In consultation with the Schools, the following electronic resources are subscribed to further enrich the collection of the OUHK E-Library. There are Chinese full-text journal database, health science related reviews and reports and a well-known citation database, to facilitate your learning and research.　

Scopus Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature covering scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. It delivers the most comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social science, and arts and humanities. Apart from Scopus, you may also find another multi-discipline abstract and citation database, Web of Science, very useful too.

Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) EBP database The JBI EBP database covers a wide range of medical, nursing, and health science specialties and allows healthcare professional to search simultaneously a wide range of summarized and appraised evidence, and consequently, to provide the best possible patient care. This comprehensive range of resources includes over 3,000 records across seven publication types: Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports. To find more databases related to nursing, please go to E-Library > Resources > Databases > Subject, and select Nursing.

Eastern Miscellany (東方雜誌全文數據庫) The Eastern Miscellany was one of the most important publications of Republican Era China. The database is the complete online archive covering 1904-1948 with full-text and illustrations. The contents are all in Chinese only. You can go to E-Library > Resources > Databases > Subject and find more related databases under China Studies or Chinese Humanities.

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Formerly called Film Indexes Online, Screen Studies Collection offers cross-searching of American Film Institute Catalog (AFI), Film Index International (FII) and FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database. Readers can find diverse content types, such as film records, people records, journal articles and reference entries in one single search environment. To access more resources on film arts, you may browse the Films and Media Arts page under E-library > Resources> Databases > Subject.

Westlaw Asia

In Westlaw Asia, previously known as Westlaw HK & UK, readers can find legal and regulatory information from international sources related to Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Australia.

Westlaw Next

Previously called Westlaw International, Westlaw Next provides access to case law, legislation, journals and law reviews, treatises, and directories from different jurisdictions such as United States, European Union, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. For more related databases, please visit E-Library > Resources > Databases > Subject > Law.

To access the above databases or to find more databases, please visit the E-Library website (www.lib.ouhk.edu.hk) and type in the name of the databases under "Library Holdings", then click "Search".

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The Library has launched a new service ‘bX Scholarly Article Recommender Service’ — A service that helps the users to discover articles potentially relevant to their interest. It provides recommendations of related articles when you check an article from the E-Library’s search results, based on the usage data of other users around the globe.

To use this service, simply go to E-Library. Type in a keyword under the ‘Articles’ tab and then click ‘Search’. The link ‘Recommendations’ will be displayed at the bottom of individual search result if bX has identified other articles related to it.

By clicking the link ‘Recommendations’, you will find a list of recommended articles that users also accessed when they checked this result. To view more recommended articles, click ‘View More’. You may click the title of a recommended article to check if a full-text is available.

If you wish to learn more about the bX Recommender service, you may watch the video ‘bX article recommender plain and simple’ .

Times Cited

A new feature in E-Library, "Times Cited" shows the number of times a selected article has been cited and provides access to the full-text of citing articles.

Simply click the link "Times cited" to see how many times the article was being cited. Click the "View Citation" link will connect you to the full-text citing articles via Scopus.

Link to Article

When you need to link or embed an article found in the E-Library for future reference, you can make use the "Permalink" feature in the E-Library to do so. Under the article, click "Details", then select "Permalink" under "Action".

A permalink will then be generated automatically.

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Do you know the library can help you with your study in many ways? A number of Library Orientation Workshops will be organized in February 2016. In the workshop, you will know about:

• The Library's collection, facilities and your loan privileges;
• How to search library's resources via E-Library; and
• Points to note when accessing E-Library from home or office.

There will be hands-on practice on finding books and reserve materials, e.g. exam papers, during the workshop. What's more, our library staff will show you around the Stanley Ho Library after each session of the workshop.

Registration is required. Please select the session you want to join and click "Register" to enrol for the workshop!

Online Library Orientation

Are you new to the library? Have you ever feeling puzzled when using our E-Library services? Then you may find our Online Library Orientation website handy to you. We have prepared a short video introducing our physical libraries, and also demonstrations on our E-Library services. Spend a few minutes on our videos and you will find yourself getting familiar with our facilities and services.

Online Book Recommendation Service

Would you like to recommend books to the Library? The Library has launched a new Online Book Recommendation Service for OUHK staff and active students to submit book recommendations for Library purchase. To submit your recommendations, please go to the Electronic Library > Forms > Online Book Recommendation Service, fill in the recommendation details and click “Submit”, your recommendations will be reviewed and follow up.

Rejuvenating Stanley Ho Library

To enhance the study and learning environment for library users, the Stanley Ho Library will undergo a rejuvenating project in 2016. The project was started with replacing all the tables and chairs in late January. You may check the progress of the project by clicking here. Hope you like the new look of Stanley Ho Library.

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Last time, we have reviewed our most popular databases and e-journals in 2014. How about e-books? Usage of the Library’s e-books has nearly doubled in 2014 with a total of 245,288 requests at title, section or chapter level. Among the top ten titles, most of the Chinese e-books were related to nursing while accounting, management, business and marketing titles in English have been heavily used.