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Background

Of the 7 libraries in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the Chung Chi Library was first built in 1951 with its home at St. John’s Cathedral Library. In 1956, it moved to the Ma Liu Shiu campus. With donation through the Henry Luce Foundation in the United States of America, the present library was named after Mrs. Elisabeth Luce Moore and moved the last time to the Chung Chi College campus in 1971.


Floor Plan

The Elisabeth Luce Moore Library consists of 4 floors.

LG:

  • Bound Newspapers
  • Bound Periodicals
  • Special Reading Area

G/F:

  • Counter
  • General Education Collection
  • Government Documents and Maps
  • Late Reading Room
  • Microforms
  • New Additions
  • Newspaper Stack
  • Reception
  • Reference Books
  • Theses
  • University Archive

1/F: Lending Library Books:

  • Aesthetics
  • Anthropology
  • Education
  • Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette
  • General
  • Geography
  • History
  • Instructional Materials Collection
  • Law
  • Music
  • Oversize Books
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology, Parapsychology, Occultism
  • Recreation, Sports, Games
  • Religion
  • Social Sciences

2/F: Lending Library Books:

  • Agriculture
  • Architecture
  • Building Construction
  • Closed Stack Collection
  • Current Periodicals
  • Engineering
  • Fine Arts
  • Library Science
  • Medicine
  • Military Science
  • Naval Science
  • Philology and Linguistics
  • Pre- Clinical Sciences
  • Science
  • Technology

Note:

In addition, male and female toilets are available on each floor.


Resources

To be one of the university libraries, collections in the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library are highly specialized. Other than the recognized music and religion collections, there are also collections of Western literature and languages, Japanese literature and language, philology and lingustics, education and sports science. All collections are supported by the departments of Music, Religion, English, Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies, Japanese Studies and Faculty of Education in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

In addition, the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library also provides resources like theses, newspaper, together with ERIC documents and out-of-print materials on Music and Religion. To be specialized in education, Instructional Materials Collections, which the collection of teaching materials for all secondary and primary schools' subjects of Hong Kong, can also be found in the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library.

On the other hand, electronic resources can be accessed by CUHK students and staff. These resources include the materials of Education, Humanities, Language & Literature, Music, Religion and Sport Sciences.


Opening Hours

Monday - Friday 8:20 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Saturday 8:20 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.


When the Univeristy is in session, the opening hours of the Late Reading Room is as follows:

Monday - Friday 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Saturday 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.


Note:

Any changes of the opening hours will be posted at the entrance of the Late Reading Room.

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