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Key databases

• China Academic Journals View Me » Direct Connect

  A full-text collection of Chinese language journals published by CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure).

• National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals View Me » Direct Connect

  NICNP, created by the Shanghai Library, indexes around 18,000 newspaper and periodical titles containing over 30 million entries published in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan with coverage from 1833.

• Bibliography of Asian Studies View Me » Direct Connect

  References on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, South-East and South Asia.

• Asia-Studies Full-Text Online View Me » Direct Connect

  Reports published by APEC and leading research institutes.

• JSTOR View Me » Direct Connect

  Journals in most subjects, primarily archival coverage; JSTOR also contains selected e-books, including recently-published academic titles.

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Primary sources

• China: Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980 View Me » Direct Connect

  English language source material relating to China's interaction with the West.

• Chinese Cultural Revolution Database View Me »

  Original documents including Chinese Communist Party memos, instructions, proclamations, speeches by major party leaders and media commentaries.

• Chinese Government Public Information Online View Me » Direct Connect

  A public information service developed by the National Library of China in collaboration with provincial libraries in China.

• China, America and the Pacific View Me » Direct Connect

  Archival material connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries.

• Foreign Office Files For China, 1919-1980 View Me » Direct Connect

  British Foreign Office papers dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan during the period 1919-1980.

• Enlarged Yeonhaengrok Collections View Me » Direct Connect

  The Yeonhaengrok is a collection of travel records written by Korean envoys about what what they saw and heard during their journey to Beijing during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasty (from the 13th to 19th century).

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Theses and dissertations

• China Doctoral Dissertations Full-Text Database View Me » Direct Connect

  Doctoral dissertations from over 300 institutions across China.

• China Masters Theses Full-Text Database View Me » Direct Connect

  Masters theses from over 300 institutions across China.

• NUS Theses Collection View Me » Direct Connect

  A list of theses submitted to the National University of Singapore and its predecessor institutions from 1947-2007.

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Additional

• Window of Shanghai View Me » Direct Connect

  Over 900 books provided by the Shanghai Library.