Newly Acquired Online Video Collections and Databases

To support online teaching and learning activities of the University, the following resources are newly acquired by the Library.

1. Science Video Collections

• • JoVE Science Education is an online video collection designed for educators and students to better teach and learn key concepts and fundamental scientific techniques through easy to understand video demonstrations.
    • Advanced Biology
    • Basic Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Clinical Skills
    • Engineering
    • Environmental Sciences
    • Physics
    • Psychology
  • JoVE Core contains video textbooks which explain concepts taught in undergraduate courses through high-impact animations and real-life experiments.
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Social Psychology
  • JoVE Lab Manual provides all-in-one solution for teaching undergraduate lab courses through engaging, comprehensive, and curriculum-focused videos for both instructors and students.
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
  • JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments is an online video encyclopedia of advanced research experiments for scientists in academia and biotech.

2. Preparation for IELTS

• Road to IELTS is an online resource for IELTS preparation developed by the British Council and Clarity English.
• NetLanguages IELTS Preparation series offers online courses with interactive study materials to help IELTS candidates prepare for IELTS tests.
  • NetLanguages IELTS writing test preparation
  • NetLanguages IELTS speaking test preparation
  • NetLanguages IELTS preparation course and practice test

3. China Studies – Primary Sources

• • 申報 (Shun Pao) database is composed of the digitized issues of the Shanghai, China newspaper published from 1872 to 1949. Considered by many to be one of the earliest and most influential newspapers with the longest history in modern China, Shun Pao covered the major political, social and economic development from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republican Era.
  • China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China, 1841-1951. War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence presents a collection of British government documents on colonial Hong Kong, spanning a period of over a century.
  • China and the Modern World: Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals, 1817-1949 is a collection of 17 English-language periodicals published in or about China during a period of over 130 years, extending from 1817 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
    

4. Dissertations & Theses

• • 中國博士學位論文全文資料庫. 信息科技 & 工程科技II is a full-text database of doctoral dissertations in Information Science & Technology and Engineering Science & Technology from a selection of higher education institutions in China.
  • 中國優秀碩士學位論文全文資料庫. 信息科技 & 工程科技II is a full-text database of master’s theses in Information Science & Technology and Engineering Science & Technology from a selection of higher education institutions in China.

5. Handbooks & Audiobooks

• Oxford Handbooks Online: Scholarly Research Reviews provides access to a series of handbooks which contain in-depth essays written by the world’s leading scholars in a range of subjects.
  • Economics and Finance (2018-2020 collections)
  • Linguistics (2018-2020 collections)
  • Business and Management (2018-2020 collections)
• HyRead 有聲書 provides books in a variety of subjects, including language learning books for French, German, Korean, Japanese and English.
  

We will continue to strengthen our support for online learning and teaching. Check out more quality resources at the Library website and you will discover something new! Do send us your purchase recommendations via Library eForm if the resources you need are not held by the Library.