Naxos Video Library

It is the world's leading video library on performing arts, which offers an extensive streaming of full-length videos from the world's greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras and prestigious artists. It comprises a wide range of programmes in different genres including ballet performances, educational films and documentaries, Hannover International Violin Competitions, live concerts, music lectures and master classes, musical journeys, operas, theatres and introduction of different schools of masterpieces in painting. Some videos also provide programme notes and lyrics with screen subtitle options in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries) , Remote Access

Tag: Ballet  , Choir  , Dance  , Documentary  , Ensemble  , Film  , Hannover International Violin Competitions  , Music Lecture  , Opera  , Orchestra  , Video

 

 

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.

Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries) , Remote Access

Tag: Animal  , Bird  , Climatology  , Earth Science  , Ecology Protection  , Fish  , Forest  , Insect  , Landscape  , Mountain  , Park  , Plant  , Video

 

 

OECD iLibrary

OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It contains all books and papers published by the OECD since 1998, a vast collection of statistics with data dated back to the 1960's and publications of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the International Transport Forum (ITF). The database covers a wide range of themes including agriculture and food, development, economics, education, employment, energy, environment, finance and investment, governance, industry and services, social issues, migration and health, nuclear energy, urban, rural and regional development, science and technology, taxation, and trade.
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Available at: Hong Kong Central Library

Tag: Agriculture  , Development  , Economics  , Education  , Employment  , Environment  , Finance  , Food  , Health  , Industry  , Investment  , Journal  , Migration  , Nuclear Energy  , Physical Fitness  , Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)  , Science  , Social Issues  , Sports  , Statistics  , Technology  , Trade  , Transportation  , Urban

 

 

OmniFile Full Text Mega

OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition provides a wide range of research resources. It contains full text of articles from over 3,100 publications dating back to 1994. It also contains abstracts and indexing from nearly 5,100 publications as far back as 1982. The subjects covered include applied sciences, art, education, humanities, law, social sciences, technology, etc.

Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries) , Remote Access

Tag: Applied Science  , Arts  , Conference Proceeding  , Education  , Humanities  , Journal  , Law  , Review  , Social Science  , SWOT Analysis  , Technology  , Theses

 

 

Passport

Euromonitor's Passport is an integrated database that provides business intelligence on countries, industries, markets, companies and consumers around the world. Its user-friendly interface facilitates the search of information from thousands of market reports, country and consumer trend analyses, strategy reports, product analyses as well as statistical and data compilations.

Available at: City Hall Public Library , Hong Kong Central Library , Kowloon Public Library , Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library , Sha Tin Public Library , Tuen Mun Public Library , Tsuen Wan Public Library

Tag: Business  , Company  , Consumer Trends  , Country Analysis  , Data  , Finance  , Infrastructure  , Market Analysis  , Market Report  , Statistics  , Strategy Report  , Trade

 

 

Performing Arts Periodicals Database

It provides an unparalleled resource for performing arts on the web, with indexes and abstracts of around 400 international periodicals plus the full text of over 160 journals from 1864 onwards, covering a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry.

Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries)

Tag: Bibliography  , Biography  , Chronology  , Circus Performance  , Dance  , Drama  , Film  , Journal  , Magazine  , Magic  , Musical Theatre  , Opera  , Pantomime  , Performance Art  , Puppetry  , Sound Recording  , Speech  , Stagecraft  , Statistics  , Storytelling  , Television

 

 

ProQuest Business Premium Collection

It combines the seven most popular ProQuest databases, which contain journals, scholarly dissertations and working papers on business and economics in full text, as well as trade publications, market research reports, analyst reports, and leading business journals such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, and The Australian Financial Review.

Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries)

Tag: Accounting  , Asia  , Auditing  , Banking  , Business  , Country Research  , Demographics  , Economics  , Entrepreneurship  , Europe  , Finance  , Financial Institutions  , Human Resources  , Industry Research  , Insurance  , International Business  , Investment  , Law  , Management  , Market Research  , Marketing  , Operation  , Real Estate  , Risk Management  , Tax

 

 

ProQuest Career & Technical Education Database

It provides employment information. Subjects such as vocation and profession, trade and industry, technical resources as well as recruitment information are included. Users can gain access to information on computer science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retailing, accounting, graphic design, photography and other professions for research purposes.

Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries)

Tag: Accounting  , Building Trades  , Career  , Computing Science  , Course  , Education  , Graphic Design  , Healthcare  , Journal  , Photography  , Retail  , Sales

 

 

ProQuest Databases Services

It is an integrated collection of databases covering arts, business, health and medicine, history, language and literature, science and technology, social sciences, etc. It provides access to current and historical information from all kinds of reference resources such as newspapers, journals, theses, reports, charts and tables, photographs and statistics.

Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries)

Tag: Arts  , Business  , Career  , Computing  , Conference Proceedings  , Food and Nutrition  , Health  , History  , Humanities  , Journals  , Magazines  , Management  , Medicine  , Music  , News  , Public Policy  , Religion  , Research  , Science  , Social Science  , Student Resources  , Theses  , Videos

 

 

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post

This database provides the full text of nearly a hundred years’ back issues of the South China Morning Post starting from 1903 in the form of full-page image.  Users can search not only news articles but also advertisements, editorials, comic strips and photographs.

Available at: City Hall Public Library , Hong Kong Central Library , Kowloon Public Library , Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library , Sha Tin Public Library , Tuen Mun Public Library , Tsuen Wan Public Library

Tag: Arts  , Business  , Entertainment  , History  , News  , Politics  , Science  , SCMP  , Social Issues  , Sports  , Technology