Research Guides: East Asian Studies: Chinese E-Resources

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The Libraries is soon moving to a new library catalog system, and a project of this size requires a certain amount of disruption to our normal routines. If you expect that you'll need access to new library materials between November and early January, submit your requests to me as soon as possible. During the disrupted time, we will still be able to order Ebooks for access on their native platforms, but new orders will not display in the catalog until after the migration. Physical materials requested during the disruption will not be processed or made available until mid-January at the earliest. If you anticipate placing course reserves for the spring semester, you can also place these requests using the course reserves request system, though we expect that our systems migration will be complete in time for the spring term.

Dates

- November 1st: last day to submit selections for rush processing before the Aleph freeze

- November 15th: Aleph freezes. No physical orders can be processed, no new ebook orders will display in the catalog

- January 4th, 2024: Go live in Alma. Ordering (gradually) resumes

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Database news

The Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) has recently imposed new oversight requirements on Chinese publishers and exporters of information. As of April 1, 2023, The CAC will now require Chinese publishers to temporarily suspend access to full-text downloads of these content types,

- DISSERTATIONS
- PATENTS
- STATISTICS
- CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Academic journals, newspapers, and numerous other content types are NOT being impacted. For a complete map of content availability, please visit https://www.eastview.com/chinese_regulatory_actions_impact_map/. The suspension will take effect on March 31, 2023 12:00 pm Eastern Time, corresponding to the action occurring April 1 in the People’s Republic of China.

Chinese Language Databases (Subscription) at NYU

Airiti Library This link opens in a new window
The Airiti Library / 華藝數位 is a search platform combining the academic resources of both Taiwan and mainland China. NYU subscribes to both the Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (TEPS) / 台灣電子期刊庫 database and Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service (CETD). TEPS features full-text searchable content covering academic journal articles from Taiwan. CETD has theses and dissertations from major universities in the Asian region.
Archives of the Communist Party of China (CPC) This link opens in a new window
Archives of the Communist Party of China contains archives and publications of the Communist Party since its establishment in 1921. It provides official, authoritative research information on the Communist Party of China.
BrillOnline Chinese Reference Library This link opens in a new window
BrillOnline Chinese Reference Library offers reliable lexical and encyclopedic information for beginners and advanced readers of classical Chinese texts. The Collection includes Brill's Chinese - English Dictionary, and China Encyclopedic Resources.
Century Journals Project This link opens in a new window
Century Journals Project (Shi ji qi kan, 世纪期刊全文数据库) selects the most important academic journals published in China and digitizes all issues from their first issue to 1993 in an effort to expand the China Academic Journals Full-text Database. The earliest journal dates back to 1887.
China Academic Journals This link opens in a new window
China Academic Journals (Zhongguo xue shu qi kan quan wen shu ju ku,中国学术期刊全文数据库) contains the full text of articles in Chinese (with English abstracts) from Chinese humanities and social science journals in the PRC. Most journal articles are available from 1994, some as early as 1915.
Use Internet Explorer, not Firefox, to access this database. NYU users have access to these series: (E) Medicine and Public Health, (F) Literature/History/Philosophy, (G) Politics/Military Affairs/Law, (H) Education and Social Sciences (J) Economics and Management
China Doctoral Theses Full-Text Database This link opens in a new window
CDMD is a comprehensive database of dissertations and theses in China.
Important Update: Effective March 31, 2023 12:00pm Eastern Time full text downloads of four content types will be temporarily suspended: dissertations, conference proceedings, patents, and statistics. Discovery via browse and search, citations and abstracts data, and ongoing updates will continue during suspension.

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Use Internet Explorer, NOT Firefox, to access this database. NYU users have access to (F) Literature/History/Philosophy only.
China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database This link opens in a new window
China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database provides knowledge services for overseas users on the KNSS platform, which integrates serial databases into an organic whole and enables cross-database searching. The platform establishes integrative interconnections among literature resources through data-mining their internal and external characteristics.
Important Update: Effective March 31, 2023 12:00pm Eastern Time full text downloads of four content types will be temporarily suspended: dissertations, conference proceedings, patents, and statistics. Discovery via browse and search, citations and abstracts data, and ongoing updates will continue during suspension.
China Research Gateway This link opens in a new window
The China Research Gateway (CRG) database is a centralized means for discovery and access to an array of Chinese resources, including scholarly journals, monographs, statistical publications, government documents, newspapers, and dissertations. Contains CNKI databases, including China Academic Journals and many others.
Important Update: Effective March 31, 2023 12:00pm Eastern Time full text downloads of four content types will be temporarily suspended: dissertations, conference proceedings, patents, and statistics. Discovery via browse and search, citations and abstracts data, and ongoing updates will continue during suspension.

