The Library collects a number of reference databases in CD-ROM format and subscribes to various fulltext, citation, index, abstracts and statistical databases. All electronic resources are accessible via the Library web page. And most of the electronic databases and e-journals can be accessed off campus by Institute / College students and staff. Remote access requires authentication through a valid login account and must be via the dial-up service or VPN service. For details, please view the Information Technology Services Centre(ITSC) webpage.
Major Electronic Resources
Academic
Search Premier
Academic Search Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500
journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles
to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable
cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Business
Source Elite
Business Source
Elite provides full text coverage for over 1,000 business publications and
economics journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed publications. This
database includes full text (PDF) coverage dating back as far as 1985. More
than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included.
This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Emerald
Business, Management and Economics eBook Series Collection
This collection which currently offers online access to a growing collection
of more than 550 volumes from more than 70 book series titles. Featuring relevant,
international and trusted content in many fields including strategy, economics,
accounting and finance and human resource management. This collection reinforces
Emerald’s position as the world’s leading publisher in management research.
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online Academic Edition
A powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopaedias,
magazines, videos, and web sites.
Hospitality
& Tourism Complete
Hospitality & Tourism
Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas
of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 828,000 records,
with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than
490 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and
books. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with
material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe
and Asia. Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, demographics &
statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management,
hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure
& business travel, market trends, technology and more.
Lexis
Nexis Academic Universe
Provides fulltext access to news, legal and financial information. It contains
news from about 5,000 English language sources, including US and international
newspapers, magazines, newsletters and trade journals. Corporate profiles,
country profiles and business directories are also included.
SocINDEX
with Full Text
SocINDEX with Full Text
is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database.
Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful
information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. The database
features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+
term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
SocINDEX with
Full Text contains full text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908.
This database also includes full text for more than 830 books and monographs,
and full text for 16,800 conference papers.
Westlaw
International
An online legal research service which provides access to law journals and
reviews, and law reports from United States, Canada, United Kingdom and European
Union. It also contains all cases from Hong Kong, Hong Kong Law Reports &
Digest, Hong Kong Law Reports and Hong Kong Digest.
中國資訊行
China Infobank
An online service covers China's news, business and legal information. China
InfoBank offers access to a number of fulltext Chinese language databases
covering a wide range of information such as business news from local newspapers
(1992- ), business journals and government survey reports (1995- ), news and
reports of publicly listed companies (1993- ), China central and municipal
laws and regulations (1949- ), structure and functions of Chinese government
agencies as well as biographies on leading government officials and famous
personalities.
慧科電子剪報
WiseNews
An electronic news clipping service which provides users quick access to the
news from over 10 local Chinese and English newspapers and news from China,
Taiwan, Macau and United States.
Other Electronic Resources
Some of other useful databases and reference tools subscribed by the Library are: