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Images Open Access
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Images
Library Digital Projects
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HKBU Library

Virtually showcases 900 bookplates collected from all over the world. Includes some very valuable pieces, and facilitates scholarly research on bookplates.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Some Full Text
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ProQuest

A comprehensive business research database with coverage of thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, and trade publications.

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Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some

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EBSCOhost

A multi-disciplinary database designed for academic institutions. Subject coverage spans the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

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Dates covered: 1975 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

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ProQuest

A financial services research tool containing combining articles from industry journals and other online sources. Coverage of the the financial services industry, banking and industry trends.

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Dates covered:: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some

Full Text

A full-text database of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and affiliated organisations. Journals, transactions and conference proceedings cover computer science, information systems and mathematics.

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Searches can be expanded to include results from other publishers in "The ACM Guide to Computing Literature".
Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Association for Computing Machinery
Full text: Some

ACS Publications
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A database of original research articles published in American Chemical Society journals, covering the field of chemistry and related science. The Library provides full-text access to the ACS Legacy Archives (articles published between 1879 and 1995).

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ACS Publications
Full text: Some

Citation Only

Provides movie credit information from nearly 60,000 American feature-length films produced between 1893 and 2011.

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Dates covered: 1893 - 2011
Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Provider: American Film Institute
Full-text: Citation information only

AGRICOLA
Citation Only Open Access
Citation Only Open Access
Vendors:
ProQuest

Agricultural Online Access (AGRICOLA) provides citations to agricultural literature. Covers animal, plant, forest and food sciences as well as management, industry and law related to agricultural topics.

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Dates covered: 1970 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: United States National Agricultural Library
Full text: Citation information only

Some Full Text
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ProQuest

Multidisciplinary database that comprehensively covers the environmental sciences and environmental management. Subjects include air quality, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and more.

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Dates covered: 1967 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some

AMED
Citation Only
Citation Only
Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED) covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine. Produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library.

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Dates covered: 1985 - Current
Concurrent users: 5
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full text: Citation information only

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Alternate Name(s):Sacramento Bee
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
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Readex

Historical archive of one of the oldest and most influential newspapers in California, chronicling the history of the West Coast.

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Dates covered: 1857 - 1983
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):San Francisco Chronicle
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E-News
Primary Sources
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Readex

Historical archive of this important newspaper chronicling the history of the Bay Area, North California and West Coast.

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Dates covered: 1865 - 1984
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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EBSCOhost

This database provides digital access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.

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Dates covered: 1684 - 1912
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Readex

Built in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society, this database contains images of 30,000 printed documents that were intended to express views and share news publicly but not meant to be preserved. Examples include political notes, confessions, menus, handbooks, posters, advertisements, stock certificates, and more. Together they provide unique insights into American history and culture.

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Dates covered: 1749-1900
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Covering global reaction to the Korean and Vietnam wars, these materials offer in-depth analysis and coverage of the wars themselves, including key events leading to and following both conflicts.

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Dates covered: 1946 - 1975
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Readex

Reports, publications, and news broadcasts covering America's fight for racial justice, with firsthand analysis of race relations in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Captures Christian involvement in social issues from 1969 to 1997 with 851 event records shared, as well as full interview transcripts with 19 Christian leaders.

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Dates covered:: 1969 -1997
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Alternate Name(s):Christianity

A collection of video recordings and full transcript of interview with 19 Christian leaders regarding Christians' involvement in social issues from 1969 to 1997

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Annual Reviews
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Some Full Text

Critical reviews of significant primary research literature every year for disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Annual Reviews
Full text: Some

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
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Readex

Translated news broadcasts and publications on the international reaction to apartheid throughout the African continent and from around the world.

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Dates covered: 1946 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Reedex
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

This database contains historical records of political and social organizations founded by LGBTQ individuals, personal correspondence and interviews with numerous LGBTQ individuals, gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, and many other publications by and for lesbians and gays.

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Dates covered: 1940 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. HKBU Library has purchased over a dozen collections in this series.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Some Full Text
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EBSCOhost

A database for art and architecture researchers. Contains full-text books and articles and detailed abstracts from leading academic, trade and popular publications on art subjects. Coverage of fine, decorative and commercial art and aspects of architecture and architectural design.

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

Some Full Text
Alternate Name(s):Arts:Search

This online resource is of relevance to scholars of art and design. It consists of four databases: Design Abstracts Retrospective, Arts+Architecture ProFiles, ReView, and the Poster.

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Design Abstracts Retrospective indexes many of the most important design and applied arts journals and annuals published during the twentieth century.

Arts+Architecture ProFiles is an ongoing project that aims to include profiles of every designer, craftsperson, studio, etc., featured in any publication covered by Design Abstracts Retrospective. Over 20,000 records are in this database.

ReView digitizes many of the most important decorative and fine arts journals published during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The Poster includes rare and important books, journals, and exhibition catalogues published on the Poster between 1890s and the 1920s, an international directory of poster collections, and a bibliographic and internet survey of the history of the Poster. 

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Design Research Publications
Full-text: Some

Some Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

An art history database which features over 55 years of art journalism from more than 600 publications. Also searchable in the larger Art & Architecture Source database.

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Dates covered: 1929 - 1984
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

ArtFacts.Net
Multimedia
Multimedia

A database covering fine art, ArtFacts.Net provides detailed and verified information on artists, exhibitions, and galleries. It has developed its own Artist Ranking Tool, which helps track upcoming trends in the art market.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 3
Provider: ArtFacts.Net™ Ltd

Artstor
Images
Images
Types:
Images

An image database featuring a wide range of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. It covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, ethnographic and women studies, as well as many other forms of visual culture. All images are accompanied by comprehensive metadata and are rights-cleared for educational use.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ITHAKA

arXiv
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access

Open access to 1,250,000+ full-text e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics. Owned and operated by Cornell University.

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Dates covered:: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cornell University
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Features primary sources related to international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century. Materials covered include government reports, diplomatic correspondence, periodicals, newspapers, treaties, trade agreements, NGO papers, and more. Most of the materials come from the national archives of the US and UK, with some items sourced from various church archives.

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Dates covered: 1790 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Video
Types:
Videos
Vendors:
Alexander Street

A collection of over 1000 independent films by Asian filmmakers addressing Asian issues. Includes award winning films of every genre from twenty-four countries including China, Singapore and South Korea.

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Dates covered:: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press

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EBSCOhost

A database for religion scholars produced by the American Theological Library Association (ATLA). Indexes journal articles, book reviews and collections of essays in all fields of religion, including biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues.

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Dates covered:: 1949 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

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Full Text Video
Types:
Videos
Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

This online platform delivers demonstrations of head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques. The site features more than 8 hours of video content. Captions are available in English and Spanish.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full text: Yes

Video
Types:
Videos
Vendors:
Alexander Street

The BBC Video Collection combines 700 of the most-viewed BBC documentaries on a wide range of subjects, such as history, anthropology, science, religion, health sciences, and art.

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Dates covered: 1979 - 2012
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press

Citation Only
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

An index of principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971. Serves researchers seeking information on Asian Studies, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences.

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Dates covered:: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Citation information only

Citation Only

A research tool for those interested in figurative language. This online bibliography surveys publications in the humanities and social sciences such as linguistics, literary studies, philosophy, psychology, education, sociology, and also - though less comprehensively - in the areas of science and medicine.

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Dates covered:: 1990 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: John Benjamins
Full text: Citation information only

BioOne
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A collection of research journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

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Dates covered:: 2000 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: BioOne
Full text: Some

Images
Types:
Images

A unique and comprehensive collection of art masterpieces of all varieties: historical, European, Asian, American, and more.

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Dates covered:: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Credo Reference

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Brill

A collection of scholarly journals covering the humanities and social sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full text: Some

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E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

British Library Newspapers is a joint effort by the British Library and Gale to make available digitized versions of important 19th century British newspapers. Parts I, II and III include 240 newspaper titles totaling over 6.4 million pages.

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Dates covered: 1741 - 1950
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

British National Corpus
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access

100 million words, UK, 1980s-1993, by Brigham Young University.

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Dates covered:: 1980s to 1993
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brigham Young University
Full text: Yes

Types:
E-Books
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Provide concise yet comprehensive summaries of the best business books to help professionals and students keep up with the latest information in the business world and learn more effectively.

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Dates covered:: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

Some Full Text
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ProQuest

Provides company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch, US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports, and Snapshots.

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Dates covered: 1986 - current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some

Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

A comprehensive scholarly business database that provides full-text content covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.

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Dates covered: 1886 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Yes

C

Full Text On-Campus Only
Types:
中文

A large repository of digitized contents spanning from ancient China, MinGuo period, and contemporary China. This contains content contributed by all participating institutions, and is available on campus only. 

Users are also required to sign up for a free personal account.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: CADAL
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources

An online platform of historical documents, the Library subscribes to 4 subsets: China Political Reports, 1961-1970; China Political Reports, 1911-1960; Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941; Shanghai Political & Economic Reports, 1842-1943: British government records from the international city.

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Dates covered: 1841 - 1970
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: East View Information Services
Full-text: Yes

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E-Reference

Theme-based collections of works in the Cambridge Companions series. This platform allows cross-searching of 572 reference titles. Collections include: Music; Philosophy, Religion, and Culture; Literature and Classics.

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Dates covered: 1991 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cambridge University Press
Full-text: Yes

Full Text

A platform for Cambridge University Press's academic content that brings together book and journal content. The Library subscribes to the following collections: Cambridge Companions, Cambridge Histories, and Cambridge Journals.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cambridge University Press
Full-text: Yes

Full Text

A collection of peer-reviewed academic journals across a wide range of disciplines, such as law, political science, linguistics, and medicine.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cambridge University Press
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Alternate Name(s):CMOS
Types:
E-Reference

This style guide for American English has been published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. The online version provides easy access to the full text of the most recent (17th) edition of the manual, as well as other resources to assist writers in the application of Chicago style.

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Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: University of Chicago Press
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Alternate Name(s):War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A collection of British government documents on colonial Hong Kong. Digitized from British Colonial Office records, the collection consists of despatches and correspondence between the governors of Hong Kong and the Colonial Office. It also includes letters and telegrams of other government departments and organizations such as the Foreign Office, Home Office, and War Offices.

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Dates covered: 1841 - 1951
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources

Digitized primarily from the records of British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO 40), this collection continues where Hong Kong, Britain and China Part I, 1841–1951 left off, and documents the process of Hong Kong maneuvering, surviving, thriving, and transforming into a modern international metropolis and financial center in the wider context of the Cold War.

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Dates covered: 1965 - 1993 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, China; Foreign Office: Registers (Library Series) and Indexes of General Correspondence
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Digitized documents from the British Foreign Office Files held at the UK National Archives covering the period 1815–1881. These materials relate to the internal politics of China and Britain, their relationship, and the relationships between other Western powers keen to benefit from the growing trading ports of the Far East.

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Dates covered: 1815 - 1881
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A collection of 17 English-language missionary, sinology, and literary periodicals published in or about China during a period of over 130 years, extending from 1817 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

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Dates covered: 1817 - 1949
Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Provider: Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks
Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Brill

Includes English translations of contributions selected from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks. The Chinese-language CASS Yearbooks, published by Social Sciences Academic Press, are edited principally by leading researchers from CASS and other top research institutions and universities in China.

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Dates covered: 2005 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full text: Yes

China through the Eyes of CIM Missionaries
Images Multimedia Open Access
Images Multimedia Open Access
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

This collection contains 224 lantern slides and glass plate negative images of portraits, landscapes, scenery and architecture in China as well as shots documenting the socio-economic activities of the Chinese from the 1900s to the 1930s. The China Inland Mission used these images to show its missionary work for churches in the United States.

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Dates covered: 1900s - 1930s
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

A database containing an extensive range of archival material connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Includes manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps.

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Dates covered: 18th century - early 20th century
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

A database of rare pamphlets, mostly in English, from one of the most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world. These digitised full-text pamphlets from the Wason Collection on East Asia housed in Cornell Unviersity represent a broad variety of writings on the people and cultures of China and foreign involvement there.

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Dates covered:: 1750 - 1929
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

This resource provides access to a variety of source materials in English relating to China and its interactions with the West.

In addition, this database offers over 400 colour paintings, maps and drawings by English and Chinese artists, as well as many photographs, sketches and ephemeral items, depicting Chinese people, places, customs and events.

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Dates covered:: 1793 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes

Chinamaxx
Full Text
Full Text
Types:
中文

Over 700,000 Chinese e-books published since 1949, covering the Social Sciences and Humanities with a focus on China studies. Additionally, it includes over 15,000 titles on Chinese medicine.

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Dates covered: 1949 – Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 超星数字图书馆
Full text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Designed for the study of Chinese/English political interpreting and translations with political speeches from Hong Kong, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom along with their translated/interpreted outputs (6,461,535 words).

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Dates covered:: 1997 - 2017
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

This is a repository of source materials on the work of the Church Missionary Society, founded in 1799 as an Anglican evangelical movement and still active today. It includes the central records of the society and the papers of key individuals associated with it.

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Dates covered: 1619 - 1981
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

This database features electronic reproductions of publications from the Church Missionary Society, the South American Missionary Society, and the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS).

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Dates covered: 1804 - 2009
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Provides a detailed introduction to realism anthology, over 4,200 full-text pages of historical documents from National Archives of UK and India, reviews of 248 local and overseas documentary films, interview transcripts with 24 important Indian documentary film scholars and filmmakers, and more.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses
Hong Kong Information

Provides online access to the abstracts and tables of contents of CityU research postgraduate theses and taught postgraduate dissertations available in the CityU Library. Full text are available online (open access) if permitted by the author.

