Library E-Resources: ebrary mirgated to Ebook Central

Library E-Resources: ebrary mirgated to Ebook Central

ebrary, a collection of 40,000 ebooks on arts, business, engineering, medicine, sciences, and social sciences, has migrated to a new Pro... 10/27/2017 02:45:00 pm

ebrary, a collection of 40,000 ebooks on arts, business, engineering, medicine, sciences, and social sciences, has migrated to a new ProQuest platform called Ebook Central. It is designed with mobile in mind so you can access the site from your tablet or phone.

Create a personal Ebook Central account and merge in your ebrary Bookshelf. To know more about the new features of Ebook Central, you can

• watch how-to videos
• view the LibGuide

Database Training Workshops Series (Oct 2017)--Economic & Financial Data

Database Training Workshops Series (Oct 2017)--Economic & Financial Data

If you want to know more about how to find economic and social data, please feel free to join the following database training workshops.... 10/12/2017 08:53:00 am

If you want to know more about how to find economic and social data, please feel free to join the following database training workshops.
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

Passport

Contains volume and value sales statistics for consumer, industrial and services markets across 82 countries worldwide. It also provides a wide range of data on business enterprise including consumer market sizes, consumer lifestyles, companies and brands as well as market research reports, country profiles and socio-economic statistics.

Date: 11 Oct (Wed) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Speaker: Mr Sebetian Tan, Euromonitor International

Language: English

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

Click here to register online

eiu.com

Provides full-text access to reports published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, covering a wide range of business information. Titles include Country Forecast, China Hand, CountryData, Market Indicators and Forecasts, and Global Forecasting Service.

Date: 17 Oct (Tue) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Speaker: Mr. Nick Marro, Economist Intelligence Unit

Language: English

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

Click here to register online

CNKI Statistical Yearbook Database (中國統計年鑒數據庫)

Contains 624 statistical yearbooks in 39 regions. Data retrieval and data analysis by regions, years, and other indicators are available.

Date: 26 Oct (Thu) 2:30 p.m.– 3:30 p.m.

Speaker: Training Specialist, CNKI

Language: Putonghua

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

Click here to register online

Thomson Reuters Eikon

This is the new version of the DataStream Professional which is a financial research database providing a wide range of financial data including financial instruments such as equities, equity indices, bonds, bond indices, futures, warrants, options, and credit default swaps as well as economic data, fundamental company accounts data.

Date: 31 Oct (Tue) 2:30 p.m.– 3:30 p.m.

Speaker: Ms Winnie Tang, Client Specialist, Thomson Reuters

Language: English

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

Click here to register online

Enquiries: email to eref@lib.cuhk.edu.hk

Library Workshops: Assignment Season Series (Oct to Nov 2017)

Library Workshops: Assignment Season Series (Oct to Nov 2017)

Library Workshops: Assignment Season Series (Oct to Nov 2017) All CUHK undergraduate students are welcome to attend the following lib... 10/10/2017 09:36:00 am

Library Workshops: Assignment Season Series (Oct to Nov 2017)

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 above 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.

Details and registration:
http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/learning/workshops#assignment_season_series