The Library recently added a new database O’Reilly for Higher Education for trial until 13 September 2022. It provides full-text access to over 35,000 business and IT-related ebooks, case studies, learning paths, interactive tutorials, and over 6,000 videos.

Please see here for the login steps. Click here to try them out, and we will be happy to have your feedback.

The publisher Emerald is giving free access to a selection of book chapters, journal articles, and expert opinions about the Russo-Ukrainian war until 31 Oct 2022.

Apart from that, you are always welcome to access our subscribed e-resources through Databases A-Z from the Library website to deepen your understanding of the issue.

The Library is recently adding a new database 中華經典古籍庫 for trial. This database features a collection of well-known Chinese classics, including the Grand Scribe’s Records (史記), Classical Literature Series, and Buddhist Classics Series, which are published by the renowned Zhonghua Book Company, also edited and punctuated by professional publishers.

Other trials, including De Gruyter – UN Sustainable Development Goals Package, Gale Reference Complete, Psychotherapy.net, 百年華文限量複製民國圖書資料庫 – 中國近現代本土文學作品, are also available until June 2022.

Click here to try them out and we look forward to your feedback.

The following databases are available for trial until June:

• De Gruyter Book Archive covers 15 subjects’ collections, including Architecture Design and Arts, Business and Economics, Law, Linguistics and Semiotics, Literary and Cultural Studies, Mathematics, Philosophy and Social Sciences.
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• Gale Reference Complete is a resource package consisting of abundant reference sources of archives, historical newspapers, literature manuscripts, reviews and primary works.
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• 百年華文限量複製民國圖書資料庫 – 中國近現代本土文學作品 features Chinese literary works published between 1900 and 1949, including classics by modern and contemporary Chinese writers such as Guo Moruo (郭沫若), Lin Yutang (林語堂), Lao She (老舍) and Shen Congwen (沈從文).

Click here to try them out and we look forward to your feedback.

The following e-resources are now available to support your various academic needs:

• ACM Digital Library covers fields of computing and information technology, including graphics, visualization, gaming, CGI, social networks, computer-human interaction, 3D modelling.
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• Artstor Digital Library features a wide range of high quality images with multidisciplinary content from some of the world’s top museums, artists, libraries, scholars, and photo archives.
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• Initium Media 端傳媒 provides in-depth Chinese-language news content and data journalism covering Greater China and the globe.

For further assistance on using the databases, please feel free to Ask a Librarian.