Research Guides: East Asian Studies: Chinese Language Sources

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Chinese Language Sources

In the library catalog and WorldCat, both to the left, you can find books written in Chinese. Additional sources in Chinese are available via the databases below.

If you find an item that the library does not own, you can usually obtain it using the library's Borrow from Other Libraries option.

For news sources in Chinese, please see "Chinese Newspapers" on the News page of this guide.

CNKI
Journal articles, major newspapers, conference proceedings, theses, and dissertations from mainland China.

People's Daily of China
In the Chinese language. Full text archive of China's most important newspaper, covering from 1946 to present. Coverage: 1946-present, contains primary sources. Full-Text.

Baidu
For Chinese language searches, this is much better than Google.
Guoxue 国学
Website exploring guoxue--the study of traditional Chinese culture
Zhongguo yanjiu wangluo ziyuan daohang
A site that brings together databases in Chinese studies. Many of the databases are free to access.
Scripta Sinica 漢籍電子文獻
Only limited access is provided through the free version of this site, but it is useful for keyword searching.
National Social Sciences Database
Free database of government-funded Chinese social science journals. (Individual registration is required.)
National Library of China
Peking University Library
Center for Chinese Studies

Waidner-Spahr Library

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East Asian Studies: Chinese Language Sources

Library Catalog

WorldCat

Chinese Language Sources