We have been offered a free trial of the following e-resources for Chinese studies:
Access on the University network or off campus via VPN. Trial ends: 29 November
Access on the University network or off campus via VPN. Trial ends: 13 November. This resource is listed on our trials webpage and Discovered.
Pishu (皮书) refers to official white paper, blue paper or green paper policy documents in China. They offer candid, in-depth policy recommendations on topics including climate change, social responsibility, the economy, energy conservation, food/drug safety, health care, human rights, international development, and rule of law, regional security, and women’s rights. The database contains the full text of over 1,000 such books in Chinese and are full-text searchable.
A title list of volumes included in PISHU is also available here: http://www.eastview.com/online/ebooktitles
- 大成古纸堆 (including 申報)
Access on the University network or off campus via VPN. Trial ends: till further notice.
This resource contains the following sections:
老旧刊 (containing hundreds of full-text periodicals from the late Qing Dynasty to 1949. There are many titles that are not found in the Late Qing Periodicals 1833-1911 and Minguo periodicals 1911-1949 that we subscribe to.)
民国丛书 (books published between 1911 and 1949)
申报 (most important Chinese newspaper published between 1872 and 1949)
古方志集 (hundreds of historical local gazetteers)
古籍文献 (thousands of Chinese classics and rare books)
中共党史期刊数据库 (full-text periodicals published by the Chinese Communist Party before 1949)
顺天时报 (1907-1930)
- 四库全书存目丛书
On Chinamaxx database platform. Trial ends: till further notice
- 地方志
On Chinamaxx database platform. Trial ends: till further notice
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