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Dates covered:: 1990 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: City University of Hong Kong Library
Full text: Some

E-book
Alternate Name(s):CNKI 電子圖書庫
Types:
E-Books
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網
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Subject areas: Chinese Medicine
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Formats available: Default plug-in eBook Viewer compatible with most web browsers or PDF
Download: Yes, full-title in PDF format
Printing: Yes
Do I need to create a separate account? No

CNKI Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses
中文
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網

全國753家碩士培養單位的優秀碩士學位論文。圖書館只訂購了醫藥衛生科技和哲學與人文科學。

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Master theses from 753 institutions in Mainland China. The Library's subscription only includes Medicine & Public Health, and Philosophy & Humanities. 

Reminders:
1. The latest version of Acrobat Reader (with Chinese Simplified font pack) or CAJViewer is recommended for viewing the full text of articles.
2. For users of CAJViewer, a Traditional Chinese Version of Windows is recommended.

Dates covered: 1984 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: CNKI
Full-text: Yes

CNKI Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses
中文
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網

全國469家博士培養單位的博士學位論文。圖書館只訂購了醫藥衛生科技和哲學與人文科學。

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Doctoral dissertations from 469 institutions in Mainland China. The Library's subscription only includes Medicine & Public Health, and Philosophy & Humanities. 

Reminders:
1. The latest version of Acrobat Reader (with Chinese Simplified font pack) or CAJViewer is recommended for viewing the full text of articles.
2. For users of CAJViewer, a Traditional Chinese Version of Windows is recommended.

Dates covered: 1984 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: CNKI
Full-text: Yes

CNKI
Types:
中文
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網

收錄自1979年至今國內出版的重要學術輯刊,共計1120餘種,30餘萬篇。輯刊的編輯單位多為高等院校和科研院所,其內容覆蓋自然科學、工程技術、農業、哲學、醫學、人文社會科學等各個領域。編者的學術素養高,論文質量好、專業特色強,具有較強的學術輻射力和帶動效應。

圖書館只訂購了哲學與人文科學共571本學術輯刊。

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Collecting more than 1120 kinds of important academic monographic serials published in China since 1979 with more than 346000 articles. Most of the editing affiliation of the monographic serials are colleges and universities and research institutes covering natural science, engineering technology, agriculture, philosophy, medicine, humanities and social sciences. The editors have high academic quality, great paper quality, strong professional characteristics, stronger academic radiation and driving effect.

The Library's subscription only includes the subjects of Literature/ History/ Philosophy, a total number of of 571 Journals.

CNKI Full Text
Types:
E-Reference
中文
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網

集成了近200家出版社的3000余部工具書,類型包括語文詞典、雙語詞典、專科辭典、百科全書、圖錄、表譜、傳記、語錄、手冊等,約1500萬個條目,70萬張圖片。圖書館有訂購的專題:中醫、中國工具書大辭典、中國古代文學、中國語言文學、現代文學 & 人物志與傳記。

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Chinese-language reference sources. The Library subscribes to these subsets: Chinese Medicine, Chinese Reference, Classic Literature, Chinese Language & Literature, Contemporary Literature, and Biographies. 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: CNKI
Full-text: Yes

CNKI Full Text
Types:
中文
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網

收錄中國的中央、地方、行業和企業等各類年鑒。

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A variety of yearbooks in China, including national, regional, industry, and enterprise yearbooks.
Dates covered: 1949 - Present
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: CNKI
Full text: Yes

CNKI Full Text
Types:
中文
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網

收錄了中國出版的數千種期刊,圖書館購買了以下6個全文專輯:
哲學與人文科學, 1915 - Current
政治軍事與法律, 1994 - Current
教育與社會科學綜合, 1994 - Current
經濟與管理科學, 1994 - Current
醫藥衛生科技, 1915 - Current
電子技術及信息科學, 2014 - Current

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Articles from core academic journals published in Mainland China. The Library subscribes to the following 6 subsets: 
Philosophy & Humanities, 1915 - Current
Political Sciences, Military, & Law, 1994 - Current
Education & Social Sciences, 1994 - Current
Economics & Management, 1994 - Current
Health & Medicine, 1915 - Current
Electronic Technology & Information Science, 2014 - Current

Reminders: 
1. The latest version of Acrobat Reader (with Chinese Simplified font pack) or CAJViewer is recommended for viewing the full text of articles.
2. For users of CAJViewer, a Traditional Chinese Version of Windows is recommended.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: CNKI
Full-text: Yes

CNKI
Types:
中文
Vendors:
CNKI 中國知網

中國經濟社會大數據研究平台由中國知網 (CNKI) 出版,是一個集統計資源,數據分析,多維度統計指標,快捷檢索及決策支持研究等功能於一體的大型統計資料數據庫。完整收錄了中國已出版發行的2,304種權威統計資料,是中國最大的官方統計資料集合總庫。

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: CNKI
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Brill

This collection of 2,360 formerly classified U.S. government documents (most of them classified Top Secret or higher) provides access to the declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Dates covered:: 1945 - 1991
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full text: Yes

COMM2gether 傳話當年
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Presents the educational history and cultural heritage of HKBU's School of Communication, containing information on the School's milestones as well as alumni interviews and photos.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Some Full Text
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EBSCOhost

A leading search tool for communication scholars. Indexes nearly 700 titles relevant to communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.

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Dates covered:: 1978 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

Consensus is a search engine that uses language models to surface papers and synthesizes insights from academic research papers. Consensus is not a chatbot, but uses the same technology throughout the product to help make the research process more efficient. The current source material used in Consensus comes from the Semantic Scholar database, which includes over 200M papers across all domains of science. The dataset is updated on a monthly cadence.

Remarks: Users need to create an account on the website using HKBU email address.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Consensus
Full Text: No

Some Full Text
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ProQuest

Provides journals and magazines covering a wide range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some

Full Text Open Access

450 million words, U.S.A., 1990-2012, by Brigham Young University.

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Dates covered:: 1990 to 2012
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brigham Young University
Full text: Yes

Corpus of Political Speeches
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

An online archive of speeches from politicians around the world containing 4,860,739 words. It provides a web-based concordance feature, which allows corpus searches in untagged texts.

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Dates covered:: 1789 - 2015
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference

A digital collection of general reference resources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.) covering all subject areas. Easy to search for a word or concept, and also has major topic pages.

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Dates covered:: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Credo
Full text: Yes

Full Text
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Statistics & Datasets
中文

提供中國金融及經濟數據,包括股票、基金、債券、公司研究等不同系列。

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Economic and financial data on China, including various subsets such as stock market, funds, bonds, and company research. 
Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 深圳希施玛数据科技有限公司
Full text: Yes

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Citation Only

Based on David Daniels’ reference work Orchestral Music: A Handbook, this database provides access to information on more than 7,000 works by nearly 1,000 composers.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 1
Full-text: Citation information only

Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Statistics & Datasets

A portal developed by the Hong Kong Government to make data openly accessible in machine-readable format for re-use for commercial or non-commercial purposes free of charge. Datasets sources from the Hong Kong Government, and public and private organizations.

Databases under School of Business subscription
On-Campus Only
On-Campus Only

These databases/facilities are for use within the School of Business only. Please contact the School of Business IT Support (3411-5212) directly, or refer to School of Business Facilities for more details.

 

  • Bloomberg Laboratory (DLB 907)
  • DTS: Direction of Trade Statistics (CD-ROM)
  • IMF: International Financial Research (CD-ROM)
  • Main Board Derivatives/Debt Securities Issuer Documents (CD-ROM)
  • Tele-Trend Stock Master and Forex Data Service
  • Trade Record (Main Board & GEM) (CD-ROM)
  • TSCI Tai Ji Hong Kong Stock & Forex Data Service
De Gruyter
Some Full Text
Some Full Text

A collection of journals mostly in linguistics.

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Date coverage: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: De Gruyter
Full text: Some

Full Text

The first major online collection of the works of one of the 20th Century's most influential theologians. Includes the complete English translation of Barth's magnum opus, The Church Dogmatics.

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Dates covered: 1905 - 1970
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press
Full text: Yes

DigitalRepository@HKUL
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information

A gateway for the discovery of digitized materials from the University of Hong Kong Libraries and /organizations that have participated in partner projects with the Libraries. The platform includes a wide variety of historical and primary source materials relating to Hong Kong.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: University of Hong Kong Libraries
Full text: Yes

Drama Online
Some Full Text Video
Some Full Text Video

This high-quality online research tool for drama and literature scholars combines playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays.

Please note that the Library has subscribed to the following 6 collections in Drama Online.
•    Core Collection (Playtexts)
•    Critical Studies and Performance Practice (Books)
•    National Theatre Collection 1 (Video)
•    National Theatre Collection 2 (Video)
•    Nick Hern Books (Playtexts)
•    Oberon Books 1 (Playtexts)

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Full Text: Some

Some Full Text

A collection of academic journals in the humanities and social sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Duke University Press
Full text: Some

E

Full Text
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

A database of historical newspapers published in America across three centuries from 1801 to 1900. This resource includes thousands of titles from all 50 States, chronicling the evolution of American culture and daily life.

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Dates covered: 1801 - 1900
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

EBM Reviews
Citation Only
Citation Only
Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

This multi-file database allows you to search the seven Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews databases.

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- ACP Journal Club
- Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Cochrane Methodology Register
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
- Health Technology Assessment
- NHS Economic Evaluation

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 5
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full text: Citation information only

EBSCOhost
Some Full Text
Some Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost is a major academic platform. HKBU members can use it to access over 25 different databases.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

E-book
Types:
E-Books
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Multidisciplinary e-books hosted on the EBSCOhost platform.

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Concurrent users: Varies from 1 user to unlimited simultaneous users
Formats available: PDF, HTML or EPUB
Download: Yes. partial download: ≤ 100 pages (PDF or EPUB). Full-title download only (1-day loan, maximum of 50 titles). Requires both personal EBSCOhost account and Adobe Digital Editions. An EBSCO eBooks app is available on the App Store® or Google Play™ for reading offline on Apple or Android devices (or use Bluefire Reader).
Printing: Yes, partial printing: ≤ 100 pages. 
Do I need to create a separate account? Yes, a personal EBSCOhost account is required to check out and download e-books for offline reading. 
Remarks: A small number of titles are not available for download. For these titles, you simply do not see the "Download this ebook" option.

EdUHK Research Repository
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses

The Education University of Hong Kong Research Repository collects, manages, preserves and showcases the research output of EdUHK staff in one digital location.

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Dates covered:: 1980 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Education University of Hong Kong Library
Full text: Some full text

Elsie Tu Digital Collection
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A selection of Dr. Elsie Tu's speeches and non-copyrighted publications, documenting her 50 years of social activism and services in Hong Kong.

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Dates covered: 1970s - 1990s
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

Embase
Citation Only
Citation Only
Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

Comprehensive biomedical database containing over 20 million records from more than 7000 journals. Particularly strong in pharmacology/pharmaceutical research.

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Dates covered: 1974 - Current
Concurrent users: 1
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
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Emerald
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Some Full Text

A collection of journals in management, library and information science, education, and health & social care.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Emerald Group Publishing
Full text: Some

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference

Articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica are written by notable experts, providing balanced, global perspectives and unique insights. Also includes Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Brill

The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon
Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Brill

The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online describes modern-day Christian beliefs and communities in the context of 2000 years of apostolic tradition and Christian history. Comprehensive, reflecting the highest standards in scholarship yet intended for a wide range of readers, it also looks outward beyond Christianity, considering other world religions and philosophies.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full text: Yes

ERIC (EBSCOhost)
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Some Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

The Educational Resource Information Center is the largest education database in the world, indexing all types of educational literature from journal articles to research reports.

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Note that the content in all versions of ERIC is identical.

Dates covered: 1966 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Some

ERIC (U.S. Department of Education)
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text

The Educational Resource Information Center is the largest education database in the world, indexing all types of educational literature from journal articles to research reports.

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Note that the content in all versions of ERIC is identical.

Dates covered: 1966 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: U.S. Department of Education
Full-text: Some

Alternate Name(s):ESI
Vendors:
Clarivate Analytics

An analytical tool to help with the rapid identification of highly-cited research in a particular field.

This specialist platform is targeted at senior university administrators and faculty to aid in decision-making about institutional research strategy. It is generally not useful to students doing typical research for their assignments.

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Dates covered: Most recent 10 years
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Clarivate Analytics
Full-text: Citation information only

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses

EThOS is a database maintained by the British Library. Its aim is to provide a single point of access for researchers all over the world to access theses produced by UK Higher Education. 62,000 full text theses are currently available for download on EThOS.

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Requires free registration to access available full text theses

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: British Library
Full text: Some

Citation Only
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

A bibliography that contains printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers a wide range of topics, from the British/French/Dutch in America to natural disasters, religious orders, slavery and more.

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Dates covered: 1493 - 1750
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Citation information only

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Board of Foreign Missions under the Presbyterian Church was established in 1837, signaling the beginning of a worldwide missionary operation. This archive contains records documenting the church’s educational, evangelical, and medical work in China, and ongoing efforts to spread the gospel during the 19th century.

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Dates covered: 1837 - 1911
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Factiva
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Full Text
Types:
E-News
Statistics & Datasets

Factiva is a research and current awareness platform that provides access to a large archive of news (including The Wall Street Journal) and business information such as company and industry snapshots.

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: 5
Provider: Dow Jones
Full text: Yes

Food Studies Online
Full Text Multimedia
Full Text Multimedia
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street

A wealth of information about how food shapes and defines people's lives, seen through the eyes of different scholars. It includes a mix of video, ephemera, photographs, archives, and published monographs.

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Dates covered: 1914 - 2015
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Intelligence documents (e.g. intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments) gathered and translated into English by U.S. field agents collected in different parts of the world through the Foreign Broadcast Information Services.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

Primary source database covering all British Foreign Office files produced between 1919 and 1980 dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Includes reports, letters, newspaper cuttings, maps, and diverse other materials.

