Academic OneFile (Gale) is the premier source of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines such as Biology, Chemistry, Criminal justice, Economics, Environmental science, History, Marketing, Political science, Psychology.
AP Stylebook is a writing style guide for journalists. It is published and updated annually to reflect changes in writing style and new guidelines. It provides fundamental guidelines for spelling, language, punctuation, usage and journalistic style.
AP Stylebook Online is a searchable, customizable, regularly updated version of AP Stylebook which offers bonus features including Ask the Editor, Topical Guides and Pronunciation Guide, and expands on the print book’s guidance. It’s mobile optimized so you can use it on your desktop, laptop, smartphone or tablet.
AP Stylebook Online adds Webster's New World College Dictionary, the stylebook's first reference for spelling, style, usage and foreign geographic names.
The database brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 53 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues. Subject coverage include finance, trade, environment, human resources development, best practices in government, fisheries, tourism, education and women's studies to name a few. Country coverage includes all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and Pacific islands.
Associated Press Collections Online (Gale Primary Sources) is a publishing program focusing on making varied treasures of the Associated Press Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archive available to libraries worldwide. Exploring the history and back story of the venerable Associated Press---decades' worth of wire copy, correspondence, memos, internal publications, and more.
Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile) brings together information found in more than 400 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers.
DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) is a service of OAPEN Foundation. It aims to increase discoverability of academic, peer reviewed books published under open access license. The directory covers various subjects including arts and architecture, business and economics, history and archaeology, languages and literatures, law and political science, philosophy and religion, social sciences and more.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) is hosted and maintained by Lund University Libraries. Click here to access DOAJ.
DOAJ provides free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects including Agriculture and Food Sciences,Arts and Architecture, Biology and Life Sciences, Business and Economics, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, General Works, Health Sciences, History and Archaeology, Languages and Literatures, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Religion, Physics and Astronomy, Science General, Social Sciences, Technology and Engineering, etc. and many languages.
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All journal titles can be searched and browsed. Some journals are searchable at article level.
Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women's studies, zoology and more.
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email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains nearly 900,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. It also includes the full content of the annual printed Bibliography of Asian Studies from the 1971 up to the 1991 volumes (published in 1997).
Communication Source provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.
Features:
email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Features:
Email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
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Newspaper, newswire and new magazine and Radio & TV News, etc.
Founded in 1976, El País was Spain's first newspaper focused on social liberalism and democracy. It is now Spain’s most circulated daily newspaper, providing comprehensive coverage of local, national, and international news.
The El País Historical Archive, 1976–2023, offers a wealth of Spanish-language news records from this influential publication. This database allows for exploration of various topics, including historical events, culture, society, politics, and sports.
Date Coverage: 1976-2023.
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Gale Digital Scholar Lab allows you to use natural language queries to analyze the results of raw text data (OCR).
The platform supports cross-database searches, allowing you to find results across all our subscribed Gale's databases.
Topic Finder can visualize connections between search terms and topics and view relevant articles for those topics.
Term Frequency can explore the coverage of your search terms, graphed over time and note trends in coverage of multiple topics.
Functions:
Basic search
Advanced Search
Publication Search
Search within document
Topic Finder
Term Frequency
Citation tools (MLA 9/ APA 7/ Chicago 17/ Harvard)
Films On Demand: Asia Video Collection is a curated collection of educational videos focusing on Asian culture, history, and contemporary issues. It offers a diverse range of content, including documentaries, interviews, and cultural performances.
The new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Streaming Video Collection is an educational video library that introduces and provides a deeper understanding of the newest technological advances in AI. The collection includes a variety of videos covering topics from basic prompt engineering to advanced science of neural networks and machine learning, real-world applications, key concepts of AI, generative AI tools, and tools for teachers.
Features:
Exceptional Content from the World’s Top Producers Includes exceptional content from the world’s top producers, such as PBS, BBC, A&E, National Geographic, and HBO®.
