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Video and audio archive on Cantonese Opera Performance Arts = 粤剧表演艺术大全
Princeton users now have access to a collection of 2,000 high-resolution video and audio files of Cantonese opera performances and related interviews and documentaries. The files are available from public computers in the East Asian Library. They are part of the print Compendium on Cantonese Performance Art 粤剧表演艺术大全 which was published between 2019-2024. Additional to
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Xinhua Neibu cankao (Internal Reference) 1949-1989 = 新华《内部参考》数据库 1949-1989
Princeton users now have access to the Xinhua Neibu cankao (Internal Reference) 1949-1989 database on public computers at the East Asian Library. This database collects material published in 内部参考 a secret high-level internal circular published by Xinhua news agency. The publication started on September 22, 1949. Each week between three to six issues were published
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Book talk: Against Erasure: Uyghur Poems, Imprisoned Souls, and the Act of Resistance
In cooperation with the East Asian Studies Program, the East Asian Library is hosting a book talk by the Uyghur scholar, translator, poet, and human rights advocate Aziz Isa Elkun on Tuesday, March 24, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, in Jones Hall 202. For more information see: https://eap.princeton.edu/events/against-erasure-uyghur-poems-imprisoned-souls-and-act-resistance
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Access to two new archival collections
Princeton users now have permanent access to two new archival collections from the East View Archive Editions (formerly Cambridge Archive Editions): Chinese Soviet RepublicThe collection focuses on the Chinese Soviet Republic, the first attempt of establishing a communist state in China (1931 – 1934). It includes original sources such as bulletins, letters, and telegrams, documenting
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New trial: Manhua (漫画; 漫画月刊) Digital Archive
Princeton users now have trial access to the Manhua (漫画; 漫画月刊) Digital Archive. Manhua was a pictorial magazine published in the People’s Republic of China from 1950-1960. The Manhua Digital Archive contains a complete set of all 164 published issues. The database allows browsing and full-text searching. The search however is character sensitive. At the
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New Japanese Database Trials
Princeton users now have access to two new Japanese database trials: Kindai Bukkyō kishō zasshi korekushon 「近代仏教稀少雑誌コレクション」(=Modern Buddhist Rare Journals Collection) This collection is an online database that contains articles for a total of 1,050 issues from 18 rare Buddhist journals published during the Meiji period.Access URL： https://login.ezproxy.princeton.edu/login?url=https://j-dac.jp/bukkyo/ The collection is a part of Shakai
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East Asian Library closing early on November 26
Because of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday the East Asian Library will close early at 5:00pm on Wednesday November 26.
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New Japanese collection databases from Japan Digital Archives Center (J-DAC)
Princeton users now have permanent access to two new databases from the Japan Digital Archives Center (J-DAC): The Harimaze Nenpu (Chronologically recorded scrapbook) is an autobiographical compilation created by a leading writer of Japanese detective fiction, Edogawa Ranpo. Spanning from 1894 to 1964, the set consists of approximately 2,600 items which Ranpo systematically affixed materials
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New trial: Taiwan Epochal Democracy Magazines 臺灣經典民論雜誌
Princeton users now have trial access to Taiwan Epochal Democracy Magazines 臺灣經典民論雜誌. The database gives access to ten public opinion journals and magazines from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Critical political magazines like 文星雜誌 “Wenxing Magazine”, 臺灣政論 “Taiwan Political Review”, 美麗島 “Formosa Magazine” and 夏潮 “The China Tide”. Journals with wide intellectual influence such as 當代雜誌
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New Feature of the Morohashi Dai Kan-Wa Jiten
Dai Kan-Wa jiten has been updated! The approximately 376,000 vocabulary entries contained in the vocabulary index volume (v. 13) and the full text have been digitized. Now users can perform full-text searches in definitions and sources as well as by kanji orthography, reading, and character count. In “JapanKnowledge Lib” https://libguides.princeton.edu/az/japanknowledge-lib, go to 基本検索 (Basic Search)