Databases & Digital Collections for Chinese Studies
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
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Western-language database for research on East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers a broad range of subjects with special focus on the humanities and social sciences. - China Academic Conference Papers
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Publication of humanities and social sciences conferences in China. - Chinese Newspapers Collection
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Full-text of 12 English-language Chinese historical newspapers covering 1832-1953. Includes critical perspectives on the ending of more than 2,000 years of imperial rule in China, the Taiping Rebellion, the Opium Wars with Great Britain, the Boxer Rebellion and the events leading up to the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, and the subsequent founding of the Republic of China. In addition to the article content, the full-image newspapers offer searchable access to advertisements, editorials, cartoons, and classified ads. Coverage: 1832-1953 - China Online Journals (Chinese interface)
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Full-text access (pdf and html) to nearly 7,000 journals published in China in business/economics (over 800 titles), arts/humanities (over 700 titles), law/politics (550 titles) and social sciences (over 1350 titles), health/medicine and biology (nearly 1200 titles), science and technology (nearly 2800 titles), and agriculture (over 500 titles). - Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) Digital Archive (1946-2012)
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The official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the central newspaper of record for the modern Chinese state.
China-focused ebooks
Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
ISBN: 9781933782683Publication Date: 2009-01-01Provides insight into Chinese history and culture today in nearly a thousand articles that include everything from Adoption and Banking to Wound Literature and the Zhou Dynasty. Designed for students, teachers, businesspeople, government officials, and tourists seeking a greater understanding of China today.
Development of China in the modern world system by ISBN: 9789814281959Publication Date: 2010Covers how China managed, at the end of the 20th century into the beginning of the 21st, to grasp the opportunities for development through opening itself up and seeking cooperation and competition with other countries in terms of foreign trade, capital, human capital, technology import, and management system.
Encyclopedia of Modern China by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2009Provides critical information on the most populous country and most dynamic trade market in the world: the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature of this ancient and enduring civilization are explored from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day.
