Sage Catalyst is a digital collection of e-textbooks in the social sciences. Subjects include Business, Psychology, Sociology, Media, Nursing, Education, and Research Methods. It offers unlimited online and offline access through dedicated platforms, featuring key functionalities such as text-to-speech 'Read Aloud' capability.
Expiry date: 4 February 2026
Sage Skills includes the following categories:
Business Skills empowers learners to develop and practise the real-world capabilities essential for a successful transition from academia to the modern workplace. This is achieved through interactive self-assessments, immersive virtual scenarios, downloadable datasets, and expert insight. This dynamic digital resource, curated in collaboration with academic and professional experts, currently covers the following 10 modules:
Student Success helps students learn the practical academic and personal skills needed to thrive during their time in higher education and beyond. Enhanced with interactive self-assessments, virtual scenarios, and videos, this digital resource offers two collections with fifteen modules.
1. Student Success: Essentials features 10 core modules, including:
2. Student Success: Succeeding in Your Final Year features 5 modules, including:
Expiry date: 31 January 2026
Please be informed that the Library will perform scheduled server maintenance as below:
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Research Data Management is essential in your research process. The Library has implemented new services for our PolyU researchers.
After inputting your dataset’s basic metadata in the PolyU Research Data Repository, TurboCurator uses AI to suggest enhanced titles, descriptions, and keywords.
A comprehensive metadata makes your dataset more discoverable and FAIR—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
Learn more about TurboCurator in our Library Guide!
A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a comprehensive document that outlines how you will manage your research data throughout a project. It helps you stay organized and is often required by funding agencies.
Further strengthening the University’s open access policy, the Library now offers a DMP Service on the DMP Tool online platform, available to all PolyU staff and students.
Check out the Library Guide for more details!
Book Exhibition:
Timeless Journey to the Silk Road
絲路卷軸 ── 穿越時空之旅
📍 The Forum, 6/F South Wing, Library | Until 30 Jun 2026
The Silk Road, traversing thousands of years, is like a time tunnel that connects the Eurasian continent, tightly linking China and the Mediterranean region of Europe.
Imagine the sound of camel bells as merchants and travellers journeyed along sandy paths, carrying silk, spices, tea, and gems. More than just a trade route, the Silk Road was a vibrant stage for the exchange of art, religion, and scientific knowledge. Every traveller who embarked on the Silk Road contributed to the integration of cultures and ideas, leaving a deep and valuable legacy for human history.
This exhibition presents a curated selection of Chinese and English research works, highlighting the diverse facets of the Silk Road through themes, such as cultural exchange, historical geography, architectural heritage, and trade routes. We hope visitors will be able to fully understand the deep historical and cultural importance of the Silk Road. We sincerely invite you to explore the exhibition and discover the remarkable heritage and diverse cultures that the Silk Road facilitated.
🔎 More printed and e-books ➡️ https://polyu.hk/StJUH
千年的絲綢之路，猶如一條時光隧道，貫穿歐亞大陸，將中國與歐洲地中海地區緊密相連。
想像昔日駝鈴聲響，商隊與旅人沿著黃沙古道穿梭，滿載絲綢、香料、茶葉和寶石，將奇珍異寶從東方帶往西方，也把異域文明引入華夏大地。
這條古道，不只是貨物的通路，更是文化、科技、思想迸發的舞台。商旅往來其間，每一位踏上絲路的旅人，都帶動不同文明的藝術、宗教及科學知識薈萃融通，為人類歷史留下了深遠且珍貴的影響。
本次展覽精選中英文研究著作，結合文化交流、史地研究、建築遺產、貿易交通等相關主題，深入呈現絲綢之路的多重面貌，旨在引領觀眾全方位理解其歷史與文化價值。
我們誠意邀請您透過展覽，踏上一段奇妙時光之旅，探索了解絲路在促進東西方交流方面的重要歷史意義，及所其孕育的多元文化成果。
🔎 更多實體及電子館藏 ➡️ https://polyu.hk/StJUH
Two pieces of subsidiary legislation under the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528) (the Ordinance), namely the Copyright (Libraries, Museums and Archives—Prescribed Conditions for Making Copy) Regulation and the Copyright (Specified Libraries, Museums and Archives under Sections 47 to 53) Notice, will come into operation on 1 January 2026.
There will not be any change in making a request for materials via the Library's Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services. Users will only be contacted and required to fill in and sign a Declaration Form when the Library has successfully located the resource (article / book chapter) and the reproduction of that resource falls within the requirements of the Copyright Ordinance.
More details on the new copyright legislation are provided by the Intellectual Property Department at https://www.ipd.gov.hk/en/copyright/legislative-proposals-and-amendments/copyright-of-libraries-museums-and-archives/index.html.
Sage Campus offers a comprehensive suite of self-paced courses focused on critical academic and professional skills, covering essential topics from information navigation and research methods to data literacy and data science, all enriched with interactive content and formative assessments to support learners at every stage of their academic journey.
Remark: To get started, please create a personal account and sign up for the course you are interested in.
Expiry date: 31 January 2026
Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy is an online platform designed to foster research and data literacy. It provides books, videos, and practical tools to support researchers through each phase of a project, from initial design and ethical review to data analysis and the dissemination of findings. The resource covers core concepts and detailed methodologies spanning qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research across the social, behavioural, and health sciences.
Key features include in-depth video interviews with practicing researchers, step-by-step instructional guides, real-world case studies, and practice datasets. By providing these resources and real-life examples, Sage Research Methods helps students and researchers build the skills necessary to conduct their research papers.
Expiry date: 31 January 2026
IET.tv is the online video platform of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), offering a wide range of multidisciplinary engineering and technology content. It serves as a crucial resource for academics, professionals, and students.
The platform features 8,500+ subtitled videos and 8,500+ videos with full transcripts. It covers key sectors, including Communications, IT, Manufacturing, Control and Automation, Power, Transport, Electronics, Management, and Healthcare Technology.
Content includes university seminars, unique teaching materials, expert interviews, and keynote presentations on advanced topics. It also provides professional development resources for continuing education, recordings from major IET and external events, as well as bite-sized news and demonstrations.
Expiry date: 30 June 2026
IET Inspec Direct is a premier scientific and technical database, serving as an essential resource for subject-specific and interdisciplinary research across the global fields of physics, engineering, electronics, and computer science. It provided researchers, engineers, and information professionals with unparalleled access to a meticulously curated collection of literature.
The database’s core strength lies in its deep, expert-indexed coverage of four key disciplines:
Containing over 20 million records and growing, Inspec remains a definitive tool for discovering the world’s leading research, from seminal historical works to the latest innovations.
Expiry date: 28 February 2026
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