Online Databases

AccessScience
Features the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and weekly late-breaking news articles. Covers all areas of science and technology plus full-text features of biographies, news, learning resources, study guides and many other related sites.

Remarks: The electronic resources are available for access via Internet by library card holders of Hong Kong Public Libraries.

Biography In Context
It contains more than 427,000 biographies on more than 335,000 people gathered from more than 135 award-winning reference sources as well as full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines specifically chosen for their renowned biographical content in a broad range of subject areas.
The information contained within Biography in Context is perfect for a multitude of subject areas such as, but not limited to, science, multicultural studies, business, politics, government, history, entertainment, sports, arts, and literature.

Remarks: The electronic resources are available for access via Internet by library card holders of Hong Kong Public Libraries.

Career and Technical Education (ProQuest 5000)
ProQuest Career and Technical Education is a source of vocational information for community colleges, two-year institutions, public libraries, and high schools offering technical courses. The database covers more than 540 publications, and ASCII full-text articles, some dating back to 1991, are available from more than 380 of them.

China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ)
It offers full-text and full-image access to over 8,000 serials published in China in the fields of science and engineering, agriculture, medicine and hygiene, humanities, economics, politics and law, education and social sciences, electronics and information science. Articles are mainly written in Chinese and only some of them are English articles.

Remarks: Only citation references are available free from the CAJ databases via the Internet. Full-text articles can only be viewed at workstations within libraries. Hong Kong Central Library provides all 10 series. City Hall Public Library provides 2 series on Economy & Management, and Politics/Military Affairs/Law. Kowloon Public Library and Sha Tin Public Library provide the series on Education & Social Sciences only. Please approach the Reference Library staff for arrangement on the access of the full-text articles.

China Doctoral/ Master's Dissertation (CDMD)
It offers full-image access to over 90,000 dissertations from 600 academic institutions in China starting from 1999 onwards. The database is divided into 10 series according to the subjects of the dissertations and the Hong Kong Public Libraries has subscribed to 4 of them: Humanities (available at Hong Kong Central Library), Education and Social Sciences (available at Hong Kong Central Library, Kowloon Public Library and Sha Tin Public Library), Economy and Management, and Politics/Military Affairs/Law (available at Hong Kong Central  Library and City Hall Public Library).

Remarks: Only brief citation references and summaries are available free from the database via the Internet. Full-text dissertations of the 4 categories subscribed can only be viewed at the workstations of the libraries specified above. Please approach the Reference Library staff for arrangement on the access of the full-text dissertations.

Grolier Online
Grolier Online comprises 5 databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and People. It includes the fields of arts, social sciences, geography, history, philosophy, religious, sports and entertainment, science and technology etc.

Remarks: The electronic resources are available for access via Internet by library card holders of Hong Kong Public Libraries.

Naxos Spoken Word Library
It is an online collection of classic audiobook materials, largely on literary classics and educational themes. The collection covers more than 410 titles on classic novels, plays and poetry from medieval times to the 20th century. The full text of many titles can be followed on screen as it is being read. Whilst listening, users can also access informative notes about the work and the recording.

Remarks: The electronic resources are available for access via Internet by library card holders of Hong Kong Public Libraries.

Newtonkids Digital Museum
It is an online collection of video materials from Taiwan for students and people who are interested to learn more about our Earth from various aspects, including animals, plants, ecology protection, weather and climate, natural landscapes, and earth science, etc. It provides about 300 video clips with Chinese narration and text description.

Remarks: The electronic resources are available for access via Internet by library card holders of Hong Kong Public Libraries.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Unique features include Viewpoint articles — frameworks that allow students to explore each topic's many facets — and exclusive electronic access to Thomson Gale's Information Plus series featuring statistics and government data placed in context.

Remarks: The electronic resources are available for access via Internet by library card holders of Hong Kong Public Libraries.

OECD iLibrary
It provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journals and books published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1998. It provides in-depth coverage of public policy, socio-economics, trade, environment, agriculture, technology, education, taxation, and more on OECD countries. Statistics are provided for many topics.

ProQuest Education Journals (ProQuest 5000)
It covers more than 750 leading titles in the field. The database includes all the content from the Education PlusText database (i.e., indexing and abstracts for the hundreds of publications cited in H.W. Wilson's Education Abstracts database) as well as additional titles in the full-text and full-image formats. Overall, ASCII full-text articles are available from more than 360 publications.