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Introduction

This year marks the centenary of the Chinas 1911 Revolution, an epoch-making event in our nations history. How well do you know about it? Apart from participating the celebrations, you can also take the opportunity to brush up your history knowledge through the vast collection of the public libraries. The Hong Kong Public Libraries houses a vast array of resources on the 1911 Revolution, including books, old newspapers, ebooks, periodicals, audio-visual and online materials. To help you acquire a better understanding of the historical significance of the Revolution and find the relevant information effectively, the Hong Kong Central Reference Library has

compiled the library resources guide on Footprints of the Chinas 1911 Revolution for free distribution to the public and schools. In addition to listing the library resources under different topics, the resource guide introduces the different methods in searching the relevant materials and enables readers to review the historical event through different dimensions. 2011 9 Published by the Hong Kong Public Libraries September 2011

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Library Resources Guide on

Footprints of the Chinas 1911 Revolution

from the Hong Kong Public Libraries

Content

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Introduction

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I. How to Search the Relevant Library Resources on the Chinas 1911 Revolution

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A. Books, Mircrofilms, Journals

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B. Multimedia Information: Videos, Audios and Newspapers

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C. Electronic Resources: Thesis, News and Ebooks

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II. Selected Library Resources

1. Books and Journal Articles

A. General Works

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Historical Background and the Rise of the Revolutionary Movement Late Ching Reform, Dr. SUN Yat-sen, Revolutionary Organizations, Revolutionaries,

Revolutionary Propaganda

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The Course and the Impact of the Revolution Uprisings, Hong Kong / Macau and 1911 Revolution, Overseas Chinese, Foreign

Governments, Foreigners and 1911 Revolution, Impact on Chinas Society, Culture and Politics

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Primary Sources on the Revolution and Research Papers Revolutionary Publications, Reminiscences, Research Papers

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2. Audio-visual Resources

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3. World Wide Web Resources

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Appendix: Publications during the Period of the Revolution

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The titles listed in this guide are reference materials of Hong Kong Central Library. Readers may search

more resources from our Hong Kong Public Libraries Online Public Access Catalogue.

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How to Search the Relevant Library Resources on the

Chinas 1911 Revolution

The Hong Kong Public Libraries houses a vast array of resources on the Chinas 1911 Revolution, including books, ebooks, periodicals, audio-visual and online materials. Among them are some valuable primary sources as well for reference and research. In this section, we would introduce the different ways in searching the relevant library resources on the 1911 Revolution through our different categories of library collection.

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Books, Mircrofilms, Journals

Readers can search books, periodicals and microfilms by accessing the Library Catalogue in the library or via the Internet.

1. http://www.hkpl.gov.hk

Go to the Hong Kong Public Libraries homepage at http://www.hkpl.gov.hk.

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Select Search / Reserve from the Main Menu, and then click Library Catalogue.

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Select a type of library material, e.g. All materials, Books or Serials.

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Select a search option and enter the search term(s). For instance, to search by subject

heading, click Subject Keyword, enter China 1911 Revolution, and click Submit.

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On the list of titles shown, click the one you request for to display its full record and status.

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B. Multimedia Information: Videos, Audios and Newspapers

Hong Kong Public Libraries provide a rich collection of digitized images and

audio-visual resources on Hong Kong. Readers can visit the Multimedia Information System (MMIS) homepage via the Internet to view all these digitized resources including old Hong Kong newspaper clippings such as The Chinese Mail and The China Mail (see Appendix) and to pre-listen some of the audio materials such as the talks organized by the Hong Kong Public Libraries and recordings produced by the Radio Television Hong Kong.

1. http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk

Go to the Hong Kong Public Libraries Multimedia Information System homepage at http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk.

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Select Basic Search from the Main Menu.

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Select one or more collections, e.g. Audio, Video or Old HK Newspaper.

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Enter a text string for search, then select either performing a Keyword search or getting a Browse list. Select an attribute to be searched e.g. Title, Author, Subject or Content, and then click Search.

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On the list of titles shown, click the one you request for to display its full record and status.

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Enter 1911 Revolution as the title keyword to search for relevant audio materials

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Enter 1911 Revolution as the title keyword to search for relevant video

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Enter Wuchang uprising as the content keyword to search for relevant old HK newspaper

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C. ElectroElectroElectroElectronic Resources: Thesis, News and Ebooksnic Resources: Thesis, News and Ebooksnic Resources: Thesis, News and Ebooksnic Resources: Thesis, News and Ebooks

Hong Kong Public Libraries provides Online Databases and Electronic Books for readers to search information. Readers can use the following Databases or Electronic Books to search for thesis, news and ebooks.

Names

Categories

Description

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China Doctor Dissertations / Master

Theses Full-text Database

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Dissertations / Master Theses

6001999 90,000 68 ()()() The databases offer full-image access to over 90,000 dissertations and 680,000 theses from 600 academic institutions in China starting from 1999 onwards. The database is divided into 10 series according to the subjects of the dissertations and our libraries have subscribed to 4 of them: Humanities (available at Hong Kong Central Library), Education and Social Sciences (available at Hong Kong Central Library, Kowloon Public Library and Sha Tin Public Library), Economy and Management, and Politics/Military Affairs/Law (available at Hong Kong Central Library and City Hall Public Library).

China Academic Journals Full-text

Database

Chinese Journals

1994 It offers full-text and full-image access to over 8,000 serials published in China in the fields of science and engineering, agriculture, medicine and hygiene, humanities, economics, politics and law, education and social sciences, electronics and information science. Articles are mainly written in Chinese and only some of them are English articles. Hong Kong Central Library provides all 10 series. City Hall Public Library provides the 2 series on Economy & Management, and Politics/Military Affairs/Law. Kowloon Public Library and Sha Tin Public Library provide the series on Education and Social Sciences only.

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Names

Categories

Description

Omnifile Full Text Mega

English Journals

2000 It contains full text of articles from over 2,000 publications. The subjects covered include business, humanities, general science, education, social science, etc.

ProQuest 5000 English Journals

ProQuest 5000 10,000 5,400 ProQuest 5000 contains nearly 10,000 titles, some 5,400 in full text. The subjects covered include business, humanities, general science, education, social science, etc.

Peoples Daily Database

Chinese News

"People's Daily Database" covers daily mainland China news and international news, from the first issue of the newspaper to the present, and on a daily updated basis.

WiseNews

Chinese /

English News

WiseNews, , An electronic news database for retrieving Chinese news articles from over 100 local , PRC, Taiwan and Macau newspapers. It also includes English articles from The Standard and SCMP Online.

Apabi eBook

Chinese ebooks

; Apabi Reader() Apabi is a large ebook library comprising Mainland China publications. It consists of two parts the Junior & Adult Collections. The latter covers philosophy, social sciences, literature, arts, history, geography, natural science, medical and health, sports & fitness, etc.

ebrary Academic Complete

English ebooks

/ An award winning ebooks database of some 50,000 English ebooks in the subject fields of humanities, social sciences, and science and technologies from major English book publishers / university presses.

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China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ)

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2. ProQuest 5000 Type in keywords or phrases related to the information you want; Limit the search results to full-text, or scholarly journals; Select the subject areas to search; Display articles, books and dissertations etc. with icon identifying the source type; Cli