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New additions to Zhongguo fangzhi ku = 中國方志庫
Princeton users now have permanent access to part four of this database. The new part adds 2,000 pre-modern local gazetteers dating from the Song to the Republican period with a strong focus on the Qing. There are many ways of searching this full-text database, including by region, title or period, but at the same time,…
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New additions to Lidai shiwenji zongku = 歷代詩文集總庫: 總集編
Princeton users now have permanent access to the newly published 總集編 of the poetry database Lidai shiwenji zongku 歷代詩文集總庫 (previously known as Lidai bieji ku 歷代別集庫). The new part gives access to 1,000 poetry anthologies that include writings from more than one author. To access the database please select “ancient classics” from the first landing…
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New trial: Chinese News Data Service Platform 人大当代报刊资源服务平台
Princeton users now have trial access to Chinese News Data Service Platform 人大当代报刊资源服务平台. The database gives access to more than 1,000 titles of Chinese newspapers. Coverage differs from title to title but mostly starts from the mid-2010s. The database includes national, provincial, regional and local newspapers as well as trade specific newspapers and party newspapers.…
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Just Published: Bibliography of Modern Korean Periodicals
The Digital Humanities Project on Bibliography of Modern Korean Periodicals (BMKP; www.projectbmkp.org) has now been published. This initiative builds upon the Bibliography of East Asian Periodicals (Colonial Korea 1900–1945), completed in 2022, with the goal of creating a more integrated and dynamic bibliographic resource using digital visualization tools. A team of three Korean Studies Librarians: Jude…
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New trial: New additions to Lidai shiwenji zongku = 歷代詩文集總庫: 總集編
The Lidai shiwenji zongku 歷代詩文集總庫 (previously known as Lidai bieji ku 歷代別集庫) consists of the collected poetry writings of individuals. Currently Princeton users have access to 8,000 titles of the full range of pre-Ming, Ming, and Qing authors. As all Airusheng/Erudition databases, the texts have been carefully digitized and checked for optimal full-text searching. Please…
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New trial: New additions to Zhongguo fangzhi ku = 中國方志庫
Princeton users now have trial access to part four of this database. The new part adds 2,000 pre-modern local gazetteers dating from the Song to the Republican period with a strong focus on the Qing. There are many ways of searching this full-text database, including by region, title or period, but at the same time,…
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New database: Chinese Dictionary Compendium = 漢語辭典總匯
Princeton users now have access to the Chinese Dictionary Compendium at Hanyucidian.org. The database gives access to 50 Chinese language dictionaries published by 上海辞书出版社 including the extended first edition of the Hanyu dacidian 漢語大詞典 (第一版+訂補) as well as other important dictionaries like the Kangxi zidian 康熙字典, the Foxue dacidain 佛學大辭典, and the Unicode UniHan database. The…
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British Colonial Policy and Intelligence Files on Asia, 1880–1950
Princeton users now have access to British Colonial Policy and Intelligence Files on Asia, 1880–1950. The original documents are part of the Oriental & India Office Collections (OIOC, now part of the Asia, Pacific, and Africa Collections), British Library, London. The East Asian parts of this collection include: British Intelligence Files on the Chinese in…
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New database: My China Roots = 中華家脉
Princeton users now have access to My China Roots, a database for researching Chinese genealogy. While the database focuses on genealogical research it has much to offer for the historical study of Chinese immigration to North America in the 19th and 20th century. The database includes Chinese exclusion records, immigration case files, identity certificates, zupus…
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Library opening hours during the holiday period and in January
The East Asian Library will close over the holiday period. The library will close early on Monday, December 23 at 5:00pm and re-open on Thursday, January 2 with out-of-term opening hours (Mo-Fr 9am-5pm, weekends closed). During the holiday week, only Firestone Library will be open and only with limited opening hours. For a detailed overview…