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Library Database Training (October 2024)
09/26/2024
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Database Training

Dear Staff and Students,

Improve your search skills by joining our informative and engaging database training!

Check out the sessions scheduled for October 2024 below:

For users who register for a Zoom webinar for the first time, please activate your HKU Zoom account (https://hku.zoom.us/ > Log In) with your HKU email address before registering for a session.

JULAC Webinar Series: Achieving Academic Success with Web of Science

JULAC Webinar Series: Achieving Academic Success with Web of Science

24 Oct (Thu)  16:00-17:00
Multidisciplinary Database
Register

Digital Sources for HONG KONG HISTORY

Digital Sources for HONG KONG HISTORY

30 Oct (Wed)  13:30-14:30
Art Database
Register

Visualizing the Humanities: Gale Digital Scholar Lab

Visualizing the Humanities: Gale Digital Scholar Lab

31 Oct (Thu)  13:30-14:30
Art Database
Register

 

Cannot join the sessions at the scheduled time? You may watch the recorded sessions on the Training Recording page: https://lib.hku.hk/general/instruction/recording.html

We look forward to seeing you in the workshops!

For enquiries, please Email-A-Librarian: https://lib.hku.hk/infoservices/email.html (To: Library Training).

Learning and Research Services
HKU Libraries

Snap Quiz on Wiley Digital Textbooks [4 - 17 March 2024]
03/04/2024
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Dear Staff and Students,

 

Are you familiar with the library-subscribed online textbook platform known as Wiley Digital Textbooks?

Participate in this online quiz to assess your proficiency in using online textbooks in the Platform. By completing a few questions, you may have a chance to win a prize.

Eligible participants: Current HKU staff and students

Period: 4 – 17 March 2024 (until 23:59)

Prizes: USD $20 e-Gift Voucher

 

Follow the simple steps below to participate:

Step 1: Create a Wiley account

  1. Visit the Libraries' homepage via https://lib.hku.hk/ and click on Electronic Resources
  2. Click on the letter “W” to find "Wiley digital textbooks" and log in with your HKU Portal account.
  3. At the Wiley digital textbooks platform, register a user account with your HKU email address.

Step 2: Check out a book on the platform and finish the online quiz via  https://bit.ly/QuizFeb24

 

For enquiries, please Email-A-Librarian: https://lib.hku.hk/infoservices/email.html (To: Library Training).

 

Best regards,
Learning and Research Services
HKU Libraries

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E-resources Awareness Week 2022 – Opportunities to win iPads, AirPods, and more!
03/17/2022
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#1. Know the useful databases subscribed by the Libraries available for you.

#2. Learn how to use them effectively.

#3. Grab an opportunity to win an iPad, AirPods, or more prizes.

It’s killing three birds with one stone to join the E-resources Awareness Week 2022!

 

1. Webinars

Join the 13 webinars during 28 March – 1 April 2022 on e-resources encompassing various subjects to help you ace your learning and research. Some examples are:

  • Recent & Historic News at Your Fingertips
  • IEEE Xplore: Search Strategies to Maximize Your Research Experience
  • 中國知網 -- 檢索中文學術文獻的有效方法

 

2. Quiz & Grant Prizes

Complete a quiz to test your knowledge after the webinar. And current HKU staff and students (except Libraries’ staff) can enter a Quiz Competition! Prizes include Apple iPads, AirPods, drone, Eslite coupons, and more.

 

3. Poster Session

View the posters online or on-site and know more about the e-resources available for you.

On-site:

  • 28 March – 3 April 2022
  • G/F, Main Library

 

E-resources Awareness Week 2022 is an event not to be missed! Don’t be left out – Register now!

 

If you have questions, please contact us at libis@hku.hk.

Research Intelligence@HKUL
02/23/2021
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Research Intelligence@HKUL aims to offer a series of seminars on research matters targeted at students and staff who may be early career researchers.

In March 2021, three themes on research visibility, publishing workshops and research impact will be introduced by various publishers online. Join our seminars to discover more!

1. Research Visibility (2 March 2021) 

Topic Date Time
Author IDs and Profiles: Ways to Enhance Research Visibility Asia Pacific Workshop

2 March 2021
(Tuesday)

 10:30-12:00
  Registration: http://tinyurl.com/apw2021

 

2. Publishing Workshops (3-15 March 2021)

Topic Date Time
How to get your works published with SpringerNature

03 March 2021
(Wednesday)

 13:00-14:00
Getting your Research Published and then Noticed through ScienceDirect

09 March 2021
(Tuesday)

 13:00-14:00
Publications at Oxford University Press Journals

10 March 2021
(Wednesday)

 13:00-14:00
Publishing with Wiley for Early Career Researchers

11 March 2021
(Thursday)

 13:00-14:00
SAGE Journals: Facilitate your Excellence in Research and Publication

12 March 2021
(Friday)

 13:00-14:00
Taylor & Francis Publishing Workshop- Publishing in Academic Journals

15 March 2021
(Monday)

 15:00-16:30
  Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hkulreg

 

3. Research Impact (15-19 March 2021)

Topic Date Time
Enhance your research impact with ESI and JCR

15 March 2021
(Monday)

 13:00-14:00
SciVal: Analyse Research Trends and Performance

17 March 2021
(Wednesday)

 13:00-14:00
Scite: Discovering and evaluating scientific articles via Smart Citations

19 March 2021
(Friday)

 11:00-12:00
  Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hkulreg

 

For enquiries, please contact Learning and Research Services at libis@hku.hk.

 

Author IDs and Profiles: Ways to Enhance Research Visibility Asia Pacific Workshop
02/09/2021
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Building an author profile is one of the major ways to consolidate scholarly output produced by researchers and raise their visibility among the scholarly communities, granting their work higher opportunities for being discovered and cited.

The University of Hong Kong Libraries and ORCID is co-organizing an online workshop regarding author profiling on ORCID, Scopus, and Publons for researchers, administrators and librarians of research institutions, funders, publishers, and associations in Asia-Pacific region. It will cover:

  • Introduction of researcher author profiling with ORCID, Scopus Author ID, and Publons
  • Demonstration of use cases at HKU Scholars Hub and DataHub

The workshop is scheduled as follows:

Date: 2nd March 2021 (Tuesday)

Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Venue: Online via GoToWebinar (Register here)

This workshop will be jointly delivered by speakers from HKU Libraries and ORCID, as well as guest speakers from Elsevier and Clarivate. Details of the presentations and speakers are as follows:

Maximize Impact: Connecting ORCID iDs with other researcher identifiers
Estelle Cheng, ORCID

Enhance your research impact with Publons
Huang Tingying, Clarivate Analytics

Scopus author profile, highlights your research strengths
Joan Yin, Elsevier

Manage your author profile at HKU Libraries
Jesse Xiao, The University of Hong Kong Libraries

It is a great opportunity for researchers and industry professionals in Asia Pacific region to get familiar with the author profiling tools for enhancing research visibility. Registration for the workshop is available here. The meeting information will be sent to registrants upon successful enrollment.

For enquiries, please contact Learning and Research Services, The University of Hong Kong Libraries at libis@hku.hk.
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