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Databases include:

JOURNAL AND SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
China Academic Journals (CAJ) / 中国期刊全文数据库
China Monographic Serials (CMSD) / 中国学术辑刊全文数据库
China Yearbooks (CYFD) / 中国年鉴网络出版总库

DISSERTATIONS
China Doctoral Dissertations (CDMD-CDFD) / 中国博士学位论文全文数据库
China Master's Theses (CDMD-CMFD) / 中国优秀硕士学位论文全文数据库

REFERENCE
China Reference Works (CRWO) / 中国工具书网络出版总库

STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS
China Statistical Yearbooks (CSYD) / 中国统计年鉴数据库

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
China Conference Proceedings (CPCD-CPFD) / 中国重要会议论文全文数据库
International Conference Proceedings (CPCD-IFPD) / 国际会议论文全文数据库

NEWS MEDIA
China Core Newspapers (CCND) / 中国重要报纸全文数据库

ENGLISH CONTENT
AcademicFocus (AF) / 中国英文学术期刊全文数据库
Academic Reference (AR) / 中国英文资源整合平台
China Data Insights (CDI) / 中国英文版统计年鉴

And, databases covering more subjects:
CITATIONS, INDEXING ANALYSIS - **Please note: University Research Achievements Analysis (USAD) / 中国高校科研成果统计分析数据库 is only available through on-campus computers. Please use IP log-in option ("登录"/"IP登录") to access the database.**
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY
LAW
MEDICINE
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (Art, Economics, and more)
EDUCATION

Important Update: The platform of China Statistical Yearbooks has been temporarily suspended. Full-text yearbooks, from which the statistics in China Statistical Yearbooks are pulled, are available through China Yearbooks (CYFD - China Yearbooks Full-Text Database).
Chinese Ancient Text (CHANT) This link opens in a new window
Chinese Ancient Texts (CHANT, Han da wen ku, 漢達文庫) contains six browsable and searchable databases of traditional ancient Chinese texts from the Pre-Han (pre 220 AD) up to the Six Dynasties (581 AD).
Chinese Classic Ancient Books (Erudition / Airusheng, Zhongguo jiben guji ku) This link opens in a new window
The database of Chinese Classic Ancient Books (Zhongguo jiben guji ku / 中國基本古籍庫) contains multiple editions of books from the pre-Qin period through to the Republican period. All texts are provided in full text and image format, allowing for a direct comparison of digitized text and original text image, and in some cases between different editions of the same text.
Chinese Classic Ancient Books Series Database This link opens in a new window
中华经典古籍库 / Chinese Classic Ancient Books Series is a database of standardized Chinese classics published by Zhonghua Book Company (中华书局) and other publishers. It presently contains 10 series of 6825 titles. These include Qing Dynasty archives, imperial artwork, an artist seal database, a traditional dress and personal adornment database, an artist database, an e-book database and more.

All books have preserved the complete prefaces, annotations, and collations.
The database supports full-text search and image-text comparison.
**This database is currently in a trial period until December 31st, 2023. Please send feedback about this database to bk60@nyu.edu**
Chinese Modern Newspapers and Periodicals This link opens in a new window
The database of Chinese Modern Newspapers and Periodicals includes the full-text of Chinese periodicals from the late Qing Dynasty and Republican period.
After logging in using IP authentication (no username or password necessary), select "要刊编" and then "中国近代报刊库(要刊)" to access the database. Note: The default setting is 典海 Ancient Classics. But, if you click on this instead: 百年 Modern Documents, you get to 中國近代要刊庫. Then you can click, Login.
Chinese Monographs of the 20th Century: 1900-1949 This link opens in a new window
Chinese Monographs of the 20th Century: 1900-1949 is a digital archive of original literature and materials from the transition from a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society to a new socialist China. This collection provides insight into the political, economic, social and artistic thought during this period of Chinese history. All content is in the original (traditional) Chinese.
Famous contemporary literature and technology research from United States and Europe translated into Chinese.
Chinese Statistical Yearbooks Database This link opens in a new window
CNKI (中国统计年鉴) offers a wide variety of economic, social and environmental statistical information. Users can find information through a data search (with a standard, an index value, and an index definition mode), a data analysis tool (enabling comparison by districts, indexes, years), and yearbook navigation. The database includes all aspects and fields: national accounting, fixed assets investment, population and human resources, people’s living conditions and price indices, enterprises and institutions, finance, natural resources, energy and environment, political and public administration, peasants and agriculture and rural areas, industry, construction, transportation and telecommunication, domestic trade and foreign trade, touring, catering, education and technology, culture and sports, and public health.

