《近代報紙數據庫》收錄了從晚清至中華人民共和國成立初期（約1872年至1950年代）,在中國各地報紙的詳細目錄信息。區域涵蓋北京 、天津、 河北、 山西、 內蒙古、 遼寧 、吉林 、黑龍江 、上海、 江蘇 、福建 、山東、 湖北、湖南、 廣東、 廣西、 四川、 貴州 、雲南、 陝西 、甘肅 、寧夏、 新疆。 記錄含報紙名稱、出版日期起止、涉及年份、版數、創刊時間、出版發行單位、出版地及所屬輯次等關鍵字段，完整了近代中國報業的發展，為歷史學、新聞學、社會學等領域的學術研究提供了文獻資料。
圖書館已訂購資料庫的第一輯，第二輯至第十輯目前正在試用中。
Expiry date: 31 March 2026
《當代中文報紙資料庫》是一套以中國當代報紙為核心的全文資料庫系統，全面收錄各級黨報、綜合新聞類報紙及業界專業報紙，從政治、經濟、文化、教育、民生等多角度展現當代中國的變遷與發展。
此資料庫集文獻檢索與報紙瀏覽於一體，在原版原式閱讀的基礎上提供深度檢索與應用功能。目前已收錄中文報紙近500種，最早回溯至1949年，包含約800萬版報紙版面與2億條新聞文獻。
內容涵蓋中央級報紙20餘種，如人民日報、環球時報、中國青年報、解放軍報、參考消息、科技日報、經濟日報等 ; 省級報紙50餘種，如北京日報、解放日報、廣州日報、深圳特區報、大圳間特區、眾日報等 ; 以及行業報紙100餘種，如中國石化報、中國航空報、證券時報、中國經營報、中國醫藥報、中國體育報、中華讀書報等，為研究中國近現代社會、政策與文化提供了權威而豐富的資源。
Note: 試用範圍自2023至今之資料
Expiry date: 30 April 2026
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals offers extensive coverage of both scholarly and popular literature related to architecture. Its global reach includes major series from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia, as well as publications from professional associations and regional journals in the United States.
The index features articles from leading publications such as C3 Korea, Domus, Dwell, and El Croquis, alongside architectural content drawn from art and planning journals like Burlington Magazine and Urban Land.
Subject areas covered include architecture, city planning (from the 1930s to the present), conservation and restoration, interior design, museums, and sustainable design.
Expiry date: 28 February 2026
Art & Architecture Source is a comprehensive research database from EBSCO providing access to 448 active full-text art journals and magazines, and a collection of more than 14,000 indexed art dissertations and more than 552,000 indexed art reproductions.
It covers a wide range of subjects, including advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, ceramics, contemporary art, costume design, crafts, decorative arts, drawing, fiber art, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, non-Western art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video art.
Expiry date: 28 February 2026
ProQuest One Health & Nursing is a comprehensive digital resource tailored for the academic and professional healthcare community. It brings together global scholarly literature, authoritative clinical references, and practical training materials within a single, integrated platform. The resource empowers students, educators, researchers, and practitioners to investigate emerging topics, conduct rigorous research, and seamlessly connect theoretical knowledge with clinical practice.
It offers multi-format contents with below highlights:
Expiry date: 13 March 2026
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global offers a truly international perspective on academic research, providing access to over six million records, including four million full-text documents. From North America and Europe to Asia and beyond, it delivers a comprehensive view of the global scholarly landscape.
Note: The Library has subscribed to the subset A: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (A&I) and subset B: The Sciences and Engineering Collection (Full text). The subset A: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (Full text) is currently under trial.
Expiry date: 13 March 2026
ProQuest One Visual Arts & Design is a resource offering a wide-ranging selection of contents in art, design, architecture, and fashion. It consolidates rare materials, leading magazine backfiles, key scholarly journals, documentary videos, and specialist indexes into a single platform. Key themes and topics include Architectural History, Art History, Arts Business/Marketing, Culture & Society, Fashion, Textiles & Dress, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Photography, and Visual Arts. The database contains over 700 key publications and more than 11.5 million full-text items, with a time span from 1860 to the present.
Expiry date: 13 March 2026
ProQuest One Sustainability offers a comprehensive, transdisciplinary research experience structured around essential frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the three pillars of sustainability, and the core competencies of sustainability. Created in collaboration with curriculum experts, faculty, students, continuing education learners, and librarians, this resource brings together the world’s largest and most diverse collection of sustainability-focused materials. Its content spans scholarly journals, case studies, reports, trade publications, magazines, ebooks, and more. All delivered through an interface designed specifically to support sustainability research and learning.
It offers multi-format contents with below highlights:
Expiry date: 13 March 2026
ProQuest One Social Sciences provides researchers worldwide with access to high-quality titles across regions, markets, and disciplines. The collection includes journals from top publishers such as Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and Emerald, alongside a wide range of specialist full-text publications such as dissertations, trade publications, and grey literature. Coverage spans key subject areas including anthropology, criminology, economics, international relations, library science, linguistics, political science, public policy, social work, and sociology. The solution also integrates ProQuest’s renowned abstracting and indexing databases, including Sociological Abstracts with full-text content, valued for their reliability and authority in social sciences research. The discipline-specific thesauri also enable precision searching to support literature reviews and systematic research. With more than 7,300 indexed titles and over 22.5 million records, the database supports comprehensive exploration of the social sciences.
Expiry date: 13 March 2026
ProQuest One Business supports students and researchers in building the research skills through a unique business-specific interface. It centralizes authoritative, multi-format content, including scholarly journals, market & industry reports, analyst report, business news, books, videos, and case studies. It also includes unique discipline features such as Topic Pages for 4k global companies and 119 NAICS codes, and business-specific thesauri.
This database includes approximately 2,900 full-text scholarly journals, 21,000 videos, 29,000 books, 130 news sources, 30,000 case studies & business cases, thousands of reports, 2,500 magazines & trade journals, and 55,000 dissertations. These resources cover essential topics, including Accounting and Tax, Banking, Business Law, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources, Management, and Marketing.
Expiry date: 13 March 2026
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