Electronic Databases by Alphabetical Order

Online database
CD-ROM database

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	Database	Available at*
	ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest 5000) It covers more than 1,600 leading business and management publications, including over 350 English-language titles from outside the U.S. ABI/INFORM Global provides fast, easy access to information on 60,000 companies, with coverage from 1971 forward. This database covers more than 1,100 current sources. From ABI/INFORM Global, you also get complete articles for more than 700 of the most popular and important sources in full text, page image, or Text+Graphics format.	ALL
	Academic Press Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology	HKC .
	Academic Research Library (ProQuest 5000) It provides access to complete information from journals across a wide range of subject areas, including the arts, humanities, law, military, women's issues, and children's interest.	ALL
	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 guide and many other related sites.	ALL Remote Access
	Accounting & Tax (ProQuest 5000) Accounting & Tax is international in scope. Coverage includes accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management. The database also offers hundreds of profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms. The database combines abstracts of articles published in nearly 300 accounting and tax publications with official releases from the AICPA and FASB and selective indexing of tax-related information in thousands of business journals.	ALL
	ADAM: The Inside Story	HKC
	Advertiser & Agency Red Books Plus	CHPL
	American Film Institute Catalog	ARTS
	American Revolution	HKC
	American Sign Language Dictionary	HKC
	Art 20 : The Thames and Hudson Multimedia Dictionary of Modern Art	ARTS
	Art Full-text Indexes and abstracts more than 370 periodicals on the subject of visual arts, archaeology and musicology. Full-text coverage for selected journals begins in 1997.	HKC
	ARTbibliographies Modern Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, essay, exhibition catalog, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.	HKC
	Asia-Pacific Business Journals The Asia-Pacific Business Journals database is derived from business publications of the Asia-Pacific region. These publications focus on business, trade, and economic issues related to activities in the Asia/Pacific region. HongKongiana (an index to Hong Kong information found in periodicals published in Hong Kong) is also available in the Asia-Pacific Business Journals, which covers entries in English language in the HongKongiana from 1986 to 2000. This is a valuable source for locating information on Hong Kong.	HKC, ML
	Asia-Studies Full-text Online Asia-Studies Full-text Online is the database for the study of modern Asia-Pacific from the region's most prestigious research institutions. The database brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 53 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues.	HKC
	Associations Unlimited	HKC, CHPL, STPL, TWPL
	Atom Viewer	HKC
	Axion 3D World Atlas	HKC

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NOTE: The availability of databases for remote access or library use is subject to change without prior notice. If you have any questions or comments on the use of these databases, you are welcome to contact us at hkcl_ref@lcsd.gov.hk .

*Library Codes:
HKC	Hong Kong Central Library (Reference Library 8/F and 9/F)
CHPL	City Hall Public Library (Reference Library)
KPL	Kowloon Public Library (Reference Library)
STPL	Sha Tin Public Library (Reference Library)
TMPL	Tuen Mun Public Library (Reference Library)
TWPL	Tsuen Wan Public Library (Reference Library)
ML	All of the above major libraries
DL	District Libraries
ARTS	Hong Kong Central Library (Arts Resource Centre)
ALL	All Hong Kong Public Libraries