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Dates covered: 1919 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew / UK National Archives
Full text: Yes

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Gale
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Full Text
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Gale is a leading database platform. HKBU Library members can use it to access almost 30 different databases covering the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Gale eBooks
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Full Text
Alternate Name(s):Formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library
Types:
E-Books
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Gale
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Full-text resource covering contemporary social and political issues, such as terrorism, stem cell research, and gun control. Presents evidence for both sides of the debate, in the form of academic articles, primary sources, statistics, and viewpoint essays.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Gale Literature
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Some Full Text
Alternate Name(s):Gale Literary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A research platform for literary scholars published by Cengage Gale.

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Dates covered:: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Some

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Alternate Name(s):Literature Criticism Online
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Brings together multiple acclaimed series of literature criticism covering all eras and genres.

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The following titles are included:

1. Contemporary Literary Criticism (from v.325-)
2. Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (from v.270-) 
3. Shakespearean Criticism (from v.145-)
4. Short Story Criticism (from v.169-)
5. Drama Criticism (from v.46-)

Check the Library's print collection for earlier volumes.

Dates covered: 2012 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Also available on Artemis platform

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A research platform that allows cross-searching of the various digital archives provided by Cengage Gale. They include: The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, The Sunday Times Historical Archives, The Times Digital Archive, Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, the Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, China from Empire to Republic, and Punch Historical Archive.

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Dates covered:: 1785 - 2015
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Documentation on Germany’s relations with China during the interwar period. Germany was instrumental in modernizing China’s industrial base and provided a military training mission and equipment for the armed forces of the Republic of China prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Dates covered: 1919 - 1935
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

This collection documents the broad range of 19th Century religious missionary activities, practices, and thought in the United States by reproducing a variety of primary sources.

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Dates covered: 1800-1899
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

GreenFILE
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Some Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some full text

Types:
E-Reference

Grove Art Online is an authoritative reference work on all aspects of the visual arts, featuring over 30,000 signed and peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 international scholars.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 3
Provider: Oxford University Press
Full text: Yes

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Online reference work covering a large range of traditions, topics, and methods relating to the study of translation and interpreting.

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Dates covered: 2010 - Current
Concurrent users: 15
Provider: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Full text: Yes

Citation Only

Database on higher education systems, administration, planning, policy, and evaluation. Maintained by the International Association of Universities.

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: International Association of Universities
Full text: Citation information only

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Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Authoritative resource for historians.

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Dates covered: 1955 - Current
Concurrent users: 3
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Legal Resources

Full text image database providing access to past revised editions of Hong Kong Laws. The database comprises a total of seven consolidations of the laws of Hong Kong: 1890, 1901, 1912, 1923, 1937, 1950, and 1964 (last updated to 1989).

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Dates covered: 1890 - 1989
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: University of Hong Kong Libraries
Full text: Yes

History in Data 史庫
Multimedia Open Access
Multimedia Open Access
Types:
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A data curation platform to access original datasets of Chinese history. One notable dataset is the tribute data during Qing Dynasty.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Types:
Primary Sources

Provides an extensive range of primary and secondary resources on feminism for the widely studied period of 1776-1928.

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Dates covered: 1771 - 1928
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Routledge
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Geschichte des globalen Christentums Online
Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Brill

The History of Global Christianity deals with the history of Christianity and its global development over the past five centuries. Going above and beyond the subject of church history, it deals with the cultural role of Christianity in society, politics, economics, philosophy and the arts.

A German version is also available: Geschichte des globalen Christentums Online

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Uses a GIS storymap to illustrate the wartime activities of the BAAG and show its impact on the allied war effort against Japan between 1942 and 1945.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Provides a detailed account of Piu Sik Parade from its history to its techniques, with a view to promoting and introducing traditional Hong Kong culture.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A database of HKBU past examination papers. It is not a comprehensive listing as only those that were provided to the Library are available.

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Dates covered: 1991 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

HKBU Heritage
Multimedia Open Access
Multimedia Open Access
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Showcases over 1400+ creative outputs produced by HKBU faculty and students

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Dates covered: 2009 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

HKBU Honours Projects
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A database of Honours Projects undertaken by HKBU final-year students. Some full text are available, if recommended by departments / programs and permitted by the students. It is not a comprehensive listing as only those that were provided to the Library are available.

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Dates covered: 1990 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Some

Full Text Open Access
Types:
E-News
Hong Kong Information
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Jointly developed by the Journalism Department and the University Library, BUJSPA houses news articles in The Young Reporter and San Po Yan (新報人) from their first editions published in 1968 and 1969, respectively.
For the latest news articles by BU journalism students, please access news portal (BU-JLAB) established since 2017.

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Dates covered: 1968 - 2017
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text
Vendors:
HKBU Library

This database provides full-text images of the final reports of the Teaching Development Grants Projects at HKBU. No longer updated as of 2012.

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Dates covered: 1995 - 2012
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

HKBU Theses and Dissertations
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses
Vendors:
HKBU Library

This collection contains abstracts, tables of contents, and the full text (since 2004) of all HKBU M.Phil. and Ph.D. theses, plus a number of dissertations of students enrolled in taught postgraduate programs, with the earliest thesis dating back to 1991. Full text is also available for open access for theses submitted after September 2013.

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Dates covered: 1991 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Some

HKBUtube
Open Access Video
Open Access Video
Types:
Videos
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A collection of documentary films produced by local TV companies; conferences and seminars held on campus; teaching videos created by HKBU faculty.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Open Access
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A collection of anthologies that include English and French translations of Hong Kong literature originally written in Chinese, accompanied by interviews of authors and translators

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

HKUST Electronic Theses
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses

Contains full text of doctoral dissertations and master's theses from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Full text are available online (open access) if permitted by the author.

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Dates covered: 1994 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library
Full text: Some

Full Text
Types:
E-Books
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Collection of digitized publications from HKBC and HKBU

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Dates covered: From 1956
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Images Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Images
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

An art collection that includes Hong Kong travel posters, Chinese propaganda posters, contemporary calligraphy and Chinese paintings, Chinese New Year Prints and Painting, and more.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Hong Kong e-Legislation (HKeL)
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Legal Resources

Hong Kong e-Legislation (HKeL) is the official database of Hong Kong legislation. It provides free online access to current and past versions of HK legislation dating back to 30 June 1997. The database is maintained by the Department of Justice.

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Dates covered:: 1997 to Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Department of Justice, Hong Kong SAR Government
Full text: Yes

Citation Only
Types:
Hong Kong Information

An annotated online database that aims to allow researchers to quickly identify all research literature related to education in Hong Kong. The following categories of research output are included: books or book chapters, articles from periodicals, dissertations or theses, conference papers, research reports and any other related materials

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Coverage dates: 1946 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Hong Kong Institute of Education Library
Full text: Citation information only

Hong Kong Government Gazette
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information

Access the full-text of the Hong Kong Government Gazette. Includes statutory notices, appointments, departmental notices, and public tenders.

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Dates covered: 2000 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Government of the Hong Kong SAR
Full text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources

Full-text image database providing online access to issues of four major Hong Kong Government publications produced prior to the Japanese occupation of the territory during World War 2: Administrative Report, Hong Kong Sessional Papers, Hong Kong Hansard, and Hong Kong Government Gazette.

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Dates covered: 1842 - 1941
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: University of Hong Kong Libraries
Full text: Yes

Hong Kong Journals Online
Full Text Open Access
Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information

Contains the full-text image of selected academic and professional journals, both in English and Chinese, published in Hong Kong. Titles cover several disciplines including law, medicine, and education.

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Dates covered: 1872 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: University of Hong Kong Libraries
Full text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Legal Resources

Full-text database of legal information relating to Hong Kong. Includes Ordinances, Regulations, and Judgments of the various Courts of Hong Kong.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The University of Hong Kong (Department of Computer Science / Faculty of Law)
Full-text: Yes

Hong Kong Solar Map
On-Campus Only Open Access
On-Campus Only Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Allows the estimation of rooftop and ground mount solar electric potential through PV panels in Hong Kong. It also helps promote the use of PV panels in Hong Kong as an energy saving measure.

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讓香港居民計算天台或地面太陽能發電板的發電及節省電費的潛力。網站同時收集用戶提供的資訊作進一步的學術研究。
Dates covered: Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Displays 67,970 sets of survey data across four survey periods using GIS applications with bird and frog information and soundtracks.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text

Human Kinetics' mission is to increase the knowledge, enhance the performance, and improve the health and fitness of all people around the globe by developing and delivering authoritative information about physical activity and sport. Their collection of peer-reviewed scholarly journals providing cutting-edge information for use by professors, teachers, researchers, practitioners, health care professionals, coaches, fitness enthusiasts, and many others.

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Dates covered: 1974 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Human Kinetics
Full text: Yes

Humanities Index
Some Full Text
Some Full Text
Vendors:
ProQuest

A research tool for humanities scholars, BHI indexes over 400 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries.

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Dates covered:: 1962 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some

HyRead ebook
Full Text
Full Text
Types:
E-Books
中文

Provides Chinese e-books across a wide range of disciplines. It is best accessed via its mobile app "Hyread", which is available on both iOS and Android devices.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Hyweb Technology
Full text: Yes

I

IEEE Xplore
Full Text
Full Text

Covers IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, and standards. Subjects covered include computer science, mathematics, telecommunications, and electrical engineering.

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Dates covered: 1988 - Current (some titles earlier)
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Illustrated London News was the world's first pictorial weekly newspaper. This online archive provides full colour imaging and full text searching of every page.

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Dates covered: 1842 - 2003
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration, covering events such as post-World War II Jewish resettlement, South African apartheid, Latin American migrations to the United States and much more.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Reedex
Full text: Yes

InCites
Citation Only
Citation Only

A citation-based evaluation tool for academic and government administrators to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark output against peers and aspirational peers in a national or international context.

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Requires individual login, following first-time registration.
- Registration URL

Full Text
Types:
中文
Vendors:
China Infobank

收錄自1998年以來即時播發的“環球商訊”的全部新聞文獻。

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Chinese and international business news since 1998. 
Dates covered: 1998 - Current
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

IngentaConnect
Some Full Text
Some Full Text

A collection of academic journals across health, social sciences and humanities.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Publishing Technology
Full text: Some

Full Text
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Originating as the European edition of the New York Herald in 1887, the International Herald Tribune was an English-language newspaper published in Paris. In 2002, it was acquired by the New York Times Company and subtitled The Global Edition of the New York Times. This platform makes available in full digital replica all issues of the newspaper up until 14 October 2013, when it was renamed as the International New York Times.

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Dates covered: 1887-2013
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
E-News
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides the most recent news content from outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Covers more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes

Alternate Name(s):Formerly "AiritiBooks 華藝中文電子書"
Types:
E-Books
中文

iRead eBooks華藝中文電子書提供圖書館與讀者最便捷的電子書閱讀體驗,收錄量豐富,含優質學術類書籍與各式休閒書籍,如小說、電子雜誌、大眾讀物等。

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iRead eBooks features a selection of e-book titles in traditional Chinese characters published by Taiwanese publishers. It is the largest Chinese-language e-book platform in Taiwan.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: Airiti
Full-text: Yes

J

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The U.S. State Department Central Classified Files document American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social and economic developments throughout the world, and this particular collection is on Japanese internal affairs during this turbulent time of history.

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Dates covered: 1930 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

Database published by one of the world's leading providers of evidence based information for healthcare professionals. Includes over 3,000 records across seven publication types: Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports.

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Dates covered: 1998 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full text: Yes

Some Full Text

A collection of scholarly journals in linguistics and translation.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Full text: Some

Citation Only
Types:
Citation Indexes & Analytics
Vendors:
Clarivate Analytics

Performance metrics for evaluating leading journals. Includes impact factors and other statistical information.

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Dates covered: 1999 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)
Full-text: Citation information only

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Contains data and further information addressing the disconnect between ideals and practice in journalsim in the mainland Chinese press and Hong Kong press, as part of the international collaborative project “Journalistic Role Performance around the Globe”.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

JSTOR
Some Full Text
Some Full Text
Types:
Images

A multidisciplinary full-text archive of thousands of journal titles, mostly from the social sciences and humanities.

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Note that full text is generally NOT available for the latest three years, and that HKBU Library does not subscribe to all JSTOR content 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Yes

K

Types:
Videos

This on-demand streaming platform offers access to classic cinema, independent films, and documentaries.

To access the platform, click “Visit the HKBU collection”. On the next page, click “Log in to HKBU” and follow the instructions to enter your HKBU SSOid credentials.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Kanopy

Full Text
Types:
E-News
中文

匯聚台灣、香港等地的暢銷雜誌,包含Money 錢、GQ、國家地理雜誌、新假期、PCM電腦廣場等。

請於Kono Libraries使用浸會大學電郵登入,然後提供驗證碼。

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Kono
Full-text: Yes

L

Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Information about HKBU Library's Archival Collections consisting of personal papers, organizational records and the University Archives

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

 

Some Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Database covering librarianship, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Indexes 560 core journals, and also contains full text for more than 330 journals.

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Dates covered: Mid-1960s - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Some

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses

Contains theses and dissertations produced in Lingnan University. Most of the full text are available online (open access) if permitted by the author.

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Dates covered:: 1999 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Lingnan University Library
Full text: Some full text

Citation Only
Vendors:
ProQuest

An abstract and index database of linguistic literature. Covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

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Click here for User Guide

Dates covered: 1970s - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Citation information only

Multimedia
Alternate Name(s):lynda.com
Types:
Self-learning Resources
Videos

This online education platform provides over 5,000 courses focused on the development of business, technology, and creative skills. Each course is developed and led by experts, and the platform will provide you with recommendations based on your interests.

