Subscribed databases are restricted to the Washington University community. Off-campus access requires WashU ID. Information about off-campus access (Proxy server and VPN).
You may also find the following databases as well as others at: A-Z Databases: Chinese Studies
A periodical database with access to numerous Chinese language periodicals published in or after 1906. A PDF viewer with a Chinese simplified language pack is required to view articles.
Click “Academic journals/学术期刊”. Full-text access to the following four sections:
Over 3 million Chinese bibliographic entries and 2 million full text scholarly resources in all subjects and formats, including books, journal articles, newspapers, theses, conference proceedings, and video clips.
The platform contains three full-text databases of books, periodicals, and newspapers of modern China: 1) Chinese Periodical of Modern China, in specific, The Late Qing Dynasty Periodical 1816-1911 晚清期刊全文数据库 1816-1911 and Chinese Periodical 1911-1949 中文期刊全文数据库 1911-1949; 2) Books of Modern China 1840-1949 中国近代图书全文数据库 1840-1949; 3) North-China Daily News & Herald Newspapers and Hong Lists 1850-1951 字林洋行中英文报纸全文数据库 1850-1951.
To search a database, click the database icon and the “Use” button.
Also known as “Airiti Library: Chinese Periodical Services (CEPS)”.
Provides access to articles in 900 Taiwanese periodicals in various subjects, from 1991 to current. They are full text searchable and the articles can be downloaded in PDF format.
Established in 1872, Shen Bao was the most influential and longest lasting commercial newspaper before the establishment of the People’s Republic. Published in Shanghai until 1949, Shen Bao was founded by Englishman Ernest Major, but, uniquely, as a newspaper for Chinese readers, written by Chinese reporters.