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As an integrated international school in Hong Kong, CAIS library is providing different collections from all around the world and covers different genres.

Other than those provided by the Online Reference Center of Alberta Learning and the wide range of resources provided by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, CAIS library will keep on enlarging our connections to different resources online for our students.


  1. Europeana Collections : Europeana Collections provides access to over 50 million digitised items – books, music, artworks and more – with sophisticated search and filter tools to help you find what you’re looking for. Our dedicated thematic collections on art, fashion, music, photography and World War I contain galleries, blogs and exhibitions to inform and inspire.
  2. Google Arts & Culture : You can explore collections from around the world with Google Arts & Culture created by Google Cultural Institute.
  3. The Met Collection : The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
  4. The New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Collections : You can explore over 700-thousand items digitized from The New York Public Library’s collections with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
  5. Open Library : Open Library is aimed to provide a page on the web for every book ever published, and also getting users as close to the actual document users’ looking for, whether that is a scanned version courtesy of the Internet Archive, or a link where users can purchase their own copy.
  6. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) : SSRN is an open-access online database specializing primarily in social sciences, including economics, law, corporate governance, and humanities, SSRN is branching out in to other science disciplines providing opportunities for scholars to post their early research, collaborate on theories and discoveries, and get credit for their ideas before peer reviewed publication. It provides a permanent and searchable online database of early scholarly research.
  7. Public Library of Science (PLOS) : PLOS was founded as a nonprofit Open Access publisher, innovator and advocacy organization with a mission to advance progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. PLOS believes Open Access of information can lead to an accelerated discovery with improved education and public enrichment.