Please note that a VPN is required to access this resource from Mainland China.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Limited account availability (see below)
Provider: LinkedIn

The number of licenses available to eligible HKBU users is limited and are allocated on a first-come first-served basis. To help ensure that everyone in the University community has an opportunity to access the platform, inactive users will be removed periodically.

Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

Step-by-step guidance to procedures and skills in nursing, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy. Each entry provides complete instructions, with video clips where necessary to clarify complex procedures.
 

Note: Please click “OpenAthens”, and type “Hong Kong Baptist University Library” to access this database.

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Dates covered: Varies (regularly updated)
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full text: Yes

Literary Index
Citation Only
Citation Only
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Online index used to find authors and criticism of their works in Gale's print literary series.

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Use this index to locate articles of interest in the following print reference titles held by HKBU Library:

- Classical and Medieval Literature criticism
- Contemporary Authors
- Contemporary Authors New Revision Series
- Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
- Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
- Shakespearean Criticism
- Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Citation information only

M

Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Provides full text for nearly 500 popular high school magazines, and an image collection of over 510,000 photos, maps, and flags.

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Dates covered: 1975 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Presents the raw data and aggregate graphs of fourteen interview studies on materialism among children and youth. These studies were conducted across four Asian regions over fifteen years.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)
Citation Only
Citation Only
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Authoritative database of biomedical and life sciences journal citations, created by the US National Library of Medicine.

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Note that all versions of MEDLINE have identical content.

Dates covered: 1946 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Citation information only

MEDLINE (Ovid)
Citation Only
Citation Only
Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

Authoritative database of biomedical and life sciences journal citations, created by the US National Library of Medicine.

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Note that all versions of MEDLINE have identical content.

Dates covered: 1946 - Current
Concurrent users: 5
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full-text: Citation information only

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference

The largest, most comprehensive American dictionary currently available in print or online.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Full-text: Yes

Some Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content relating to all branches of the military and government.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Some

MIT Press Journals
Some Full Text
Some Full Text

This online platform provides direct access to journals published by MIT Press. Note that the Library does not subscribe to all of the journals hosted on this platform.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: MIT Press

Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

An authoritative compilation of scholarly material published internationally in language, literature, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and more.

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Coverage dates: 1921 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Yes

Music Index
Some Full Text
Some Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Comprehensive guide to the music periodical literature, covering both classical and popular music.

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Dates covered: 1970 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Some

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Alexander Street

Brings together over 40,000 pages of essential reference materials covering the entire history of Western classical music.

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Dates covered: 1985 - 2010
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street
Full-text: Yes

Music Scores
Types:
Music Scores
Vendors:
Alexander Street

Comprehensive collection of over 25,000 music scores, including full, study, piano, and vocal scores, plus piano reductions

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Dates covered: Medieval - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street 
Full-text: Yes

Multimedia
Vendors:
Alexander Street

This is an online collection of the world’s musical and aural traditions. The 45,000+ tracks cover a variety of genres including American Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, Old Time Country, American Indian, World, Jazz, Spoken Word & Sounds, and Children’s.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Alexander Street

A comprehensive online reference work covering music research of all the world’s peoples. Includes over 9,000 pages of materials contributed by 700 international experts. Written entries are complemented by hundreds of audio examples.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press
Full-text: Yes

Some Full Text
Alternate Name(s):International Index to Music Periodicals
Vendors:
ProQuest

Indexes periodicals covering all aspects of music, including music education, instruments, various musical genres, music therapy, ethnomusicology, and more.

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Dates covered: 1874 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some

N

Full Text
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Provides access to the full text of the National Geographic magazine archive. Topics include history, nature, anthropology, and more.

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Dates covered: 1888 - 1994
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Multimedia

A huge online collection focused on classical music - over 2.3 million tracks. Along with classical music, jazz, world, and pop/rock are also represented.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 7
Provider: Naxos Digital Services

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses

This free resource searches the dissertations and theses of research organizations around the world. Links to full text are provided if available.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Citation information only

Full Text
Types:
E-News

Note: Our subscription allows you to access the New York Times website and related mobile device apps. First-time activation via the link above using the University Internet network is needed in order to create your personal access account (valid for one year and renewable). After creating your account, use it to login to nytimes.com and New York Times apps. 

This renowned newspaper provides a global perspective on world affairs. Choose from English, Chinese, and Spanish editions.

Note: Please click " Ignore" button to access registration page if you use Chrome web browser. 

 

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Dates covered: 1851 - Current (please note, access to articles from 1923-1980 is limited to five articles per day per user)
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The New York Times Company
Full text: Yes

Some Full Text
Types:
E-News

Provides resources designed for educators, connecting news to specific areas of study. They include curated summary of New York Times articles and suggested topics for class discussions, written by faculty contributors from various universities and colleges. The Library also provides full access to NYTimes.com and its related apps.

To register an account with institution email is required.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The New York Times Company
Full text: Some

Full Text
Types:
E-News
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Provides full text of more than 860 international newspapers, as well as more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Yes

Nikkei Asia
Full Text
Full Text
Alternate Name(s):Nikkei Asian Review
Types:
E-News

Note: Our subscription provides an option to register an account. This will allow you to access the Nikkei Asia website wherever you are, and also allows you to use the mobile app. If you prefer not to create an account, you can use your HKBU SSOid to login with more limited access to features.

Provides news and insights on the region’s most influential companies, plus comprehensive coverage of politics, the economy, markets and trends from a uniquely Asian perspective.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Nikkei Inc.

nkoda
Full Text
Full Text
Types:
Music Scores

This digital music score application provides access to millions of pages of scores from the world’s leading publishers, including Bärenreiter, Boosey & Hawkes, Breitkopf & Härtel, Faber and Casa Ricordi.

Users can browse, download and mark up the scores. From solo piano scores to orchestral hire materials, all content can be accessed on your phone, tablet, or desktop.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: 10
Provider: nkoda Limited

An unlimited number of Registered Users can be authorized, however no more than 10 may access the content at any time.

Full Text
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources

The longest running English-language newspaper published daily in Shanghai. Together with the weekly newspaper North China Herald, they cover over 100 years of history in modern China. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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Dates covered: 1864-1951
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources

The North China Herald was the first weekly English-language newspaper published in Shanghai. Together with the daily newspaper North China Daily News, they covered over 100 years of history in modern China. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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Dates covered: 1850 - 1951
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Providing insight into arms-reduction initiatives and the evolution of weapons of mass destruction, this collection ranges from the bombing of Hiroshima to the Cold War and beyond.

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Dates covered: 1945 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

O

Full Text
Types:
E-Books
Self-learning Resources
Videos

This platform for technology and business learning provides access to thousands of e-books, videos, and online tutorials. Curated learning paths allow you to approach a topic at your own pace.

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Facilitates searching and browsing of over 600 pieces from some 70 manuscripts about Jean-Baptiste Lully's keyboard arrangements.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

OpenDissertations
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Open access database to assist in the discovery of both historical and contemporary dissertations. Originally styled American Doctoral Dissertations, the database now incorporates dissertation metadata from select colleges and universities from around the world.

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Dates covered: 1902 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Some

Osmosis
Video
Video
Types:
Videos
Vendors:
Elsevier

Clear and concise medical videos for year 1 Nursing Students. Comprehensive coverage of pathology, physiology, pharmacology, and clinical reasoning videos to start with.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Elsevier
Full text: Yes

Ovid
Some Full Text
Some Full Text
Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

Ovid is a major search platform in the health sciences. It includes MEDLINE, Embase, EBM Reviews, and more.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Various
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full-text: Some

Ovid Journals
Some Full Text
Some Full Text
Vendors:
Wolters Kluwer

A collection of scholarly journals in health and medicine.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Full text: Some

Oxford Art Online
Full Text Multimedia
Full Text Multimedia

Offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 3
Provider: Oxford University Press
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference

Collaboratively developed by scholars and librarians from around the world, these cutting-edge resources combine the best of annotated bibliographies and high-level encyclopedias to guide users to the best scholarship available in their subject.

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HKBU Library currently subscribes to the following subjects:

- American Literature
- British and Irish Literature
- Chinese Studies
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Communication
- Education
- Geography
- International Relations
- Linguistics
- Political Science

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It provides guidance on the history, meaning, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Oxford University Press
Full-text: Yes

Oxford Journals
Some Full Text
Some Full Text

A collection of academic journals in a wide range of disciplines, including Arts & Humanities, Science & Mathematics, and Social Sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Oxford University Press
Full text: Some

Full Text
Types:
E-Reference

Leading online reference work for music research, covering all aspects of music.

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Formerly known as Grove Music Online and includes all content from that resource.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 6
Provider: Oxford University Press
Full-text: Yes

Some Full Text
Types:
E-Reference

Online versions of Oxford University Press reference works, including dictionaries, companions, and encyclopedias on subjects from art to zoology.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Some

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Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A collection of miscellaneous papers and reports from the British legation and consulates in China. Digitized from documents held at the UK National Archives, it comprises a catalogue of embassy archives, 1727 to 1859; trade and intelligence reports; records of legal proceedings; miscellaneous papers, some in Chinese, of the Chinese Secretary's Office; an entry book of papers relating to the East India Company in China; claims arising from Sino-Japanese hostilities, 1927 to 1940; accounts; circulars, etc.

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Dates covered: 1727-1951
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Some Full Text
Vendors:
ProQuest

Bibliographic information and indexing for 22 key U.S. and international pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, medical device, and cosmetic industry newsletters

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Dates covered: 1974 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some

Some Full Text

PhilPapers is a comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. PhilPapers offers unique features such as real-time indexing of pre-prints, fine-grained classification by topic, email alerts, reading lists, advanced search functionality, and discussion forums.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Centre for Digital Philosophy
Full text: Some

Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A complete digital archive of the Picture Post, the iconic newspaper published in Britain from 1938-1957 that defined the style of photojournalism in the 20th century. It provides snapshots of the daily life of ordinary people, as well as moments of historical importance in domestic and international affairs.

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Dates covered: 1938 - 1957
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Full images of the archival documents of the British-run municipal police force based in Shanghai’s former International Settlement.

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Dates covered: 1894-1945
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials; the despatches are often accompanied by enclosures. Also included in these records are notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives in the United States, memorandums prepared by officials of the Department.

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Date coverage: 1930 - 1939
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

This collection contains the six principal MID files relating exclusively to China for the period 1918 to 1941 (general conditions, political conditions, economic conditions, army, navy, and aeronautics).

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Dates covered: 1918-1941
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Practical Law
Full Text
Full Text
Types:
Legal Resources
Vendors:
Thomson Reuters

This online legal know how service provides rigorous peer reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents. These are designed to provide time-saving head starts that increase efficiency.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Thomson Reuters
Full-text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

This collection of translated articles from the official newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party offers insight into Russian and global history, beginning with the Cold War and carrying through to the Soviet Union’s collapse, and beyond.

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Dates covered: 1959 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

Full Text
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

Provides full-text of over 70 popular magazines for primary school students.

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Dates covered: 1990 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Yes

Some Full Text

A collection of academic journals in digital humanities and social sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Full text: Some

Full Text
Types:
Primary Sources

These unique materials gathered by the CIA focus on the evolving role the Communist Chinese press and propaganda played in international affairs across much of the 20th century.

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Dates covered: 1946 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
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ProQuest
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ProQuest

ProQuest is a major academic platform. HKBU members can use it to access over 40 different databases.

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Instead of searching all ProQuest databases simultaneously, we recommend that you focus your search by selecting only those databases relevant to your topic.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some

E-book
Alternate Name(s):Formerly 'ebrary"
Types:
E-Books
Vendors:
ProQuest

Multidisciplinary e-books hosted on the Proquest Ebook Central platform. Includes access to ProQuest Academic Complete with over 200,000 multi-disciplinary e-books covering a wide range of subjects, including humanities, social sciences, and business.

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Concurrent users: Varies from 1 user to unlimited simultaneous users
Formats available: PDF or HTML
Download: Yes. Partial Download: 30% of the title in PDF format
Printing: Yes, printing limits vary from title to title
Do I need to create a separate account? No, but you can create a personal account, sign in to download, highlight and annotate documents, take notes, save favorites, create folders on the personal bookshelf.
Remarks: User guide. Tutorial videos. A small number of titles allow for a full download for a 7-day loan. However, this requires you to install Adobe Digital Editions.

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E-News
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ProQuest

A unique collection of English-language newspapers published in China during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It provides researchers with an invaluable source of online and easily-searchable first-hand accounts, together with contemporary coverage of politics, events, and society of the time.

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Dates covered: 1832 - 1953 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):South China Morning Post; SCMP
Types:
E-News
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

This historical archive of Hong Kong's most well-known English-language newspaper provides researchers with online, easily-searchable coverage of politics, society and events in the territory.

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Dates covered: 1903 - 2000
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):The New York Times with Index
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E-News
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ProQuest

Provides precise searching capability for the renowned newspaper The New York Times using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images.

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Dates covered: 1851 - 2015 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Times of India
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E-News
Primary Sources
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ProQuest

Founded in 1838 to serve British residents of West India, The Times of India has become a very widely-circulated English daily newspaper. The historical issues of this newspaper will be of interest to scholars studying colonialism and post-colonialism, British and world history, class and gender issues, international relations, comparative religion, and more.

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Dates covered: 1838 - 2010
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes

Some Full Text
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ProQuest

Designed to cover 150 key academic subject areas, this database includes over 5,000 scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. Many are available in full text.

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Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some

Some Full Text
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Dissertations & Theses
中文

提供国外学位论文全文 [只包括圖書館訂購部份],主要收录了来自欧美国家2000余所知名大学的优秀博硕士论文,涉及文、理、工、农、医等多个领域。

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Provides full-text of theses and dissertations on a wide range of subject areas from over 2,000 universities in Europe and the United States. User interface is in Chinese. 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: 北京中科進出口有限責任公司
Full-text: Yes

PsycARTICLES
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ProQuest

Journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe & Huber.

