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Library Services

The Library is committed to providing positive experience for all our users. In order to provide equal access to services and collection for all, the Library staff will assist users with Special Education Needs (SEN) to locate information, retrieve materials, access services and use library facilities. For assistance, the Library can be contacted by WhatsApp: 2584-8524 or by email: library@hkapa.edu.

Some of the Library subscribed e-databases provides accessibility features "screen reader" allowing the users to navigate the website and to use special functions such as "Read Aloud" and "Hear Text Aloud", please go to Accessibility Statements of various e-platforms and databases to find out more.

Library Facilities

For the visually impaired, the Library has provided dedicated computer with special software on the G/F of the Academy Library.

Software	Location
ABBYY FineReader provides Optical Character Recognition (OCR) function, to recognize and convert the scanned words into readable texts.	AudioVisual Area
GOODFEEL® Braille Music Translator allows users to read music scores through audio or braille displays.	AudioVisual Area
JAWS (Job Access with Speech) helps users navigate the computer desktop by synthesizing speech from on-screen text.	AudioVisual Area
NVDA (Non-visual Desktop Access) helps users navigate the computer desktop by synthesizing speech from on-screen text.	AudioVisual Area

Equipment for Loan

Equipment	Loan Period	Borrow from
Notetaker 40 Cells Braille Display	7 days	Circulation Counter of the Academy Library

