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Journalism & Communication


Academic Search Premier
1975 - present   
A multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals.
Communication Abstracts
1977 - present   
Covers communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books. Topics include film studies, the role of technology, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.
Communication Studies : A SAGE Full-Text Collection
1955 - present   
Includes 19 journals covering Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational, and more.
JSTOR
Includes archives of several hundred well-known academic journals across the humanities, social sciences and sciences, dating back to their first issues. The most recently published issues (past 3-5 years) are not available.
Project MUSE
Provides access to 400 humanities and social sciences journals.
ProQuest 5000
1923 - present   
Allows users access to nearly all the ProQuest periodical databases and provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of disciplines including business and economics, environmental studies, geography, public administration, social science, political sciences, and more.
Scopus
1823 - present   
Includes the abstracts and references of 15,000 peer-reviewed journals across different subject disciplines.
Social Sciences Citation Index at Web of Science
1956 - present   
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
中國期刊全文數據庫 China Journal Net (CJN)
1915 - present   
Provides over 8,700 journals published in China, subjects including natural science, engineering, agriculture, philosophy, medicine, humanities and social sciences.
中國資訊行 INFOBANK
Provides online access to a wide range of current legal business, political and economic information on China. It includes 14 Chinese language databases in business and economic related areas.
台灣電子期刊服務網 Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services
Includes more than 700 periodicals published in Taiwan. Its subject ranges from humanities, natural science, applied science, medical and life science to social science.
香港中文期刊論文索引 HKInChiP
1980 - present   
CUHK/UGC Access
Public Access
Provides index to 300 Chinese and bilingual periodical titles published in Hong Kong.
萬方數據 WanFang Data
Provides information about China including the full-text of journals, scientific and technical information, business information, laws and regulations, theses and standards.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
400BC - 2005   
Over 57,000 written biographies of noteworthy people who shaped British history worldwide, from the 4th century BC to the year 2005.
Statesman's Yearbook Online
Covers history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure for each country, detail profiles of selected cities, and chronological lists of world events.
Who's Who ... and Who Was Who
Biographies of over 35,000 noteworthy and influential people from the UK and beyond. Plus Who was Who dating back to 1898.
World Who's Who
Provides current and hard-to-find biographical information on almost 60,000 of the most gifted, famous and influential men and women in all fields.
Factiva
A business news information service provides access to nearly 6,500 newspapers, magazines, wire services, and academic and trade journals. It also includes profiles of public companies covering financial data.
Library PressDisplay
Current 90 days   
Offers access to over 1,700 newspapers published around the world in full-colour, full-page format. Provides up to a 90-day backfile and the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles and the entire backfile.
South China Morning Post 
1993 - 1997   
UL Reference Counter
Electronic version of the print newspaper.
WiseNews
1998 (varies) - present   
Provides access to newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires published in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Includes all local newspapers.
中國重要報紙全文數據庫
2000 - present   
Collects full-text newspapers articles from more than 1,000 core newspapers published in mainland China since 2000. .
中國資訊行 INFOBANK
Provides online access to a wide range of current legal business, political and economic information on China. It includes 14 Chinese language databases in business and economic related areas.
文匯報
1938 - 1999   
UL Reference Counter
Electronic version of the print newspaper.
新民晚報
1946 - 1999   
UL Reference Counter
Electronic version of the print newspaper.
漢文臺灣日日新報
1898-1944   
Taiwan Nichinichi Sinpou was an important newspaper published in Taiwan during the Japanese Colonialism. It covers the social conditions of Taiwan, current news, cultural activities, etc. The digitized version is a valuable resource for Taiwan studies.
CountryData China
2000 - present   
Economic indicators and forecasts for China.
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
Presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world.
OECDiLibrary
1998 - present   
Online access to OECD's publications, including books, journals, series, working papers, and statistical databases.
World Development Indicators
1960 - present   
Statistics form the World Bank's WDI contains more than 800 development indicators.
Apabi 年鑒庫
1949 - present   
Includes 182 titles published in China. These yearbooks are classified by industry/discipline, region, planning & development report, administrative division, subject and statistical periodicals by subject. Users are allowed to search the texts and pictures/tables by keywords, subject, author, title and issue/volume number.
China Data Online 中國數據在線
Provides comprehensive and updated information on China’s economic development at national, provincial, city, county, and industrial levels. Also includes Statistical Yearbooks and Census Data.
Europa World
A database on world-wide affairs covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories.
Statesman's Yearbook Online
Covers history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure for each country, detail profiles of selected cities, and chronological lists of world events.
中國年鑑全文數據庫
1912 - present   
Fulltext access to more than 1,400 yearbooks published in China.
中國資訊行 INFOBANK
Provides online access to a wide range of current legal business, political and economic information on China. It includes 14 Chinese language databases in business and economic related areas.

 
 
 
 
Databases by Major Web Gateway


   Blackwell Reference Online
   CUHK Examination Papers Database
   EBSCOhost
   IEEE Xplore
   ISI Web of Knowledge
   JSTOR
   OvidSP
   Oxford Reference Online Premium
   Oxford Scholarship Online
   Project MUSE
   ProQuest 5000
   WRDS
   中國期刊全文數據庫 China Journal Net (CJN)
   萬方數據 WanFang Data
   香港中文期刊論文索引 HKInChiP