Startup Kit @ HKUL: Home

Attend / visit  

• Library Training: A range of seminars and workshops covering different resources and topics.
• Online Course: Academic Honesty: A series of videos and quiz questions on academic honesty.
• Online Course: Manage Citation with EndNote: A series of videos and quiz questions on learning the essential EndNote skills.
• Online Course: Library Essentials for Postgraduate Students: A self-learning online course on Libraries’ collections, services, and facilities for Postgraduate Students.
• Online Course: Library Essentials for Undergraduate Students: A self-learning online course on Libraries’ collections, services, and facilities for Undergraduate Students.
• Book a Space: Book study tables, discussion rooms, computers, and more…
• Virtual Tours: A series of 360° virtual tours of Main Library and Branch Libraries that guide you through the facilities, services, and resources in HKU Libraries online.

Configure / install  

• Mobile@HKUL: Quick mobile access to HKU library information and services.
• HKU Library Search Assistant: A plugin to search HKU Libraries Catalogue and other popular databases within your browser and access HKUL subscribed resources from a publisher website.
• Reload via HKUL: A bookmarklet to facilitate access to HKUL subscribed resources from a publisher website.
• Google Scholar: Link to HKUL full-text subscriptions through ViewIt@HKUL.
• EndNote: A reference management software to organize readings and cite sources while writing a paper.

Explore & search  

• Find@HKUL: Quick searches for books, articles, digital media, and more in HKU Libraries. Extend the search to Beyond HKU (HKALL + Interlibrary Loan) for the UGC- funded university libraries and overseas partner institutes.
• Databases: In-depth searches using subject-specific or multidisciplinary databases.
• ReadingList@HKUL: Access course reading materials via the public list or the Moodle course website.
• Alerts: Stay updated on the latest research information using BrowZine, database alerts, or pre-print servers.
• ExamBase: Find HKU past examination papers.
• Turnitin: A software for originality checking.
• Subject Guides: Recommended databases, books, journals, and websites in various subject areas.
• Research Support@HKUL: Research support integrated into different stages of the research cycle.
• HKU e-Learning Resource Hub: A centralized platform that provides access to e-learning resources offered by various HKU departments.
• Beyond HKU Libraries:
  • Beyond HKU (HKALL + Interlibrary Loan): Request books, book chapters, journal articles and other reading resources beyond the HKU Libraries' collections from local and overseas partner institutes.
  • JULAC Card: Visit other UGC-funded libraries in Hong Kong
  • Book Recommendation Online: recommend books (print or electronic) & audio-visual items for all HKU Libraries borrowers. 
  • Electronic Resources Recommendation Online: recommend electronic databases by academic staff only.
  • Journal Recommendation Online: recommend journals (print and/or electronic) by academic staff only.

  Service Counter 

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  WhatsApp: 5441-5441

   Research Consultation (Eligible to HKU academic staff and postgraduate students only)

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