| About the collection: The Hong Kong University Theses Collection holds 18,007 titles of theses and dissertations submitted for higher degrees to the University of Hong Kong since 1941. The first recorded thesis was dated 1928, though all theses prior to 1941 were lost during the occupation of WWII. HKUTO includes works in the arts, humanities, education and the social, medical and natural sciences. Many of them deal entirely with or focus on subjects relating to Hong Kong. The collection is primarily in English, with some in English and Chinese, and others in Chinese only. Almost all HKU theses are included in HKUTO. Missing ones might be located in HKU departmental libraries. HKUTO now includes 16,589 fulltext theses. As of 2006, HKUTO began to include some theses done by the HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE).
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| Access: The collection is housed in the Main Library's Special Collections, with the exception of a few which are scattered in the branch libraries. Most HKU theses may be consulted at the University Libraries provided that the authors have authorized their use. However, they are not available for loan. Again, subject to the author's permission, theses may be photocopied in the library by users themselves or purchased by requesters for their private study or research. Purchases should be made through the library of a university or a research institute as an interlibrary loan request and be directed to the Interlibrary Loans and Photocopying Department, the University of Hong Kong Libraries, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (fax.: (852)2559-5045; email: interlib@hkucc.hku.hk).
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Request theses via Interlibrary Loan: We provide print copies of HKU theses for the sole purpose of research and/or private study with a cost of USD50 per volume if authors allow reproduction. The theses bought cannot be circulated in the library. If you want to proceed, please follow the following steps:
- Please send an ILL request to us via your affliated library
- Download a copyright declaration form and sign
- Return the signed declaration form to the Interlibrary Loans and Photocopying Department of the University of Hong Kong Libraries
Once we received the request and the signed declaration form we will start to process. Please allow 3-4 weeks processing time.
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