To return to the old interface, once you go to the database click on 返回旧版 (Back to Old Version) at the top left corner.
Important Update: Effective March 31, 2023 12:00pm Eastern Time full text downloads of four content types will be temporarily suspended: dissertations, conference proceedings, patents, and statistics. Discovery via browse and search, citations and abstracts data, and ongoing updates will continue during suspension.
CNBKSY This link opens in a new window
CNBKSY Database is a database of both English- and Chinese language newspapers of the 19th and early 20th centuries from the collections of The Shanghai Library. The Database includes: North-China Daily News, Herald Newspapers and Hong Lists.

-The North-China Daily News & Herald, Limited, was the most important and largest British-founded press agency in Shanghai in the 1800s.
-The North-China Herald: Founded in 1850, it was the first English newspaper published in Shanghai.
-The North-China Daily News: Originally a supplement to The North-China Herald, the News later increased in importance, while the Herald became its supplement.
-The North-China Desk Hong List: Provides both general and detailed information about various firms, enterprises and agencies (foreign agencies in particular) in Shanghai and other major cities around China.

Dacheng Data This link opens in a new window
Dacheng lao jiu kan quan wen shu ju ku / 大成老旧刊全文数据库 is a database of scanned articles from Chinese journals and magazines from the late Qing Dynasty (pre-1911) through the period of Republic of China (1911-1949). Some of the journals may not have the complete run of issues. The database covers available journals in humanities, social sciences, medicine, and science and engineering.
Database of Ch'ing Palace Memorials and Archives of the Grand Council This link opens in a new window
The Database of Ch'ing Palace Memorials and Archives of the Grand Council (National Palace Museum Palace Memorial and Grand Council Archives, Qing dai gong zhong dang zou zhe ji Jun ji chu dang zhe jian, 清代宮中檔奏摺及軍機處檔摺件) provides metadata searching and full image reproduction of Qing dynasty archival materials held at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. Searchable fields includes the document number, document date, author, official position, topic, keyword, date of response, and response.
For access, please create personal account; only searching and browsing functions available.
Database of Chinese Local Records (Erudition / Airusheng) This link opens in a new window
The Database of Chinese Local Records (Zhongguo fangzhi ku, 中國基本古籍庫) contains local gazetteers, comprising not only gazetteers of jurisdictions, but also gazetteers of temples, mountains etc. The presently completed portion (two parts of a planned five) reproduces 4000 titles dating as far back as the Song Dynasty. The database includes searchable full text, along with page-image reproductions, including original maps and tables.
Databases for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements This link opens in a new window
The Databases for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements, 1949- 中国当代政治运动史数据库系列

A collection of four primary-source databases covering Chinese political movements since 1949. Included in this collection:

