Database List By Subject: English Language

Active Reading helps learners develop the whole range of reading skills: prediction, vocab strategies, inference, skimming, topic sentences and more. Learners work on a wide variety of text types, based around lively, stimulating topics. They can listen to the texts (in a variety of accents), and each unit finishes with a freer skills-based activity.

Cambridge Dictionary Online

Cambridge Dictionary Online is a popular dictionary site for learners of English in the world.

Chinamaxx (超星數字圖書館)

Chinamaxx houses the world’s largest and most complete database on Chinese publications. It has a collection of 700,000 titles of Chinese literature. The chunk proportion of the holdings are books published since 1949 and a few are from earlier years. Classified using the CLC (Chinese Library Classification) system, it includes 22 main classes covering all academic disciplines. This rich and scholarly content lays emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities to attend interests on China study, enhance research project and facilitate paper writing.

Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (林語堂當代漢英詞典)

The dictionary comprises a total of 8,169 head characters, together with 44,407 explanatory entries of grammatical usage and 40,379 entries of Chinese words or phrases.

Clear Pronunciation: Sound

Clear Pronunciation teaches you the 43 sounds of English: you will learn the full range of sounds by themselves, in words, sentences, and in larger texts.

Using these online materials, you will learn through sound clips, video clips, and a range of activities that make sure you cover all the skills you need. Listen, learn, practise, and compare. With the Clarity Recorder, you can practise sounds, words, or sentences and compare your pronunciation with native speaker examples

Clear Pronunciation: Speech

In Clear Pronunciation 2 you’ll learn to use consonant clusters, word stress, sentence stress, connected speech and intonation.

You’ll watch tutorials from teachers, listen to plenty of native-speaker examples, work through lots of different speaking exercises, and you can even compare your pronunciation to the examples, using the Clarity Recorder.

Ebook Central

It is a ProQuest ebook platform with eBooks covering all academic disciplines.

eBooks on EBSCOhost

EBSCO eBooks Academic Collection includes more than 205,000 e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishers and university presses.

Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments

The Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments is developed by the Official Languages Division of the Civil Service Bureau.

With some 115 000 terms in 23 categories, each covering a specific subject, the glossary serves as a general reference to facilitate translation and drafting.

Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments (政府部門常用辭彙)

The Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments is developed by the Official Languages Division of the Civil Service Bureau. With some 115 000 terms in 23 categories, each covering a specific subject, the glossary serves as a general reference to facilitate translation and drafting.

Hong Kong Public Libraries E-books (香港公共圖書館電子書)

Note: For Card holders of the Hong Kong Public Libraries Only

HyRead eBook (HyRead中文電子書)

HyRead is a Chinese multidisciplinary eBook platform.

iG Library

iG Library is an eBook platform developed by iG Publishing.

iRead eBooks (華藝電子書)

iRead is an eBooks platform providing access to Traditional-Chinese e-books.

Merriam-Webster Online

The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary is a unique, regularly updated, online-only reference.

Practical Writing

Practical Writing is for students who need to use written English both in their studies and in their personal life.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.

Road to IELTS

Road to IELTS is the British Council’s comprehensive, 100% online IELTS preparation program. It includes over 300 interactive activities, 13 advice videos and 40 practice tests.

SAGE International Journals

has a portfolio that includes more than 1,100 journals, 1,100,000+ articles, 937,000+ articles with Deep Backfiles, and 500+ societies.

South China Morning Post (SCMP)

The South China Morning Post is a leading news media company that has reported on China and Asia for more than a century with global impact.

Study Skills Success

Study Skills Success aims to equips students with more effective and efficent study strategies in learning English.

Taylor and Francis EBooks

Taylor & Francis eBooks is a single destination platform with eBooks in science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities and social science.

Tense Buster

Tense Buster is a grammar program at five levels from Elementary through to Advanced. Each level includes a number of key grammar areas which are tackled in a systematic manner from presentation to practice to test.

Wiley Online Library

Wiley Online Library is an extenstive collection of online multidispciplinary journals, books, and reserach resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.

