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East Asian Collections


East Asian Online Resources

Asian | Chinese |Tibetan | Japanese | Korean Studies

 
Asian Studies
 
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Online Newspapers : Select Countries | The Region News( Asian Times online)
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Other databases : The Asian Study WWW monitor | Asian Film Connections
 
   
   
 
Chinese Studies
 
 
   
  I. Reference Tools
   
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Online Dictionaries
  1. Multilingual:
  金山词霸 | 漢英辭典 ( Lin Yutang Chinese English Dictionary of Modern Usage / Big 5)
  英漢辭典 | 科技词典 ( Online Science and Technology Dictionary )
  2. Chinese:
  國語辭典 | 汉字字典 (Online Chinese Character Dictionary)
  KangXi Dictionary (康熙字典) 
  異體字典 (Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants / Big 5)
  3. Subject dictionaries:
  说文解字注 | 儒学词典 ( Lexicon of Confucianism )
  古代名人录 | 人物辞海 | 专家名典 | 历代职官词典 | 藝術家人名大辭典
  古代地名大词典
   
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Calendar Converter
Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
   
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Country and Region Facts
The World Factbook: China | Taiwan | Hongkong - (CIA)
   
   
II. Bibliographical Indexes
 
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Union Catalogs ( 联合目录 )
  中国:CALIS (China academic library Information System)
  台湾:NBINET (National Bibliographic Information Network)
  U.S: WorldCat (FirstSearch)
   
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Indexes to journal articles( 期刊索引)
 

Hong Kong: HKInChiP (香港中文期刊論文索引)

   Taiwan: Taiwan Periodical Index Database (中文期刊篇目索引影像系統)
READNcL (遠距圖書服務系統)
  *Use Gateway Service to get full texts.
   
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期刊论文 (Journal articles-- full texts):
  China: *CAJ (China Academic Journal)*available to UNC affiliated users
*COJ (China Online Journal) *
  China Research Papers(Chinese University of Hong Kong Center for Chinese Studies) -- citations and full texts
-- Full-text Journals listed at the Directory of Open Access Journals:
  International Journal of Design (Published by Chinese Institute of Design) -- full texts
  Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching (Published by Hong Kong Institute of Education) -- full texts
  Journal of Dagaare Studies (Published by University of Hong Kong) -- full texts
  International Journal of Electronic Business Management (Published by Electronic Business Management Society ) -- full texts
  International Journal of Electronic Business Management (Published by National Institute for Compilation and Translation, Taiwan) -- full texts
  Taiwan Journal of Linguistics (Published by Crane Publishing Co, Taiwan) -- full texts
  China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly (Published by Johns Hopkins University) -- full texts
  Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences (Published by Tamkang University Press, Taiwan) -- full texts
   
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*学位论文(Thesis & Dissertations):
  CNKI ( 中国知识资源总库 ) | 台湾 (全国博士论文资讯网)
   
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教育論文全文索引 (National Institute of Educational Resources and Research)
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台灣研究工具書資料庫
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香港博士论文数据库 (HKLIS Dissertations and Theses Collections)
   
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科技文献 (Science & technology):
  China: ( Science China / WangFang Database /维普 )
   
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Newspapers
旧报查询: 申報1872-95 | 新国民日报1919-33 |  台灣舊報紙 1945-55
| 人民日报1995-
  报纸数据库: 台湾立法院新闻剪报系统
   
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English sources:
   Bibliography of Asian Studies: On-line (BAS On-line) (Association for Asian Studies, USA)
  *Access for subscribed institutions only. Issues before 1970 are provided as part of the searchable
   *JSTOR (The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, USA) -- (subscribed users only)
   MCLC Resource Center (English-language materials on modern Chinese literature, film, art, and culture maintained by Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University.)
   
