Category: Database Related

Below is the new database which could be accessed via library website.
1. Cabell’s directory of publishing opportunities: Business, Psychology & Psychiatry
The Cabell’s journal directory assists authors in their publication journey by providing an interactive, searchable database which covers 18 distinct academic disciplines from more than ten thousand international scholarly journals.
Cabell’s aim is to facilitate scholarly communication by offering an independent and comprehensive platform, to help researchers evaluate and select the most appropriate outlets for their work. All content is rigorously reviewed against journal selection policy in order to provide credible and thorough:
• Bibliographic information and journal contact information
• Manuscript submission criteria and review process guidelines
• Journal quality metrics and levels of impact/influence
• Powerful contextual and analysis tools
• Author publication experiences
HKSYU Library subscribes two sets data:

•	Business
	Accounting
	Economics & Finance
	Management
	Marketing
•	Psychology & Psychiatry

The library has other databases available for HKSYU users, further information can be found here.

Academic Video Online: Premium
Academic Video Online: Premium is the largest and most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 50,000 video titles spanning essential subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 12,000 titles are exclusive to Alexander Street.
The collection represents content from over 1,500 leading distributors, producers, and filmmakers. Some of the top names include:
60 MINUTES / CBS
PBS
BBC
NBC
Intelecom
Insight Media
Microtraining
Filmakers Library
Envision, Inc.
Stanley Milgram
Dallas Telecourses
Davidson Films
VEA
Bloomberg
The Open University
Annenberg Learner

Emerald Group Publishing will provide a training section for HKSYU library users with details as below:
Topic: Emerald platform training and a guide to getting published
Date: 28th October 2016
Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 nn
Venue: Learning Lab in 6/F Learning Commons
Language: English or Chinese
Speaker: Trainer from Emerald Group Publishing
Seats: Maximum 25
Topic Description:
1. Emerald platform training session
2. Emerald’s Guide to Getting Published session will focus on the topics that help you publish and increase the publicity of your academic work. The session will cover publishing process from how and why should the academics publish to the search tips, Emerald is also going to share with you what to emphasize to have more audience on your published works.
(i)Why publish?
(ii)How to get started?
(iii)Keyword search & Emerald platform guide
(iv)Academic writing tips
(v)How to target your work more effectively?
(vi)Demystifying publishing process
(vii)Self-review and to survive peer review
(viii)Promotion and increase the visibility
Interested users please register with your full name and department by email to libchow@hksyu.edu. Seats are available on a first come first served basis.
HKSYU Library

Users are welcome to access the trial database through https://library.hksyu.edu/lib/site/trial_new.htm

If you have any comments about the trial databases, please send to pcomment@hksyu.edu
Hong Kong Shue Yan University Library

Below is the new databases which could be accessed via library website.
1. Project MUSE – Social Sciences Collection
The Social Sciences Collection for journals is a subset of the Premium Collection. It is a collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals designed for institutions acquiring extensively in the social sciences. Building on MUSE’s strengths in international relations and in aspects of political science and economics, this collection is designed to meet the needs of special libraries such as thinktanks, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and related organizations. Of the new journal titles added to MUSE each year, the best of those with a clear social science focus are added to the Social Sciences Collection.
2. The New York Times / The New York Times in Education
The New York Times (Register and login account with university email)
• Historical articles: Unlimited access to articles in the date ranges 1851 – 1922 and 1981 – now.
• Access to articles from 1923-1980 is limited to five articles per day for each user.
• Videos, multimedia, blogs… etc.
To activate your Academic Pass for access to The New York Times, please follow these steps:
Visit https://myaccount.nytimes.com/verification/edupass, 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 at nytimes.com/mobile.
The New York Times in Education (Register and login account with university email)
Twelve major areas: Business, Leadership, Economic, International Relation, Psychology, Writing & English Composition, Environmental Science, American Government, Criminal Justice, Biology, Religious Studies, Campaigns and Elections.
It covers Case Study, Article Discussion, Must Read Article and Sharing Teaching Strategy across the world.
To activate your Academic Pass for access to The New York Times in Education, please follow these steps:
Visit http://nytimesineducation.com/register/, create a free New York Times Education account using your university email address. If you already have an account associated with your university email address, log in with those credentials. Remember to login out when you leave the platform
The library has other databases available for HKSYU users, further information can be found here.