- Online Renewal
- Online Request
- Basic Search
- View Search Result
- Refine Search Result
- Advanced Search
- Search Specific Journals
- My Favorites
- On Mobile
All loans may be renewed online on or before the due date. Renewal (except short-term loan) may be granted provided that no other borrower requests the item and that there is no unresolved issue recorded in the library record
1. Access your Library Record
Click on “My Library Record” from the Library Homepage.

2. Sign-In



3. View Loan record
Click on “My Loans” to display your “Loans” record.

4. Renew all items
Click on “Renew All”


5. Items renewed
New due dates will be displayed if the renewal is successful
(Explanation note will be displayed for the declined renewal)

6. Exit your Library Record
Click on “Sign Out” to exit your Library Record


User can place a hold on an item (except for items of Multimedia and Reserve collections) currently checked out or currently on hold shelf. To request an item, user may follow the online request guide as follows:
1. Search your desired item
Enter keywords and submit your search from the Discovery Search page.

2. Display full record
Click on your desired item to view its full record

3. Locate your desired item

4. Sign-In
Sign in with your Institute network account & password;



5. Request your desired item
Click on “Request”

For multi-volumes title, click on “Request” of the desired volume:

6. Submit your request
Click on “Send Request” to submit the request

7. Request Succeeded
Click on “Send Request” to submit the request

8. Exit your Library Record
Click on “Sign Out” to exit your Library Record


Search for a Phrase
To search for a phrase, type quotation marks (“ ”) around the phrase.
Example: Artificial intelligence is meaningful when it is searched as a phrase. Thus, quotation marks can be added to bring the two words together:

Note: If you do not enclose the phrase with quotation marks, Discovery Search will find resources that contain each individual word in the phrase, regardless of the word order.
Search for Specified Words or Phrases
Discovery Search performs search for all words you type in the box. Thus, it is not necessary to use Boolean operator AND to aid your search. However, you can use OR to search for resources that contain one of the words or phrases you type in, or both. In this case, the search results will expand.
Example: OR can be used to search for resources with the word tumor or neoplasm, or both:

Exclude Words or Phrases
You can exclude resources that contain certain words or phrases. Insert NOT before the word or phrase you want to exclude. The search results will be narrowed down.
Example: To search for resources with the word neoplasm but without the word tumor, insert NOT before the latter:

Search Using Wildcard Characters
Wildcard characters are advanced search techniques for broadening the search results:
- Question mark (?)
- Asterisk (*)
Example: Type econom* to search for resources that contain strings such as economy, economics and economical
Note: Discovery Search ignores wildcard characters placed at the beginning of a search term (e.g., it treats the search terms ?ale and *ale as if you had searched for ale instead of the terms you may want to see, such as tale, male or whale).
Group Terms Within a Query
You can use parentheses to group terms in your search.
Example: To search for cancer and either tumor or neoplasm, you can create the search combination as follows:

Note: To use Boolean operators within words or phrases, you must enter them in uppercase letters. Otherwise, Discovery Search ignores them and performs only a simple search that includes all words or phrases.
Locate a Print Resource
Once you see
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Once clicking on the result entry, you will see the Get It section in the middle of the page where there is a "LOCATE" icon showing the location map of the General Collection.

Availability of the Print Resource
The number of copies available for loan is displayed. The status of “Item in place” indicates that the print resource is currently on the bookshelf of the specified collection.

View an e-Book
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View an e-Journal Article
To view an e-journal article, click on either one of the links provided under the View Online section. All links can lead you to the full-text of the same journal article on different e-database platforms.





- Set which fields (Title, Subject, Any field, etc.) the search should be performed specifically and combine search terms using the options (contains, (is) exact, starts with) and Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) provided
- Further refine the scope of your search by selecting Search Scope, Material Type, Language and Publication Date options
- Multiply your search combination by
Example: If you are looking for articles on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of people in Hong Kong, you may try the search combination of COVID-19 as part of the title plus “mental health” (with parenthesis for searching as a phase) and Hong Kong as search terms appearing in any given fields. Select Article Plus to look for articles only.

The following record, with search terms highlighted in yellow in the specific fields you set, is generated:


You can either type the journal title or its ISSN directly in the search box and click
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Add Resources to My Favorites
When you click
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The resource will then be automatically added to My Favorites
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After clicking
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Save Search Queries to My Favorites
You can save your search query by clicking
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Your search query will be saved in the profile of Saved Searches in My Favorites.

Note: If you do not sign in, you can only view your search queries of the current session in the Search History profile. Once you close the Discovery Search, all your search queries will be lost. Therefore, to save your time and effort, please remember to sign in to save your queries permanently.