News & Events

[Library Online Course] Using EndNote (Part I: Essential Features)

News Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 09:07

The Library has launched a new online course for using EndNote, a reference management tool to help you cite and manage references in your assignment or research papers. Join the course to learn the key features about EndNote, including how to insert references from different sources and how to cite references in Word document.

Register Now
The course will appear in your Learn@PolyU My Courses within two working days after registration.

This online course consists of 5 modules and each takes about 20 mins to complete. You will receive an e-certificate upon completion of the course.

  • Module 1 - Introduction
  • Module 2 - Get started with EndNote
  • Module 3 - Add references to EndNote
  • Module 4 - Insert and edit citations in MS Word
  • Module 5 - Save your reference library

Click HERE to enroll the course now and the course will appear in your Learn@PolyU My Courses within two working days after registering with us.

For further learning support, email us at lbinf@polyu.edu.hk, contact your Faculty Librarian, or call us at 2766-6863 (9 am – 5 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays) during this period.

Physical Resources Retrieval Service

News Monday, February 17, 2020 - 20:19

In view of the latest development of the coronavirus epidemic where Library Study and Collection Spaces are closed, PolyU/CPCE staff and students can request online for retrieval of print books and physical AV resources of the Library.

Eligibility: PolyU/CPCE Students and Staff

Effective Date: From 21 July 2020 to 1 Sep 2020

Service Coverage:
Retrieval service provided for loanable books and AV materials from the following Collections only:

  • Book Collection
  • Book Collection (Large)
  • i-Space Book Display
  • Audio Visual Collection (Items on 7-day loan only)

Note
Books of Reserve Collection and AV materials (3-day loan) are available first-come-first-served on shelves in the Reserve Collection area on Podium Floor. Users can borrow these materials using the self-checkout station in that area.

Books of PolyU Reads and new books on display are available first-come-first-served on the circular shelves of Current Awareness Centre on Podium Floor. Users can borrow these books using the self-checkout station near the Library exit gate.

Newspapers, magazines, journals, other in-house use materials, and items from remote store are NOT available for retrieval and checkout.

How to Submit Request: Request via OneSearch
Steps to submit request can be found here.

Processing Time: Pickup notices will be emailed to users' PolyU Connect/Staff Email accounts in 1-3 working days (excluding Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays)

Pick-up Location: Self-pickup from the Hold Shelf in the Reserve Collection Area, Podium Floor of the Library

Pick-up Period: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm (Mon - Fri), closed on Sat/Sun/public holidays; Items retrieved will be kept for 7 days after the pick up notice is dispatched (The last pickup date is shown in the pickup notice).

How to Check-out: Use the designated self-checkout station in the Reserve Collection Area

How to Return: Return at the book drops of the Library. (1) Book Drop underneath the table of the Loan & Return Counter when the Library is open, or (2) Book Drop located outside the campus turnstiles on Podium Level (near public footbridge towards Exit A Hung Hom MTR Station) when the Library is open or closed.

 

Please always refer to the Library homepage for latest service hours and arrangements before your visit.

 

Enquiries:

[Library Online Course] Library Resources and Services for Postgraduate Students

News Friday, February 14, 2020 - 16:17

This online course tailor-made for postgraduate students is aimed to equip you with essential skills and knowledge areas for your learning and research. The first two modules of the online course are out now!

Register Now
The course will appear in your Learn@PolyU My Courses within two working days after registration.

Module 1 – Using OneSearch

Learn how to find books and articles via OneSearch within and beyond the PolyU Library

Module 2 – Using Advanced Search

Understand how advance search would help in finding scholarly resources for your assignments and research topics

Modules 3 to 6 are expected to be released in March 2020.

Module 3 – Library Databases
Module 4 – Find Related Articles on Google Scholar & Databases
Module 5 – Citing References
Module 6 – Researcher Profiles

Click HERE to enroll the course now and the course will appear in your Learn@PolyU My Courses within two working days after registering with us.

For further learning support, email us at lbinf@polyu.edu.hk, contact your Faculty Librarian, or call us at 2766-6863 (9 am – 5 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays) during this period.

Nursing Reference Center Plus (Trial)

News Monday, February 10, 2020 - 13:41

NRC Plus provides the latest evidence-based clinical information for nursing practice, education, management, and research at the point of care. It covers access care plans, video demonstrations, etc.

Expiry date: 31 March 2020

Use Resource List to find your course readings - in one place!

Notice Friday, February 7, 2020 - 19:00

Want to find the books, readings and other materials prescribed by your instructor for each course?

 

Use Resource List on your Blackboard (Learn@PolyU) course page now!


​Resource List provides you with easy access to reading materials prescribed by your instructors for particular module right inside your Blackboard course page, including books, readings and other online resources.

