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E-resources Discovery Week @ HKBU Library 2024: Workshops & Booths Schedule

22-26 Jan 2024, HKBU Library

Attend workshops via Zoom can get chances to the Grand Prize Draw! 

All HKBU Faculty, Staff and Students are welcome to join the online events! (Please note that only current HKBU students are eligible for the prize draw)

Workshops & Booths Schedule

Date Time Location/Venue Topic Speaker(s) Description Presentation file
Jan 22 (Monday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Collaborative Computer Laboratory (MLC), Main Library

How to find and search high-quality business journals and magazines on EBSCO Evan Shih (EBSCO Host) EBSCO Business Source database offers full-text coverage for business periodicals, ranging from general magazines to trade publications and top management journals. It also includes access to current company profiles. Join this session, you will learn how to search high-quality journals and magazines on accounting, banking, business, finance, marketing, and economy studies. Download
Jan 23 (Tuesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Collaborative Computer Laboratory (MLC), Main Library 中國知網---獲取中文學術文獻的有效方法,以金融學為例 Patrick Zhu (CNKI)

中國知網 (CNKI) is a comprehensive Chinese database encompassing journals, doctoral dissertations, master's theses, yearbooks, statistical yearbooks, reference works, ebooks, etc. This workshop will cover:

  1. 如何使用中國知網檢索學術文獻 How to find academic articles efficiently and effectively
  2. 如何使用中國知網快速獲取統計數據 How to retrieve data from the China Yearbook Database
  3. 如何使用中國知網工具書庫檢索權威解釋和百科資料 How to search within CNKI Reference Work Database
  4. Q&A session
Download
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Online via Zoom 如何使用AiritiLibrary 以及iRead ebooks找尋中文資料 Linda Ku (Airiti) 介紹AiritiLibrary 以及iRead ebooks 如何操作使用找尋繁體中文資料。 資料庫手冊
 
電子書手冊
Jan 24 (Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online via Zoom IEEE Xplore: Search Strategies to Maximize Your Research Experience Dan HE (IEEE)
  • Know about IEEE & IEEE Xplore
  • Discover trending content
  • Construct successful search strategies for precise results
  • Stay current by setting-up saved search alerts and ToC alerts
  • Get involved with IEEE activities and benefit your research and career

Download
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Online via Zoom SDG Online: Researching the Sustainable Development Goals Quinie Lim (Taylor & Fancis) The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become an action guide for businesses and education. Learn how to use SDG Online, a curated collection by Taylor & Francis to find the most important and relevant book chapters and journal articles, published under the Routledge and CRC Press imprints, to research all 17 SDGs. Download
Jan 25 (Thursday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online via Zoom How to master ProQuest platform Gary Man (Clarivate)

Go over key ProQuest databases HKBU currently subscribes to

Identify the strengths of ProQuest databases

Use ProQuest Databases to locate diverse content types for use in research and in teaching

Download
3:05 pm - 4:05 pm Online via Zoom Searching for global news, economic and financial information with Factiva Gary Man (Clarivate)

Introduce the database and contents available in Factiva

Search within Factiva for articles, quotes, company profiles and industry reports

Download
Jan 26 (Friday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Collaborative Computer Laboratory (MLC), Main Library Explore Opposing Viewpoints on X (formerly Twitter) using Gale in Context Alfred Ng (Gale) In July 2023, the billionaire Elon Musk, who took over ownership of Twitter in the previous year, renamed the platform “X”. His many changes to the popular social tool raises important questions on issues such as freedom of speech, fake news, online safety, and the outsized influence that wealthy individuals like Musk and a few companies have over the internet world. In this session, we will use the Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints database to explore the many opinions surrounding X and other internet issues, and show how the database can help you arrive at your own informed conclusions. Download
Date Time Location/Venue Topic Speaker(s) Description Presentation file
Jan 22 (Monday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Multipurpose Room, Shek Mun Campus Library 中國知網---獲取中文學術文獻的有效方法,以金融學為例 Patrick Zhu (CNKI)

中國知網 (CNKI) is a comprehensive Chinese database encompassing journals, doctoral dissertations, master's theses, yearbooks, statistical yearbooks, reference works, ebooks, etc. This workshop will cover:

  1. 如何使用中國知網檢索學術文獻 How to find academic articles efficiently and effectively
  2. 如何使用中國知網快速獲取統計數據 How to retrieve data from the China Yearbook Database
  3. 如何使用中國知網工具書庫檢索權威解釋和百科資料 How to search within CNKI Reference Work Database
  4. Q&A session
Download
Jan 23 (Tuesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Multipurpose Room, Shek Mun Campus Library Explore Opposing Viewpoints on X (formerly Twitter) using Gale in Context Alfred Ng (Gale)

In July 2023, the billionaire Elon Musk, who took over ownership of Twitter in the previous year, renamed the platform “X”. His many changes to the popular social tool raises important questions on issues such as freedom of speech, fake news, online safety, and the outsized influence that wealthy individuals like Musk and a few companies have over the internet world. In this session, we will use the Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints database to explore the many opinions surrounding X and other internet issues, and show how the database can help you arrive at your own informed conclusions.

Download
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Online via Zoom 如何使用AiritiLibrary 以及iRead ebooks找尋中文資料 Linda Ku (Airiti) 介紹AiritiLibrary 以及iRead ebooks 如何操作使用找尋繁體中文資料。 資料庫手冊
 
電子書手冊

Jan 24 (Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online via Zoom IEEE Xplore: Search Strategies to Maximize Your Research Experience Dan HE (IEEE)
  • Know about IEEE & IEEE Xplore
  • Discover trending content
  • Construct successful search strategies for precise results
  • Stay current by setting-up saved search alerts and ToC alerts
  • Get involved with IEEE activities and benefit your research and career

Download
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Online via Zoom SDG Online: Researching the Sustainable Development Goals Quinie Lim (Taylor & Fancis) The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become an action guide for businesses and education. Learn how to use SDG Online, a curated collection by Taylor & Francis to find the most important and relevant book chapters and journal articles, published under the Routledge and CRC Press imprints, to research all 17 SDGs. Download
Jan 25 (Thursday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online via Zoom How to master ProQuest platform Gary Man (Clarivate)

Go over key ProQuest databases HKBU currently subscribes to

Identify the strengths of ProQuest databases

Use ProQuest Databases to locate diverse content types for use in research and in teaching

Download
3:05 pm - 4:05 pm Online via Zoom Searching for global news, economic and financial information with Factiva Gary Man (Clarivate)

Introduce the database and contents available in Factiva

Search within Factiva for articles, quotes, company profiles and industry reports

Download
Main Library Shek Mun Campus Library
12:00 - 16:00
22 Jan (Mon)
  • EBSCO
  • CNKI
  • HyRead
23 Jan (Tue)
  • WisersOne
  • CNKI
  • Gale Cengage
24 Jan (Wed)
  • ProQuest
25 Jan (Thu)
  • Gale Cengage
  • ProQuest
  • WisersOne
26 Jan (Fri)
  • Gale Cengage
  • HyRead