Revision Week & Examination Period
Please be informed that the opening hours of the Library will be extended during the revision week and examination period from 20 December 2021 to 11 January 2022. Details are as follows:
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| 20 Dec. 2021 to 11 Jan. 2022 * |
Monday – Friday | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | 10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | |
| 27 Dec. 2021 (Mon.) Public Holiday |
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| Sunday & Public Holidays | Closed | |
New e-resource available - APA PsycINFO
The Library is pleased to offer a newly subscribed e-resource – APA PsycINFO.
PsycInfo is a citation database published by the American Psychological Associations. It provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Coverage includes all areas of psychology: applied psychology, communication, developmental psychology, educational psychology, experimental psychology, personality, psychological and physical disorders.
Students and staff are welcome to access this resource via A-Z List of e-Databases.
EndNote Training Workshop
The Library is pleased to hold 2 sessions of training workshop on EndNote 20, a reference management software that can help you efficiently create in-text citations and reference list for your research and assignments.
The details of the workshop are as follows:
| Date | Time | Venue | Coverage | Register |
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| Session (A.M.) 2 Dec. 2021 (Thur.) |
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Group Discussion Room No. 4 / Zoom |
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| Session (P.M.) 7 Dec. 2021 (Tue.) |
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
All CIHE & CBCC students and staff are welcome to join! If you are interested, please complete the online form for registration above.
New e-resources available
The Library is pleased to offer the following newly subscribed e-databases:
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital archive collection of scholarly journals and primary sources in humanities, business and social sciences. At present, it contains the full-text of more than 2,600 journals from 1,200 publishers, covering publications published from 1665 to 2015.
* The Library is currently subscribing to the JSTOR Art & Sciences XII Collection, while also enjoying free access to all other JSTOR Archive Collections through 30 June 2022.
Active Reading (Clarity English)
Active Reading is an interactive learning tool for developing reading skills, including prediction, vocabulary strategies, inference, skimming, topic sentences and more. It comes in six levels from elementary to advanced, with 10 units in each level. Each unit consists of a video introduction, controlled practice, comprehension exercises and concludes with a freer activity which expands on the topic.
Clear Pronunciation 1 (Sounds) (Clarity English)
Clear Pronunciation 1 (Sounds) helps learners recognize and pronounce the 43 English phonemes: vowels, consonants and diphthongs. It includes audio, video clips together with interactive activities which provide a consistent model for learners to drill and practice pronunciation in a real-world context.
Clear Pronunciation 2 (Speech) (Clarity English)
Clear Pronunciation 2 (Speech) helps learners put together the 43 sounds of English in a natural speech. It provides a wide range of accent and pronunciation models to helps learners recognize and accurately produce word stress, sentence stress, connected speech and intonation.
Visible Body Physiology & Pathology
Visible Body Physiology & Pathology is a 3D anatomy learning tool that enables students, clinicians and researchers to explore how the core processes of the human body work. It covers nearly 6,000 3D anatomy models, 50 physiology topics and over 50 conditions in cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems. Additionally, it provides a 3D dissectible beating heart simulation module and 30 quizzes test knowledge of physiological processes and pathologies.
Students and staff are welcome to access the above databases via the A-Z List e-Databases
Lucky Draw Results for Library Orientation 2021
Thank you very much for participating in the Library Orientation 2021. The Library is pleased to announce the Lucky Draw results as follows. Congratulations to all lucky participants.
| Prize | ID (First 4 characters) | Name |
| Cash Coupon | 2190XXX | LEUNG W. C. |
| 2170XXX | WONG S. Y. | |
| 2110XXXX | FUNG C. P. |
E-resource upgrade - Academic Search Ultimate
The Library is pleased to announce that Academic Search Ultimate, an upgraded version of Academic Search Complete is now available.
Academic Search Ultimate is a multi-disciplinary research database that provides more than 12,000 full-text periodicals, among which 10,600 are peer-reviewed journals. In addition to academic journals and magazines, it also includes current videos from Associated Press, books, reports, conference papers and government documents that can meet the needs of scholars in nearly every academic discipline.
Students and staff are welcome to access this resource via A-Z List of e-Databases.
E-payment Service
Starting from 4 October 2021, the Library will accept Octopus payment for overdue fines (up to a certain amount).
Note: No cash add value service is available.
Extension of Opening Hours on Saturdays
Starting from 2 October 2021, the Library will extend the opening hours on Saturdays as follows:
(Starting from 2 Oct 2021) |
Note: No overdue fines will be imposed on Saturdays until end of December 2021.