Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep

Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep provides information on college planning, undergraduate and graduate programs, scholarship application and career development. Practice tests for college entrance examinations and international examinations, as well as advice on resumes, cover letters, interviews and social networking are also available. List of tests is available here.

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

Tag: Accredited Schools  , AP  , Career Development  , College Planning  , Course  , Education  , English  , GMAT  , GRE  , International Examinations  , Interviews  , Language  , Overseas Studies  , Practice Tests  , Resume  , SAT  , Scholarship  , TOEFL

 

 

Global Books In Print

Global Books In Print is an online database that contains records of bibliographic descriptions and ordering information. These records contain in-print, out-of-print and forthcoming titles, which include books, e-books, audio books and videos. Also included in this database is valuable information such as professional reviews, tables of contents, full-text previews, cover images, author biographies, award information, abstracts and annotations.

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

Tag: Bibliographical Description  , Book Searching  , ISBN  , Library Science  , Physical Fitness  , Publisher  , Reference Tools  , Sports  , Supplier

 

 

INFOBANK

This online database provides a range of business information about China, including Chinese economic news, laws and regulations, statistical data, information on listed companies, financial data, enterprise information, proclamation of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, information on governmental organisations, etc.

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

Tag: Analyse Report  , Business  , CEPA  , Company  , Economy  , Energy  , Enterprise  , Finance  , Government  , Industry Report  , Investment  , Journal  , Law  , News  , Regulation  , Statistics  , Tax  , WTO

 

 

International Newsstream

This database provides information of worldwide newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, trade journals and wire feeds in different languages.  Apart from gaining access to news stories and information on sports, business and arts around the world, users can also conduct full-text search for different topics.

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

Tag: Arts  , Business  , Entertainment  , History  , Magazine  , News  , Politics  , Science  , Sports  , Technology  , Trade

 

 

International Newsstream: South China Morning Post

This database provides the citations and abstracts of the articles of the South China Morning Post since 1993. Users can use multiple options such as headlines, publication date and document type to narrow down the scope of search.

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

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

 

 

Kiss Holiday

"Kiss Holiday" is an interactive multimedia Chinese database based on the "Kiss Holiday" series published by the Chin-Chin Publications Ltd in Taiwan. It aims to introduce to children the history and underlying meaning of 13 major festivals in a lively manner through animated stories, games and handicrafts, thus enabling them to understand festive customs from around the world. Parents and teachers can make use of the "Tutorial Area" to help their children learn more about these festivals. Dialogues of the stories are in Putonghua.

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

Tag: Birthday  , Children's Day  , Ching Ming Festival  , Christmas  , Customs  , Dragon Boat Festival  , Father's Day  , Festivals  , Games  , Graduation  , Halloween  , Handicrafts  , History  , Lunar New Year  , Mid-Autumn Festival  , Mother's Day  , New Year  , Nursery Rhymes  , Poetry  , Stories  , Teachers  , Teaching  , Valentine's Day

 

 

Kono Libraries

Kono Libraries provides a wide range of best-selling and predominantly Chinese e-magazines covering various topics such as art, business and finance, entertainment, health, language, fashion and lifestyle, parenting and family, science and technology, sports, social issues as well as travel. This database also provides electronic magazines in other languages, including Japanese, Korean, English, French, Vietnamese, and Swedish. Both current and back issues are available for online reading or downloading to mobile devices for offline access anytime and anywhere.Title list is available here.

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

Tag: Arts  , Business  , Entertainment  , Environment  , Full-text Magazine  , Journal  , Language Learning  , Science  , Sports  , Technology

 

 

Music Periodicals Database

It provides a music journal resource with indexes and abstracts of more than 610 international music periodicals and the full text of 225 journals from 1874 onwards, covering both scholarly and popular journals.

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

Tag: Bibliography  , Biography  , Blues  , Chronology  , Classical  , Ethnomusicology  , Folk  , Hip-hop  , Instrument  , Jazz  , Journal  , Magazine  , Music Education  , Music Therapy  , Musical Theatre  , Opera Synopses  , Rap  , Rock  , Soul  , Sound Recording  , Speech  , Statistics

 

 

Naxos Music Library

It is a highly resourceful online music database which includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues. Music genres covered include classical music, jazz, folk songs around the world, traditional Chinese music, …etc. While enjoying the music, users can read the biographies of composers or artists and the programme notes of the works.

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

Tag: Album  , Audiobook  , Biography  , Classical  , Concerto  , Dacapo  , Folk  , Guitar  , Harmony  , Jazz  , Marco Polo  , Music  , Music Exam  , Opera  , Orchestra  , Piano  , Quartet  , Symphony

 

 

NoveList Plus

It provides read-alikes and recommendations for fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks, including lists of award-winning books, expert recommendations, reviews and articles in various genres for readers of all ages.

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

Tag: Adventure  , Audiobooks  , Bibliography  , Book Searching  , Comics  , Dictionary  , Fantasy  , Fiction  , Graphic Novels  , History  , Horror Fiction  , Inspirational Fiction  , Nonfiction  , Reviews  , Science Fiction  , Stories