Extensive Video Library Films on Demand provides access to a vast library of educational videos covering diverse topics. Users can explore content from various disciplines, including science, history, social sciences, and more.
Search and Browse Capabilities The platform offers robust search and browse features to help users discover relevant videos. Users can search for specific titles, keywords, or subjects, or browsing by subject, producer, or series for efficient exploration.
Customizable Playlists This feature allows users to create and manage custom playlists. Users can create their own playlists to organize videos for study or research purposes.
Closed Captioning and Transcripts Many of the videos feature closed captioning or transcripts. Users can enable captions or access transcripts for better understanding and study.
Easy Integration and Embedding The platform provides embedding capabilities, enabling users to embed videos in presentations, websites, or other digital platforms, such as Blackboard, Canva, Moodle, and more.
Support Innovative Instruction The AI Video Collection provides guidance on using AI in an educational setting, with both bite-size and longer form content to promote deeper learning and highlight ethical implications.
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Sharing Video Custom segments and playlists can be shared with others by permalinks, embed codes.
Playlists
Videos and segments can be added to playlists or saved as favorites for later viewing.
Simple Search and Advanced Search
You can search for videos by title, keyword, or use Boolean operators in the advanced search and filter results by subject, format, type, producer, and copyright date.
Browsing You can browse videos by subject areas, popular categories and featured produces.
Closed Captioning and Transcripts
Many videos offer closed captions and interactive transcripts, enhancing accessibility and searchability.
Google Translate With Google Translate in the footer of every page, you can translate all descriptions, transcripts, and navigation into one of more than 100 languages.
Citations All content provide MLA, APA, Chicago, and Harvard citation formats, with EasyBib, NoodleTools, and RefWorks export functionality.
The Financial Times Historical Archive is the complete searchable facsimile run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. Every article and advertisement ever printed in the paper since 1888 can be searched and browsed. This is an essential, comprehensive and unbiased research tool for everyone studying public affairs, and economic and financial history of the last 120 years.
Informe Académico (Gale OneFile) provides a comprehensive collection of full-text academic journals and magazines in Spanish and Portuguese, focusing on Latin America and related fields. The interface is tailored for Spanish speakers, supporting researchers in analysing topics and conducting research in Spanish.
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Smarter Search Results Provides important evaluation information to help users obtain better search results and discover relevant content.
Workflow Tools Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 tools enable users to share, save, and download content, including highlights and notes.
Citation Tools Users can import formatted references from single or multiple files into services such as EasyBib or NoodleTools. MLA, APA, and Chicago formats are supported.
On-demand Translation
Content can be translated into 60+ languages. ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology allows audio files to be downloaded and saved onto any mobile device and read aloud in different languages.
Topic Finder By clustering recurring themes, this tool can uncover hidden connections between search terms and enrich research by integrating related content.
Functions:
Basic search
Advanced Search
Publication Search
Search within document
Topic Finder
Term Frequency
Citation tools (MLA 9/ APA 7/ Chicago 17/ Harvard)
This archive includes The New York Herald, European Editionfollowed by the New York Herald Tribune and finally the International Herald Tribune, retracing the history of the 20th century from luxury travel and opulent entertainment, to international conflicts, the spread of American culture abroad and globalization. This American newspaper published in Paris had an independent editorial spirit throughout and offers a strong focus on objective reporting of international news.
Journal Citation Reports offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. By compiling articles' cited references, JCR helps to measure research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals. Our library subscribes Social Sciences editions.
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Published annually (approximately June) following the year of coverage
Integrated our subscribed The New York Times and The New York Times in Education, the New York Times Learning Network connects classrooms to the world with The New York Times contents and provides opportunities daily for teenagers to both learn the issues that matter to them and raise their voices in response to it.
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Lessons and Teaching Ideas
Lesson Plans Short lesson plans based on Times content.
Teaching Ideas Ideas and inspiration for teaching with The Times.
Writing Prompts
Student Opinion Questions (Daily) Daily questions inspired by Times content from across sections.