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Dates covered: 1894 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes

PsycINFO (ProQuest)
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ProQuest

Provides access to the literature in psychology and related disciplines. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it has more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters.

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Dates covered: 1806 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some

PTSDpubs
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ProQuest

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this database aims to provide citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Dates covered: 1871 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Some

PubMed
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A version of MEDLINE, the premier database for citations to literature in medicine, biomedicine, pre-clinical sciences, health care and related subjects. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, it contains over 24 million records.

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Dates covered: 1946 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Citation information only

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992 is a digital collection of every issue of the weekly Punch magazine, the iconic British magazine of humour and satire that published some of the finest comic writers in the English language.

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Dates covered: 1841-1992
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Full Text Open Access
Vendors:
HKBU Library

The manuscripts and books in this collection were published or written between 1859 and 2010 in Chinese and different European languages. They document Chinese Christianity, Christianity & Buddhism, and the work of Dr. Karl L. Reichelt as well as the history and development of Tao Fong Shan.

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The electronic copies of manuscripts (31 volumes) and books (101 volumes) included in this database originated from the “Preservation for the Documentation of Chinese Christianity” program. This program, established in 2012, is the Hong Kong Baptist University Library’s preservation program in collaboration with the Yale Divinity Library. Funding comes from the Latourette Initiative for the Documentation of World Christianity. 
Dates covered: 1859 - 2010
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Types:
E-Reference
Vendors:
Brill

An updated online English translation of the 4th edition of the definitive encyclopedia of religion worldwide: The German-language Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Including the latest developments in research, Religion Past and Present Online encompasses a vast range of subjects connected with religion.

The German version is also available: Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full text: Yes

Some Full Text
Alternate Name(s):RAFT
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

A comprehensive music bibliography of over 760,000 records covering traditional music, popular music, and classical music. Journal articles, books, conference papers, and more are indexed. The full text of more than 200 periodicals is included.

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Dates covered: Early 20th Century - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Some

Citation Only

Comprehensively documents the world's musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory, and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections. RISM documents what exists and where it is stored.

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Dates covered: 1921 - Current
Concurrent users: 1
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Citation information only

Road to IELTS
Multimedia
Multimedia
Types:
Self-learning Resources
Vendors:
Clarity English

An award-winning online preparation course for IELTS co-published with the British Council. Road to IELTS provides comprehensive preparation and practice in every aspect of each of the four modules of the IELTS exam.

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Dates covered: Current
Concurrent users: 5
Provider: Clarity Language Consultants Ltd

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Searchable, full text access to all journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Covers all areas of the chemical and related sciences, including new areas such as nanoscience and quantitative biosciences.

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Dates covered: 1876 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Yes

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Sage Journals
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Sage

A collection of journals in health sciences, materials science & engineering, and social sciences & humanities.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Sage Publications
Full text: Some

Some Full Text
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Self-learning Resources
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Sage

Platform designed to support the teaching and learning of research methodology at all levels. Hundreds of qualitative and quantitative methods are covered, together with interactive tools such as the Methods Map and Project Planner.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Sage Publications
Full text: Some

Video
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Videos
Vendors:
Sage

A series of online videos offering academic viewpoints and real-life insights into practices directly applicable to Communication and Media Studies. Content includes Hollywood producer Martin Cohen on film production, Sonia Livingstone on New Media, Joe Turow on Advertising, Barbara Zelizer on Journalism, and Stuart Hall on Representation.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Sage Publications

Video
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Videos
Vendors:
Sage

A series of online videos developed in partnership with leading academics, societies and practitioners. This Politics & International Relations subset includes interviews with renowned experts on subjects such as international migration, political philosophy, and the international relations of China. Other content includes seminal documentaries from BBC Worldwide and footage of famous political speeches from Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy among others.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Sage Publications

Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Data visualization of a research on sci-fi movies

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Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

ScienceDirect
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Elsevier

A large collection of journals and books in science, technology, and medicine.

The publisher of ScienceDirect has done such a good job of marketing it that many people believe that this is a comprehensive science database. In fact, this database is a vendor platform that only includes items from one single publisher (Elsevier).



 

For a truly comprehensive search covering multiple publishers, consider Web of Science, Scopus, or the subject database best for your discipline.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Elsevier
Full text: Some

SciFinder-n
Citation Only
Citation Only
Alternate Name(s):CAS SciFinder<sup>n</sup>

This is the latest scientific information solution from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. Includes Chemical Abstracts and other databases such as Medline in one powerful interface. First-time account registration is needed in order to create your personal account for access. Click "more..." below for important information about accessing SciFindern.

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Requires individual login, following first-time registration.
- Registration URL 
- How to register



Dates covered: 1907 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: American Chemical Society
Full-text: Citation information only

Scitation
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Provides journals from the American Institute of Physics, along with proceedings, standards, reports, etc.

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Dates covered: 1893 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: AIP Publishing
Full-text: Some

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scite.ai is an advanced platform that enhances research through Smart Citations, which provide context on citations, indicating whether they support or contradict the cited work. It allows researchers to search metadata of scholarly sources, manage article collections, and utilize an AI Assistant for generating ideas and improving writing quality.

Register for an account by following the below steps: 

1)Go to https://scite.ai
2) Hit the blue ‘Sign Up’ button in the top-right
3) Register using your HKBU email address
4) You will be automatically added to HKBU’s licence

Types:
Citation Indexes & Analytics
Vendors:
Elsevier

Platform for sophisticated analysis of research output. SciVal enables you to visualize research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships, and analyze research trends.

Note that you will need to register for a free Elsevier account in order to access SciVal

This is a specialist platform that is not useful for conventional literature searching. However, for administrators and managers in higher education settings responsible for research performance, it is an essential tool.

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Dates covered: Latest 10 years
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Elsevier

Scopus
Citation Only
Citation Only
Types:
Citation Indexes & Analytics
Vendors:
Elsevier

The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize scholarly research

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Dates covered: 1823 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Elsevier
Full-text: Citation information only

Serials Directory
Citation Only
Citation Only
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EBSCOhost

Provides up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information for over 250,000 U.S. and international titles

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Citation information only

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Municipal Gazette provides a window into the workings of the Shanghai International Settlement during the period of revolution, the Republic, internationalization of Shanghai, national uprising, and world war.

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Dates covered: 1908 - 1940
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Some Full Text
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ProQuest

Indexes current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

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Dates covered: 1979 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some

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ProQuest

Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioural sciences. Major subject areas include culture and social structure, family and social welfare, radical sociology, social development, and women's studies.

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Dates covered: 1952 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A platform to showcase research on South and South-East Asia documentary films, including Hong Kong and Macau. One notable set of documents is government documents about official films in the region.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Some

Full Text
Alternate Name(s):Indian
Types:
E-News
Vendors:
Readex

Online access to a select group of English, Gujarati, and Bengali newspapers published in India, in the regions of the Subcontinent that now comprise Pakistan, and in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the 19th and early 20th century.

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Dates covered: 1864 - 1922
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):SCMP ePaper
Types:
E-News
Hong Kong Information

Provides an exact reproduction of the print version of the newspaper. The content can be read online or downloaded as an PDF.

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Dates covered:August 2018 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: SCMP Group
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):SCMP.com
Types:
E-News

This is the website of the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's only broadsheet English newspaper. (Firefox browser preferred)

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Dates covered:Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: SCMP Group
Full-text: Yes

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E-News
Hong Kong Information
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides text-only coverage of the South China Morning Post from 1993 to the present. With each issue carefully indexed, this platform allows more options for searching.

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Dates covered: 1993 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes

SPORTDiscus
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EBSCOhost

Originally created by the Canada-based Sport Information Resource Centre, this database comprehensively covers sports, fitness, and related disciplines.

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Dates covered: 1800 - Current 
Concurrent users: 4
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Some

Springer Nature Link
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A collection of journals mainly in health & medicine, and life sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Springer International Publishing
Full text: Some

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Reports, studies, and surveys on various topics of interest to the US Department of State. The collection consists of research and intelligence reports prepared during 1941-1947 on China.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1947
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

State Papers Online Colonial is a digitisation programme of the Colonial Office files of the British Government, now housed at The National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom. These documents record Britain's administration and governance of countries under Britain's colonial rule, their international relations across the period, and the changing demographics and daily life of their inhabitants.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Statista
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Statistics & Datasets

This statistics portal integrates data on over 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources on to a single platform.

This is a great resource that provides easy access to a wide range of different databases. Bringing together statistics from a wide variety of sources, Statista is much more convenient than searching for these data yourself online. Additionally, many of the statistics are proprietary, meaning that they are not freely available online.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Statista GmbH
Full-text: Some

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Introduces 106 Sun Yat-sen Parks worldwide, scattered across the Greater China Region, the United States, Canada, and Singapore

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text

This is a curated interdisciplinary collection of digital content mapped to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The collection includes more than 12,000 of the most important and relevant book chapters and journal articles, published under the Routledge and CRC Press imprints, in an online library covering all 17 SDGs.

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Dates covered: Varies, focus is on current content
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Taylor & Francis
Full text: Yes

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Taylor & Francis
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A large collection of journals in the humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, science, technology, and medicine.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Taylor & Francis Group
Full text: Some

Some Full Text
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EBSCOhost

Aimed at professional educators, provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full-text: Some

Full Text Open Access
Alternate Name(s):70年代雙週刊及民衆戲劇
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Personal archive kept by Mr. Augustine Chiu-yu Mok about the work he has done with his friends of The 1970's syndicate and Asian People's Theatre practitioners.

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Dates covered:: 1961-2011
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Images Open Access
Types:
Images
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Showcases over 440 Chinese calligraphy works by Han Yunshan including scrolls, couplets, paper fans, copybooks, etc.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

This trilingual, open-access bibliography catalogues works by William Empson published in China and Japan.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A historical geographic information systems (GIS) dataset and web map about the Battle of Hong Kong and British military installations in Hong Kong during the Second World War.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Images Open Access
Types:
Images
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A digitized version of a large banner formerly on display at the Library. It contains a selection of calligraphy by famous Chinese writers. English translations are provided.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Provides access to the files of the Office of the Chinese Affairs that cover U.S. policy toward China during the ten years after the end of the Second World War.

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Dates covered: 1945-1955
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Brill

A digitized online version of the first magazine published by Chinese students in the United States. The articles within provide a unique perspective on developments within China during this tumultuous period of the country’s history.

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Dates covered: 1906 - 1931
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full-text: Yes

Open Access Some Full Text
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Dissertations & Theses
Hong Kong Information

Contains research degree theses and doctoral dissertations submitted by postgraduate students of CUHK since 1967. Most of the full text are available online (open access) if permitted by the author.

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Dates covered:: 1967 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library 
Full text: Some full text

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Primary source documents such as reports, publications, and news broadcasts to offer firsthand analysis, descriptions, and viewpoints of every aspect of the Cold War.

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Dates covered: 1945-1991
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Reedex
Full text: Yes

The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. This cross search platform cover five of their publications: Biology Open, Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Journal of Cell Science, and Journal of Experimental Biology.
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E-News

The Economist is one of the world's most respected and influential publications. You will find economic trends, geopolitical developments, and industry insights via the Economist.

Note
HKBU staff and students can now access The Economist via registration as follows: 
1. Visit economist.com and click login. 
2. Enter your HKBU email address in the email field (no need to enter a password). 
3. At the “Find your institution” page, search for and select “Hong Kong Baptist University Library”. 
4. Login with your HKBU SSOid. 
5. Done! You will be redirected to The Economist. 

This subscription also includes access to The Economist’s: 
1. Digital newsletters 
2. Online edition and archives of the weekly newspaper 
3. Podcasts 
4. Live digital events

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Economist
Full text: Yes

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Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A renowned weekly publication that delivers timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive analysis of global news.

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Dates covered: 1843-2016
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses

Contains doctoral dissertations and master's theses at PolyU. Full text are available online (open access) if permitted by the author.

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Dates covered:: 1997 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library
Full text: Some full text

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E-News
Vendors:
Brill

The Hongkong News began publication immediately after the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941 and continued right up to liberation in August 1945. This complete run of the newspaper as published during the occupation provides scholars with the Japanese perspective of local and global events in this period.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1945
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

This collection contains minutes of all meetings held by the Board of Directors of the Shanghai Municipal Council from July 1854 to December 1943. A wide range of topics were discussed at these board meetings, such as sanitation, transportation, telecommunication and postal service, taxation, urban planning, gas supply, street lighting, rickshaw operator management, animal protection, and police system.

