recommendations tailored to their specific inquiries.
  - Easily comparing experiments and synthesizing literature.
  - Consulting a Reading Assistant directly when opening any article or book chapter.
• Scopus AI (till 30 Sep 2025)
  Harness natural language queries for concise, peer-reviewed summaries. Access Deep Research for comprehensive reports, Concept Maps for visualizing topic connections, and tools to track emerging themes and leading researchers.
• Web of Science Research Assistant (till 30 Nov 2025)
  Conduct natural language and multilingual searches across 21,000+ journals, 205,000 conference proceedings, and 104,000 books. Gain topic summaries, co-citation data, research trends, journal submission guidance, and identify top researchers using over 1 billion cited references.
• CNKI AI (till 30 Nov 2025)
  Powered by the "Huazhi Large Model," leverage CNKI’s vast literature database for features like Ask a Question, Article Research, Collection Research, Intelligent Writing, and Originality Detection.
• CNKI AI Data (AI知數) (till 30 Nov 2025)
  Manage multimodal data with intelligent question-answering, rapid vector retrieval, and chart generation to accelerate scientific discovery.
• CNKI AI Pat+ (專利檢索分析系統) (till 30 Nov 2025)
  Utilize AI-driven patent retrieval and analysis with big data and natural language queries to gain precise insights for innovation and intellectual property management.