Category: E-Resources

User Tip on IEEE Xplore Database

E-Resources
(May 2017/Issue 87)
IEEE Xplore database is a database which provides full-text access to over 280 serials. The latest enhancement of IEEE Xplore would allow users to download up to 10 documents at a time. So now you can streamline the process of your research and study.

To use this feature, simply run a search, then use the checkboxes to the left of the search result titles to select the documents to download. Try it now!

Tight Exams Schedules? Stay Calm with “Naxos Music Library”

E-Resources
(April 2017/Issue 86)
How to balance your exams stress? Listening to music is a popular and easy way for relaxation. Just go to the Library Databases A-Z list, search by subjects under Humanities: Arts, Cultures and Music, select “Naxos Music Library”. Then you can enjoy the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online offering nearly two million tracks of jazz, blues, folk, pop & rock, contemporary instrumental and Chinese music.

Register a WRDS account

E-Resources
(March 2017/Issue 83)
The Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a web-based data management system that allows faculty, students, and postgraduates to access information from a wide variety of financial, economic and marketing data sources.

 

The Library has subscribed the following data sets:

 

COMPUSTAT includes annual and quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items on more than 7,500 publicly held companies.

 

CRSP (The Center for Research in Security Prices) maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets.

 

I/B/E/S (The Institutional Brokers Estimate System) provides a global summary and individual forecast information as well as buy-sell-hold recommendations for companies globally, plus cash flow, dividend, and pre-tax profit forecasts.

 

If it may be of interest for your study and research, you may like to apply for a WRDS account via our Library’s databases web page. For more information, click HERE.

Database on Free Trial

E-Resources
(February 2017/Issue 82)
To support English learning, the Library has currently set up a trial on the following database: Cambridge Companions Online.

Cambridge Companions Online are collections of topics in Literature, Philosophy, Religion, History, Music and Culture with scholarly overviews on the main authors, artists, philosophers and composers.

The database includes three sub-collections. Among them, the Cambridge Companions in “Literature & Classics” sub-collection is particularly relevant to your English studies.

Click HERE for more details and start your search.

Nobel Laureates 2016

E-Resources
(February 2017/Issue 81)
Who are the prize winners in Economic Sciences and Literature? The answer is HERE.

 

The Nobel Prize has a global significance as the best-known and most prestigious recognition of achievements in literature, science, and the struggle for peace.

 

Through our Library webpage SearchPlus type in “Nobel laureates” or “Nobel Prize winners” over 17,000 results including books, articles, reviews and newspaper articles can be found.

 

You can also log in your Cambridge Core account to enjoy free contents by Nobel laureates 2016 before 28 Feb 2017. If you don’t have a Cambridge Core account, please click HERE to sign up now!