e-Resources on Trial

Thank you for your interest in the e-resource trial. We appreciate your feedback, and will take into consideration in the decision-making process on the acquisition of the trial resource. Please take a moment to fill in a survey of specific trial resource.

Please note all e-resource trials can only be accessed on campus.

Title Expiry date
Bookboon      [ survey ]

Bookboon is a digital resource specialising in professional development and academic study. Its core collection focuses on practical disciplines, including Business, Engineering, Economics, and Information Technology, offering a wealth of resources for students.

31 Dec 2025
CAS BioFinder      [ survey ]

CAS BioFinder is engineered to accelerate research and development in drug discovery by integrating diverse data types and analytical tools. Its functionality is built upon three core pillars:

1. Integrated data platform
This platform offers comprehensive coverage, seamlessly unifying chemical, biological, and translational data with complete experimental results. Enriched with detailed scientific metadata for deeper context, it ensures data integrity through rigorous normalization and harmonization.

2. Innovation engine
This component features advanced analytics to identify critical patterns and trends. It employs predictive modelling, trained on the entire corpus of integrated data, to generate accurate forecasts. Users can then explore these insights through intuitive visualizations and dynamic clustering methods.

3. Customizable experiences
The platform can be tailored to specific research objectives. It supports bespoke workflows and machine learning training via robust APIs, enables the secure integration of proprietary client data, and allows for the customization of predictive models and user flows.

Remark: Please log into CAS SciFinder and use the three-dot menu on the top left to navigate to CAS BioFinder.

31 Dec 2025
CNKI AI      [ survey ]

CNKI AI is an AI-based academic research tool built upon the "Huazhi Large Model" and the extensive literature from CNKI. The key features of CNKI AI include Ask a Question, Article Research, Collection Research, Intelligent Writing, and Originality Detection. These features encompass the entire research journey, from discovering literature and conducting thorough readings to organising knowledge and generating results, significantly enhancing research efficiency and quality.

Please access the trial within campus IPs, and log in with your personal account or register one before use.

31 Dec 2025
ScienceDirect AI      [ survey ]

ScienceDirect AI is an integrated workflow companion that provides researchers with immediate access to authoritative evidence from peer-reviewed publications. It is designed to address common research challenges, including:

- Accessing answers from a vast collection of full-text articles, book chapters from ScienceDirect, and open-access content. Researchers can gain deeper insights through AI-driven recommendations tailored to their specific inquiries.

- Easily comparing experiments and synthesising literature.

- Consulting a Reading Assistant directly when opening any article or book chapter.

31 Dec 2025

The Web of Science Research Assistant is a tool powered by generative AI that helps users find relevant content and easily navigate complex research tasks. The key features include:

- Accelerating your understanding of core concepts with concise overviews and commentaries.

- Providing detailed views of referenced documents and offering AI-generated responses to help determine your next research steps.

- Allowing exploration of dynamic visualisations and performing light analytics, such as co-citation networks, topic maps, and trend graphs.

31 Dec 2025