1. The Chinese Cultural Revolution Database (1966-1976) 中国文化大革命文库 (1966-1976)

2. The Chinese Anti-Rightist Campaign Database (1957-) 中国反右运动数据库 (1957–)

3. The Chinese Great Leap Forward--Great Famine Databases (1958-1964) 中国大跃进——大饥荒数据库 (1958-1964)

4. Database of the Chinese Political Campaigns of the 1950s, from Land Reform to the State-Private Partnership (1949-1956)
中国五十年代初中期的政治运动资料库：从土地改革到公私合营（1949-1956)
Diaolong Full-text Database of Chinese and Japanese Ancient Books This link opens in a new window
Diaolong consists of multiple sub-databases, covering Chinese and Japanese
historical, political, economic, religious, philosophic, literary, ethnic
and geographic documents. All the contents in the database are full text
searchable. Our subscription contains these databases:
Zhentong Daozang / Legitimate Taoist Canon / 正统道藏
Daozang Jiyao / Summary of Taoist Canons / 道藏輯要
Yongle Dadian / Yongle Encyclopedia / 永乐大典
Sibu Congkan / 四部丛刊
XuSibu Congkan / Continuation of Sibu Congkan / 续四部丛刊(四部备要)
Qingdai Shiliao / Historical Data of the Qing Dynasty / 清代史料-五朝会典, 清代史料-清实录,
清代史料-縉紳全书系列
Gujin Tushu Jicheng / Complete Chinese Classics of Ancient China / 古今图书集成
Riben Gudian Shuji / Ancient Books of Japan / 日本古典书籍, 日本古典书籍-汉诗类, 日本古典书籍-
古事类苑
Dunhuang Shiliao / Historical Materials of Dunhuang Great Britain, France,
Russia, Peking University, etc. / 敦煌史料-英国馆藏, 敦煌史料-法国馆藏, 敦煌史料-俄罗斯, 北大等其他馆藏
Si Ku Quan Shu / 四库全书
Xu Si Ku Quan Shu / A New Edition of Si Ku Quan Shu / 续修四库全书
Quan Si Ku Xilie / Complete Collection of Si Ku Quan Shu / 全四库系列
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism This link opens in a new window
The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism [DDB] (電子佛教辭典) is a compilation of Chinese ideograph-based terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources.
Duxiu This link opens in a new window
Duxiu (Du xiu, 读秀) is a comprehensive index to Chinese books and articles from periodicals, newspapers, theses, and conference proceedings. Full text is available for some of the items.
The Eastern Miscellany This link opens in a new window
The Eastern Miscellany (Dōngfāng zázhì, 東方雜誌) is a serial that reflects a period of great transition in Chinese society, from the Qing Dynasty, Japanese invasion, the Second World War, communist revolution, until the formation of today's People's Republic of China. Issues date from 1904 to 1948 and are presented in full-text with full-image formats and rich indexing. The Eastern Miscellany database is the complete online archive with all issues reproduced cover-to-cover, including illustrations and advertisements.
東方雜誌
EIU Access China This link opens in a new window
Provides researchers with economic statistics, analysis, and forecasts for China's 31 provinces and 292 largest cities. Includes access to the Access China data tool, which facilitates access to the underlying data and output to Excel.
Click "Data" in the top nav to get to the Access China data tool.
Grand Secretariat Archives This link opens in a new window
The Grand Secretariat Archives (Nei ge da ku dang an, 內閣大庫檔案) contains documents from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) to the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) that were originally housed in the storerooms of the Grand Secretariat of the Qing dynasty. The archival materials include imperial decrees, edicts, memorials, tribute documents, examination questions, examination papers, rosters of successful examination candidates, documents from the offices of the Grand Secretariat, documents from the offices for book compilation, and old documents from Mukden. Memorials make up the bulk of these documents.
Contact the East Asian Studies librarian (bk60@nyu.edu) for access information.
Guangming Ribao Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Guangming Ribao Digital Archive (Guangming Daily, Guangming Ribao, Guang ming ri bao, 光明日报) contains a central newspaper of the People’s Republic of China, and has been reporting national news for over 60 years. The full-image and full-text Guangming Daily gives comprehensive insights into developments in China in the 19th century and into the 20th century. The database covers the Guangming Daily published from 1949 to 2017.
Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers This link opens in a new window
The Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers collection provides perspective on the critical period of the first half of the twentieth century that began with the demise of China’s last imperial dynasty, the Great Qing, and ended with the foundation of the People’s Republic of China in October 1949. The collection provides researchers a comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the years of provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People’s Republic.
National Social Sciences Database This link opens in a new window
The National Social Sciences Database (NSSD, 国家哲学社会科学学术期刊数据库), sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, contains open-access database contains full text articles in Chinese academic journals in economics, international issues, and other social sciences disciplines.
Users must create a free individual account to access this resource.

