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Library Resources of the University Library
- Location of collections
- Books
- Hong Kong Government Documents
- Newspapers
- Periodicals
- Reference Books
- Special Collections ( Careers Collection, Hong Kong Studies, Reserve Books, Microforms, Rare Books, Theses)
In the University Library, books in Western languages are shelved on the 3/F and 4/F. C-F class books in East Asian languages are shelved on 2/F while the rest are shelved on the 4/F.
Hong Kong Government Documents
The University has been designated a depository for publications of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Government publications are issued by departments and committees of the Hong Kong Government. They provide information on a wide variety of subjects and include monthly, bi-annual and annual reports, statistical analyses, directories, ordinances and pamphlets. The collection in both Chinese and English is kept in the Reference Room.
The University Library System receives over 80 newspapers, some of which are in branch libraries. In the University Library, the current issues are located on 2/F. Back files of many newspapers are available in either bound volumes or microforms. Microform editions are shelved in the Special Collection. Bound volumes are displayed on open shelves on the LG/F.
There are over 10,260 current periodical subscriptions in the entire System, comprising research journals and other serial publications. Approximately two thirds of this collection is in English with the rest in Chinese almost half of which are from Mainland China. More selective journals in Japanese, French, German, Italian and Russian are also available in the System.
In the University Library, bound journals in East Asian languages and A-P class bound journals in Western languages are shelved on the LG/F, while the Q-Z class bound journals in Western languages are on the 2/F. Current journals, both in East Asian and Western languages, are displayed on the 2/F.
Extensive collections of indexes and abstracts, bibliographies, calendars of foreign universities, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and directories in paper and electronic formats are located on the 1/F of the University Library. Reference works in Western and East Asian languages are inter shelved. These tools are intended for use in the library and do not circulate.
(A) Reserve Books: Required course materials are put on reserve requsted by teaching staff. This collection includes Open Reserve and Electronic Reserve.
Open Reserve consists of books from the Library's collection which are shelved in an open access area adjacent to the Reserve Books and Special Collections Counter. High use course materials are placed here for browsing and borrowing. Personal books and loose-leaf items such as lecture notes, journal articles and handouts are shelved behind the Counter. Reserve materials are for short-loan, ranging from 2 hours to 7 days.
Electronic Reserve includes class websites and scanned images of non-copyrighted documents such as syllabus, lecture notes, problem sets and solutions, etc. In addition, full-text articles available from the electronic databases including EBSCOhost, IEEE Xplore, JSTOR, OCLC FirstSearct Economic Collections Online, Ovid Web Gateway, ProQuest, and ScienceDirect can be added to the Electronic Reserve.
(B) Microforms: Many periodicals, newspapers and other materials are available in microform in the University Library. Valuable primary source materials are also available in microform sets, among them the newspaper materials on contemporary China and the genealogical records of the families of the New Territories of Hong Kong.
(C) Rare Books: The Chinese Rare Book Collection consists of over 850 classical titles in more than 14,000 volumes in traditional silk-stitched fascicles. The eitions range from the Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368) to the end of the Qianlong (1795) of the Qing Dynasty. The cream of the collection includes the world's only copies of Synthesis of Primary Learning 《小學書集成》
of the Yuan Dynasty, Collected Works of Mr. Qinghu 《青湖先生文集》 and Sound of Chicks 《鷇音集》 of the Ming Dynasty. Two authentic and valuable titles of the Wenlange edition《文瀾閣》of Complete Library of Four Branches of Books 《四庫全書》 are Zhong Cheng Ji 《中丞集》 and Shu Ying 《書影》. The Library also houses some rare and antiquarian Chinese books of Japanese and Korean origins, such as Korean Tripitaka 《高麗藏》 in 1,341 voulmes. A complete list of rare books can be found in the Library Catalogue and a published guide to the collection entitled Annotated Bibliography of Chinese Rare Books in the CUHK Libraries 《香港中文大學圖書館古籍善本書錄》.
Complementing the Chinese rare books are the Western language books published before 1900. Both Chinese and Western rare books are kept in the Rare Book Room on the 3/F of the Library at TKP Building.
(D) Theses: This is a collection of all master theses and doctoral dissertations by the graduate students of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. They include all titles submitted since 1967, with the exception of those classified as confidential (per authors' requests).
Theses are listed in the Theses Catalogue in the Reserve Books Department as well as the Library Catalogue. Full-text of CUHK doctoral dissertations from 1997 onwards are now available at Current Research@CUHK.