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Dates covered: 1884 - 1943
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
E-News
Primary Sources

In 1868, the British newspaper publisher Lang Hugh founded The Shanghai Courier in Shanghai, and later renamed it as The Shanghai Evening Courier, which merged with The Evening Gazette in 1875 and continued to be published with the title The Shanghai Courier & China Gazette; in April 1878, it changed its name back to The Shanghai Courier until 1889 when it merged with The Shanghai Mercury. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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1868年英國報人休·郎(Lang Hugh)在上海創辦《上海差報》(The Shanghai Courier),不久改名為《上海晚郵》。1875年《上海晚郵》與《正風西報》合併,更名為《中華快報》繼續出版。1878年4月又改回《上海差報》,直至1889年被《文匯西報》兼併。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

Dates covered: The Shanghai Evening Courier (1869-1874) , The Shanghai Courier (1878-1884), and The Shanghai Courier & China Gazette (1876-1878)
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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Founded in April 1929 in Shanghai, The Shanghai Evening Post was the first evening newspaper established by American businessmen in the region. In August 1930, it merged with The Shanghai Mercury and renamed The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury. A Chinese version was added in 1933. In June 1949, the newspaper ceased publication. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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1929年4月在上海創刊,是美商在上海創辦最早的晚報。該報以旅居上海美國僑民為主要對象,着重報導美國和其他西方僑民在中國的活動。1930年8月《文匯西報》併入該報後更名為 The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury。1933年增設中文版,至1949年6月停刊。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

Dates covered: 1929-1949
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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E-News
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The Shanghai Times was based in Shanghai and focused on the Far East region. At its height, it trailed only The North-China Daily News and The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury in circulation, ranking the third among the English newspapers in Shanghai. Due to its pro-Russian and pro-Japanese editorial stance, the newspaper is a valuable source in studying this turbulent period of Chinese history. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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此報立足上海,聚焦遠東,為上海灘外文報紙中名列第三,其最盛時期發行量僅次於《字林西報》和《大美晚報》。由於親俄親日的特殊背景,該報對研究中日俄三國關係史尤其重要。 進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

Dates covered: 1925-1943
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Vendors:
HKBU Library

The highly significant items include a translation work of the Blessed Gabriele Allegra in the manuscripts collection, the drafts and proofs of the first complete Chinese translation of the Catholic Bible. 
真福雷永明的翻譯手稿及第一套天主教聖經中文譯本的手稿及校稿皆為珍貴的文獻,而思高聖經學會名錄及已停刊的聖經註釋亦為重要的藏書。聖經圖譜則是一套生動及富中國色彩的聖經故事圖畫。

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Dates covered: 1881 - 1990
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
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E-News
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Cengage Gale

Comprising over 600,000 pages, this archive provides a gateway to the past 180 years of history.

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Dates covered: 1822 - 2006
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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E-News
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Cengage Gale

First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's “newspaper of record”. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.

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Date coverage: 1785 - Current (latest 5 years not available)
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

The University of Hong Kong Theses
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text
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Dissertations & Theses

Contains almost all theses and dissertations submitted for higher degrees to the University of Hong Kong since 1941. Most full text are available online (open access) if permitted by the author.

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Dates covered: 1941 to Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: University of Hong Kong Libraries
Full-text: Some

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This leading global publication reports on news and issues related to higher education, and is well-known for publishing the annual THE World University Rankings.

Access is controlled by e-mail domain. Register for an account using your HKBU e-mail address to get full access to site content.

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Dates covered: Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: TES Global
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

Documents from the Bush White House on the American response to deteriorating U.S.-Chinese relations and worldwide condemnation of the Chinese government's response to the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square movement.

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Dates covered: 1989-1993
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Cengage Gale

Comprehensive coverage of the latest and most important publications in every subject, plus reviews of every area of the visual and performing arts, in this digital archive of the literary weekly.

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Coverage dates: 1902 - Current (latest 5 years not available)
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Citation Only

Covers all aspects of translation studies, including intra- and interlingual translation, intercultural communication, adaptation, interpreting, localization, multimedia translation, language mediation, terminology and documentation. Content from the previous Translation Studies Abstracts (TSA) has been integrated into this database.

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Dates covered: 1994 - Current
Concurrent users: 15
Provider: John Benjamins Publishing
Full-text: Citation information only

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Displays individual entries and aggregate graphs of a dataset that shows the types and quantity of tribute items exchanged in Heilongjian during the Qing dynasty.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Trip Database
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This clinical search engine is designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

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Dates covered: 1997 - Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Citation information only

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Alexander Street

Brings together the seminal works and archival materials related to key Christian thinkers, from the early 1900s until the turn of the 21st century. Includes the English-language editions of key works by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Urs von Baltasar, Henri de Lubac, and more.

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Dates covered: 1895 - 2012
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press
Full-text: Yes

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Cengage Gale

Previously classified U.S. federal records obtained from all of the presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies such as Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

Consisting of U.S. State Department Office files, also known as "Lot Files", this collection identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of U.S.-Southeast Asia relations, and places them in the context of the complex and dynamic regional strategic, political, and economic processes.

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Dates covered: 1944 - 1958
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):USP-NF
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E-Reference

The United States Pharmacopeia – National Formulary (USP-NF) Online includes over 5000 quality standards for medicines, both chemical and biologic; active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs); and excipients (inactive ingredients). It is the most comprehensive source for medicine quality standards in the world. The standards in USP-NF are used to help ensure the quality of medicines and their ingredients, and to protect the safety of patients.

First-time registration is needed in order to create your personal account for access. Click "more..." below for important information about accessing USP-NF Online.

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Requires individual login, following first-time registration:
- Registration form 

Dates covered: Continuously updated 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The United States Pharmacopeial Convention
Full-text: Yes

US Newsstream
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E-News
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ProQuest

Access to recent U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.

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Dates covered: 1980 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes

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Full Text Open Access
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Library Digital Projects
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HKBU Library

Provides research results and statistics on men in Greater China, with the aim of identifying future directions in terms of men's service delivery.

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

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Video Wanfang Data
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Videos
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Wanfang Data

Unity is a game development platform and the world's leading third-party game making solution. These videos from TMW Media introduce the basics of Unity and the best way to learn game development with special attention to player movement and character building to create high-quality gaming experiences.

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Dates covered: Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wanfang Data

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A comprehensive range of marketing information including case studies, topic pages, current trends, toolkits, and selected industry data.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Warc
Full-text: Yes

Web of Science
Citation Only
Citation Only
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Citation Indexes & Analytics
Vendors:
Clarivate Analytics

An academic platform that allows you to monitor research development and discover emerging trends via its citation indexes, which are used to track citation activities of leading journals in multiple disciplines. The Library provides access to the following subsets:
-Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED, 1980 - Current)
-Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI, 1980 - Current) 
-Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI, 1994 - Current)
-Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, 2017 - Current)
-Preprint Citation Index (1991-present)
-ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (PQDT, 1637-present)

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Dates covered: 1637 - Current (see above for coverage of individual indexes)
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)
Full-text: Citation information only

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Hong Kong Information
Legal Resources
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Thomson Reuters

A database of legal content in Hong Kong, including cases, annotated legislation, and law journals. Some content of U.K. and Australia are also included.

After logging in with HKBU SSOid and password, click "Continue" to access the database.

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Dates covered: 1905 - Current;
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Thomson Reuters
Full-text: Yes

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Legal Resources
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Thomson Reuters

Provides mostly legal content of U.S.A., including cases, statutes & court rules, briefs, and secondary sources such as law journals.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Thomson Reuters
Full text: Yes

Alternate Name(s):WRDS
Types:
Statistics & Datasets

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) is a comprehensive data management and research platform that provides access to a vast range of financial, economic, and marketing data. 

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WRDS is only available to current HKBU students and staff. Please register for an account in WRDS using your HKBU email and select “Hong Kong Baptist University” in the Subscriber field. The Library or School of Business will approve eligible registrants accordingly.

Wiley Online Library
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E-Reference

A collection of reference works and journals covering life, health & physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wiley
Full text: Some

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Alternate Name(s):WiseNews 慧科新聞
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E-News
Hong Kong Information
中文

提供自1998年以來包括香港、澳門、及臺灣等華語地區的中文報章、雜誌、學報及通訊社新聞內容。

Provides text-based content from newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires in the Greater China region, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Dates covered: 1998 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wisers Information Limited
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

Global in scope, this archive presents materials covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives and offers a look at the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society. Focuses chiefly on the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Dates covered:: 1775 - 1998
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Readex

From political protests like China’s Tiananmen Square to workers’ rights and environmentalism, these materials capture global reactions to the century’s most consequential protest and reform movements.

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Dates covered: 1945 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

WorldSciNet Journals
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A collection of academic journals in sciences and social sciences.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: World Scientific Publishing
Full text: Some

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Library Digital Projects
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HKBU Library

Facilitates the exploration of six key areas of Yi children's development, using two sets of longitudinal data gathered from 2007 to 2014.

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Dates covered:: 2007-2014
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

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zbMATH Open
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Full Text Open Access
Alternate Name(s):Zentralblatt für Mathematik, Zentralblatt MATH

zbMATH is a comprehensive and long-running abstracting and reviewing service in pure and applied mathematics. Full text of abstracts and reviews of articles are provided.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: FIZ Karlsruhe
Full text: Yes

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Open Access
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Self-learning Resources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

《中醫藥趣味練習》網上教學平台旨在利用已有的《藥用植物圖像數據庫》的資料進行資訊整合,提供一種創新靈活的教與學平台,促進使用者的互動與交流,達到自我學習與評估的目的。
Chinese Medicine Game-based Exercise aims to utilize and integrate the data from our existing Medicinal Plant Images Database. The innovative and flexible online platform enhances the interaction and communication among the students for the self-assessment purpose in their teaching & learning process."

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Video
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Videos
Vendors:
Alexander Street

This online collection provides access to episodes of 60 Minutes, the iconic newsmagazine show produced by CBS News. Over 350 hours of video covers 17 years of broadcasting, and includes hundreds of segments not available anywhere else in the world. True to 60 Minutes' iconic style, each news segment within the collection serves as a standalone short documentary on a specific news topic.

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Dates covered: 1997 - 2014
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press

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China Infobank

中國上市公司 (包括A股, B股及H股)的資料,內容包括在深圳和上海證券市場的上市公司發佈的各類招股書、上市公告、中期報告、年終報告、重要決議等文獻資料。

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Reports and corporate documents of companies listed in China.
Dates covered: 1993 - Current
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

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此檢索系統可以進行單庫或多庫查詢近40多個資料庫,包括中醫藥期刊文獻、疾病診療、各類中藥、方劑、民族醫藥、藥品企業、各類國家標準數據庫(中醫證候治則疾病、藥物、方劑)等。登入網址後,請直接點“IP登錄”進入數據庫。 ( 使用 IE / Firefox 網頁瀏覽器)

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Consists of over 40 Chinese Medicine Databases, including the Traditional Chinese Medical Literature, Clinical Medicine, Traditional Chinese Drug, Chinese Medical Formula, Traditional Chinese Medicine Enterprises and Productions, State Standards Database, etc. Please click on "IP Access" to enter the database. (Use IE / Firefox web broswer) 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 中國中醫科學院中醫藥信息研究所
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中文
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China Infobank

經濟專家及學者關於中國宏觀經濟、金融、市場、行業等的分析研究文獻及政府部門頒布的各項年度報告全文。

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Business reports and analysis on macroeconomics, finance, marketing, and industries in China.
Dates covered: 1954 - Current
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

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中國國家圖書館的大型數字項目,免費提供豐富數字化資源,包括地方志、博士論文、家譜等。读者需註冊為個人用戶才可阅读全文。
A large-scale digitization initiative by the National Library of China, providing a variety of resources including China local records, genealogy records, and dissertations. Users need to register for an individual account before viewing the full text.

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Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: National Library of China
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Full Text On-Campus Only
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Primary Sources
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收錄自先秦至民國(公元前11世紀至公元20世紀初)歷代典籍及所附重要版本,包括寫本、刻本、鈔本、稿本、批校本以及同期外國(朝鮮、日本)之寫本、刻本、鈔本。收書總數共1萬種、16萬餘卷,選用版本12,500個。收錄範圍涵蓋全部中國歷史與文化。古籍庫分為4個子庫 (哲科庫, 史地, 藝文及綜合庫) 、20個大類及100個細目。

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A collection of over 10,000 ancient titles across all dynasties from pre-Qin period to the Republic of China (11th BC – early 20th century). Also contains original text images of one to two important versions of each classical work. Subjects cover philosophy, history, geography, art and culture.
Dates covered: 11th BC - Early 1900s
Concurrent users: 2 user limit
Provider: 北京愛如生數字化技術研究中心
Full-text: Yes

Full Text Wanfang Data
Types:
Dissertations & Theses
中文
Vendors:
Wanfang Data

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超過三百萬中國高等教育學府的碩士和博士學位論文。圖書館只訂購了哲學、語言、文學、藝術、及歷史與地理。

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More than 3 million doctoral and master's theses produced by students of higher education institutions in China. The Library's subscription only includes Philosophy, Language, Literature, Arts, and History & Geography.
Dates covered: 1998 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: Wanfang Data
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):China Online Journals
Types:
中文
Vendors:
Wanfang Data

中國學術期刊數據庫(China Online Journals,COJ),收錄始於1998年,包含8000餘種期刊,其中包含北京大學、中國科學技術信息研究所、中國科學院文獻情報中心、南京大學、中國社會科學院歷年收錄的核心期刊3300餘種,年增300萬篇,每天更新,涵蓋自然科學、工程技術、醫藥衛生、農業科學、哲學政法、社會科學、科教文藝等各個學科。

圖書館只訂購了中國學術期刊數據庫中的「醫藥衛生」及「基礎科學」全文輯刊。 醫藥衛生輯刊包括中國醫學、臨床醫學、婦產科學與兒科學等學科;基礎科學輯刊包括數學、力學、物理學等學科。

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China Online Journals (COJ), started in 1998, contains more than 8,000 journals, including Peking University, China Institute of Scientific and Technological Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences Document Information Center, Nanjing University, and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. There are more than 3,300 core periodicals, with an annual increase of 3 million articles, updated every day, covering natural sciences, engineering technology, medicine and health, agricultural sciences, philosophy, politics and law, social sciences, science, education, literature and art and other disciplines.

The Library's subscription only includes the Medicine & Health Sciences and Fundamental Sciences subjects in China Online Journals. The Medicine & Health Sciences subject covers areas such as Chinese medicine, preclinical medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and paediatrics; the Fundamental Sciences subject covers areas such as mathematics, mechanics, and physics.