 

This video shows the steps on how to access your course Resource List.

 

Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact your Faculty Librarian  or call us at  2766-6863  (9 am – 5 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays) during this period. 

Enrich Online Teaching with Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Notice Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 09:00

Have you included any up-to-date and relevant Open Educational Resources (OERs) in your online teaching to enrich students’ learning experience?

 

PolyU OER Portal (http://oer.lib.polyu.edu.hk) features hundreds of quality and up-to-date discipline-specific teaching materials, activities, and learning exercises that are hand-picked by faculty librarians from internationally renowned and creditable sources. Resources on our portal are organized under eight PolyU disciplines (and GEC) for easy discovery. You can also explore OERs by subject discipline, course code, keywords, and resource types so that relevant resources could be located and embedded into Course Resource List (quick guide here) swiftly.

 

PolyU Open Educational Resources Portal is a service from the Pao Yue-kong Library to facilitate the PolyU community to discover, integrate and share quality open-licensed teaching and learning resources that reside in the public domain. You can also explore the Library's collection of OER portals around the world for further inspirations!

 

Embed OERs in your Resource List and let your students seamlessly connect to teaching materials directly from Learn@PolyU.

HSS2011 Human Anatomy is an example of a resource list where the Course Instructor embedded his own OERs into the Resource list.

Steps to add materials into Resource List can be found in this Guide.

 

For further assistance, contact your Faculty Librarian  or call us at  2766-6863  (9 am – 5 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays) during this period.

Use Resource List to improve quality of online teaching

Notice Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 09:00

To facilitate online teaching and learning, instructors can make use of Library’s Resource List to seamlessly connect your students to lists of mandatory and supplementary teaching resources directly from Learn@PolyU.

  • Resource List is a platform that lets Instructors personally manage suggested readings and other resources, such as e-books and e-journals and Open Educational Resources (OERs) so as to better support online teaching and student’s learning. 
  • The Library’s OER portal pulls together open-licensed teaching and learning resources that reside in the public domain so that PolyU Instructors can discover and share them to supplement their teaching.

 

How to add supplementary materials and Open Educational Resources into your Resource List?

 

Instructors can easily add mandatory and additional teaching materials, including relevant Open Educational Resources (OERs) into the Resource List of their courses.   

 

HSS2011 Human Anatomy is an example of a resource list where the Course Instructor embedded his own OER into the Resource list.

 

Steps to add materials into Resource List can be found in this Guide.

 


For further assistance, contact your Faculty Librarian  or call us at  2766-6863  (9 am – 5 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays) during this period.

System maintenance on Ovid starts from 12:00 am to 1:00 am on 29 Jan 2020. Users may experience some downtime of service during this period.

News Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 14:45

Services of all ProQuest platforms are temporarily unavailable from 11:00-23:00 on 9 February 2020

News Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 14:17

Improve your Research Visibility and Impact in 2020

Notice Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 09:14

Increasing the visibility of researcher profiles and research works has become an essential skill for early career researchers. Take this chance to learn more about the latest developments on author profiles and research impact to boost your research visibility in the scholarly community.

Here are some useful updates to author profiles in Web of Science, ORCID, journal impact factor and open access.

  • Author profile in Web of Science [New]

    Web of Science has recently made available an Author Record page for authors to easily maintain their publications in Web of Science Core Collection thus allowing more accurate citation metrics. As an author, you can claim the ownership of your Author Record and sync the publications to Publons to make them more visible. Learn more through our guide Web of Science Author Record.

  • ORCID profile

    Have you added your latest publications to ORCID? ORCID now also allows adding works by DOI and PubMed ID. Making sure that your publication list in your ORCID is up to date will allow others to read your new works. Revisit the ways of adding works to ORCID or create a new ORCID account if you do not have one yet.

  • Journal Impact

    Publishing in known journals in a subject field makes your publications more visible to the right audience and journal Impact Factor (IF) is one established metric to identify known journals in a research area. The 2018 journal Impact Factor has been released in this June. Check the latest IF for your favourite journals via Journal Citation Reports and learn more about journal metrics on different platforms.

  • Open Access

    In 2018, 19% of publications by PolyU authors were published in Open Access (OA) journals*. Making your publications open access increases the visibility of your works. As an author you may come across questions like how to identify “good” OA journals and how to deal with the licensing issues. Learn more about publishing in OA journals and Creative Commons licenses.
    * Based on Scopus data as of Nov 2019.

Contact your Faculty Librarians for information or research consultation. During Library closure, Faculty Librarians can also set up a consultation via Skype. Do email your Faculty Librarians to make an appointment.

Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us by email or phone calls at  2766-6863 (9 am – 5 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays) during this period.

Pao Yue-kong Library
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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