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  , Encyclopedia  , Engineering  , Mathematics  , News  , Science  , Technology  , Video

 

 

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: Animals  , Business  , Economics  , Finance  , Full-text Magazine  , Guitar  , Science  , Technology  , Travel

 

 

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

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

Tag: Business  , Debate  , Economics  , Energy  , Environment  , Health  , Law  , Science  , Technology

 

 

Gale In Context: Science

It is a curriculum-oriented science database that provides resourceful information on major science topics. Subjects such as biology, chemistry, earth and environmental science, health and medicine, mathematics, technology, physics and astronomy are included. It contains the full text of magazines, academic journals and news articles, as well as scientific experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to authoritative websites.

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

Tag: Encyclopedia  , Environmental Protection  , Environmental Science  , History  , Life Science  , News  , Physical Science  , Science  , Technology

 

 

Gale OneFile: News

Gale OneFile: News provides full-text articles of English newspapers and magazines, as well as newswires and broadcast transcripts from around the world. It enables users to quickly search for articles by name of the newspaper or magazine, headline, date, author and section, or conduct a search with other options available.

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

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

 

 

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  , History  , Magazine  , News  , Politics  , Science  , 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: 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  , SCMP  , Social Issues  , 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  , Education  , Humanities  , Journal  , Law  , Review  , Social Science  , SWOT Analysis  , Technology

 

 

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  , SCMP  , Social Issues  , Technology