Database List by Subject: Library and Information Science

(formerly known as APA Style CENTRAL)

Descriptions:	Combining sophisticated learning resources and content processing technology, Academic Writer is a state-of-the-art, web-based suite of integrated services and tools designed to both help develop and enhance research and writing skills as well as facilitate publication. Academic Writer is the official, authoritative online resource for learning, instruction, and the application of APA Style.
Sources:	APA
Language:	English

DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books)

Descriptions:	DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) is a service of OAPEN Foundation. It aims to increase discoverability of academic, peer reviewed books published under open access license. The directory covers various subjects including arts and architecture, business and economics, history and archaeology, languages and literatures, law and political science, philosophy and religion, social sciences and more.
Features:	All titles can be searched and browsed.
Sources:	Books
Language:	Mainly in English

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

Descriptions:	DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) is hosted and maintained by Lund University Libraries. Click here to access DOAJ. DOAJ provides free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects including Agriculture and Food Sciences,Arts and Architecture, Biology and Life Sciences, Business and Economics, Chemistry Earth and Environmental Sciences, General Works, Health Sciences, History and Archaeology, Languages and Literatures, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Religion, Physics and Astronomy, Science General, Social Sciences, Technology and Engineering, etc. and many languages.
Features:	All journal titles can be searched and browsed. Some journals are searchable at article level.
Sources:	Journals
Language:	Many languages (Mainly in English)

EBSCO: Bibliography of Asian Studies

Basic Search Help

Descriptions:	Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains nearly 900,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. It also includes the full content of the annual printed Bibliography of Asian Studies from the 1971 up to the 1991 volumes (published in 1997).
Features:	Email / print / save
Sources:	Journals and book bibliography
Language:	English

EBSCO: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text

Basic Searching Help

Descriptions:	Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Database provides full text of articles.
Features:	email / print / save abstract available etc.
Sources:	Periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings
Language:	English

EBSCO: Teacher Reference Center (TRC)

Descriptions:	Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - Journal Information for K-12 Teachers & Librarians This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
Features:	email / print / save abstract available etc.
Sources:	Periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings
Language:	English

Emerald Library Studies eJournal Collection

Mobile Pairing

Descriptions:	Emerald Library Studies eJournal Collection is not only designed to meet the researchers' needs, but also for librarians, information scientists, educators and students. With 7 out of 17 journals enlisted in Thomson Reuters (ISI), this collection proudly presents abundant content and the latest research results. Selected articles within this collection are co-published with International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Journals include Journal of Documentation and Library Hi Tech, both ranked by Thomson Reuters (ISI).
Features:	Search/browse/download/print
Sources:	Emerald Library Studies eJournal Collection
Language:	English

HyRead ebook

簡介:	HyRead ebook 是一個台灣電子書平台，提供最新出版學術、專業、休閒及工具書各類書籍，包含人文社會、文學小說、語言學習、財經商管、科學科普、電腦資訊、宗教心靈、醫藥養生、藝術設計、休閒生活、親子童書等各領域的電子書。
特徵:	支援各式載具的線上及離線閱讀，包括 PC、Android 及 iPad (借閱功能限於經港澳大學圖書館聯盟購買的書目)
資料來源:	中文書
語言:	中文

Oxford Bibliographies

Descriptions:	Oxford Bibliographies provides a variety of academic topics. Every article in the database is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, with original commentary and annotations. Oxford Bibliographies is reviewed and updated regularly, with 50-75 articles added per year to each subject area. It provides the access to the full text in selected subject areas including: Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology, Chinese studies, Cinema and media studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Education, International law, Linguistics, Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, American literature, Victorian literature, Childhood studies, British and Irish literature, Literary and critical theory (Start from early July 2017).
Features:	Search/browse/download/print
Sources:	Full-text print and online content
Language:	English

PQDT Open

Descriptions:	PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. Click here to access PQDT Open. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access. Open Access Publishing is a new service offered by ProQuest's UMI Dissertation Publishing, and it is expected to have many more open access dissertations and theses over time. Search Tips: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/help/search_tips.html
Features:	Downloadable in PDF format
Sources:	Dissertations and theses
Language:	English

