News & Events
Services of ProQuest ebook platforms are temporarily unavailable from 00:00 to 01:30 on 28 October 2018
Publishing Seminar - Getting Published in Medical Journals (by BMJ)
This seminar aims to help our students and faculty, especially those in nursing and allied health, to enhance their ability in academic writing and getting published in medical and related cross-disciplinary areas. Students and staff who are interested to learn the publishing tips in these fields are welcome to join. The talk will cover but is not limited to the following topics:
- choosing the right journal
- ensure that your research is worth publishing
- use key international guidelines on reporting research
- make best use of IMRaD format to write up studies
- fully report methods and results to aid reproducibility
- interpret results cautiously
- write study abstracts and titles effectively and accurately
- learn from rejection
Time : 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Venue : Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library
Speaker : Dr. Trish Groves (Associate Editor of The BMJ; former Editor in Chief of BMJ Open)
Registration : Please click on this link for registration.
About the Speaker
Trish Groves (MBBS, MRCPsych) is currently an associate editor for The BMJ and is on the advisory board of BMJ Open Science. Between joining The BMJ as its first editorial registrar (intern) in 1989 and leaving in 2018, she was a deputy editor and head of research on The BMJ, editor in chief of BMJ Open, director of academic outreach for BMJ, and editorial lead for e-learning programme BMJ Research to Publication.
Trish studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, then specialised in psychiatry, gaining MRCPsych in 1989. She was briefly an honorary research fellow at the School for Public Policy, UCL.
Library Workshop in October 2018
The Library will launch a series of workshops on various topics in Oct 2018. Staff and students who are interested in making effective use of information are welcome to join.
Library Opening Hours - Mid-Autumn Festival & the day following Mid-Autumn Festival
Date | LIB Hours | |
24 Sep 2018 (Mon) | Mid-Autumn Festival | 8:30am - 7pm |
25 Sep 2018 (Tue) | The day following Mid-Autumn Festival | Closed |
The 24-Hour Study Centre (G/F) can be accessed via the Core E entrance after Library closes. Please present your PolyU staff / student ID cards to the security guard before entering.
"Westlaw Asia" & "WestlawNext" are temporarily unavailable from 10:00pm, 8 Sep 2018 to 6:00am, 9 Sep 2018
Virtual Reality Contest 2018/19
Join our VR Contest to create experiential stories from ancient China!
The Library is organising a series of talks and workshops for you to think up ideas, learn VR techniques, and 3D modelling tools so that you can create your story in VR! This series is supported by the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE).
Submit your VR story and you will stand a chance to win our contest! Click here for more details.
Come and join our briefing session to know more!
Date: | 13 Sep 2018 (Thu) |
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Time: | 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm (Session 1) 6:15 pm - 6:45 pm (Session 2) [The two sessions are identical.] |
Venue: | Digital Visualisation Room, i-Space, 4/F, Library |
Registration: | Please click on this link for registration. (For PolyU Students only) |
For enquiries, please contact lbsys@polyu.edu.hk, phone 2766-6909 or visit our Technical Support Desk at i-Space!
READ@PolyU 2018/19 is on Now!
Attention all Year 1 Undergrads!
READ@PolyU wants you to fall in love with reading … all over again.
Pick up your FREE common book, Fifteen Dogs, to kick off READ@PolyU 2018.
Come to the Library between 3 and 7 September to get your free copy.
Look for us just inside the Library entrance.
Hurry while supplies last!
More details at https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/read/
Get to know your library!
Get to know your library!
Come join a Library Orientation!
Welcome to PolyU! Join a Library Tour to see what’s on offer at the university’s learning hub. Get answers to important questions such as:
- Where is the best spot for quiet study/group study?
- What are my Library privileges?
- How can I make the MOST out of my Library?
You will learn about our 24-hour Study Centre, our specialized digital facilities, our electronic book collection, your access card to other academic libraries in Hong Kong…
…and more.
We are here to help you succeed in your studies. Come out and learn how.
Library Orientation Tours
Sign up or drop in
Weeks 1 & 2 (3 to 15 September 2018)
Monday to Friday: 11:30 am & 2:30 pm
Thursday evenings: 6:30 pm
Saturdays: 2:30 pm
Tours are 45 minutes long
Walk-ins also welcome
(Registered students will be given priority)
Look for the Meeting Point stand, near the entrance of the Library.
See you at the Library!
Scheduled maintenance for Inter-Library Loan services 2018-08-10 (Fri)
Due to the scheduled systems maintenance in table below, the affected services and resources may be temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period.
Date |
Time |
Service name |
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2018-08-10 |
08:30 – 14:00 |
Inter-library loan service (ILLiad) |
For further enquiries, please contact Research Help Desk at 2766-6863 / Technical Support Desk at 2766-6909.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused.