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Scientific Research Publishing (open access database)

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.
Users can also follow the below steps to access Scientific Research Publishing (open access database):
Step 1: Access HKSYU Library Homepage
Step 2: Click “Online Databases”
Step 3: Select “Alphabetical list” or “Subject list”
Step 4: Select “Scientific Research Publishing (open access database)”
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Hong Kong Shue Yan University Library

Free Distribution of Donated Books

Free Distribution of Donated Books
Books donated by Emeritus Professor of Economics Sung Chee Woo (宋敍五老師) will be distributed to students for free on a first come, first served basis. Arrangement will be as follows:
Period: 24 Nov., 2015 – 4 Dec., 2015.
Location: 6/F, Library Complex. (at the front of storage room)
Remarks: It will be open during library hours within the above-mentioned period until 3:35pm, 4 Dec., 2015.
Library staff on duty for consultation:
13:50 – 15:35 (Mon & Tue)
12:55 – 15:35 (Wed – Fri)

Termination of Beijing sites of CNKI databases

Beijing sites of the following CNKI databases are removed from HKSYU library website because they have not been maintained by vender any more:
1. China Academic Journals Full-text Database (中國期刊全文數據庫): 文史哲、 政治軍事與法律、教育與社會科學綜合 及 經濟與管理專輯)
2. China Master Theses Full-text Database (中國優秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫): 文史哲專輯)
3. China Proceedings of Conference Full-text Database (中國重要會議論文全文數據庫) : 文史哲、政治軍事與法律、教育與社會科學綜合、經濟與管理專輯)
Please access these databases via Qingdao sites.
Hong Kong Shue Yan University Library

New databases

Below are the new databases which could be accessed via library website.
1. 中國五十年代初中期的政治運動數據庫 : 從土地改革到公私合營, 1946-1956
中國五十年代初中期的政治運動資料庫 由宋永毅、郭建等海內外學者編輯，美國哈佛大學費正清中國研究中心出版。數據庫有以下特點；
•    內文詳實：包括標有出處的官方檔、指示、公報、內部報告、領袖和首長講話、重要報刊社論等九千多篇。
•    資料龐大：多達近三千多萬字的第一手中文資料，多數文獻作了重新校勘；
•    文獻珍貴：其中40%為中共各級檔案館的內部檔案和文件。僅當年各地有關土改、鎮反和思想改造的絕密調查報告、記錄就達近兩千餘篇；
•    檢索靈活：可用中英文作「主題」，「日期」，「作者」，「標題」，和「關鍵詞」查閱。
2. EBSCO: American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933 – 1955
American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 provides electronic access to the only comprehensive record of dissertations accepted by American universities during that time period, the print index Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities. Containing twenty-two years of dissertation research and amounting to nearly 100,000 citations, it was created with the generous support of the H. W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston.
The library has other databases available for HKSYU users, further information can be found here.
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