People's Daily This link opens in a new window
This resource supplies access to the daily newspaper People's Daily (Renmin Ribao, Ren Min Ri Bao, 人民日报) from the People's Republic of China. Access dates back to 1946 and extends to the present.
To enter database click on the 'Search People's Daily - Renmin Ribao (1946-2011)?' link.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
PressReader (formerly PressDisplay) provides access to newspapers from around the world, often in the original language. Dates of coverage vary from the most current three months to the most current decade. Newspapers are presented in a browsable, "as printed" visual format.
Quan Song shi fenxi xitong / 全宋诗分析系统 This link opens in a new window
Quan Song shi fenxi xitong / 全宋诗分析系统 is a fully searchable database of Song dynasty poetry comprising 72 volumes of roughly 9,000 poets published by Beijing Daxue chubanshe. Searching is possible across multiple fields, including full-text, rhymes, tones, schemes, etc.
Quan Tang shi fenxi xitong / 全唐诗分析系统 This link opens in a new window
Quan Tang shi fenxi xitong / 全唐诗分析系统 is a fully searchable database from Peking University of Tang dynasty poetry comprising poems by roughly 3,700 poets. Searching is possible across multiple fields, including full-text, rhymes, tones, schemes, etc.
Shen Bao Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
The Shen Bao Digital Archive (Shun Pao, Shen-pao, 申报) presents the complete collection of all issues from the newspaper’s founding in 1872 to 1949 and is an invaluable research tool. This was the first newspaper in China with a Chinese editorial staff. The database is full-text searchable and contains the full-image of each page. Both the full-text and the full-image are retrieved in a single search, and full text may be easily copied from the full-image as well.
Siku Quanshu Online This link opens in a new window
The Siku Quanshu (Si ku quan shu, 四庫全書) (Wenyuange Edition), compiled in 1773-1782 by edict from Emperor Qianlong, contains works on topics including history, politics, economics, and more. Its title translates to Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature. Siku Quanshu Online is installed on 6 computers located on lower level 1 (LL1) of Bobst Library: They are labeled PC01, PC02, PC03, PC04, PC05, and PC06. First click on the Siku Quanshu Icon, click Login through authorized IP address (no ID required).

To use on your own laptop, after downloading the installation package, you will need to select the log in by IP option. Only available on NYUNET. Contact the East Asian Studies Librarian (bk60@nyu.edu) for the required password.

Siku Quanshu Online is installed on 6 computers located on lower level 1 (LL1) of Bobst Library: They are labeled PC01, PC02, PC03, PC04, PC05, and PC06. Once you open Siku Quanshu, click on Login through authorized IP address (no ID required). on the 1st floor.

For use on your laptop, after downloading the installation package, you will need to select the log in by IP option. Only available on NYUNET. Contact the East Asian Studies Librarian (bk60@nyu.edu) for password.
Sinica SinoWeb This link opens in a new window
Sinica SinoWeb (Taiwan jing dian ren wen xue kan ku, 經典人文學刊庫) is a full-text database of Chinese-language Sinological journals from Taiwan, mostly from the Academia Sinica covering 1928 to the present. Has both a simplified/traditional Chinese interface and English.
Yinxu Oracle Bone Inscription Database This link opens in a new window
For researchers studying ancient China and divination practices, this collection of oracle bones unearthed over the past hundred years sorts out, imitates, and interprets the inscriptions on oracle bones. The database permits users to search by inputting the graphic structures of oracle bone graphs as they appear in inscriptions. This “Original Text Search” feature allows users to filter results by inscription collection, diviner group, and inscriptional themes using a combination of “and,” “or," and “not” functions. It also contains an "Oracle Bone Dictionary."

Open Access Chinese Databases

Caixin Chinese / 财新网 (see English language databases below for English access)

C-text / Chinese Text Project
online open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available (over 30,000 titles) to readers around the world. To use, please set up an individual subscription.

Early Chinese Periodicals Online (ECPO, 1897-1953), University of Heidelberg.
This is a new Open Access resource and has features that are not yet complete. Content is freely available, no login is required. Topics include film, literature, gender, religion, medicine, fashion, politics, family life and more. For a list of periodical titles, or a user guide, please email the EA Studies librarian.

Jiefangjun Bao (PLA Daily)
Jiefangjun Bao, the PLA Daily, is the authoritative media of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) used to release military news and comprehensive military-related information and is the official newspaper of the Central Military Commission.

Ming Qing Women's Writings Digital Archive and Database Project, McGill Library
This project is dedicated to the digitization of collections of writings by women in late imperial China (1368-1911) - Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods. It includes a link for each writer to the China Biographical Database hosted at Harvard University. Search by chronological range of publications, types of publications (poetry, prose, etc.), and browse by many options (collections by library, year, type, or indexes by names, gender, ethnic groups, marital status, and more).