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文庫收集散落在民間和海內外學者手中約一萬篇以上的原始文獻及文革中的官方和非官方的出版物,將之整理及分成七個單元,為研究文革的學者提供了重要的史料彙編,設有中英文檢索。

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With over ten thousand primary historical materials, this database includes both official and unofficial documents about the Chinese Cultural Revolution. It can be searched in both English and Chinese.
Dates covered: 1960 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Universities Service Centre for China Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Full-text: Yes

Citation Only
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中文

此大型古籍文獻目錄知識庫以史志、官修和館藏目錄爲基礎,以知見、私藏和國家珍貴古籍名錄爲補充,從20餘種目錄文獻中,整理收錄了200餘萬條書目,全面匯總中國歷代書目。

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This online resource assembles entries for over 2 million Chinese historical titles from more than 20 different catalogues. It collects and categorizes all information on Chinese historical books contained in the bibliographical chapters of the Standard Histories, private and officially-compiled historical bibliographies, as well as current and historical library and topical catalogues.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 1
Provider: National Library of China & Peking University
Full-text: Citation information only

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Legal Resources
中文
Vendors:
China Infobank

收集並增補中華人民共和國自1949年以來的各類法律法規及條例案例全文(包括地方及行業法律法規)。

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Laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China.
Dates covered: 1949 - Current
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

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中文
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China Infobank

數據收錄自1995年以來國家及各省市地方統計局的統計年鑒及海關統計、經濟統計快報、中國人民銀行統計季報等月度及季度統計資料,其中部分數據可追溯至1949年,亦包括部分海外地區的統計數據。

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Mostly national and local statistics since 1995, but some go as far back as 1949. 
Dates covered: 1949 - Current
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

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E-News
中文
Vendors:
China Infobank

收錄了中國範圍內及相關的海外商業經濟資訊,以消息報導為主,數據源自中國千余種報章與期刊及部分合作夥伴提供的專業資訊。

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Chinese business and economic news, from various newspapers and journals. 
Dates covered: 1992 - Current
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
E-News
中文
Vendors:
China Infobank

提供中國商業資訊,包括統計數據、法律法規、經濟新聞、商業報告等。

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Business-oriented China information including statistics, laws and regulations, business and economics news, business reports, etc.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 4 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

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中文

從上海圖書館《全國報刊索引》中,精選300多種電影類期刊,共計13萬餘篇文獻,可全文檢索。作為中國早期影業發展變化的資訊來源,真實記錄了大量近代的影片影評,與影人影事。

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中文
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China Infobank

收录了中国一百多种专业和普及性医药报刊的资料,向用户提供中国医疗科研、新医药、专业医院、知名医生、病理健康资讯。

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Health information from over 100 newspapers, magazines, and journals. 
Dates covered: 1995 - Current
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: China Infobank
Full-text: Yes

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

這個資料庫以中山公園(以孫中山先生命名的公園)為主題,以圖片資料為主,配以文字解說,讓讀者瞭解各地中山公園的歷史、設施及特色。

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Dates covered: 1925 – Current 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Some

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Alternate Name(s):民國時期期刊全文數據庫 Min Guo Periodicals Full Text
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
中文

本庫收錄了民國時期(1911~1949)出版的期刊2萬余種,內容涵蓋政治、軍事、外交、經濟、教育、思想文化、宗教等方面。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

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Over 20 thousand journals from 1911- 1949, covering topics such as politics, military, foreign affairs, economics, education, intellectual cultures, and religions. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database. 
Dates covered: 1911-1949
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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提供共一千二百多種醫藥衛生及生物科學的期刊,並附有全文。

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Full text of more than 1,200 journals in Medicine and Biology subsets.
Dates covered: 1989 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: 维普資訊
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
Hong Kong Information
Images
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

This database collects TV and film publications published in Hong Kong during the British colonial period including :

TVB Weekly (1967-1997) 
TV brochures, Special issues, Complimentary issues (1977-1997) 
Movie pamphlets (1946-1979)

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Dates covered:: 1946 -1997
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Images Open Access
Types:
Images
Library Digital Projects
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

數據庫以常用中草藥中的活性成分為對象,除了提供常見的各種物理化學參數,更推薦了有關化合物的定性/定量分析和製備方法,並附有免費的核磁共振(NMR)等原始光譜圖,供有關領域的科研和教學人員參考。

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This bilingual database provides comprehensive information of bioactive compounds found in medicinal herbs, such as physical and chemical properties, analysis method and sample preparation, as well as various kinds of real spectra information. 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Types:
E-Books
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中文

收錄中華書局出版的點校本古籍,內容涵蓋經史子集各部,包含點校本二十四史、通鑒、新編諸子集成、歷代史料筆記叢刊、清人十三經注疏、佛教典籍選刊等系列,保留圖書完整的前言、注釋、校勘等資料。

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This full-text database features a collection of more than 1,200 well-known Chinese classics, as edited, punctuated and published by the renowned Zhonghua Book Company. Full-text searching is available in both simplified and traditional Chinese scripts, with variant forms of personal and geographical names effectively cross-referenced and searchable.
Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: 2
Provider: Zhonghua Book Company
Full text: Yes

Images Open Access
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中文
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HKBU Library

收集常用方劑182個,以圖文結合的方式展示方劑的分類、組成、劑型、功用、主治與用法,並附方歌和速記方法。

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A bilingual database documents 182 Chinese Medicine formulae commonly used in Chinese Medical practice.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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HKBU Library

此圖象庫收集常用中藥材420餘種,並附有詳盡説明和比較。

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A bilingual image database of over 420 Chinese Medicine crude drugs, with detailed description. 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited 
Provider: HKBU Library

Images Open Access
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Images
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中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

儲存了香港浸會大學中藥標本中心所有中藥材展品之記錄及相關資料,包括中藥材品種、鑑別及運用常識。

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A bilingual image database that includes exhibits of all Chinese Materia Medica specimen displayed at HKBU's Chinese Medicine Centre. Information about the variety, authenticity, and effective use of Chinese Medicines are also provided. 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

劉澤光書法篆刻
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Full Text Images Open Access
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Library Digital Projects
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HKBU Library

Showcases 840+ Chinese calligraphy work by Dr. Daniel Lau

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

可知 Keledge
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可知平台是个专业知识内容智能化分发和应用平台, 面向专业机构及用戶实现了内容到内容, 内容到人的智能融合, 最大限度的促进知识发现和知识获取, 尊重知识产权, 采取去中心化的理念和模式, 实现最优质的专业内容资源,与专业教学机构的直连, 提升获取效率, 实现纸电同步应用。
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Keledge is an intelligent distribution and application platform for professional knowledge content. It contains intelligent integration content for professional institutions and users, maximizing the promotion of knowledge discovery and acquisition.

Keledge respects intellectual property rights, adopts decentralized concepts and models, and realizes the highest quality professional resources. Moreover, it provides direct connection with professional teaching institutions to improve efficiency and synchronous application of print and electronic publication.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Beijing Wanwu Keledge Technology Co, Ltd.
Full-text: Yes

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《四部叢刊》是二十世紀初由著名學者、出版家張元濟先生匯集多種我國古籍經典纂輯而成。此叢書性質與《四部備要》相仿,但以其珍貴版本著稱。電子版除保有紙本的全部內容,並可進行檢索等功能。

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Compiled during the early 20th century, this database is comprised of over 300 classical works. It is divided into: Classics, History, Philosophy, and Belles-lettres. This collection is similar to Four Essential Classics 《四部備要》, but is known for its high-quality and original manuscript printing versions. The electronic version allows easier navigation such as searching within text.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 10 user limit (shared with 四部叢刊+四部備要 Four Essential Classics)
Provider: 北京书同文数字化技术有限公司
Full-text: Yes

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《四部備要》匯集三百多種中國古籍經典,由中華書局于1936年彙編及發行。此叢書性質與《四部叢刊》相仿,但内容稍偏于實用,選取了較有代表性的校本、注本。電子版除保有紙本的全部內容,並可進行檢索等功能。

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Compiled by Zhonghua Publishing House in 1936, Four Essential Classics is a collection of over 300 types of Chinese ancient text. It is similar to the Series of the Four Categories 《四部叢刊》, but is more focused on practical usability. The electronic version allows easier navigation such as searching within text.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 10 user limit (shared with 四部叢刊 Series of the Four Categories)
Provider: 北京书同文数字化技术有限公司
Full-text: Yes

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《國文天地雜誌資料庫》收錄了《國文天地》從1985年創刊至今的各期雜誌。文章專題包括中國文化、文史、國文教學等內容,亦有提供教學上的疑難解答及相關資訊,另設平台給文史哲學界專家學者互相交流。

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This database includes issues of the magazine World of Chinese Language and Literature published since 1985. Topics covered include Chinese culture and literature, history, and Chinese language education. 

Dates covered: 1985 to present
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 漢珍數位圖書股份有限公司
Full-text: Yes

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中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

基督教文藝出版社藏書數據庫所載的1,308冊電子書是屬於「華人基督宗教文獻保存計劃」的其中一個項目。該計劃是香港浸會大學圖書館與耶魯大學神學院圖書館始於2012年的合作成果,並由耶魯大學圖書館的 "Latourette Initiative for the Documentation of World Christianity" 資助。

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The Chinese Christian Literature Council Collection database consists of 1,308 e-books originated from the “Preservation for the Documentation of Chinese Christianity” program. This programme, established in 2012, is the Hong Kong Baptist University Library’s preservation program in collaboration with the Yale Divinity Library. Funding comes from the Latourette Initiative for the Documentation of World Christianity. 
Dates covered: 1906 - 1993
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s): Ta Kung Pao
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E-News
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《大公報》于1902年在天津創辦,爲全球曆史最悠久的中文報紙。此數據庫收錄除因戰事停刊及供應商缺件部份外,出版全部發行版面,包括香港版、上海版、天津版、重慶版、重慶大公晚報、桂林版、及漢口版。

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Established in 1902, Ta Kung Pao is the longest-running Chinese-language newspaper. This historical archive provides old issues from Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Chongqing Ta Kung Evening Daily, Guilin, and Hankou.
Dates covered: 1902 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 得泓資訊
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Ta Kung Pao
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E-News
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Primary Sources
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《大公報》是中國迄今為止發行時間最長的中文報紙,也是中國近代史上最重要的民營報紙之一。
上海圖書館《全國報刊索引》完成《大公報》數字化約235,000版,收錄天津、上海、漢口、香港、重慶、桂林多地出版的報紙。

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Ta Kung Pao is the longest-running Chinese-language newspaper so far, and it is also one of the most important privately owned newspapers in modern Chinese history.
The Quan Guo Bao Kan Suo Yin of the Shanghai Library completed the digitization of about 235,000 editions of Ta Kung Pao, including newspapers published in Tianjin, Shanghai, Hankou, Hong Kong, Chongqing, and Guilin.

Dates covered: 1902-1949
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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中研院院士群朱家驊、董作實、李濟、郭廷以、凌純聲等創刊於1950年,直至2002年休刊,總共52年,867期,收錄了逾半世紀當代重要國學名師的學術脈絡與時代議題,是國際漢學圈極為推崇的重量級學刊。

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 臺灣學術經典
Full-text: Yes

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Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A rare collection of 100 Chinese Christian hymns from Qing's dynasty with a text search engine and wordcloud tool for exploring the hymns lyrics

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Dates covered:: 1889-1897
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Types:
Images
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Vendors:
HKBU Library

A documentary of a sculpter who shaped the sculpture and image of Sun Yat-sen in Hong Kong and China

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Dates covered:: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Images Open Access
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Images
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Vendors:
HKBU Library

A collection of 104 first day covers with Dr. Sun Yat-sen theme issued between 1942-2016, collected from Hong Kong SAR, Macau, China, Taiwan and other oversea countries.

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Dates covered:: 1942-2016
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Alternate Name(s):The Tabloids
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收錄了的1897 - 1952年間四百餘種小報, 包括有發行量最大的《晶報》, 而《趣報》、《金剛報》、《小日報》、《羅賓漢》等均有二十年以上出版歷史, 為民國研究提供豐富史料。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

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Tabloid newspapers are smaller than broadsheet newspapers and emphasize leisure and entertainment, including novels, essays, and trends in film, theater, dance, etc. They provide a window into the life and culture of the time. Numerous talented scholars and tabloid writers contributed, and together they shaped the collective conception of popular culture and modern cities during this period of Chinese history. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

Dates covered: 1897-1952
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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與《中研院經典人文學刊》並稱「臺灣漢學雙璧」。故宮期刊知識庫較故宮官網上的開放資源,多了80%內容,且獨家提供「AI搜圖」﹅「AI上色」﹅內文全文檢索功能,及文物詞庫﹅影片庫﹅英文標題中譯﹅7種閱讀模式。尤其透過「以圖找圖」,一種跨越時空、領域、文化的超連結,整合東西方的研究視角,帶來意外的想像空間。知識庫庫完整收錄1966年創刊至今,《故宮英文年刊》、《故宮文物月刊》、《故宮學術季刊》、《故宮季刊》四刊圖文內容,共923期、9840篇文章、30萬張圖﹅1.8萬個文物詞條。不僅是全球收藏中華瑰寶最豐富的博物館,更是創造「美學經濟」的世界級圖文素材庫,歷年來海內外以「國立故宮博物院」為標的之研究,涵蓋藝術、歷史、古典文獻、資訊等多門學科。

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The database offers 80% more content than the National Palace Museum’s official site, with unique features like “AI Image Search”, “AI Colorization”, “ Full-Text Search Capabilities”, exclusive “Artifact Glossaries”, “Extended Video Viewing”, and 7 distinct “Reading Modes”. The “Image-to-Image Search” fosters a blend of Eastern and Western perspectives, unlocking unexpected research avenues—vital for humanities and arts enthusiasts. The archive contains content dating from 1966 covering four notable core journals, including over 9,840 articles, 100,000 images, and 42,000 artifact glossaries. Beyond being a trove of Chinese treasures, this collection promotes the “aesthetic economy” and assists in research that spans various disciplines, enriching both theoretical and practical understanding of the National Palace Museum. 

