| Chinese E-books
Apabi eBook Apabi is a large ebook library comprising book titles published in the Mainland. The Hong Kong Public Libraries has acquired a collection of about 40,000 items for reference use by our library cardholders. The ebook collection consists of two parts - "Sports & Fitness" and "Books on various subjects". The latter covers philosophy, social sciences, literature, arts, history, geography, natural science, medical and health etc.
Vista E-Book in Traditional Chinese The Collection comprises over 400 Chinese eBook titles published by the Taiwan Vista Publishing Co., Ltd. The database includes mainly the Chinese and Western literature. Some of the publications from contemporary prominent Chinese writers, such as Mr LAM Hang Tsz, Mr LIN Yutang, are included.
English E-books
NetLibrary The Collection comprises over 7,000 titles. Subjects include business and economics, social sciences, literature, science and technology and education etc.
Safari Business Books Online Safari Business Books Online provides access to business related eBook. The topics include business and finance, accounting, human resource, management, customer service and employee performance etc.
Safari Tech Books Online Safari Tech Books Online provides access to new Information Technology books from publishers such as O'Reilly, Que, Sam's Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall and Peachpit Press, etc. The topics include computing, databases, networking, operating systems, programming, software engineering, .NET, Cisco products, Web design, Java, XML and more. The books are full text and fully searchable.
User education sessions on how to use our e-Book lending service are regularly organized at Hong Kong Central Library. Readers are welcome to attend the sessions to know more about the e-Book service.
Details about the sessions in July and August 2010 are as follows:
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22 July 2010 (Thursday) 26 August 2010 (Thursday)
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7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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User Education Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Central Library
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66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Medium of Instruction: Cantonese Reservation is not required.
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For Enquiries :
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2921 0222
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