National Palace Museum Art Journals
Gugong Wen Wu Yue Kan / 文物月刊
https://bobcat.library.nyu.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=nyu_aleph003713932&vid=NYU&search_scope=all&tab=all&lang=en_US&context=L
Gugong Xue Shu Ji Kan / 學術季刊
https://bobcat.library.nyu.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=nyu_aleph001913049&vid=NYU&search_scope=all&tab=all&lang=en_US&context=L

NYUSH China Datasets Archive
The Datasets page is led by NYUSH Center for Data Science and Analytics, and created in collaboration with NYUSH Library.
Https://persistent.library.nyu.edu/arch/NYU06067

Open Access (OA) Online-First Publishing of Research Papers on COVID-19
Scholarly journal articles on the topic of COVID-19 (many of which we already have available in CAJ). When you find something you want to read here, you can copy and paste the article information into the China Academic Journals (CAJ) database.

English Language Databases (Subscription) at NYU that include China and Asia

Asian & European Business Collection This link opens in a new window
Asian Business Collection from Proquest, a subset of the Asian & European Business Collection, provides current and historical information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia, from academic journals, newspapers, and magazines, covering companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices.
Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
The online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide and in Western languages.
Caixin Global This link opens in a new window
Caixin Global provides financial and business news in China. It is the English language platform of Caixin, an independent media outlet in China with a Public Trust Committee to guarantee its integrity. Our subscription allows complete access to Caixin paid content, including their CX Flash brief stories and a weekly audio roundup of news.
"Locked" articles requiring subscription are only accessible from on campus. Click "中文" to view the Chinese language version. Please register for an account once you are on the homepage of the Chinese language version. You will have access to full-text content after the registration is complete.

Please refer to this document for instructions on how to register with your @nyu.edu email address.
Cambridge Archive Editions Online This link opens in a new window
Cambridge Archive Editions Online provides electronic access to original documents of the National Archives (UK) represented in facsimile, including numerous maps, on the national heritage and political development of countries in the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Southeast Asia, as well as Russia and China.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Over 250 of these well-known, used and trusted volumes published since the 1960s are available online; covers 14 subject areas, including General History, Regional History, Literary Studies, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.
China and the Modern World This link opens in a new window
China and the Modern World is a series of digital archive collections sourced from libraries and archives across the world, including the Second Historical Archives of China and the British Library. Archives available include Diplomacy and Political Secrets (1869-1950), Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals (1817-1949), and Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China (1854-1949).
China, America and the Pacific This link opens in a new window
China, America and the Pacific explores the cultural and trading relationships that emerged between America, China and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Manuscripts, rare printed sources, visual images, objects and maps from international libraries and archives document this fascinating history.
China: Culture and Society This link opens in a new window
China: Culture and Society contains the pamphlets held in the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia housed in the Carl A. Kroch Library, Division of Asia Collections at Cornell University. Mostly in English and published between c.1750 and 1929, these rare pamphlets form part of one of the deepest and most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world. They provide rich resources for scholars and teachers in numerous disciplines.
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980 This link opens in a new window
This digital collection answers a need for clear, intelligible and informative English-language sources relating to China and the West from 1793-1980. Covers most aspects of Chinese history during the two centuries of monumental social and political upheaval that ultimately recreated China into a modern power. The collection contains manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic.
Chinese Film and Newsreel Scripts from the Cultural Revolution Online This link opens in a new window
Documentary films and newsreels were two of the major mass media and communication channels in China from the 1950’s through the 1970’s. They covered all aspects of social activities, though the emphasis was on developments in the building of a socialist country. The bulk of the items in the collection are transcripts for the documentary films and newsreels from the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953), ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides insight into Chinese political and social life during the turbulent 120 year period from 1832 to 1953 with 12 English-language Chinese historical newspapers. Included are 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 that illuminate history.
Chinese Research Perspectives Online This link opens in a new window
The former Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Yearbooks have become part of the Chinese Research Perspectives series. The focus is on the same six research areas: Economy, Education, Environment, Law, Population and Labor, and Society that were in the yearbooks. The new volumes will no longer be strictly organized on an annual basis. Rather, the selection of contributions will cover developments in China of particular interest to a non-Chinese speaking audience and will occasionally differ from the Chinese-language yearbooks. The volumes will continue to provide Western readers with firsthand insights into the discussions of China’s top scholars on contemporary issues in their country.
CNBKSY This link opens in a new window
CNBKSY Database is a database of both English- and Chinese language newspapers of the 19th and early 20th centuries from the collections of The Shanghai Library. The Database includes: North-China Daily News, Herald Newspapers and Hong Lists.

