Why sign in?
When you sign in, you can:
How to sign in?
After you've signed in, click on your name (top right of search screen) to view your LIBRARY ACCOUNT for information on your loans, to renew items, and more. Refer to My Library Account - A Guide to learn more.
For non-CityU and JULAC users, please register for an EID in person at the Library Circulation Counter. For alumni users without an EID, please register for a CityU email and an EID.
Where to start?
How to search?
Search tips
Refine search results
If your search retrieves a large number of results, you can select options from Refine My Results to narrow your results by:
To broaden your search results, you can select the option "Include results not available in full-text" on the search results page. By default, results are sorted by Relevance. Click the down arrow from the Sort by menu to display search results by Date-newest, Date-oldest, Title or Author. |
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Browse results (brief records)
After refining the search results, the brief records will be shown on the left-hand side of the page. To save a record or multiple records from your list, select the pin icon.
View a full record
Click on the title of the record (in bold) in your search results to go to the record’s full display to view additional information. You can either scroll to a particular section or use the links shown on the left-hand side of the page. Information generally includes:
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Pin: Saved records are temporarily stored in My Favorites (top right of search screen) if not signed in. To learn more about save records and searches, view here. Send to: For more features, see "Cite, print and more" below View Online: Appears only if the item is available for online viewing Get it: Allows you to request items Details: Provides additional information (such as: subjects, description) Links: Displays additional links to other relevant resources |
Cite, print and more
From a full record page, click on SEND TO for:
Get printed books from HKALL*
If a book you need is not available because it is checked out or not held by our Library, you can use HKALL to request an available copy from another UGC library. The book will be sent to CityU Library for you to collect.
After a search in the Books, Media & Articles+ search scope, click on your desired title from the result list to go to the full record page. Under Get It, click on Search this title in HKALL. You will be directed to the title(s) in the HKALL scope.
Alternatively, you may try to find your desired title directly in the HKALL search scope by either of the following ways:
Click on your desired title, if available, from the result list. Under Get it, click on HKALL – Resource Sharing. Please note that you need to sign in to see request options and to place requests.
*To learn more about HKALL (e.g. eligibility), please view here.
Get resources via Interlibrary Loan Services*
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The Interlibrary Loan Services provides access to materials (e.g. journal articles, book chapters, books, etc.) that are not available at CityU Library. Eligible users may submit Interlibrary Loan requests via ILLiad. Tip: You need to sign in to CityU LibraryFind to use the ILLiad option after performing a search in CityU LibraryFind. *To learn more about Interlibrary Loan service, please view here. |
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What’s covered
Most print, multimedia and electronic resources CityU Library owns or has access to
What’s not covered
The content of specialist databases, e.g.
To find specialist content, use the Library databases
Some Chinese e-book titles, e.g.
To find these e-books, access SuperStar or DuXiu