Picture Prompts (Tuesday-Friday) Accessible, image-driven prompts that invite a variety of kinds of writing.
Current Events Conversation (Weekly on Thursdays) A weekly round-up of our favorite student comments on recent news and issues.
Quizzes and Vocabulary
Word of the Day (Daily) Learn vocabulary with The New York Times.
Student News Quizzes (Weekly) A current events quiz that tests students about the biggest news stories.
Geography Quizzes (Monthly) Introduce students to over 150 countries via Times maps, photos and journalism.
Photos, Graphs & Videos
What’s Going On in This Picture? (Weekly on Mondays) Times images without their captions and an invitation to students to discuss the live.
What’s Going On in This Graph? (Weekly on Wednesdays) Graphs, maps and charts from The Times and an invitation to students to discuss them live.
Film Club (Weekly on Thursdays) Short documentary films and related discussion questions.
Contests & Challenges
Contests Ten challenges that invite teenagers to engage via writing, photography, audio, video and more.
Accessible Activities A curated selection of student activities for a broad range of readers and writers.
create a free NYTimes.com account using your university email address.
(If you already have a NYTimes.com account associated with your university email address, log in with those credentials. Remember to login out when you leave the platform. You may download NYTimes mobile apps via Google Play.)
Oxford Academic: Hong Kong Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 100 Hong Kong University Press books in six subject areas: Economics and Finance, Film, Television and Radio, History, Linguistics, Literature, Society and Culture.
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print and email articles ; use "Adobe Acrobate Reader" to view articles
Oxford Bibliographies provides a variety of academic topics. Every article in the database is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, with original commentary and annotations. Oxford Bibliographies is reviewed and updated regularly, with 50-75 articles added per year to each subject area. It provides the access to the full text in selected subject areas including: Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology, Chinese studies, Cinema and media studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Education, International law, Linguistics, Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, American literature, Victorian literature, Childhood studies, British and Irish literature, Literary and critical theory (Start from early July 2017).
PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. Click here to access PQDT Open. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access. Open Access Publishing is a new service offered by ProQuest's UMI Dissertation Publishing, and it is expected to have many more open access dissertations and theses over time.
ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated full-text database in the market today. This database provides nearly 12,000 journals with over 9,000 available in full text. It also provides access to over 800 full text U.S., Canadian and international newspapers; Nearly 30,000 full text dissertations in the areas of business, psychology, physical sciences, health, education and more; Concise business information from nearly 9,000 market reports across 43 industries in 40 countries.
It boasts over 160 subjects including core subject areas such as:
Business and economics
Health and medical
News and world affairs
Science
Education
Technology
Humanities
Social Sciences
Psychology
Literature
Law
Women's studies, and more
Features:
email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text available / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. The official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. PQDT - Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT - Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
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Searchable citations
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Basic Search
Advanced Search
Publication Search
Cite / Email/ Print/ Save
Cloud Saving
Citation Export
PDF Downloading
Generative AI Research Assistant
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Dissertations and Theses from 700 leading academic institutions worldwide
Once logged in, your borrowed eBook loans will sync across ALL your registered devices.
Users can register the app on up to 6 devices.
Research Assistant is available only on the eBook Central web platform. This feature is not available on the mobile reader app.
Any ebooks already on loan in Adobe Digital Editions will sync automatically - no re-download needed.
Descriptions:
Ebook Central is an all-in-one ebook platform for research, teaching, and learning. It brings together content from nearly every publisher into a unified experience, allowing students and teachers to easily discover and use the ebook content they need.
In addition, Ebook Central Research Assistant is an AI tool that is now enabled on eligible books and can be found on the left side of the screen for PDFs, or on the right side of the screen for EPUBs. This AI tool helps you assess literature relevance and easily review, analyze, and explore new ideas.