ProQuest Central

Advanced Search

Descriptions:	ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated full-text database in the market today. This database provides nearly 12,000 journals with over 9,000 available in full text. It boasts over 160 subjects including core subject areas such as: Business and economics Health and medical News and world affairs Science Education Technology Humanities Social Sciences Psychology Literature Law Women's studies and more It also provides access to over 800 full text U.S., Canadian and international newspapers; Nearly 30,000 full text dissertations in the areas of business, psychology, physical sciences, health, education and more; Concise business information from nearly 9,000 market reports across 43 industries in 40 countries.
Features:	email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text available / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
Sources:	Journals
Language:	English

RefWorks

Online tutorial

Descriptions:	RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. First-time users are required to sign up for an individual account.
Features:	Global edit, view in word/excel/powerpoint/PDF/open office formats
Sources:	Web-based bibliography and database manager
Language:	English

Scientific Research Publishing (open access)

Descriptions:	Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) is one of the largest open access journal publishers. It is currently publishing more than 200 open access, online, peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines including medical & life sciences, business & economics, chemistry & materials science, computer science & communications, earth & environmental sciences, engineering, medicine & healthcare, physics & mathematics, social sciences & humanities.
Features:	All titles can be searched and browsed.
Sources:	Books
Language:	English

Scopus

Descriptions:	Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Features:	Search
Sources:	Journals, books and conference
Language:	English

Taylor & Francis Social Sciences & Humanities Library

Descriptions:	Taylor & Francis Group collaborate with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life. The Social Sciences & Humanities Library covers over 1,000 scholarly journals content spans various areas of Humanities and Social Sciences: Anthropology & Archaelogy Arts & Humanities Behavioral Science Business, Management & Economics Criminology & Law Education Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment Library & Information Services Media, Cultural & Communications Studies Politics, International Relations & Area Studies Public Health & Social Care Sociology & Related Disciplines Sports, Leisure & Tourism Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
Sources:	Journals
Language:	English

Ulrichsweb

Descriptions:	Ulrichsweb is a single, unified service brings information about global serials resources together in one place to support librarians and researchers. There are the information about over 400,000 serials titles details, 100,000 publishers and providers, and more than 900 subject areas covered. It can be used to identify peer-reviewed journals and other academic and scholarly resources easily.
Sources:	More than 300,00 periodicals of all types academic and scholarly journals, open access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters from around the world.
Language:	English

World eBook Library (Academic Research, Rare & Special eBook Portal)

Descriptions:	The database is published by The World Public Library Association, the world's largest eBook provider. It includes more than 2 million PDF eBooks in 100+ languages, containing 125 of the finest eBook and eDocument collections published on the Internet today. All of the eBooks are in PDF file format, and all Audio eBooks are in MP3 file format. These formats have been specially designed to be cross platform compatible with all PCs, Laptops, PDAs, Kindle DX, Kindle 3 iPad/iPods, eReaders, or Smartphones. Subject Areas consists of 21st Century, Action Adventure, Biography, Classics, Drama, Education, Elizabethans, Esoteric, Fiction, Folklore, Children's, Gothic Tales, History, Liberal Arts, Mystery, Non Fiction, Poetry, Political Science, Pulp Fiction, Religion, Renaissance Thinkers, Science, Science Fiction, Western, Europa, Eastern, Professional.
Features:	Acrobat Reader; Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher preferred
Sources:	Mainly e-books, partially audio-books and e-documents
Language:	Mainly in English and partially in other 100+ languages

讀秀學術搜索

DuXiu

簡介:	這是超星數位圖書館設立的多種文獻綜合搜索平臺。它可以對書籍、報紙、期刊、學位論文、會議論文、專利、標準、視頻等同時進行檢索, 對部分文獻檢索結果提供相關幾頁的試讀，以及以電郵形式運作的"圖書館文獻傳遞"服務。
資料來源:	書籍、報紙、期刊、學位論文、會議論文、專利、標準、視頻等
語言:	中文

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