Emerald Online Quiz Winners

Library Events
(June 2014/Issue 29)

1st Prize Winner of the iPad mini
HSMC Students Joined the Emerald Online Quiz 2014
To promote the use of E-Resources, the Library organized an online quiz with Emerald 

from 11 April to 19 May 2014. A total of 72 HSMC students and staff took part in the quiz. Thank you everyone who supported the event. Participants who answered all quiz questions correctly with the use of the Emerald platform were entered into the lucky draw. A HSMC student, Kwok Man Yan, Janet, was the 1st prize winner of the iPad mini out of 264 participants. Other winners from HSMC are also listed below.

 

(From right to left) Stan Lee, Regional Manager of Emerald

presented the iPad mini to Janet in the Library.

1st Prize Winner of iPad mini 
Kwok Man Yan, Janet

The Winners of HK$200 Gift Voucher 
Yiu Wai Man
Yuen Hoi Yi
Kwok Tsz Wing, Belinda 

Congratulations to the winners of the quiz.

 

Leisure Reading Online@HSMC Library

E-Resources
(May 2014/Issue 28)

Some e-book platforms cover a wide range of subject areas which providing sources for academic and leisure reading. For examples,

  • Airiti Books: Provides over 1,000 Chinese titles. Subject areas include Business, Literature and Fiction, Design and Arts, Humanities, Language, Science, Social Sciences, Computers, etc.
  • EBSCOhost eBook Collection: Covers more a hundred thousand English titles. Subject areas include Fiction, Business & Economics, Computer Science, Psychology, Social Sciences and more.
  • Books24x7 – ITPro: Provides books in IT and technical topics such as Graphic Design (Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver), Desktop & Office Applications (Microsoft Office 2013), Databases (SQL, Oracle) and beyond.

Click to Read!

Important Notes:

Click HERE to explore the full list of E-Book databases.

Reminder to Graduating Students

Facilities and Services
(May 2014/Issue 28)

Congratulations graduating students!
You can still enjoy various library services till 31 August, 2014 (Sunday).

  • Access to the Library to use its facilities;
  • Check out library materials and
  • Use Library electronic resources

Reminder:

  • Please return all of your borrowed materials on or before their due dates and
  • Settle any outstanding library fines (if you have any) on or before 31 August, 2014 (Sunday)

Databases on Trails – Try them out (April 2014)

E-Resources
(Apr 2014/Issue 27)

The Library has arranged trial on the following databases for you to try them out.
Factiva

Factiva is a business reference resource that provides access to a wide range of information, such as newspapers, newswires, industry publications and company reports, in 22 languages from 159 countries. The trial will run until 10 May 2014.

 

Click HERE to access the trial and then click “Factiva.com” on the page.

 

Handbook of Pragmatics Online

It is an online handbook providing up-to-date information on research in the field of linguistic pragmatics, conceived as the interdisciplinary (cognitive, social, and cultural) science of natural language use. Topical articles, such as anaphora, bilingualism, codeswitching, cohesion, discourse markers, implicitness, mass media, negation, social institutions, terms of address, and brief biographies of eminent scholars are also included.

 

Click HERE to access the trial which will run until 31 July 2014.

Tips for Your Assignments

Others
(Apr 2014/Issue 27)
  • Kick start your research with SearchPlus to find a wide range of resources on a topic
  • Take advantage of the library materials such as print books, e-books, e-journals and databases
  • Cite the sources of your assignments with the referencing tool – RefWorks
  • Access e-resources from Home by setting VPN on your own computers. Read the VPN Guide to set up a connection
  • Ask a Librarian for help with your research enquiries

24 Hours Opening (25 April – 23 May 2014)

Facilities and Services
(Apr 2014/Issue 27)

To facilitate students’ study and preparation for examination, the Library operates the 24 Hours Study Area to provide 24/7 access (i.e. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) on the G/F of the Library during the following period:

25 Apr 2014 (Fri, 7:00 pm) – 23 May 2014 (Fri, 7:30 am)

Please CLICK for information on opening hours and how to access the Area.

To ensure safety, the Area is safeguarded by a Security Guard. You are required to have valid HSMC student/staff ID cards in order to access to the Area. Please tab your card against the card reader next to the side door (G/F of the Library) to enter the area.

Library Information Skills Workshops in April (Semester 2, 2013 – 14)

User Education
(Apr 2014/Issue 26)

Join the following workshops and get some research tips for your assignments.
ECA Hours Counted.

Regular Workshop: Finding Full-text Journal Articles

This workshop introduces you to locate full-text articles and other e-resources on SearchPlus as well as databases such as EBSCOhost and Emerald.

Description: This workshop introduces you to locate full-text articles and other e-resources on SearchPlus as well as databases such as EBSCOhost and Emerald.
Date & Time: 16 Apr (Wed) 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm
 Venue: Library E-Learning Classroom (A114)

Click HERE to register. Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

Regular Workshop: Using RefWorks – Your Referencing Buddy

Description: You will learn how to use RefWorks to create build your bibliography or reference list in different citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard Style, etc.) and to insert them in your assignment in minutes.
Date and Time: 15 Apr (Tue) 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Venue: Library E-Learning Classroom (A114)

 Click HERE to register. Registration is on a first come, first served basis.