14 Dec 2004

Hong Kong Journals Online (HKJO)
Hong Kong University Libraries, Hong Kong University, HK, China
Self-description: "Hong Kong Journals Online (HKJO) is a full-text image database providing access to selected academic and professional journals, both in English and Chinese, published in Hong Kong. Titles included in this database cover a wide range of disciplines including law, medicine and education. [...] Issues included in this database vary from journal to journal with the earliest going back to 1872. At its first release, more than 170,000 images from over 40 titles will be accessible on the database. More titles with permission granted for digitising their full text will be included to the database. New issues of the titles will also be added as soon as being received."
Supplied note: "In an excellent example of how materials can be made available more widely online in a non-commercial environment, the Special Collections section of the Hong Kong University Libraries has uploaded a good range of journals, mainly relating to Hong Kong, but with some having much broader appeal. H-Asia members will likely be particularly interested in:
The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East (1872-1901); Chung Chi Journal (1961-1976); The Hong Kong naturalist: a quarterly illustrated journal principally for Hong Kong and South China (1930-1941); New Asia Academic Bulletin (1978-); New Asia Academic Annual (1959-1977); Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (1961-). These are all available free online, apparently in their entirety, and can be searched. [...]
The HKU Libraries also provides the Hong Kong Government Reports Online (HKGRO) -- a full-text image database providing online access to pre-World War II issues of four major government publications, namely, Administrative Reports, Hong Kong Sessional Papers, Hong Kong Hansard and Hong Kong Government Gazette. These are searchable. Further details at: http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/
Lastly, the Historical Laws of Hong Kong, a searchable full-text image database providing access to past revised editions of Hong Kong Laws, is also available through the Library, at:
http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/pls/oelawhk2/main.m?SID=
Other electronic data-bases can be found at: http://www.lib.hku.hk/database/
These are all wonderful resources! . - gw."
URL http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Geoff Wade (arigpw[use"@"]nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h-asia[use"@"]h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library/Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30