useful sites/resources

http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library
http://www.webb-site.com/dbpub/
http://www.diserio.com/index.html
http://blogs.hbr.org/
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ (online journals)
http://video.thebanker.com/
http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/
http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/tools/google-trends.html
https://www.google.com/earth/
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/
http://americanexpress.tumblr.com/post/89856465437/11-traits-that-block-your-road-to-success
www.infoplease.com
www.zhihu.com (chinese version of quora)
elgaronline
https://www.scmp.com/topics/infographics
https://www.sciencedirect.com

names of countries/places
- https://www.quora.com/What-If-we-were-to-use-all-countries-official-names-in-their-own-native-language-what-would-all-the-names-be note in particular china, bhutan, india
- https://kottke.org/18/03/a-literal-world-map
- https://openseadragon.github.io/openseadragonizer/?img=https://i.redd.it/siormkhv2zi01.jpg literal meaning of country names
-  https://www.quora.com/Is-it-strange-for-a-native-anglophone-to-pronounce-names-of-places-in-North-America-such-as-Los-Angeles-D%C3%A9troit-Saint-Louis-or-B%C3%A2ton-Rouge-as-they-are-pronounced-in-their-original-languages

- https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3049290/czechia-sri-lanka-7-countries-changed-their-names

country info

- europa world year book published by routledge

news agency database
- http://info.xinhua.org/

photo
- http://www.epa.eu/get-photos
- https://www.scx.hu/

Internet
- InternetLiveStats.com

Internet search
- http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/unleash-how-google-power-user.html?ref=fbp&n=1

Information about a website
- http://www.ranklite.se/
- http://www.rankinsider.com/
- http://statsfactor.com/
- www.whois.net

Trade intelligence
- http://buyer.alibaba.com/forum
- http://www.wanfangdata.com
- http://www.alacrastore.com/

University academic resources
- http://hub.hku.hk  HKU Scholars Hub
- http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk

academic research

- https://academichelp.net/check-paper-for-plagiarism/

- https://www.languagetool.org/

- https://www.grammarcheck.net/editor/

- iSEEK

- refseek

- virtuallrc.com

- documentation styles

• Modern language association (mla)
• American psychology association (Apa)

• Used in many of social sciences eg anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology)
• Similar to mla, emphasise date of publication 

• Council of science editors (Cse), formerly council of biology editors

• Citation sequence system

• Chicago manual of style (Cms)

International historical data

- http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/international-historical-statistics-17502005-europe-brian-mitchell/?isb=9780230005143

- http://libraries.mit.edu/news/international-historical/15934/

- http://www.eui.eu/Research/Library/ResearchGuides/Economics/Statistics/DataPortal/IHS.aspx

Codes for representation of names of languages

- http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php

Names

- http://www.behindthename.com/info/names

- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Time managment

- http://mashable.com/2015/02/17/10-minute-rule/

Language

- http://wals.info/

- http://idibon.com/the-weirdest-languages/

- http://livemocha.com/

- http://www.omniglot.com/about.htm

culture

- http://www.commisceo-global.com/country-guides

crossword puzzles

- http://infographics.economist.com/2016/xword16/

Editors resource

- http://blog.wan-ifra.org/blogs/editorial

Hair styling

- http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/2-8eeS5Qr0g/

- http://www.gooodapple.com/gooodtalk/471/%E6%8C%91%E6%88%B0%E8%B3%B4%E5%BA%8A%E6%A5%B5%E9%99%90%EF%BC%8130%E7%A7%92%E5%B0%B1%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%AE%8C%E6%88%90%E7%9A%849%E5%80%8B%E7%B0%A1%E5%96%AE%E9%AB%AE%E5%9E%8B

- http://www.gooodapple.com/gooodtalk/530/%E7%B2%BE%E9%81%B8%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%A5%B3%E5%AD%A9%E6%95%99%E5%A6%B35%E6%AC%BE%E8%B6%85%E6%B0%A3%E8%B3%AA%E5%85%B8%E9%9B%85%E7%B7%A8%E9%AB%AE%EF%BC%81%E7%9C%8B%E4%BA%86%E5%B0%B1%E6%9C%83%E6%89%8B%E7%99%A2%E5%BF%AB%E4%BE%86%E8%A9%A6%E8%A9%A6%E5%90%A7%EF%BC%81

Building

- http://www.building.hk

Hunan

- http://www.3us.com/

Statistics

- Eurostat

Cost of Living Index

- http://www.expatistan.com/

millionaires

- http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/04/luxury/most-millionaires-cities/index.html?iid=H_L_News

expats

- http://www.dollarsaver.com.hk/

- http://www.expatfinder.com/

- https://www.internations.org/

association

- chinese associations  (related to setup of CCPNT hk chapter) http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/08/13/b05-0813.pdf

Companies

- http://investing.businessweek.com/research/company/overview/overview.asp

- http://www.hkcomp.info/

- http://www.coinfo.info/

- http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/

- http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/RECSOL:NO

- http://www.corpmsg.info/ (hk, china, new zealand)

- http://www.sl886.com/p/shareholderreturn

- http://hongkong.mingluji.com/Main_Page

- http://bizdirlib.com/

- to note

• http://www.insiders.hk/services/researchTools.php

Exhibitors directory for Chinese events

- http://www.zhanlanku.com/

- http://www.eshow365.com/

- http://www.taoexpo.cn/

People

- http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/biography/

- http://www.debretts.com/people/people-today-0

- http://renwu.hexun.com.tw/

- http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-powerful-women-on-wall-street-2013-3?op=1

- http://contactbee.com/

- people and their affiliations (related to setup of CCPNT hk chapter) http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/08/13/b04-0813.pdf

- Chinese Who's Who Society http://www.mingren168.org/mrdata/, http://www.chinesewhoswho.org/enmrdata/

- landowning families in british isles http://landedfamilies.blogspot.hk

- genealogy

• https://en.geneanet.org/legal/geneanet/

- hk

• who's who in the hksar published by pa professional consultants ltd, editor-in-chief andy ho on-tat

People and their Offshore companies

- http://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/96658

Legal

- http://www.lexology.com

- http://familyclic.hk/en/

Form builder

- http://www.typeform.com/

- https://www.formstack.com/

DIY

- http://makezine.com/

- http://www.instructables.com/

Worldwide events

- http://10times.com/

- http://eventegg.com/

Events in HK

- http://www.citynetevents.com/

creative materials by freelancers

- http://www.behance.net/

- https://dribbble.com/

- http://www.deviantart.com/

office

- http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/8-business-body-language-tricks-that-help-advance-your-career.html?ref=fbp&n=1

- http://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/10-things-only-detail-oriented-people.html?ref=fbp&n=1

useful tips

- http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/25-hacks-that-make-your-life-more-organised-and-productive.html?ref=fbp&n=1

- http://windows.microsoft.com/zh-hk/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-8

encyclopedia

- encarta

- The Hutchinson Encyclopedia 

- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon or Meyers Lexikonwas a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.The first part of Das Grosse Conversations-Lexikon für die gebildeten Stände ("Great encyclopaedia for the educated classes") appeared in October 1839. In contrast to its contemporaries, it contained maps and illustrations with the text.

- encyclopaedia iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org

- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/list/

四庫全書

- can be downloaded from http://www.chinesebooks.com/freeDownload/listFreeEbook.asp?page=1

hkpl database

- 古今圖書集成

vocabularies

- https://www.wordfind.com/starts-with/x/

face reading
- https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-popular-pseudoscientific-claims