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    Insights from an award-winning academic - what Robert has to say about the different aspects of information seeking

    Insights from an award-winning academic - what Robert has to say about the different aspects of information seeking

    In this video, Dr Robert Wright, a multi-award winning teacher and researcher at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, shares his views on the various aspects of information seeking: Inspiration -- Where does he get inspiration for research? Selecting info -- How does he select appropriate information for his research projects? Evaluating info -- What criteria help him evaluate the quality of a research article? Top tips -- What tips does he have for his students to help them read and understand an academic journal article?

    Keywords:
    Business -- Research -- Methodology Management -- Research -- Methodology
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    Video
     
  • Video 
    Stock market investing

    Stock market investing

    In this video, a member of the team discovers a piece of surprising investment advice that she shares with her teammates. Watch the video to see the competition results and learn about the investment advice. What goes wrong?

    Keywords:
    Investments Investment analysis Stocks -- Prices
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    Video
     
  • Video 
    Finding new opportunities (Part II)

    Finding new opportunities (Part II)

    Many fresh graduates are unaware that the jobs postings in newspapers or employment websites are only the tip of the iceberg when compared to all the actual career opportunities available on the market. Oftentimes, the advertised jobs attract dozens or even hundreds of interested candidates. Tracking down a position that is unadvertised or doesn’t yet exist is therefore worthwhile because one will face a lot less competition. In this video, a team of students are discovering the golden opportunity of their lives. Does their story inspire you to find your own future dream job?

    Keywords:
    College graduates -- Employment New business enterprises
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    Video
     
  • Video 
    Shortcut of creating references for research paper

    Shortcut of creating references for research paper

    In this video, a student, Jacob comes up with a brilliant idea to compile over hundreds of highly relevant citations for his reference list in just under an hour. Without this shortcut, Jacob might have spent a week tidying up his references before submitting his paper. Do you want to learn how Jacob so painlessly created the reference list? Watch the video below and see what Jacob ends up doing after he meets with Prof. Ian, his co-supervisor of the research project.

    Keywords:
    Bibliographical citations Report writing
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    Video
     
  • Video 
    Finding new opportunities (Part I)

    Finding new opportunities (Part I)

    Most successful people are able to perceive the world around them differently, looking creatively at organisations and systems. They uncover hidden patterns and possibilities that allow them to discover new insights and new ways of doing things. In this video, most of the teammates regard its completion as the end of a journey, there is one student who spots an opportunity to do more.

    Keywords:
    Business planning Business -- Research -- Methodology Proposal writing in business
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    Video
     
  • Video 
    Engineering information sources: The basic of the profession

    Engineering information sources: The basic of the profession

    There's lots of Engineering information on the Web. Some ask you to pay money; your library probably already subscribes to many good sources. As you develop into a professional engineer, you will learn to go beyond general web pages or web docs & become a more sophisticated engineering information user and creator. In this video, it introduces different engineering information (characteristics & purposes).

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Information resources Engineering -- Research
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    Video
     
  • Video 
    What do professional associations do?

    What do professional associations do?

    While many journal articles and conference papers are written by scholars working at universities or research institutions, professional engineering associations also play a major role in disseminating research findings and practices by: Publishing peer-reviewed research journals Publishing practical “trade” journals Holding conferences & publishing proceedings In this video, it explains what professional associations do and why it matters.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Professional associations Professional education Periodicals
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  • Video 
    Useful strategies to evaluate engineering information

    Useful strategies to evaluate engineering information

    In this video, you will learn about strategies to critically evaluate search results, including (1) Choose good & varied search tools, (2) Ask yourself what you want or need, (3) Use the sorting & filtering functions, (4) Look for your keywords the important parts of the results, (5) Pay issuing organization or publisher, (6) Ask yourself the information whether is credible, suitable, technical information appropriate to your information needs.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Engineering -- Research -- Methodology Engineering -- Research Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation
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    Video
     
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    Connecting engineering innovations and the real world

    Connecting engineering innovations and the real world

    Over 20 student teams from national and international universities, including UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan, presented their global health technologies at the Rice competition. In this video, it share the story of 2 team of HKUST students. SIGHT was the first team from HKUST to participate in the Rice competition and they won.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Engineering -- Research Technological innovations Medical records -- Data processing Pharmacy management
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    Video
     
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    Introduction to evaluating engineering information

    Introduction to evaluating engineering information

    In this video, a team of students are working on their engineering innovation project. They used various search tools to find various information. However, they have difficulties to decide what to look at first, and how to choose in a strategic and clever way.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Engineering -- Research
    Resource Type:
    Video