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Hong Kong

• Xianggang

• Hsiang-kang

• HK

• HKSAR

• 香港

• Fragrant HarborFirst recorded in a book of local history of Guangdong, Yue da ji 粵大記 published in Ming dynasty (1595)

Quick Reference of Hong Kong

Background information of Hong Kong:

HKSAR webpage http://www.gov.hk

Brand Hong Kong http://www.brandhk.gov.hk/

HK Tourism Board

http://www.discoverhongkong.com

Hong Kong Yearbook

http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/

Hong Kong Yearbookhttp://www.yearbook.gov.hk/

• Official Annual Report of the HKSAR• Available online from 1997 onwards

ExampleHow does the Muslim community operate in Hong Kong?

Library Catalogue

Over 25,000 Library materials with keywords

“Hong Kong”

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Example• To find materials on eating habits of Hong Kong peopl

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• Keywordseat, eating (eat*) food, beverageshabits, Hong Kong

• Try HKALL to look up materials in other university libraries

Finding Articles on Hong Kong Studies

Database: Hong Kong Journals Online

Database: Academic Search Premier

Use EdLINK to check availability of Full Text at Library

Finding Photos of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Public Records Office,Archives for Still and Moving Images http://www.grs.gov.hk/ws/online/movi

ng_still/photo.htm

• Includes about 8,000 photos taken in Hong Kong dated back to 1860s

Hong Kong Public Library, Multimedia Information System

http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/internet/eng/html/frm-adv_srch.html

The Hong Kong Heritage Projecthttps://www.hongkongheritage.org/html/eng/index.html

• The history of Kadoorie family, its business and charitable works in Hong Kong

• Includes Archive, photos, videos, documents and oral history

Virtual Heritage Explorerhttp://vhe.lcsd.gov.hk/vhe/main.jsp?langNo=1&pageAction=MAIN

• Provides 360-degree cubical panorama for about 60 historic buildings and sites in Hong Kong

Gwulo: Old Hong Konghttp://gwulo.com/

•Website on Historical Hong Kong•Includes photos of Hong Kong from 1860 to present day

Hong Kong Photo Galleryhttp://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong.htm

•Photos of buildings & transport of contemporary HK•Browse by geographical region/topic

Hong Kong Heritage Museumhttp://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/

• Thematic Exhibition: Hong Kong Photography Series• City Flâneur: Social Documentary Photography (until 3/1/2011)• Showcase Social Landscape Photography of Hong Kong dating b

ack to 1950s to present day

Hong Kong Museum of History http://hk.history.museum

• Witness of Time: Photos of Central and Western District in the 1970s (until 10 Jan 2011)

• Co-organized with the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch)

• 300 photos of religious structures, public buildings and Chinese residences in Central and Western District

HK Public Records Officehttp://www.grs.gov.hk/ws/english/org_pro.htm

• Over 1,000,000 archival records and library items documenting the different aspects of the HK government

• Unique information resources, dated from the mid 19th century to the present

• Materials in different formats ranging from files, bound volumes, photographs, posters, maps and plans to films.

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