-The North-China Daily News & Herald, Limited, was the most important and largest British-founded press agency in Shanghai in the 1800s.
-The North-China Herald: Founded in 1850, it was the first English newspaper published in Shanghai.
-The North-China Daily News: Originally a supplement to The North-China Herald, the News later increased in importance, while the Herald became its supplement.
-The North-China Desk Hong List: Provides both general and detailed information about various firms, enterprises and agencies (foreign agencies in particular) in Shanghai and other major cities around China.
CSMAR This link opens in a new window
CSMAR data consists of historical financial statements, and stock returns for China's listed companies (on Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange). Our Library has subscribed to 31 datasets under the China Stock Market, China Listed Firms Research, & Bank Research series.
WRDS data is available via WRDS (Wharton Research Database Service) as well.
Sage Data This link opens in a new window
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Sage Data aggregates datasets sourced from reputable public and private organizations, such as OECD, China Data Online, the United Nations, and the U.S. Census. It covers topics across many subject areas, including education, population and income, industry, commerce, trade, housing and construction. Users can create custom extracts and download files in delimited, SAS, or shapefile formats.
Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980 This link opens in a new window
This digital collection makes available all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980. Allows access to eye-witness accounts, weekly and monthly summaries, annual reviews, reports and analyses, economic assessments, synopses on Chinese personalities, and more.
Manchuria Daily News Online This link opens in a new window
The English-language Manchuria Daily News (1908 – 1940), published in Dalian (Darien), presents Japan’s case for its presence in China. From 1932 the Manchuria Daily News promotes Japan’s newly founded vassal state Manchoukuo, as the showcase state for Japan’s cultural, political and technological leadership of Asia.Complemented here by Manchuria Magazine, Manchuria Month, Contemporary Manchuria and the Manchuria Information Bulletin, the Manchuria Daily News offers scholars of the modern history of Japan in China a multifaceted view of competing Japanese agendas in the China theatre.
Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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Oxford Bibliographies presents constantly updated articles that contain citations (with annotations) and commentaries for sources across the disciplines. Users can search topics and gather relevant journal article and book citations, online resources, data sources, and more.
We are working to resolve intermittent access issues to this resource.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online This link opens in a new window
Offers fully searchable bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Includes dictionaries for Arabic, Chinese, German, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
PressReader (formerly PressDisplay) provides access to newspapers from around the world, often in the original language. Dates of coverage vary from the most current three months to the most current decade. Newspapers are presented in a browsable, "as printed" visual format.
Spatial Data Repository (SDR) This link opens in a new window
The Spatial Data Repository (SDR) is NYU's portal for previewing and discovering geospatial data. The collection includes resources from open data and proprietary resources, and users can download layers and work with them in many GIS platforms. Search "Beijing Hua tong ren shi chang xin xi you xian ze ren gong si" for Historical China county population census data with GIS maps, 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990.
Translations of the Peking Gazette Online This link opens in a new window
Translations of the Peking Gazette Online is a comprehensive database of English-language renderings of official edicts and memorials from the Qing dynasty that cover China’s long nineteenth century from the Macartney Mission in 1793 to the abdication of the last emperor in 1912. As the mouthpiece of the government, the Peking Gazette is the authoritative source for information about the Manchu state and its Han subjects as they collectively grappled with imperial decline, re-engaged with the wider world, and began mapping the path to China’s contemporary rise.
The Treasury of Lives This link opens in a new window
The Treasury of Lives database is a biographical encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia, and the Himalayan region. The Treasury provides accessible and well-researched biographies of a wide range of figures, from Buddhist masters to artists and political officials; most essays are peer reviewed. Content is enhanced by a dynamic map of Asia.
U.S. Intelligence on Asia, 1945-1991 This link opens in a new window
The purpose of this unique online collection is to provide students and researchers with the declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in the Far East during the Cold War (1945-1991). Particular emphasis is given to America’s principal antagonists in Asia during the Cold War era: the People’s Republic of China, North Korea and North Vietnam. However, countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia are covered as well.
The Wire China This link opens in a new window
The Wire is a digital news magazine dedicated to understanding and explaining one of the biggest stories of our time: China's economic rise, and its influence on global business, finance, trade, labor and the environment.