Dates covered: 1966 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 臺灣學術經典
Full-text: Some

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匯聚敦煌學研究五個分支領域的專題文章,包括敦煌石窟考古、敦煌藝術、敦煌遺書、敦煌石窟文物保護和敦煌學理論,全面地呈現敦煌學的國際研究全貌和最新研究成果。

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A database focusing on Tunhuangology, or Dunhuangology, which refers to research originated from the famous Buddhist caves in Dunhuang. 
Dates covered: Early 20th century - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 中國人民大學書報資料中心
Full-text: Yes

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《四庫全書》是清代乾隆年間官修的大規模圖書總匯,其匯集了從先秦到清代前期的歷代典籍共3,460多種, 分經、史、子、集四部。

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    Commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor in the 18th Century, this collection covers all areas of Chinese academia from the pre-Qin period up to the Qing Dynasty.
    Dates covered: Pre-Qin to Qing Dynasty
    Concurrent users: 1
    Provider: 迪志文化出版有限公司
    Full-text: Yes
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Alternate Name(s):Late Qing Dynasty Periodicals Full Text
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收錄了1816-1911年間300余種期刊,共60萬余篇文獻,幾乎囊括了鴉片戰爭、洋務運動、戊戌變法和辛亥革命等時期出版的所有期刊,其中包括婦女類期刊、小說期刊、白話文期刊以及科技類期刊等。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

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Over 600 periodicals from 1816-1911, covering important periods such as the Opium Wars, Westernization Movement, Reform Movement of 1898 and Revolution of 1911. Themes include women's liberation, the flourishing period of novels, the vernacular culture, and scientific knowledge. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database. 
Dates covered: 1816-1911
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):A collection of parts and full scores of 51 pieces of Chinese instrumental ensemble music preserved in the Music Office (MO) of the Hong Kong LCSD.
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Dates covered: 1965-2017
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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收錄了殷商至清朝上下4,700年,700位書家的4,014部碑帖,萬余漢字,170萬字形釋文以及256萬字批注;內容包括甲骨金文、秦漢古拓、敦煌寫經、南北朝墓志、唐宋碑帖、金元珍本、明清墨跡等。

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A sizable collection of calligraphy and inscriptions from China’s Yin-Shang to Qing Dynasties for 4,700 years, this digital database contains a total of 1.7 million characters in 4,014 calligraphic models by 700 calligraphers. 
Dates covered: Yin-Shang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty 
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: 臺灣學術經典
Full-text: Yes

Images Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Images
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

This is the Library's collection of about 300 works of landscape sketches by Hong Kong renowned artist Kong Kai Ming.

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Dates covered: 1970s - 2000
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Digitized issues of 新報人 and The Young Reporter.

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Dates covered: 1968-2017
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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《清代歷朝起居注》以現存公開發行的清朝起居注檔案為本,製作成全文檢索數據庫,收錄年份由康熙十年(1671)至宣統二年(1911)為止。除康熙五十七年(1718)至六十一年(1722)曾終斷外,其他各朝皆記錄在內,為清代歷史研究提供了完整詳盡的原始內容。

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This database is a compilation of daily activities and notes of successive Qing emperors, beginning in 1671 from Kangxi (excluding 1718 - 1722) to Xuantong (1911). 

Dates covered: 1671- 1911 (excl. 1718 - 1722)
Concurrent users: 10
Provider: 北京書同文數字化技術有限公司
Full-text: Yes

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Hong Kong Information
中文

「港澳期刊網」建基於「香港中文期刊論文索引」(HKInChiP)和澳門中文期刊「索引」。 主要收錄在香港及澳門出版的中文及雙語期刊,內容方面以人文科學及社會科學為主。

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Combines both the Hong Kong Index to Chinese Periodicals and the Index to Chinese Periodicals in Macau. Various subjects in the humanities and social sciences are covered.
Dates covered: 1853 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: University Library System, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 
Full-text: No

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此資料庫內容包括經、史、子、集四部,其中以史部為主,經、子、集部為輔。若以類別相屬,又可略分為宗教文獻、醫藥文獻、文學與文集、政書、類書與史料彙編等,二十餘年來累計收錄歷代典籍已達六百七十多種(新增書目),四億四千四百八十萬字,內容幾乎涵括了所有重要的典籍。

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This database contains more than 814 titles pertaining to the traditional Chinese classics, especially those related to Chinese history. 
Dates covered: Pre-Qin to early 20th century
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: 中央研究院
Full-text: Yes

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包含殷商甲骨卜辭、商周銅器銘文,漢世竹簡帛書等出土文字,以及上起先秦兩漢典籍、魏晉六朝文獻,下迄明清所編類書等傳世文獻。

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A database of traditional and excavated ancient Chinese texts, including 1. Oracular Inscriptions on Tortoise Shells and Bones; 2. Bronze Inscriptions; 3. Excavated Wood/Bamboo and Silk Scripts; and 4. Extant Chinese Encyclopedias (Leishu).
Dates covered: Shang Dynasty - Six Dynasties
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: D.C. Lau Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Chinese Monographs of the 20th Century: 1900-1949
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《瀚文民國書庫》是一個中國近代(民國時期)電子圖書的全文資料庫,收錄自1900年前後至1949年期間-出版的圖書,的圖書內容涵蓋哲學宗教、社會科學、政治、法律、軍事、經濟、文化藝術、教育、語言文字、文學、歷史地理、科學與技術等,共八萬餘種士二萬餘冊。資料庫具備多種檢索模式,全文數字化下可檢索文字數量超過60億,對研究中國近代歷史、文化、政法、經濟、社會研究尤其重要。

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Hanwen Minguo E-book is a full-text database of e-books that were mostly published during China's Minguo period. There are over 120,000 volumes in total covering a wide variety of topics: philosophy and religion, social science, politics, military, law, economy, culture and art, education, language, literature, science, technology, etc. 
Dates covered: ca.1900 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 北京瀚文典藏文化有限公司
Full text: Yes
Alternative access: Chinese Monographs of the 20th Century via EBSCOhost

申報
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Alternate Name(s):Shun Pao
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申報是舊中國歷史最長的中文報紙, 記錄由清末到民國近80年間政治, 軍事, 經濟, 文化, 社會各方面情況。此數據庫收錄原《申報》紙本報紙,由1872年4月23日至1949年5月27日,共470,000版。

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The digital replica of Shun Pao, a newspaper published for almost 80 years, covering various aspects of China from late Qing to early 20th century. 
Dates covered: 1872 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: 得泓資訊
Full-text: Yes

Video Wanfang Data
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Videos
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Wanfang Data

萬方視頻以提供學術視頻為目的,收录科技、教育及文化相关內容。其中即包括臺灣公共電視製作的紀錄片。

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Dates covered: Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Wanfang Data

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面向全球華語讀者的香港網絡新聞機構。以深度報道和數據新聞為特色,深入剖析大中華地區及國際事務。

端傳媒的iOS/Android手機應用程序需要您連接到校園網絡才能閱讀文章。如果您在校外,請使用其網站版本。

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An online Hong Kong media company that provides in-depth Chinese-language news content and data journalism covering Greater China and the globe.

Note: The app version available on iOS/Android requires that you be connected to an on-campus network in order to access the full text. If you are off-campus, please use the Web version.

Dates covered: 2015 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Initium Media
Full text: Yes

Citation Only Open Access
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中文

此資料庫以國科會人文及社會科學中心所建置之TSSCI和THCI引文資料為基礎,經由國研院科政中心進行資料整併後匯入系統,目的是透過建立學術論文間相關文獻分析去協助提升國家學術研究資源之質量。

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A bilingual citation database based on the contents of Taiwan Social Sciences Citation Index (TSSCI) and Taiwan Humanities Citation Index (THCI). 
Dates covered: 1901 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: National Central Library
Full-text: No

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Dissertations & Theses
中文

收錄臺灣各大專院校之博碩士論文資料。除提供摘要外,1998年後已獲作者授權之論文亦提供電子全文下載的服務。

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A bilingual database that provides abstracts of theses and dissertations in Taiwan. Starting in 1998, some full text are also provided for those with author's permission. 
Dates covered: 1956 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: National Central Library
Full-text: Some

Citation Only Open Access
Types:
中文

收錄自1970年以來國家圖書館館藏内之臺灣出版的中西文學術期刊、學報以及部分港澳地區出版的期刊逾5000種,性質可區分為學術性及一般性。

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An bilingual index database of academic journals published in Taiwan since 1970. Some journals published in Hong Kong and Macao are also included. 
Dates covered: 1970 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: National Central Library
Full-text: No

Full Text
Types:
E-News
中文

收錄1949-2010年間,台灣與香港出版的經典民意論壇雜誌,將不同世代下具有里程碑意義,但即將湮滅的時代名筆,數位化再現,讓今人重溫該年代意見領袖的思想風華,以古勵今。刊物包括《文星雜誌》、《當代雜誌》、《民主評論》、及《九十年代》。

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 臺灣學術經典
Full-text: Yes

Citation Only Open Access
Types:
E-News
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

此批剪報取材以1900至1940年代和香港、廣州、杭州、天津四個城市與電影有關的報導為主。收錄包括《東南日報》、《浙江商報》、《廣州民國日報》、《越華報》、《公評報》、《益世報》、《北方時報》、《華字日報》及《德臣西報》。

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This database provides Chinese newspaper clippings related to cinemas and movies in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Tianjin from 1900 to 1940.

Dates covered: 1900 - 1940
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Citation information only

Open Access
Types:
E-News
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

此批剪報取材以1950至1970年出版的中港台報章為主,兼及東南亞等17個國家的報刊,約共230種中文報章及40種中文期刊,主要收錄中華人民共和國及台灣地區有關僑務政策的報導。
 

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The approximately 33,700 clippings focus on the Chinese and Taiwanese governments' policies on Overseas Chinese and cover six main topics: government agencies dealing with Overseas Chinese, foreign remittance and investments, Overseas Chinese villages, reception and settlement of returned expatriates, Overseas Chinese education, Overseas Chinese tours and visits.

Dates covered: 1950 - 1970
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

Citation Only Open Access
Alternate Name(s):Contemporary China Newspaper Clippings
Types:
E-News
Hong Kong Information
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

提供有關中國大陸、香港、臺灣三地的政治、社會、財經、文敎等香港報章新聞剪報索引,以香港過渡期及主權回歸的資料尤其豐富。
The actual newspaper clippings are available for viewing at Special Collections and Archives, Level 4 of Main Library.

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Maintained by HKBU Library's Special Collections and Archives, provides citations to clippings on the political, socio-economic, cultural and educational development in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Dates covered: 1992 - 1998
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Citation information only

Open Access
Types:
E-News
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
中文

資料來自「友聯研究所」剪報中有關1949年後中國的宗教政策和天主教及基督教在中國發展的情況。當中涵蓋題目包括「三自愛國運動」、教會和神學院的發展、有關天主教徒和基督教徒的處理,如龔品梅事件等。

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This database provides Chinese newspaper clippings related to Christianity policies and development in China from 1949 - 1970. The information was collected from the Union Research Institute.

Dates covered: 1949 - 1970
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

華人報紙資料庫
Open Access Some Full Text
Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
E-News
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

匯集從不同途徑收集而來的早期及現代與華人有關的報紙剪報

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A collection of news clipping related to ethnic Chinese from various sources of early and contemporary newspapers
Dates covered:: 1900-1976
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

Full Text
Types:
中文

收錄大量台灣出版的期刊, 學科包含人文學、自然科學、應用科學、社會科學、醫學與生命科學。前身為台灣電子期刊服務網。

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Airiti Library offers full text Chinese-language journal articles published in Taiwan. The platform was formerly known as Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (TEPS). 
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: Airiti
Full-text: Yes

Images Open Access
Types:
Images
Library Digital Projects
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

數據庫以植物圖片附加文字説明的形式,用中英雙語對千餘種藥用植物進行了系統的歸類和介紹,並提供檢索平臺。

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A bilingual database of over 1000 images of medicinal plants with detailed description.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Full Text Multimedia
Types:
中文

雅昌藝術圖書數據庫收錄了中國和世界各大藝術類出版社、拍賣行、博物館、美術館等藝術機構,及藝術家出版的中文圖書資源,以及雅昌自主出版的藝術視頻和藝術年表等3大類資源,內容涵蓋藝術理論、繪畫、書法篆刻、雕塑、攝影等13個類別。

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Artron is a Chinese database which includes art books from art publishers, museums, galleries, auction firms as well as individual artists from China and beyond in 13 categories.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Artron Art Group
Full-text: Yes

Multimedia Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Library Digital Projects
中文
Vendors:
HKBU Library

這個網站介紹不同宗教傳統的生態資源,並展覽香港獨特的生態面貌,讓學生在感知和智性上對地球的生態問題能有更多的思考和行動。

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This website examines disparate religious approaches to ecological resources and displays Hong Kong's unique environmental resources allowing thoughtful pondering and reflection on this global environmental problem.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Data of 17 HK news outlet Facebook public pages from January 2019 to June 2021, including post text, post comments, post URLs, and user engagement statistics with built-in analytical tools

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Hong Kong Information
中文

香港文學資料庫為全球首個有關香港文學的綜合型資料網,由香港中文大學圖書館製作建立,資料庫收錄超過二十份早期香港報章文藝副刊,以及逾二百份文學期刊,文章條目接近588,000筆,提供多項與香港文學相關的網上資訊,如文學專題、文學活動及作家專輯。

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The Hong Kong Literature Database is the first database on Hong Kong literature. The database consists of nearly 588,000 records, including more that 200 Hong Kong journals and literary supplement of 20 Hong Kong early newspapers. It is also a web portal for information on Hong Kong literature, providing literary activities, topics in literature, biographies of writers, etc.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
Full-text: Some full text

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
中文

前身為香港大學民意研究計劃。提供香港民意研究及數據,包括問卷提問及研究報告。

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute
Full-text: Yes

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