E-Resources Collection

A digital library of 1.5 million images in the areas of arts, architecture, humanities and science contributed from museums, libraries and photo archives. The images can be used for classroom instruction and related activities such as educational presentation and student assignments, etc.

A collection of more than 160,000 pages digitized from over 400 western European medieval and early modern codices from Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) member institutions. The manuscripts range from brightly hued, gold-leafed illuminated works of art to functional texts intended for studies in science, philosophy, and religion.

Note: Copyright owned by PACSCL.

Provides access to more than 2 million rights cleared digital images for non-commercial and educational use. The quality images come from the world leading museums and respected image libraries. 

Contains full text of more than 170 journal titles and citations  of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.

A gateway to over 220 journal titles covering a wide range of subjects including languages, dance, music, film studies, performing arts, religion and architecture. Also includes additional interdisciplinary titles in folklore, feminist & women's studies.

Streams thousands of movies, documentaries, and other videos covering a broad range of subjects, including Dance, Design, Fashion, Film Studies, Music, Performing Arts, Education, Career Development and more.

It provides online classes in a wide range of subjects like acting, directing, filmmaking, music production, and screenwriting. Each class includes video lessons, and downloadable workbooks with assignments which are available on the web and mobile app.

Note: Login is required for access to the classes. Please find the login information at the Login for Databases page.

Covers more than 20 lives world class performance videos, offering the exclusive digital performance resources never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive.

Features primary and secondary resources, including sketches, photographs, technical drawings, monographs, articles and dissertations, and a selection of videos. It covers all aspects of theatre production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup and more.

Provides full text of more than 8,500 academic eBooks on Music, Film and Arts from leading publishers.

Includes over 40,000 pages of reference works such as encyclopaedias, images, flyers, playbills, posters, photographs, and related theatrical ephemera, which can help staff and students to understand the historical significance of certain plays, their popularity and to see a more comprehensive picture of the life and evolution of dramatic works.

It contains over 15,000 Chinese pristine art works covering folk art treasures in the forms of New Year painting, shadow play, paper-cutting art, face painting, garment, auspicious signs, etc.

RTHK’s TV Programme focusing on the geographical beauty of mainland China. A series of 8 episodes of cultural documentary, including “The Sands of Time”, “Land of Fire and Ice”, “A Floating Wonderland”, “Mirrors in the Highlands”, “The Fantastic Canyon”, “Dancing with the Rainforest”, “People of Mount Danxia”, and “Water as Vast as the Sky”.

Note: Copyright owned by RTHK.

Complete collections of Encyclopedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. It contains a gateway to more than 75,000 articles, 75,000 definitions, 10,000 illustrations including photographs, drawings, maps and flags and 166,000 links to web sites. 

A cross search platform that provides full-text access to more than 100 titles from Oxford University Press. The collection includes subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference works in more than 20 subject areas.

Collects over 3000 volumes of reference works from over 200 publishers in China including Chinese dictionary, bilingual dictionary, specialized dictionary, encyclopedia, illustrated book, atlas, biography, handbook, and so on.