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French sources:
  Bibliothèque du Centre d’études de l’Asie de l’Est
   
   
  III. Subject Databases
   
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Classical/ancient texts
  中央研究院瀚典全文檢索系統 (Scripta Sinica, some are fee based)
  二十五史全文检索
  故宮[寒泉]古典文獻全文檢索資料庫
 

文淵閣 "四庫全書 "電子版 (Siku Quanshu-Wenyuange edition ) * available to UNC affiliated users

  漢學研究中心 ( center for Chinese studies ) | 華文知識入口網 ( operated by National Central Library)
  中国哲学电文档案 (Chinese Philosophical Etext Archive)
  中研院史語所文物圖象研究室資料庫 ( big 5)
  故宫古籍善本 ( operated by National Palace Museum)
  甲骨文全文影像資料庫 ( operated by National Cheng-Kung University Library / select " 资料库名称:甲骨文全文影像资料库")
  郭店楚簡資料庫
  先秦金文簡牘詞彙資料庫 ( Lexicon of Pre-Qin Bronze Inscriptions and Bamboo Scripts / English and Chinese Version)
  中国连环画(Chinese pamphlets: Political communication and mass education in the early period of the People's Republic of China)
  国学空间 (A useful online resource on Chinese culture studies)
  中国历代人物传记资料库(China Biographical Database Project(CBDB))
   
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Dun-huang Studies

  國際敦煌項目 ( International Dunhuang Project / CN) | 國家文化資料庫 (TW)
   
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Bejin 2008 Olympics & Sichuan/Taiwan 9.21 Earthquake

官方网站 (Offical Site of Beijing Olympics 2008)| 2008奥运会简介(Olympics2008 Overview) | 北京奥运行动规划
   
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Films

  中文电影资料库Chinese Movie Database | 臺灣電影資料庫 ( The Database of Taiwan Cinema)
  CnMDb 中国影视资料馆 | 香港影库 (Hong Kong Movie DataBase)
   
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Government documents, local archives, etc

  政府文獻資訊網 (TW)
  台灣公報資料庫 | 台灣總督府檔案
  立法院公報1928- | 法規文獻pre-1970 (TW)
  上海图书馆馆藏家谱数据库
  中國大陸地方志書目查詢系統
  中国档案信息网 ( Chinese Archive Web Links)
   
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Art

  Vintage Decorative Arts 1930 Shanghai Advertising Posters
  1930 Shanghai ( Photo archive of vintage posters from the 1930 Shanghai era; eclectic stone statues; Cultural Revolution Memorabilia item)
  艺术数据库 (含大陆、台湾、故宫典藏画作数据库)| Hong Kong art archive | Himalayan Art
   
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Literature

  明清妇女著作 (Ming Qing Women’s Writings)
  香港文學資料庫 ( Chinese and English version) | 香港文學書評資料庫 ( Hong Kong Literature Review Database)
  當代文學史料影像全文系統 (TW)
  當代臺灣文學作品英譯本索引手冊
  全臺詩電子文庫 (1661-1945)
  世界華文文學資料庫
   
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Historical Maps

  中国历代地图
  台灣歷史文化地圖 (Taiwan History and Culture in Time and Space) | 台灣地名地圖檢索 ( Taiwan Geographic Names Information System)
  中国朝代纪年表 Timeline of Chinese Dynasties
   
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Religion

  大藏經全文檢索: CBETA ( Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association) | 台大
  佛教資料庫檢索 ( Library of Luminary Buddhist Institute )
  佛學文献檢索 (National Taiwan University Center for Buddhist Studies)
  道教文献檢索 (薩蠻工作室資料庫檢索系統 – Academia of Sinica / Big 5)
  道教图像学(Daoist Iconography Project)
  Daoist Studies 道教研究(Daoist Iconography Project)
   
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Science/Chinese medicine
  长江资源数据库  ( Yangtze River Resources Database )
  中医药数据库 ( 选择“数据平台”)
  自然灾害数据库 (GB2312) | 灾害查询系统
   
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Statistics
  中国统计信息网 ( Chinese Statistics Web Links) | 中国人口信息网: 统计数据 ( CHINA POPIN)
  臺灣省統計提要 (1894-1945)
   
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Law
  中国人大常委会公报 (Chinese)
National People's Congress ( English )
   
   
  V. Useful Links
  A universal guide for China studies
   
   
  E-workshop(text version of the online Chinese Resources)
 
   
 
 
Tibetan Studies
 
  The Tibetan and Himalayan Library (西藏喜马拉雅图书馆)
 
   
   