	Active Reading Active Reading helps learners develop the whole range of reading skills: prediction, vocab strategies, inference, skimming, topic sentences and more. Learners work on a wide variety of text types, based around lively, stimulating topics. They can listen to the texts (in a variety of accents), and each unit finishes with a freer skills-based activity.
	Cambridge Dictionary Online Cambridge Dictionary Online is a popular dictionary site for learners of English in the world.
	Chinamaxx (超星數字圖書館) Chinamaxx houses the world’s largest and most complete database on Chinese publications. It has a collection of 700,000 titles of Chinese literature. The chunk proportion of the holdings are books published since 1949 and a few are from earlier years. Classified using the CLC (Chinese Library Classification) system, it includes 22 main classes covering all academic disciplines. This rich and scholarly content lays emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities to attend interests on China study, enhance research project and facilitate paper writing.
	Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (林語堂當代漢英詞典) The dictionary comprises a total of 8,169 head characters, together with 44,407 explanatory entries of grammatical usage and 40,379 entries of Chinese words or phrases.
	Clear Pronunciation: Sound Clear Pronunciation teaches you the 43 sounds of English: you will learn the full range of sounds by themselves, in words, sentences, and in larger texts. Using these online materials, you will learn through sound clips, video clips, and a range of activities that make sure you cover all the skills you need. Listen, learn, practise, and compare. With the Clarity Recorder, you can practise sounds, words, or sentences and compare your pronunciation with native speaker examples
	Clear Pronunciation: Speech In Clear Pronunciation 2 you’ll learn to use consonant clusters, word stress, sentence stress, connected speech and intonation. You’ll watch tutorials from teachers, listen to plenty of native-speaker examples, work through lots of different speaking exercises, and you can even compare your pronunciation to the examples, using the Clarity Recorder.
	Ebook Central It is a ProQuest ebook platform with eBooks covering all academic disciplines.
	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBooks Academic Collection includes more than 205,000 e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishers and university presses.
	Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments The Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments is developed by the Official Languages Division of the Civil Service Bureau. With some 115 000 terms in 23 categories, each covering a specific subject, the glossary serves as a general reference to facilitate translation and drafting.
	Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments (政府部門常用辭彙) The Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments is developed by the Official Languages Division of the Civil Service Bureau. With some 115 000 terms in 23 categories, each covering a specific subject, the glossary serves as a general reference to facilitate translation and drafting.
	Hong Kong Public Libraries E-books (香港公共圖書館電子書) Note: For Card holders of the Hong Kong Public Libraries Only
	HyRead eBook (HyRead中文電子書) HyRead is a Chinese multidisciplinary eBook platform.
	iG Library iG Library is an eBook platform developed by iG Publishing.
	iRead eBooks (華藝電子書) iRead is an eBooks platform providing access to Traditional-Chinese e-books.
	Merriam-Webster Online The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary is a unique, regularly updated, online-only reference.
	Practical Writing Practical Writing is for students who need to use written English both in their studies and in their personal life.
	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
	Road to IELTS Road to IELTS is the British Council’s comprehensive, 100% online IELTS preparation program. It includes over 300 interactive activities, 13 advice videos and 40 practice tests.
	SAGE International Journals has a portfolio that includes more than 1,100 journals, 1,100,000+ articles, 937,000+ articles with Deep Backfiles, and 500+ societies.
	South China Morning Post (SCMP) The South China Morning Post is a leading news media company that has reported on China and Asia for more than a century with global impact.
	Study Skills Success Study Skills Success aims to equips students with more effective and efficent study strategies in learning English.
	Taylor and Francis EBooks Taylor & Francis eBooks is a single destination platform with eBooks in science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities and social science.
	Tense Buster Tense Buster is a grammar program at five levels from Elementary through to Advanced. Each level includes a number of key grammar areas which are tackled in a systematic manner from presentation to practice to test.
	Wiley Online Library Wiley Online Library is an extenstive collection of online multidispciplinary journals, books, and reserach resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.