Early and Imperial China

Local gazetteers from the collection of the National Library of China, 1229-1949
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The most extensive database for mainland Chinese journal literature.

Taiwan Academic Classics (TAC) is the full-text inter-databases platform, which accommodates 10+ acclaimed archives, focusing on the research of humanities and social sciences in Taiwan. It is a full-text searchable platform of 3.2 billion characters, consist of 200,000+ dissertations, 6630+articles, and 330+journals. We subscribe to numerous "series" (collections) in this database including Sinica Sinoweb, Taiwan Journals, the Modern China database, Chinese calligraphy and inscription collections, Taiwan encyclopedia, Biaodian Gujin Tushu Jicheng (標點古今圖書集成)....

This is the Taipei National Central Library's database (國家圖書館）. Search for Taiwan published journal articles, a directory to Taiwanese periodicals, and other rich resources. [臺灣期刊論文索引系統; 中華民國出版期刊指南系統;近代 (1853-1979年) 港澳華文期刊索引; 漢學中心典藏大陸期刊論文索引].

Find Chinese language dissertations here with full downloadable options. Note, this site does not have an English version.

Searchable full text of headwords and major meanings for the entire dictionary (with everything else as images) on the Japan Knowledge platform. Be sure to log out after use.

The Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) is intended for students and scholars interested in any aspect, discipline or sub-region of Asia. Through its extensive bibliographical coverage, it is an excellent means for discovering citations and the full-text of Western-language journal articles, review articles, conference proceedings and chapters in edited volumes and Festschriften published anywhere in the world that deal with East, Southeast and South Asia and with the overseas Asian communities.

A powerful index of Chinese language books and articles. For some excellent UserGuides, please see the following: Princeton Guide; University of Washington Guide; and HKSYU guide.

Open-access database of publications from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 中国社会科学院. Access is free but requires users to sign up for individual accounts.

The Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection is a collaboration between Brill and Harvard University Asia Center. This collection includes 523 titles published by Harvard University Asia Center. Nearly all titles belong to one of three monograph series: Harvard East Asian Monographs (419 titles), Harvard-Yenching Institute Monographs (about 90 titles), and the Harvard Contemporary China Series (about a dozen titles).

The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over six million bibliographic references to journal articles books, newspapers, dissertations and more dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and includes content in over 40 languages.

An abstracting and indexing database. Historical Abstracts is the definitive index of literature covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present.

Oxford Bibliographies online is a wonderful place to begin research as the articles are presented in annotated bibliography format with links to our Franklin collection.