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New Reference Tool: ProQuest RefWorks

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New Reference Tool: ProQuest RefWorks
The Library is pleased to launch the database – RefWorks. It is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. First-time users are required to sign up for an individual account.
Members of Shue Yan University (i.e. faculty, researchers, staff, postgraduates and undergraduates) are welcome to access via the following link:
ProQuest RefWorks (First time user is required to sign up an account)
We provide other databases at the Library website. For details, please visit here.
HKSYU Library
5th May 2017

New Database: Ulrichsweb

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New Database: Ulrichsweb
The Library is pleased to launch the database – Ulrichsweb. It is a single, unified service brings information about global serials resources together in one place to support librarians and researchers. There are the information about over 400,000 serials titles details, 100,000 publishers and providers, and more than 900 subject areas covered. It can be used to identify peer-reviewed journals and other academic and scholarly resources easily.
Members of Shue Yan University (i.e. faculty, researchers, staff, postgraduates and undergraduates) are welcome to access via the following link:

ULRICHSWEB (login required if out of campus)

We provide other databases at the Library website. For details, please visit here.
HKSYU Library
5th May 2017

E-BOOK DISPLAY (APRIL 2017)

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E-BOOK DISPLAY (APRIL 2017)
List of titles on the “E-BOOK DISPLAY” board at 5/F

No Title / Author (Year)
1 Adolescent Identity and Schooling: Diverse Perspectives / Cynthia Hudley (Editor) (2016)
2 Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America / Erika Lee & Judy Yung. (2010)
3 Blazing the Neoliberal Trail: Urban Political Development in the United States and the United Kingdom / Timothy P. R. Weaver. (2016)
4 Cinema studies : the key concepts (4th Ed.) / Susan Hayward. (2013)
5 Inception and philosophy : because it’s never just a dream / David Kyle Johnson (Editor) (2012)
6 Inspections and reports on dwellings. Inspecting (2nd Ed.) / Philip Santo. (2016)
7 Methods for the ethnography of communication : language in use in schools and communities / Judith Kaplan-Weinger and Char Ullman. (2015)
8 Presidential Leadership in Public Opinion: Causes and Consequences / Jeffrey E. Cohen. (2015)
9 Salvation from Cinema : the Medium is the Message / Crystal Downing. (2016)
10 Solitary Action: Acting on Our Own in Everyday Life / Ira J. Cohen. (2016)
11 Taipei : city of displacements / Joseph R. Allen. (2011)
12 The Hunger Games / Nicola Balkind. (2014)
13 The Reality of Social Construction / Dave Elder-Vass. (2012)
14 The Soviet Mind: Russian Culture under Communism / Isaiah Berlin. (2004)
15 Vulnerable adults and the law / Jonathan Herring. (2016)
16 中國民族關係散論 / 韓孝榮. (2015)
17 吞聲忍語 : 日治時期香港人的集體回憶 / 劉智鵬, 周家建. (2010)
18 星島崛起 : 新加坡的立國智慧 / 匡導球. (2015)
19 星際效應 : 電影幕後的科學事實、推測與想像 / Kip Thorne著 ; 蔡承志譯. (2015)
20 春嬌與志明 / 彭浩翔原創故事 ; 陸以心小說改編. (2012)
21 科技犯罪安全之數位鑑識 : 證據力與行動智慧應用 / 王旭正,林祝興,左瑞麟. (2013)
22 首富馬雲獨家創業課 : 阿里巴巴的新突破 / 魯智. (2015)
23 香港戰前報業 / 楊國雄. (2013)
24 商業冒險 : 華爾街的12個經典故事 / John Brooks. (2015)
25 深圳鹽田：從零到千萬大港 / 謝錦添, 楊玉珍, 廖振強. (2015)
26 設計師的餐盤風景 / 包周. (2015)
27 最後的帝國軍人 : 蔣介石與白團 / 野島剛著 ; 蘆荻譯. (2015)
28 察顏觀色 : 心理學家沒教你的色彩心理學 / 黃亞男. (2012)
29 餐飲業經營技巧 / 許俊雄. (2015)
30 翻轉教室 : 理論、策略與實務 / 黃國禎…等. (2016)

HKSYU Library
26th April 2017

New Database: Oxford Bibliographies

Below is the new database that can be accessed via the Library website.
1. Oxford Bibliographies
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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.  Please click here to start.
The library has other databases available for faculty and students of HKSYU, further information can be found here.
HKSYU Library
13rd April 2017