A Guide to Chinese Studies

E-Books

• China Ebook Hub 中国电子书库 (中国图书进出口公司)

Contains the latest three-years published books across various disciplines. Books are downloadable.

• Chinese Social Science Library 中国社会科学文库 (中国社会科学出版社)

Contains a collection of over 14,000 e-books in social science and humanities from the China Social Sciences Press. 

• Early Twentieth Century Books in China, 1912-1949 民国图书数据库 (中国国家图书馆)

Contain 200,000 books from 1912 to 1949. Book pages are downloadable.

• iRead eBooks 華藝中文電子書

Contains 2,000 books from Taiwan. Books can be read online or checked out (till October 31, 2020)

E-Journals & Newspapers

• Early Twentieth Century Journals in China, 1912-1949 近代期刊数据库 (中国国家图书馆)

Contains 4,449 journals in China, from 1912 to 1949. Articles are downloadable. 

• Reprinted in Information Center for Social Science of Renmin University of China 中国人民大学复印报刊资料

Username: pingan2020; Password: pingan2020

• National Index to Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals 全国报刊索引 (上海市图书馆)

Contains over 50,000 sorts of newspapers and periodicals. Covers the following three databases:

• Chinese Periodical of Modern China - Literature Collection 中国近代中文期刊全文数据库-文学专题 1872-1949 
• The Late Qing Full-text Database 晚清期刊全文数据库 1833-1911
• Chinese Periodical Full-text Database 中文期刊全文数据库 1911-1949

• ​Taiwan Academic Classics 台湾学术经典

Contains 300 journals in Taiwan. Articles are downloadable. 

• Modern Newspaper in China, 1840-1949 近代报纸数据库 (中国国家图书馆)

Contains 158 newspapers in China, from 1912 to 1949. Newspaper articles are downloadable. 

• The Presbyterian Messenger 使信月刊 (1850-1947)

• Digest of Diplomatic News 外交报摘译汇编全文检索系统

• The Taiwan Minpao 台灣民報 (1920-1932)

• The Eastern Miscellany 东方杂志数据库

Ancient Books & Archives

• Chinese Classic Ancient Books Database 中华经典古籍库 (中华书局)

• Chinese Historical Local Archives Database 中国地方历史文献数据库 (中华书局)

• Song Tomb Inscriptions Database 宋代墓志铭数据库 (中华书局)

• Tang Tomb Inscriptions Database 唐代墓志铭数据库 (中华书局)

• San Jin Stone Carvings Database  三晋石刻大全数据库 (中华书局)

• Liu Chao Stone Inscription Database 汉魏六朝碑刻数据库 (中华书局)

• Silk Road Historical Archive 丝绸之路西域文献史料辑要数据库

• Archaeology Database of the Western Regions 西域文物考古全集数据库

• Jinshi Examination Database 历代进士登科数据库 (中华书局)

• Dispatches from United States Consuls at Amoy 美國19-20世紀初駐廈門領事檔案 (1844-1906)

• Qing Dynasty Diplomatic Archive 清代外交档案文献汇编全文检索系统

• Daily Life Notes Archive of Qing Dynasty 清代历朝起居注全文检索系统

• Qing Dynasty History Sources 清代史料汇编数据库系统

Social Science Databases (社会科学文献出版社)

• Pishu Database 皮书数据库

• Rural China Database 中国乡村研究数据库

• Countries, Regions and Global Governance 国别区域与全球治理数据平台

• Belt and Road Database 一带一路数据库

• Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Coordinated Development 京津冀协同发展数据库

• Jikan Database 集刊数据库

• China Poverty Alleviation Database 减贫数据库

• Zhang Letian Fieldwork Database 张乐天联民村数据库

• Taiwan Mainland Townsmen Associations Database 台湾大陆同乡会文献数据库

References & Data

• China Historical Biography Resources 中国历史人物传记资源数据库 (中国国家图书馆)

• China TV News Database 中国新闻视频数据库

• China Data Online 中国数据在线  

• COVID-19 Harvard Dataverse

• 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) LibGuide

• COVID-19 Expanded Vendor Content (English)