Guides & Tutorials: Resources for CAR Subjects: CAR B

This page will highlight resources for subjects covered in CAR B: Community, Organisation and Globalisation

Economics

SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

Big Picture Economics by Joel Naroff; Ron Scherer
Publication Date: 2014
Routledge Dictionary of Economics by Donald Rutherford
Publication Date: 2013
Principles of Macroeconomics by Robert H. Frank; Ben S. Bernanke; Kate L. Antonovics; Ori Heffetz
Publication Date: 2015
Behavioral Economics by Edward Cartwright
Publication Date: 2018

DATABASES

EconLit (via ProQuest)
EconLit, published by the American Economic Association, provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature
Scopus
21,500+ active titles (plus 12,000 inactive titles); 5000+ publishers; 60+ million records(incl. 22+ million pre-1996); Daily updated; More regional content; Journal evaluation tool (metrics): Scopus Journal Analyzer (SNIP & SJR).

REPORTS & STATISTICS

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) contains timely analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in selected countries. It focuses on the latest management thinking and includes reports on various strategic industries.
Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
Global Economic Monitor (GEM) provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial and commodity data indicators, an extensive database including growth and commodity forecasts.
OECD iLibrary
OECD iLibrary (formerly SourceOECD) is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It provides full-text access to all the OECD printed books, reports, periodicals and statistics.
Passport
provides information on detailed market size, country marketing parameters, marketing forecast data, consumer lifestyles, business sources as well as marketing profiles and analysis.
Statista
Statista contains market research, quantitative data, statistics, business and marketing related information from various industries.

The Economist
Harvard Business Review
Factiva
provides worldwide full-text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich Web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, etc.
WiseNews
Content from newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires in the Greater China region, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

Studies in Hong Kong history and society
Publication Date: 2017
100 events in Hong Kong history
Publication Date: 2012
Hong Kong's history : state and society under colonial rule
Publication Date: 1999
The Cinema of Hong Kong
Publication Date: 2000

AUDIO VISUAL & MAPS

Local TV programmes (streaming videos)
TV programmes from local broadcasters, RTHK, TVB, ViuTV and ATV available for streaming and loan dating back to 2002.
Hong Kong Digital Maps
The Hong Kong Digitial Maps (including some 3D spatial data) are provided by the Survey & Mapping Office of Lands Department.

JOURNAL ARTICLES & NEWS

香港中文期刊論文索引 HKInChiP
Maintained by the University Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong, indexes articles from over 300 Chinese periodicals published in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Journals Online
Hong Kong Journals Online (HKJO) is a full-text image database providing access to selected academic and professional journals, both in English and Chinese, published in Hong Kong.
South China Morning Post (SCMP)
Provides online access to South China Morning Post articles of the latest 20 years ("rolling archive").

BOOKS

Apabi e-books
方正數字圖書藏有超過10萬本在國內出版的電子書。學科範圍包括社會科學、經濟、管理、物流、酒店、旅遊和醫藥衛生等。 (This platform includes Apabi ebooks purchased up until Mar 2012.)
中文集獻 Chinamaxx
Chinamaxx is a large collection of Chinese publications. It has a collection of 780,000 titles of Chinese literature. Most of the holdings are books published since 1949 and a few are from earlier years. About 35,000 new titles are added to the collection every year.
中華數字書苑 China Digital Library
Provides access to Chinese ebooks published in Mainland China in various subjects. The books can be viewed online and, subject to availability, checked out for 7 days to local PCs. Users need to download Apabi Reader to check out the books.
Note: If you are required to login with username and password when accessing the platform, just click "IP登录" to proceed.
中國基本古籍庫 Chinese Classic Ancient Books
The database contains approximately 10,000 texts from the pre-Qin period to the Republican period.
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《中國基本古籍庫》共收錄自先秦至民國（公元前11世紀至公元20世紀初）歷代典籍1萬種、17萬卷，選用版本12,500個、20萬卷。
Note:
No personal account is required to access the platform. If you encounter a page that requires personal login, directly click "Login" to access the content.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

