Databases Training Workshops Series (Oct to Nov 2016)

All CUHK undergraduate students are welcome to attend the following database training workshops. Postgraduate students are also welcome to attend if they wish.

Topics covered in each workshop:

• Overview of the content of the database and its sub-databases 
• Basic and advanced searching skills 
• Features and functions of the database 
• Q & A session

Schedule:

1. Prime Law

Subject: Law
Type: Case Law & Regulation

Brief Description: Contains legislation of Hong Kong and China, case law of Hong Kong and UK, commentary and journals.

Date: 18 Oct (Tue) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Mr. William White (Prime Law, Wolters Kluwer)
Language: English

2. New York Times in Education

Subject: Interdisciplinary
Type: E-News

Brief Description: A news resource designated for educators. It covers different study areas, including American government, business, environmental sciences, writing & English composition, etc.

Date: 19 Oct (Wed) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ms. Mandy Lam (Head of Education, Asia Pacific, International New York Times)
Language: English

3. OvidSP

Subject: Social Sciences
Type: Article Databases

Brief Description: An online platform which includes multidisciplinary databases, such as GeoBase, Inspec, Ovid Medline, PsycINFO, etc. This session will focus on non-medicine databases in Ovid.

Date: 20 Oct (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Mr. Allan Finn (OvidSP)
Language: English

4. Wiley Online Library

Subject: Social Sciences, Science, Engineering
Type: E-Book Database

Brief Description: Contains searchable e-books covering a wide range of subjects from Wiley.

Date: 24 Oct (Mon) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Mr. Richard Chandra (Associate Director, Library Sales, SE Asia & Hong Kong, Wiley)
Language: English

5. Gale Primary Sources

Subject: History, Arts and Humanities, China Studies
Type: Digital Primary Sources

Brief Description: Includes historical newspapers, topically-focused collections in literature, politics, law, military affairs, foreign relations, trade, etc. from the 18th to the late 20th centuries.

Date: 25 Oct (Tue) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Product Manager (Gale Primary Sources)
Language: English

6. 數位化論文典藏聯盟 Digital Dissertation Consortium

Subject: Interdisciplinary
Type: Dissertations & Theses

Brief Description: Contains more than 200,000 full-text dissertations from the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses subscribed by Taiwan and HK consortium members.

Date: 26 Oct (Wed) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist (Digital Dissertation Consortium)
Language: Putonghua

7. 中國期刊全文數據庫 China Journal Net (CJN)

Subject: Interdisciplinary
Type: Article Database

Brief Description: Provides over 8,700 journals published in China, subjects include natural science, engineering, agriculture, philosophy, medicine, humanities and social sciences.

Date: 27 Oct (Thu) 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist (CNKI)
Language: Putonghua

8. 中國資訊行 INFOBANK

Subject: Business, Law, Social Sciences
Type: E-News, Economic & Social Data, Yearbooks

Brief Description: Provides online access to a wide range of current legal business, political and economic information on China.

Date: 31 Oct (Mon) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist (INFOBANK)
Language: Cantonese

9. 大成老舊期刊全文數據庫

Subject: Art and Humanities, China Studies
Type: Article Database

Brief Description: Provides over 7,000 journals published in China from late Qing Dynasty to pre-1949, subjects include social sciences and humanities, technology and science, etc.

Date: 1 Nov (Tue) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ms. Lu Huanglei (Beijing Superstar Information Technology)
Language: Putonghua

10. Oxford Reference Online Premium / Oxford Scholarship Online

Subject: Arts and Humanities, Business, Social Sciences
Type: E-Book Database, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Brief Description: An online platform of the Oxford University Press which contains dictionaries, reference works and academic works on various subjects.

Date: 1 Nov (Tue) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ms. Zhou Chen (Product Consultant Online Resources & Journals, Oxford University Press)
Language: English

11. EBSCOhost

Subject: Arts and Humanities, Business, Social Sciences
Type: Article Database

Brief Description: Contains a number of databases on various subjects, such as Academic Search Premier, Business Source Complete, EconLit, ERIC, Hospitality & Tourism Complete, etc.

Date: 2 Nov (Wed) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Mr. Evan Shih (Senior Training Specialist, EBSCO Information Services)
Language: English

12. SciFinder

Subject: Science
Type: Article Database

Brief Description: Provides access to Chemical Abstracts Service databases, covering chemical literature, substances, reactions, and more.

