Chinese Electronic Resources
Since 2004, the Division has acquired a number of Chinese e-resources.
Most of these databases are continuing subscriptions and can
only be accessed from the Asian Division Reading Room.
They are listed below.
Academia Sinica databases: the site contains more than twenty
databases originated from Academia Sinica in Taiwan and its various
institutes and library.
Academic Conferences in
China (ACIC): contains 300,000 full-text
and 600,000 abstracts of national and international conferences
held in China since 1986.
China
Academic Journal (CAJ) and China Core Newspapers Database (CCND): both are China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)
databases that contain full-text articles from 7,200 journals and
700 core newspapers.
China
Data Online: provides monthly and annual statistical information
and monthly reports on economic development, etc.
China
Maxx, the Superstar Digital Library’s mirror site:
provides 100,000 full-text book titles in 21 subject categories.
Dissertations
of China (DOC): contains 400,000 full-text and 200,000
abstracts of dissertations from key Chinese universities and research
institutions.
Encyclopedia
of Taiwan: covers the history, geography, local customs,
politics, economics, sociology, laws of Taiwan from the Tang dynasty
to the Japanese occupation period.
National Library & National
Digital Library of China Databases:
provides access to the National Library & National
Digital Library databases including Digital Oracle Bones & Rubbings, Digital
New Year Illustrations, Digital Local Gazetteers, Digital China Republican
Period Periodicals, Digital Doctoral Dissertations, International
Dunhuang Project, Tangut Kingdom Research Repository, and Online Exhibition & Online
Video Tutorial.
The People’s Daily
Electronic Version 1946-2005: contains full-text articles
of Ren min ri bao, the official organ of the Central Committee
of the Chinese Communist Party, from the first issue in May 1946
up to 2005.
Wenyuange Si ku quan shu dian zi ban: the electronic version of
Wenyuange edition of Si ku quan shu, the largest Chinese encyclopedia
compiled during 1773-1782 by edict of Emperor Qianlong, provides
full texts in 800 million characters as well as indexes.
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