Readers may use the e-databases via the following means:
.access via Internet with the library account.
.use the workstations inside the Hong Kong Public Libraries via Multimedia Information System (MMIS) & this webpage
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Result list of e-databases available at Hong Kong Public Libraries.
The availability of e-databases is subject to change without prior notice.
e-Databases
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 , Family , Full-text Magazine , Journal , Language Learning , Science , Social Issues , Sports , Technology
OmniFile Full Text Mega
OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition provides a wide range of research resources. It contains full-text articles dating back to 1972 as well as abstracts and indexing from publications as far back as 1909. 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
OverDrive Magazines
OverDrive Magazines offers a wide range of English e-magazines covering topics such as art, architecture, music, business, cooking, health, travel and outdoor, etc. This database also provides electronic magazines in other languages, including French, Spanish and German. Patrons can read both current and back issues of e-magazines online or download them to their mobile devices anytime and anywhere.
Available at: All Hong Kong Public Libraries (excluding mobile libraries) , Remote Access
Tag: Architecture , Arts , Business , Cooking , Health , Music , Travel
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: 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
The following e-databases are available for access via Internet with the library account.
The availability of e-databases is subject to change without prior notice.
e-Databases
The following e-databases are available for access via Multimedia Information System (MMIS) & this webpage only.
The availability of e-databases is subject to change without prior notice.
e-Databases