This subject guide introduces you to some sources of information in Banking and Finance held in the Pao Yue-kong Library of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. All materials can be found in the Library Catalogue. Internet links to relevant sites can also be accessed via the Library Homepage.

These provide background material and are often a good place to start your search, as key concepts and terms are explained and a bibliography is often included.

A few examples are:

Bankers' almanac	REF	HG1536.B3
Barron's finance & investment handbook	REF	HG173.D66 2007
Blackwell encyclopedia of management. Finance	REF	HD30.15.B455 2005 v.4
Dictionary of banking terms	REF	HG151.F57 2006
Dictionary of finance and investment terms	REF	HG151.D69 2006
Encyclopedia of taxation and tax policy	REF	HJ2305.E53 2005
Thorndike encyclopedia of banking and financial tables	REF	HG1626.T5

Relevant books within this subject area can be found under subject terms such as:

For more specific topics, books can be found under headings such as:

To locate the above, perform a subject search, i.e., choose
SUBJECT on the OPAC and key in a subject term.

These provide current information. To find journal titles from the Library Catalogue, click on "Journals" under "Find Articles, Journals, News". A few examples are:

 

ABA banking journal	SER	HG1501.B6
Asiamoney	SER	HG141.A83
Banking strategies	SER	HG1501.B32
Bloomberg markets	SER	HG4501.B56
Wall Street Journal Asia	SER	HG41.A85

Audio-visual materials can be viewed/used within the library, or loaned outside the library (exceptions are those restricted by copyright or for technical reason). To find AV materials from the Library Homepage, click on "AV
Collection" under "Find Images, Audios, Videos".

These provide information on the latest development of banking and finance. To limit a search to conference publications only, select Advanced Keyword Search in Library Catalogue. Under Conference Publication, select Conference Pro from the drop-down list.