Date: 3 Nov (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ms. Windy Wu (SciFinder)
Language: English

13. SAGE Knowledge

Subject: Social Sciences
Type: E-Book Database

Brief Description: Contains scholarly books, reference works, handbooks in various subjects in Education, Business and Management, Sociology, Psychology, etc.

Date: 7 Nov (Mon) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist (SAGE Knowledge)
Language: English

14. ScienceDirect

Subject: Business, Engineering, Medicine, Science
Type: Article Database, E-Book Database

Brief Description: Contains journals and books on various subjects such as physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Date: 8 Nov (Tue) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Yan Linyin (ScienceDirect)
Language: English

15. 台灣全文資料庫 HyRead

Subject: Art and Humanities, Medicine, Social Sciences
Type: Article Database

Brief Description: Covers over 400 periodicals on humanities, social science, and bio-medicine published in Taiwan.

Date: 9 Nov (Wed) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist (HyRead)
Language: Putonghua

16. 萬方數據 WanFang Data

Subject: Interdisciplinary
Type: Article Database, Dissertations & Theses, Patents & Standards

Brief Description: Provides full-text of Chinese academic journals, proceedings, theses, patents and standards, scientific and technical reports, laws and regulations, etc.

Date: 14 Nov (Mon) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist (WanFang Data)
Language: Putonghua

17. SpringerLink

Subject: Engineering, Medicine, Science, Social Sciences
Type: Article Database, E-Book Database

Brief Description: Contains journals and books on medicine, life sciences, biomedical sciences, engineering, mathematics, etc.

Date: 14 Nov (Mon) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Ms. Jessie Choi (Licensing Manager, Springer Nature)
Language: English

18. 中國基本古籍庫 Database of Chinese Classic Ancient Books

Subject: Art and Humanities, China Studies
Type: E-Book Database

Brief Description: Contains over 10,000 kinds of Chinese classic ancient books, dated from the pre-Qin era to Minguo (11 B.C. to early 20th century).

Date: 16 Nov (Wed) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist (Database of Chinese Classic Ancient Books)
Language: Putonghua

19. 歷代書法碑帖集成

Subject: Art and Humanities
Type: Image/Sound Database

Brief Description: A database of Chinese calligraphy.

Date: 17 Nov (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Training Specialist
Language: Putonghua

Venue: Multi-Purpose Room 1, 1/F, University Library

Registration: Complete the Online Registration Form

Library Workshops: Assignment Season Series (Oct to Nov 2016)

All CUHK undergraduate students are welcome to attend the following library workshops. Postgraduate students are also welcome to attend if they wish. If you have the Digital Literacy Card that the Library sent out earlier in September, attending the following sessions can be counted towards the Digital Literacy Certificate Course.

Students, in groups of ten or more, can request library courses to suit their information needs and schedules.

Program 1: Develop an Effective Search Strategy for Your Assignment

This workshop covers the following to help you to:

• Understand your reading lists, the difference between primary and secondary sources 
• Expand the range of your search terms by using similar concepts and synonyms 
• Use advanced search techniques such as Boolean Operators, truncation, filter, etc.

24 Oct (Mon) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
3 Nov (Thu) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Program 2: Finding Academic Sources to Support Your Arguments

This workshop will help you to find relevant academic sources to develop your arguments:

• The difference between academic and popular sources 
• Find journal articles and research reports 
• Find e-news and e-books

26 Oct (Wed) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
10 Nov (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Program 3: Literature Review for a Successful Paper

This workshop demonstrates how to make use of the collected materials from a literature review and addresses research questions in writing a paper.

27 Oct (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
7 Nov (Mon) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Program 4: Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism

This workshop introduces the concept of plagiarism with real world examples and explains what should and should not be done when citing references in academic writing.

31 Oct (Mon) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
9 Nov (Wed) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Program 5: Acknowledging the Sources – RefWorks 3.0 Hands-on Experience

This workshop demonstrates how to use RefWorks, a web-based bibliography management tool, to produce bibliographies and in-text references in a variety of citation styles (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.).

2 Nov (Wed) 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
10 Nov (Thu) 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Venue: User Education Room 2, G/F, University Library

Medium of Instruction: Cantonese, but will change to English when there is any student who does not know Cantonese.

Registration: Complete the Online Registration Form