 
Japanese Studies
 
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Online Dictionaries
  Search by Japanese script:
  和  英(Goo辞書)
  Japanese-English (Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server)
  Search by Romanization:
  Japanese-English (Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary)
  Japanese->English (freedict.com)
  Japanese-English/Russian/French (Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server)
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Country Facts
  The World Factbook - Japan (CIA)
  At Home in Japan (A tutorial)
  Statistics (Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
  Economic Intelligence Unit - Japan (The Economist) * available to UNC affiliated users
  Country Studies (Library of Congress) * available to UNC affiliated users
  Europa World Plus * available to UNC affiliated users
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Calendar Conversion
  Japanese <-> Gregorian (japan-guide.com)
  Japanese <-> Gregorian (Artelino.com)
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Databases ( A - Z )
  Bibliographical Indexes
 
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NACSIS Webcat
 
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Digital Library from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) -Japanese version only
 
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Waseda(早稲田大学学術情報検査システム)
 
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NDL  (国立国会図書館蔵書検査・申込システム)
 
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東洋学文献類目検査 -Japanese version only
 
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WebcatPlus
 
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Japanese Study Resources (Duke University)
 
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Japanese Electronic Resources (Duke University)
 
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Japanese Theses (日本の大学の学位論文を探すサイト) -Japanese version only
 
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University of Tokyo Dissertation Database (東京大学学位論文データーベース)-Japanese version only
    National Institute of Japanese Literature
  Full-text Databases
 
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Asia Policy (Formerly the Japan Washington Watch)
 
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Kindai Digital Library (国立国会図書館)-Japanese version only
 
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Kokkai kaigiroku (国会会議録検査システム)-Japanese version only
 
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Taishō daizōkyō (大正新脩大蔵経テキストデータベース)-Japanese version only
 
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Population Census (統計局)*
 
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Historical data (統計局)*
 
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Kyoto Journal **
 
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Japan Documentation Center database (Library of Congress)
 
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Social Science Japan
    Japan Knowledge * available to UNC affiliated users
    Asian Ethnology * available to UNC affiliated users
   

Society for the Dissemination of Historical Facts --Concentrated on Sino-Japanese studies, especially for Nanking Massacre

--Full-text Journals listed at the Directory of Open Access Journals:
    Behaviormetrika *Behaviormetric Society of Japan
    Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics*Asian Bioethics Association (ABA)
    Japanese journal of American studies*Japanese Association for American Studies
    The Japanese Journal of Personality*Japan Society of Personality Psychology
    Japanese Journal of Religious Studies *Published by : Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nagoya
    The Nonprofit Review *Published by : Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA)
    Slavic Studies *Published by : Hokkaido University, Slavic Research Center
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Literature sources
  Aozora bunko (青空文庫)-Japanese version only
  Todai katei bunko (霞亭文庫)-Japanese version only
  Kyoto Digital Library
  Japanese Text Initiative (University of Virginia)
  National Institute of Japanese Literature
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Periodicals
  Zasshi kiji sakuin (National Diet Library)*
  Online Journals (Hokkaido University)
  ULJSN (Ohio State University)
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Newspapers
  Industry Clippings (神戸大学附民図書館ディジタルアーカイブ) -Japanese version only
  Newspaper Directory Database (NDL) (全国新聞総合目録データベース)-Japanese version only
  Yomiuri Shinbun (1874-1970)ヨミダス歴史館 User ID:ustemp; Password: m7k77s
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Maps
  Japanese Historical maps
  UBC's Tokugawa maps
  Ashida Map Collection (明治大学)
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Images
  Nichibunken
  Mainichi photo bank
  Yomiuri shashinkan
  Bakumatsu and Meiji Old Photo Archives
  Ohara posters
  ARTstor * available to UNC affiliated users
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Libraries
  North American Coordinating Council On Japanese Library Resources
  Japanese Libraries
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Online Directories
  Todai Intanetto Indekkusu
  Academic Resource Guide
  Statistics Materials Guide--NDL
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Useful Links
  XP/2000 CJK-Guide
  Adobe AsianFonts
  Rikai
  Goo
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Bookstore
  Books in Print
  Used Books
     
   
     
 
Korean Studies
 
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Online Dictionaries
Korean-English
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Country Facts
North Korea | South Korea
  under construction...
   
 

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