Princeton users now have trial access to three additional sections of the Tabloids 小報 (1897-1949) database from Shanghai Library.
The Tabloids (1897-1949) is a sub-section of the Quan guo bao kan suo yin 全國報刊索引 (National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals). The new sections give access to roughly 230 individual titles of tabloids form the collections of Shanghai Library. These popular newspapers are a great resource for research into popular culture and modern city life in late Qing and Republican China. Much more than broadsheet newspapers the tabloids are focusing on leisure, entertainment, literature, film, theater, dance, and also offer the latest gossip. Many of them were also the first place of publication for serialized novels. Please note that the database is not full-text searchable, it can only be searched on the article title level, but it also indexes advertisements and images.
Access is available via the National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals https://libguides.princeton.edu/az/quan-guo-bao-kan-suo-yin
Trial period: until March 09, 2025