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Wen yuan ge Si ku quan shu dian zi ban

文淵閣四庫全書電子版

Siku Quanshu has been licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the internet. See "Appropriate Use of Licensed Electronic Resources" for additional information. Please note that currently Siku Quanshu is only available on campus, or with a KU IP address (beginning with 129.237).

User Instructions (Refer to Installation Guide and User Manual for details)

1. Uninstall your current version of the Siku Quanshu client program by doing the following on your pc:
   – Under Start, select Control Panel. Then go in to Add or Remove Programs and select Remove under the Siku Quanshu (Wenyuange edition) Online Subscription Services
2. Install new setup.exe available from the following URL
   Download from web: Visit http://us.subscriptionv3.skqs.com/skqs/download/, download setup.exe, and Installation Guide and User Manual if you so desire.
3. From Windows menu "Start", "Program", select “The Electronic Version of SKQS”, log in via authorized IP address and start using online.

Tips for using Siku Quanshu

Title, author, main content (本文), commentaries (譯注), and heading (標題), can be searched under the Full-text Search 全文檢索 tab by selecting one or more search categories under 檢索範圍. Searches can be limited to parts of the collection under 四庫類目. Search keyword(s) can be further refined to correlate with simplified with traditional characters, variations of a character, ancient and modern formats, and Chinese and Japanese forms at the same time (use the 關聯字設定). The results display includes the Siku hierarchy classification, as well as titles and specific volume and session where the search term was found. The entire content can be browsed by clicking on the 類目瀏覽 tab and choosing a specific title to view. Various Siku reference dictionaries provide additional information on authors and titles. Actual text may be opened in a new page by double clicking on the highlight title or session. The text can be viewed in text format (arranged according to original layout), as a scanned image, or both side by side. All PDF functions are available to manipulate the text, highlight, copy and paste, bookmark, and notes.