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Key Reference Databases

  • Apabi Chinese Reference Book Database
    Yale's subscription has 157 titles (319 volumes) of authoritative Chinese reference books, including Hanyu da cidian 漢語大詞典, Ci hai 辭海, Zhongguo da baike quanshu 中國大百科全書, etc.
  • Duxiu 读秀
    A huge content-based database consisting of 800,000,000 full text pages, with very flexible searches (full-text, books, journal and newspaper articles, theses, conference proceedings, etc.).

Key Statistical Databases

  • China Data Online
    Provides access to monthly and yearly macro-economics statistics, county statistics, census, statistical yearbooks, and more.
  • China INFOBANK
    Provides access to statistics, business reports, economic news, and legal regulations from contemporary China.
  • China Yearbooks Full-text Database
    Yale's subscription includes over 300 statistical yearbooks at national, provincial, city and county levels.

Major Chinese Journal and Newspaper Databases

  • Chinese Academic Journals
    The key source for searching scholarly journal literature published in mainland China. Provides access to thousands of Chinese journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and medicine, with many full-text articles dating back as early as 1915.
  • Wanfang China Online Journals
    Another key source for searching journal literature in mainland China. Includes thousands of Chinese journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
  • China Core Newspapers
    Collects core newspaper articles from nearly 1,000 newspaper titles published in mainland China since 2000.
  • People's Daily Full Text 人民日报 (1946- )
    As the official organ of the Chinese government, the People's Daily has comprehensive coverage of China's social, economic, and political affairs.
  • Taiwan Nichi Nichi Shinpō online 臺灣日日新報
    Official newspaper of Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period. Includes both Japanese (1898.5-1944.3) and Chinese (1905.7-1911.11) editions, and covers legislation and news as well as cultural activities in Taiwan under Japanese occupation.
  • National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals
    The largest Chinese newspaper and periodical online index database created by the Shanghai Library. Covers the period from 1857 till now, with 15,000,000 items from 15,000 newspapers and periodicals published in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Important Databases of Chinese Classical Texts

  • Scripta Sinica 漢籍電子文獻
    The largest Chinese full text database for the study of pre-modern China. IE recommended. Click on "授權使用" button to access the database.
  • Siku Quanshu 四庫全書
    The most comprehensive collection of Chinese scholarship up to the 18th century. Covers a wide variety of subjects in the humanities, science, and social sciences.
  • Gujin tushu jicheng 古今圖書集成
    The largest encyclopedia in pre-modern China. It was intended to be a comprehensive survey of all branches of knowledge and includes a large number of illustrations.

Public Services Librarian & Interim Librarian for the Chinese Collection

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Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions related to East Asian/Chinese studies. I am located in SML 213. You can stop by my office or make an appointment with me by email.
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