中國知網 CNKI
CNKI 中國知網 (CNKI) (also known as CNKI知識網絡服務平臺) is a mega-channel covering the following subscribed resources in PolyU Library:
1/ China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database (CNKI) (中國學術期刊網絡版)
2/ 学位论文库 (via CNKI 中國知網)
3/ China Core Newspapers Full-text Database (CCND) (中國重要報紙全文數據庫)
4/ China Yearbooks Full-text Database (CYFD) (中國年鑒網絡出版總庫)
中國學術期刊網絡版 China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database (CNKI)
This is one of the databases subscribed through the CNKI platform.
中國期刊網包含全文數據庫及題錄數據庫兩個數據庫。全文數據庫收錄了5,000多種期刊；題錄數據庫則輯錄了中國公開出版的6,600種期刊的文章題錄。其中文史哲專輯包括回溯全文資料，大部分刊物回溯至創刊，最早的回溯至1915年。

NEWS & STATISTICS

中國重要報紙全文數據庫 China Core Newspaper Full-Text Database (CNKI)
Selects about 1,000 core newspaper articles published in mainland China between 2000-2005.
中國資訊行 Infobank China
An extensive database of China information with rich news contents.
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China Business News Database (中國經濟新聞庫) - includes daily news clippings and extracts fromChina's 600 leading newspapers and trading magazines
China Law and Regulation Database (中國法律法規庫) - consists of daily clippings from central and localnewspapers around China and official documents from relevant government bodies
China Listed Company Database (中國上市公司資料庫) - gives news stories, announcements and reports ofthe public listed companies (PLCs) in China
China Company Directory (中國企業產品庫) -contains 180,000 companies from all trades and professions in China, withconcise contact information and background information
China Who's Who Database (中國人物庫) -provides detailed and up-to-date information on leading government officials,industrialists, bankers, scientists and other famous personalities.
China Medical and Health Database (中國醫療健康庫) - collects daily news clippings and extracts from over100 leading Chinese health-related newspapers and magazines in China.
MOFTEC Bulletin (外經貿部新聞公告) -includes news stories from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and EconomicCooperation (MOFTEC)
China Yearbook Full-text database (中國年鑒全文數據庫)
contains 1463 titles which covers information on the level of a country, a specific industry or field, or a particular region from every aspect such as politics, economy, science and technology, culture and education.

Globalisation

SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

The Routledge international handbook of globalization studies
ISBN: 0415718813
Publication Date: 2016
A Big History of Globalization : The Emergence of a Global World System
ISBN: 9783030057077
Publication Date: 2019
The Dark Side of Globalisation
ISBN: 9783030051174
Publication Date: 2019
China in the World
Publication Date: 2019

DATABASES

Scopus
Scopus is a multi-disciplinary, bibliographic database that indexes the content of over 23,700 peer-reviewed journals.
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) (1970 onwards)
This database is part of the Web of Science Core Collection. It indexes more than 3,000 journals across 50 social science disciplines. Subjects covered include: sociology, social issues, social work, political science, urban studies, etc.
Web of Science
12,000+ journal titles; 3,300 publishers; 90+ million records (incl. 26 million pre-1996); Weekly updated; Journal evaluation tool (metrics): Journal Citation Report (Impact Factor).

REPORTS & STATISTICS

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) contains timely analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in selected countries. It focuses on the latest management thinking and includes reports on various strategic industries.
Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
Global Economic Monitor (GEM) provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial and commodity data indicators, an extensive database including growth and commodity forecasts.
OECD iLibrary
OECD iLibrary (formerly SourceOECD) is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It provides full-text access to all the OECD printed books, reports, periodicals and statistics.
Passport
provides information on detailed market size, country marketing parameters, marketing forecast data, consumer lifestyles, business sources as well as marketing profiles and analysis.
Statista
Statista contains market research, quantitative data, statistics, business and marketing related information from various industries.

Factiva
provides worldwide full-text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich Web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, etc.
WiseNews
Content from newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires in the Greater China region, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.