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Keeping current: International news at your fingertips
Introduce various resources to find news around the world. They include Factiva, and also various databases on the
ProQuest platform.
Date:
12 Mar 2018 (Mon)
Time:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Carol So (ProQuest)
Navigating the News in a Post-truth Era with The New York Times
Discuss fake news and honest journalism in a post-truth era, centering on New York Times.
Date:
12 Mar 2018 (Mon)
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Hanh M. Dong (New York Times)
Where to find company information and other high-quality business publications?
Business Source Complete, the comprehensive scholarly business database that provides full-text content covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.
Date:
13 Mar 2018 (Tue)
Time:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Evan Shih (EBOSCO)
Beyond YouTube: Find scholarly and reliable online videos
Sage Video, an online video platform that offers sleek functionalities and most importantly high-quality academic streaming videos on various subject matters.
Date:
13 Mar 2018 (Tue)
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Jim Kao (Sage Publishing)
Scopus: Find, track, analyze and visualize scholarly research
Scopus, a large multidisciplinary academic database of peer-reviewed literature, featuring smart tools to track, analyze
and visualize scholarly research.
Date:
14 Mar 2018 (Wed)
Time:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Chen Ju (Elsevier)
Gale Primary Sources: Where the past meets the present
Covering a wide range of full-text primary source content from human sexuality to declassified U.S. documents, Gale Primary Sources is a powerful platform with rich content and also robust analytical tools.
Date:
14 Mar 2018 (Wed)
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Alfred Ng (Cengage Gale)
MEDLINE: An authoritative database for biomedicine and health information
MEDLINE is an authoritative biomedical and life sciences database that is known for its comprehensive coverage in
biomedicine and health, as well as its trademarked medical subject headings. Come and learn how to search MEDLINE
effectively on the Ovid platform and other resources on Ovid.
Date:
15 Mar 2018 (Thu)
Time:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Leo Cheung (Wolters Kluwer)
Web of Science: Track Research Development and Discover Trends
Web of Science can be used to monitor research development and discover emerging trends. Its citation indexes are
powerful in tracking citation activities of leading journals in multiple disciplines.
Date:
15 Mar 2018 (Thu)
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Stephen Shen (Clarivate Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters)
CNKI中國知網: 怎樣有效檢索中文數據庫
介紹搜索中文數據庫的有效方法,以中國知網為例子。
Come and learn about tips on searching effectively in the Chinese-language database CNKI.
Date:
16 Mar 2018 (Fri)
Time:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)
Speaker:
Lizzie Hu (CNKI)
SciFinder Essentials: Not only for the Chemists
SciFinder is one of the best resources for chemistry literature and chemical information, but it’s not just for chemists.
Come and learn the tips and tricks for SciFinder!
Date:
16 Mar 2018 (Fri)
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Venue:
Multipurpose Rooms, Academic Commons, Level 2, Main Library (map)