AccessScience

The AccessScience features the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology and weekly articles on the latest breaking news. It covers all areas of science and technology plus full-text features of biographies, news, learning resources, study guides and many other related sites.

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

Tag: Agriculture  , Astronomy  , Biography  , Biology  , Chemistry  , Earth Science  , Encyclopedia  , Engineering  , Food Science  , Mathematics  , Medicine  , News  , Nobel Prize  , Physics  , Science  , Study Guide  , Technology  , Video

 

 

Books & Authors

This English database covers several hundred thousand titles, tens of thousands of authors with thousands of read-a-likes, award winners and the librarian's favourite lists. It provides innovative search methods for users to explore their beloved readings by combinations of book titles, authors, genres and 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 , Remote Access

Tag: Adventure  , Bibliography  , Comics  , Dictionary  , Fiction  , History  , Horror Fiction  , Inspirational Fiction  , Stories  , Technology

 

 

Flipster

Flipster offers a wide range of English e-magazines covering various topics such as business, sports, modern trends, automobiles, news, science and technology, health as well as leisure and hobbies. Both current and back issues are available for online reading or for downloading to mobile devices for access at any time. Title list is available at here.

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

Tag: Business  , Entertainment  , Environment  , Family  , Full-text Magazine  , News  , Politics  , Science  , Sports  , Technology

 

 

HyRead e-Magazine

More than 100 Chinese e-magazine titles are subscribed through "HyRead ebook" with wide subject coverage in arts and literature, business and management, computer and information science, entertainment, home economics, language learning, modern trends, parenting, science and technology, sports, travelling as well as news reports. They are accessible to the library card holders of the Hong Kong Public Libraries for online reading or downloading to personal computers and mobile devices.

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

Tag: Arts  , Business  , Entertainment  , Environment  , Family  , Full-text Magazine  , History  , Magazine  , News  , Politics  , Science  , Social Issues  , Sports  , Technology  , Trade  , War

 

 

International Newsstream

It 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  , Social Issues  , Sports  , Technology  , Trade

 

 

International Newsstream: South China Morning Post

It provides full-text service for all articles which offers narrowing searches by date, multiple fields and document types to current and recent retrospective content of South China Morning Post with citations and abstracts for all articles published since 1993.

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

 

 

Kids InfoBits

It is an online educational database for children aged between 4 and 11, covering various topics in arts, people, sports, science, etc., and pairing with kid-friendly magazines and news articles, images and educational videos. Its read along function facilitates English learning for early readers.

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

Tag: Animals  , Arts  , Geography  , Health  , Literature  , Music  , Nonfiction  , People  , Science  , Social Studies  , Sports  , Teaching  , Technology  , 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.
For more details, please view the tutorials.

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

 

 

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Opposing Viewpoints in Context covers today's hottest social issues and provides access to viewpoints, topic overviews, statistics, primary source documents, links to websites as well as full-text articles of magazines and newspapers. It is a useful reference tool for users to explore social issues from various perspectives.

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 , Remote Access

Tag: Business  , Debate  , Diplomacy  , Economics  , Energy  , Environment  , Ethics  , Full-text Magazine  , Health  , Journal  , Law  , Medicine  , News  , Politics  , Primary Document  , Science  , Social Issues  , Statistics  , Technology  , War  , Website