Accessibility Statements of various e-platforms and databases

Academic Writer This link opens in a new window
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Designed to support teaching and learning of academic writing in APA style, itfeatures full integration of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association and hundreds of learning objects, including instructional videos, quizzes, samples, and more.
為支援撰寫學術文獻和運用APA 規範及促進教學而設。提供連結至美國心理協會出版手冊(Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association) 的片段，以及教學影片、自我評測、範文等數百樣學習工具。
Accessibility Features : https://askpubs.apa.org/s/article/Academic-Writer-Accessibility-Features
Alexander Street Press Databases This link opens in a new window
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Offers access and cross search of resources in all Alexander Street Press Databases being subscribed by the Library, including:
提供圖書館已訂閱的Alexander Street Press Databases連結和一站式搜尋, 包括:
- Art and Architecture in Video
- Asian Film Online
- BBC Video Collection
- BroadwayHD Collection
- Classical Scores Library. Volume I, II, III & IV
- Dance in Video
- Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection
- Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library
- Film Scripts Online. Vol. I
- Filmakers Library Online
- Music Online: Classical Music in Video
- Music Online: Opera in Video
- National Theatre Collection
- Performance Design Archive Online
- Theatre in Context Collection
- Theatre in Video
Accessibility Features : https://support.proquest.com/s/article/Alexander-Street-Video-Platform-Accessibility-Statement?language=en_US
Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to a wealth of literature works from contemporary and classic writers from around the world including750 videos of great literacy works, 10,000 topics providing research and writing suggestions, 4,750 author profile and interview, fulltexts of 1,000 classic works and 2,600 searhable fulltext poems.
提供大量古典及現代作家的文學作品，包括：750部名著視頻、10,000項寫作專題討論、4,750個作者專訪、1,000個經典文學作品全文及2,600項可供全文檢索的詩歌等。
Accessibility Features : “Read Aloud” function available
Credo Philosophy Essentials Collection This link opens in a new window
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Allows you to cross-search of full text articles from 14 titles of reference e-books which cover a full range of philosophy subjects.
提供一站式全文檢素，幫助讀者從14套涵蓋哲學不同領域的參考書中找到所需要的資料。
Accessibility Features : Tips for using Credo with a screenreader
EBSCOhost Databases This link opens in a new window
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A gateway to the Library’s subscribed EBSCOhost databases, including:
提供圖書館已訂閱的EBSCOhost 資料庫連結和搜尋, 包括:
- Academic Search Elite
- EBSCO eBook Academic Collection
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
- Music Index Online
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Accessibility Features :
EBSCOhost provides several accessibility features to allow users to navigate the website.
Landmarks – these define the page structure, like navigational areas and the main content
Headings – these denote the beginning of sections of content
https://support-ebsco-com.libproxy.hkapa.edu/help/index.php?help_id=1330
Encyclopedia Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
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Complete collections of Encyclopedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. It contains a gateway to more than 75,000 articles, 75,000 definitions, 10,000 illustrations including photographs, drawings, maps and flags and 166,000 links to web sites.
涵蓋大英百科全書等詞典。它包含了超過75000篇文章及75000個註釋、10000張插圖，包括照片、圖畫、地圖和國旗以及166,000的網站連接。
Accessibility Features :Tips for using Credo with a screenreader
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of electronic books and reference titles for multi-disciplinary research, allowing users to search, browse and download the PDF online, and to listen to the articles with the text-to-speech function.
提供跨學科領域的電子圖書和參考資源，供讀者瀏覽、搜索和下載內容作學術研究用途，並透過文字語音功能，收聽文章內容。
Accessibility Features :https://support-gale-com.libproxy.hkapa.edu/doc/gale-accessibility
HyRead 電子書 HyRead eBooks This link opens in a new window
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A platform for Chinese eBooks published in Taiwan. The collection covers a wide variety of subjects across the humanities & social sciences, language & literature, religion & psychology, science & technology, computer & IT, language learning, and art & design, etc. HyRead eBook platform provides full text searching and it is compatible with mobile devices using iOS or Android system for online or offline reading.
HyRead電子書是台灣出版的中文電子書平台。學科內容涵蓋人文與社會科學，語言文學，宗教與心理學，科學技術，語言學習，以及藝術設計等學科。HyRead電子書平台提供全文檢索，可供網上閱讀或下載到個人電腦及流動裝置離線閱讀。
Accessibility Features :有聲書
iG Library This link opens in a new window
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Offers access to full-text searchable eBooks and reference titles in a wide range of subject areas such as Music, Education.
提供全文檢索的電⼦書籍及參考資源，主題涵蓋⾳樂和教育等廣泛的學科領域。
Accessibility Features :https://portal-igpublish-com.libproxy.hkapa.edu/iglibrary/accessibility?dtbs=&searchid=1638244550363nH3vWdCh0HnzUyrlweheD
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Offers streaming access to more than 150,500 CDs with more than 2,339,000 classical music tracksfrom different record labels, such as Naxos, Marco Polo, and Warner Classics.
收藏逾150,500張唱片，超過2,339,000首古典音樂樂曲。典藏來源有Naxos、 Marco Polo及Warner Classics等唱片品牌。
請注意：如您使用nkoda內容作公開演奏，請在節目場刊上予以說明。
Accessibility Features :https://hkapa-nml3-naxosmusiclibrary-com.libproxy.hkapa.edu/newaccessibility
nkoda This link opens in a new window
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nkoda is a digital music score application that provides access to millions of pages of scores from the world’s leading publishers, including Bärenreiter, Boosey & Hawkes, Breitkopf & Härtel, Faber and Casa Ricordi. Users can browse, download and mark up the scores. From solo piano scores to orchestral hire materials, all contents can be accessed on your phone, tablet or desktop.
Note: Please acknowledge the use of nkoda in the programme notes if you are using the service in the event of a public performance.
nkoda是一個可瀏覽數百萬頁電子樂譜的應用程式，其合作出版商包括Bärenreiter，Boosey＆Hawkes，Breitkopf＆Härtel，Faber和Casa Ricordi。讀者可以瀏覽，下載和標注樂譜。從鋼琴獨奏到管弦樂樂譜，所有內容均可透過你的手機，平板電腦或桌上電腦提取。
請注意：如您使用nkoda內容作公開演奏，請在節目場刊上予以說明。
Accessibility Features :https://www.nkoda.com/legal/accessibility-statement
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
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A gateway to The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online and The Oxford Companion to Music. These works can be searched individually or simultaneously within the Oxford Music Online platform. Covers musical subjects of all kinds including information on composers, performers, conductors, musical terms and forms, instruments, works, venues, and more.
音樂方面的經典參考工具書，可以單獨或同時搜索牛津音樂詞典及其他在線音樂平台。提供精確的定義以至各類音樂形式和風格的概論，音樂主題包括作曲家，演奏家，指揮家，音樂的名詞等。
Accessibility Features :https://www-oxfordmusiconline-com.libproxy.hkapa.edu/page/accessibility
PressReader This link opens in a new window
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PressReader provides access to over 7,000 newspapers and magazines from over 120 countries, such as Hong Kong Economic Journal, Global Times from Mainland China, The Washington Post from USA, The Guardian from UK, and many more. You can discover the content by publication name, country, genre or language, and download the full issues for offline reading. Other than browsing the content online in the PressReader website, you may also download the PressReader application (iOS App Store/ Google Play/ Microsoft) in your mobile device to read the newspapers and magazines.
PressReader提供來自全球120多個國家／地區的7,000多種報紙和雜誌，例如《信報財經新聞》、中國内地的《環球時報》、美國的《華盛頓郵報》及英國的《衛報》等等。你可以按刊物名稱、國家／地區、類型或語言來搜索刊物及下載全本內文作離線閱讀。除了經PressReader網站進行在線瀏覽外，你還可以於 iOS App Store/ Google Play/ Microsoft 下載 PressReader應用程式到你的移動設備上閱讀所有刊物。
Accessibility Features :How to Listen (enabling text-to-speech) to PressReader
Screen Studies This link opens in a new window
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Comprises a collection of contemporary screenplays, critical and contextual eBooks on film, providing practical instruction and insights from experienced practitioners on the art of screenwriting, film and TV production, animation techniques, and documentary filmmaking.
Note:Registration for personal accounts is not supported on this platform.
收錄當代電影劇本及與電影歷史、理論和製作相關的電子書。內容包含優秀編劇、著名導演等業界人士對於劇本製作、電影電視製作、動畫技術和紀錄片製作提出的實務指導和見解。
請注意：未能支緩註冊個人帳戶功能。
Accessibility Features :https://www-screenstudies-com.libproxy.hkapa.edu/accessibility