Databases

• Apabi digital library
  Includes Chinese ebooks and eReference databases covering over 2000 titles. More titles will be added on an on-going basis. Apabi ebook viewer is required; the introduction guide with the Viewer information can be accessed from the main page top right corner "Help" link.
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• Bibliography of Asian studies
  Provides citations to western-language periodical articles, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, Festschriften, etc. pertaining to east, southeast, and south Asia. It encompasses the full content of the annual printed volumes of the BAS from the 1971 to the 1991 editions. In addition, there are many references to publications after 1991, including citations to all articles from the 100 most-used journals in Asian …
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• CAJ full-text database. Literature, history, philosophy
  Full-text electronic versions of Chinese academic periodicals in Series F: literature/history/philosophy. The databases include current issues (1994- ) as well as archives of back issues of journals in the Century journal project, first phase (CJP). Please note that searches may bring up articles outside KU's full-text coverage which you will not be able to download. Please use Interlibrary Loan service to request these materials. To see a …
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• Chinamaxx digital libraries
  Full-text Chinese e-books and reprint journals covering a variety of subject areas published since 1900 with the majority after 1949. The database has an access to "Duxiu," a meta search engine with limited access to full-text of Chinese e-books, periodicals, dissertation/thesis, and patents. Please note that Duxiu searches may bring up contents outside KU's full-text coverage which you will not be able to download. Please use Interlibrary …
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• Han da wen ku : CHANT (Chinese Ancient Texts) Center
  CHANT is an on-going project of collections of all Chinese ancient texts, containing 6 databases: 1. Oracular Inscriptions on Tortoise Shells and Bones (Jiaguwen); 2. Excavated Wood/Bamboo and Silk Scripts (Zhu jian bo shu); 3. Database of Bronze Inscriptions (Jin wen); 4. Database of Traditional Chinese Texts: Xian Qin Liang Han (pre-220AD); 5. Database of Traditional Chinese Texts of Weijin, Northern and Southern Dynasties (220-589AD); and …
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• Han ji dian zi wen xian zi liao ku
  The Scripta Sinica is one of the largest Chinese full text databases which encompass all core materials of Chinese history and Chinese classics. The database has been compiled since 1984, by the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Please click on 授權使用 (Authorized users) to access the source.
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• Japan narejji purasu : chishiki tansaku saito = JapanKnowledge+ : encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases
  ジャパンナレッジプラス consists of fully searchable and browsable databases including English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries, Encyclopedia Nipponica and Encyclopedia of Japan, articles published in a weekly magazine Ekonomisuto, collection of Tōyō bunko series and other visual and sound databases. (Restricted to 8 simultaneous users.)
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• Kikuzō II bijuaru for libraries
  Distributed by Asahi Shinbun, a distinguished newspaper company in Japan, KIKUZO II database provides all articles published by the company since 1984, including Asahi Shinbun and its regional editions, weekly magazines AREA (May 1988-) and Shukan Asahi (April 2000-). More than 1,000 news articles are added to this database on a daily basis. It also contains searchable image database of actually published newspapers between 1945 and 1984, and …
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• Magazineplus
  A Japanese language citation database that indexes journals, faculty papers and annual reports of academic institutions published in Japan. The resource combines two other databases, Zasshi Kiji Sakuin File and Journal Index. All subjects are covered. (Restricted to 1 simultaneous user.)
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• MLA international bibliography (Chadwyck-Healey)
  The MLA International Bibliography provides a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage includes literature from all over the world--Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. To access the MLA Directory of Periodicals,

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• MLA international bibliography (CSA Illumina)
  The MLA International Bibliography provides a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage includes literature from all over the world--Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. To access the MLA Directory of Periodicals, …
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• Nihon rekishi chimei taikei
  Online database version of the 50 volumes of Japanese historical gazetteer, published by Heibonsha. Includes 200,000 headings with detailed explanation of the place name. Continously updated.
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• ProQuest dissertations and theses
  PQDT provides online access to over 2 million dissertations and master's theses, many of which are available in full text for immediate downloading. Citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861 and full text online from 1997 for over 1,000 schools submitting to the ProQuest UMI database. More than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year.
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• Ren min ri bao : People's daily.
  This is the online version of the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It is a full-text database with original images, including advertisements, searchable and printable both in text format and in PDF format. Adobe Reader 8 is recommended. People's Daily editorials deal with such subjects as politics and culture, communist theory and philosophy, and Marxist and social economics. To see current issues, …
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• Wen yuan ge Si ku quan shu dian zi ban : Siku Quanshu (Wenyuange Edition)
  Currently Siku Quanshu is only available on campus, or with a KU IP address (beginning with 129.237). Siku Quanshu is the largest Chinese encyclopedia, compiled during the Qing dynasty (1773-1782) under Emperor Qianlong. This full-text and full image version of the Wenyuange edition, produced and developed by Digital Heritage Publishing Ltd., Hong Kong, contains 3460 titles in over 4000 volumes with more than 800 million …
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• World newspaper archive
  World Newspaper Archive is the largest fully searchable collection of historical newspapers from around the globe--and includes historical newspapers published in Africa, Latin America, Slavic and East Europe, South Asia and other regions. Providing exact digital replicas of newspapers published in English and a variety of other languages, the World Newspaper Archive chronicles the history and politics of diverse peoples and cultures during …
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