New Presentation Tools

User Education
(April 2015/Issue 46)
“Making a Professional Presentation” workshop has ended with good response. The Library is now offering “New Presentation Tools” tutorials for small groups of students. The tutorial will introduce some new and cool presentation tools (Lucidpress, Prezi, etc.) and show how to search for high quality images and videos from library resources to enrich your content.Interested parties are welcome to approach the Reference Desk at G/F to schedule a time slot for the tutorial before 30th April 2015.

Featured Exhibition

Library Events
(April 2015/Issue 46)
Each Photo Tells a Story – Hong Kong Memories


The exhibition showcases more than 20 images depicting people travelling on transport vehicles in Hong Kong around the 1950s to 1980s.

It offers you a glimpse of the livelihood of Hong Kong in the past. Looking through these photos will give you an extraordinary experience of travelling back in time and recall your memories of OLD Hong Kong.
Date: 15 – 22 April 2015
Venue: Library Exhibition Area, G/F, S H Ho Academic Building (Block A)

Use Market Research Data to Gain Insight and Stay Competitive

E-Resources
(April 2015/Issue 46)
Market research provides important information to identify and analyze the market need, market size and competition. Passport is a library subscribed global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, surveys and breaking news on industries, countries and consumers worldwide. It features market performance of leading companies and brands, comprehensive population, socioeconomic and lifestyle data, historic data from 1997 and forecasts to 2020. The analysis and visualization tools are powerful and easy-to-use. Visit here to have a better understanding of the rapid changing global business environment.

Library Information Skills Workshops

User Education
(March 2015/Issue 45)
Venue: E-Learning Classroom (A114)
Hands-on practice is available
ECA hours counted
Attend a library workshop and have a chance to win a book coupon of $100
Date Time Topic Register
1 Apr (Wed) 3:00 – 4:00 pm Making a Professional Presentation Click HERE
9 Apr (Thu) 3:00 – 4:00 pm Explore the Library Resources for Your Assignment Click HERE
14 Apr (Tue) 3:00 – 4:00 pm Using RefWorks – Your Referencing Buddy Click HERE
23 Apr (Thu) 3:00 – 4:00 pm Explore the Library Resources for Your Assignment Click HERE

High-Quality Journals in Humanities & Social Sciences

E-Resources
(March 2015/Issue 45)
The Library has subscribed to the Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) Package in Cambridge Journals Online. This package includes over 200 academic journals and 66% of them were cited by the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and the Arts and Humanities Index (AHCI). It covers all aspects of HSS subjects and is particularly strong in Linguistics, Area studies, Politics, Law and History. Visit HERE to explore the high-quality content available for you.

No More Boring Presentations

User Education
(March 2015/Issue 45)
Creative presentation can significantly impress your audience and help you to present with confidence. The “Making a Professional Presentation” workshop introduces some cool and new presentation tools (Lucidpress, Prezi, etc.) and shows how to search for high quality images and videos from library resources, such as Alexander Street Press, Britannica Academic and EBSCOhost, to enrich your content. Join the workshop to learn how to create a professional and unique presentation.
Date: 1 Apr 2015 (Wed)
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Venue: E-Learning Classroom (A114)
Title: Making a Professional Presentation
Click HERE to register. Registration is on a first come, first served basis.


Hands-on practice is available


ECA hours counted

Experience the Databases on Trial Now!

E-Resources
(March 2015/Issue 44)
To support programme development, the Library regularly arranges trials to new e-resources. There are 7 databases currently available for trial:


  • China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text Database 中國博士學位論文數據庫
  • China Masters’ Theses Full-text Database 中國優秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫
  • EIU Country Report
  • INFOBANK 中國資訊行
  • ProQuest Social Science Journals
  • SOSHOO 搜數網
  • Westlaw China

Please click here to try them out and tell us what you think library@hsmc.edu.hk.