The Main Library houses books, serials, reference, audio-visual, and other materials relating to arts and humanities, sciences and technology, and social sciences. Disciplines of law, medicine, dentistry, education, music, as well as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean collections are located in the relevant branch libraries. Together, they comprise a comprehensive collection to support the educational and research programmes of the University. Specialized reference collections focusing on specific disciplines are available in the relevant branch library.
Reference materials are for consultation in the libraries only.
The collection covers a broad range of subject areas, ranging from educational, documentary, popular to programmes of special interest. Applications are either MAC or PC-based and include simulation programmes. The Hong Kong Collection is a unique collection of books, serials, government publications, newspaper clippings and non-print materials covering almost every aspect of Hong Kong history and life. It comprises the most comprehensive collection of materials relating to Hong Kong in the Territory. The University Libraries is designated as a depository for books and periodicals published or printed in Hong Kong.