China Standards Document Database

The database contains over 100 000 full-text documents on Chinese standards, including national and industry standards, promulgated by the relevant state authorities of China. Apart from using different criteria, such as standard title, standard number, issuing authority, date of issue and key word for searching, users may also browse the required information by the Chinese Classification for Standards (CCS) and the International Classification for Standards (ICS). Bibliographic information of standards from other countries is also available for searching.

Available at: City Hall Public Library , Hong Kong Central Library

Tag: Analysis  , Chinese Classification for Standards  , Evaluation  , International Classification for Standards  , Measurement  , Quality  , Regulation  , Safety  , Standards  , Standards Number

 

 

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: 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  , 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 from 1993 to 2023. Users can use multiple options such as headlines, publication date and document type to narrow down the scope of search.

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

PKUlaw

PKUlaw is a collection of bilingual databases of legal information of Mainland China. It provides information on laws and regulations, cases heard and adjudication documents officially released by different levels of courts, as well as law journals of Mainland China.

Available at: City Hall Public Library , Hong Kong Central Library

Tag: Judgments  , International Treaties  , Journal  , Judicial Cases  , Jurisprudence  , Law  , Legal Proceedings  , Regulation

 

 

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  , Sports  , Technology

 

 

ProQuest Medical & Health Databases

It comprises three databases, which offer definitive research information on major clinical and healthcare disciplines, allowing access to publications including scholarly dissertations, journals, news magazines, newspaper articles in full text as well as video clips. These databases are useful resources for students, researchers and health professionals, who may gain easy access to reliable medical and health information from trustworthy medical publishers.

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

Tag: Biostatistics  , Dentistry  , Dermatology  , Dietetics  , Disaster Preparedness  , Drug Abuse and Alcoholism  , Environmental Health Science  , Epidemiology  , Eye Care  , Food and Nutrition  , Industrial Health and Safety  , Maternal and Child Health  , Midwifery  , Nursery and Nursing  , Obesity  , Occupational Health and Safety  , Physical Fitness and Hygiene  , Psychiatry  , Sports Injury  , Surgery  , Women’s Health