Now, Ebook Central platform has been upgraded and launched the new Ebook Central Reader App, replacing Adobe Digital Editions as the main full-book download service. The new Reader app allows you to read eBooks downloaded from the Ebook Central platform on your desktop and mobile devices with a streamlined, secure and accessible experience.
Features:
Instant access the largest collection of scholarly ebooks across all academic disciplines.
Discover, evaluate, and access titles easily with intuitive search and user-centred design.
Users can read the loaned eBooks via the mobile app Ebook Central in anywhere.
Integrated with Ebook Central Research Assistant, it helps you complete research assignments more efficiently, gain a better understanding of complex topics and expand research by literature relevance.
New Ebook Central Reader App offers you secure and seamless access across all desktop and mobile devices with an intuitive reading experience.
Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) is one of the largest open access journal publishers. It is currently publishing more than 200 open access, online, peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines including medical & life sciences, business & economics, chemistry & materials science, computer science & communications, earth & environmental sciences, engineering, medicine & healthcare, physics & mathematics, social sciences & humanities.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
The database brings the editorial content of the South China Morning Post online edition together with breaking news and videos. It also allows users to retrieve any article, image or key word published in the database in the past 10 years. Users can also sub-select by subject and section category.
Features:
Browse current content and search keywords for archives in the past 10 years
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News with text, images, or videos
Language:
English
Statista Follow these steps to access the Statistadatabase
Step 1: Enter with your Shue Yan webmail and password when you are redirected to Shue Yan Portal Login page.
Statista is one of the world's leading statistics portals offering statistics from over 22,500 sources as well as their own analytics on digital & consumer markets.
The features are:
Data aggregation and research platform with statistics and information covering 80,000 topics on worldwide markets, industries, and societal topics
All information is prepared and checked by Statista’s research team of more than 450 analysts in Hamburg, Germany
A reports database with over 50,000 studies and 5,500 exclusive dossiers and industry reports provides qualitative and quantitative data
Over 22,500 private, public, and proprietary from North American, European, and Asian sources
All statistics can be directly downloaded in PNG/PDF, Excel, and PowerPoint formats
All data prepared according to academic citation standards (MLA, APA, Harvard, Chicago, and Bluebook) with links to the original source for further research
An array of infographics used for illustration data visualization across all areas of interest including current events
All data can be published by authorized users with full-publication rights
The platform has English, Spanish, French and German versions
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Browse, search, chart type setting, download in PNG, PDF, XLS, PPT, download, social media sharing
Since 1822, The Sunday Times has provided thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week's news and society at large. Murder, theatre, sport and politics - all collide in its pages in an abundance of glorious narrative detail. In more than 800,000 pages, The Sunday Times Digital Archiveis a gateway to the greatest crimes, careers and culture of the last 180 years.
First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
WARC offers a global view of the advertising and marketing sector, providing information and tools to help you produce creative campaigns. It includes hundreds of case studies featuring strategies from leading brands, best practice guides, reports on emerging industry trends, benchmarking tools, educational content, and verified advertising investment. It covers various topics such as brand building, creativity, analytics, and marketing management.
Our Library subscribed the below three tabs:
WARC Strategy Inspire your thinking, put insight and evidence at the heart of your marketing decisions and prove your business case.
WARC Creative Maximise the effectiveness of your creativity and transform the commercial impact of your marketing.
WARC Media Make the most of your media investment, reach the right audience and maintain a competitive edge
Features:
WARC Strategy
Over 27,200 effective campaign case studies.
Best Practice and Trend Reports.
WARC Guides
The Anatomy of Effectiveness Series
Strategy Toolkit
WARC Creative
The Creative Effectiveness Ladder
Creative Effectiveness Planner
Creative Campaign
WARC Rankings Reports
WARC Interactive Rankings
WARC Media
AI-powered ad investment forecasts
A robust suite of investment benchmarks
Quarterly media consumption metrics and forecasts
Functions:
Basic search & Advanced search
Filters
Data visualization tools
Download PDF
Interactive Dashboard
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Advertising, market case studies, trend analysis, and research reports.
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