Primary Chinese Studies Databases & Article Indexes

Scripta Sinica / Zhong yang yan jiu yuan Han ji dian zi wen xian zi liao ku
The largest full-text database for the study of pre-modern China containing ancient classical texts, Taiwan local histories and archives. It has detailed original texts of nearly 300 multi-volume sets...   [more]

Important Chinese Studies Databases & Article Indexes

ARTstor
The ARTstor collection includes approximately 500,000 images of works of art, architecture and archaeology along with the necessary software to view the images, create personal groups of images and cr...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    Help - technical help
    Help - general index
    Browse Penn collections in ArtStor
    Search ArtStor

Bibliography of Asian Studies
All subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, South Asia, and Indian Ocean countries....   [more]
Holdings: 1971 to the present.

Bibliography of Oriental Studies (Toyogaku bunken ruimoku)
This is the online version of the famous Toyogaku bunken ruimoku compiled by the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan. ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

CEIC
Provides financial time series data on Brazil, China, India, Russia, and other countries on a macroeconomic scale. Contains a wide range of data points on topics including national accounts, governmen...   [more]

CHANT-Chinese Ancient Texts
Also Known as: Chinese ancient texts
To access this resource, you will be required to authenticate as an authorized Penn user. This resource works best using Internet Explorer 6.0 or above with 800 x 600 or better resolution. If you hav...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Chile and the United States: U.S. Policy toward Democracy, Dictatorship, and Human Rights, 1970-1990
Also Known as: DNSA
- from Digital National Security Archive
[more]

China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998
Also Known as: DNSA
- from Digital National Security Archive
[more]

Chinese Buddhist Electronic Texts
[more]
Unrestricted Access

Chinese Civil War and U.S.-China Relations: Records of the U.S. State Department's Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955
- from Archives Unbound
[more]

Chinese ERIC
Describes English and Chinese articles in leading academic educational journals published in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; also covers dissertations....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949) (Shanghai Library)
Also Known as: Journal Database of the Republican Period (1911-1949)
[more]

Chinese Recorder and the Protestant Missionary Community in China 1867-1941
- from Archives Unbound
[more]

Chinese Text Project
Also Known as: CTP
[more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Church Missionary Society Periodicals
Also Known as: CMS I, CMS II
[more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (Biaodian Gujin Tushu Jicheng - 標點古今圖書集成)
Also Known as: Gu jin tu shu ji cheng
This collection is best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and above. This database is the electronic version of the famous Chinese encyclopedia "Gu jin tu shu ji cheng", compiled by the Qing ...   [more]

Database on the History of Christianity in China
This database is administered by the Ricci Institute, located at the University of San Francisco....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao (1872-1898)
[more]
Unrestricted Access

Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1929
[more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Foreign Office Files for China, 1930-1937
[more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Foreign Office Files for China, 1938-1948
[more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Foreign Office files for China, 1949-1976
Complete UK documents collection in searchable fulltext, being FO 371 (General Correspondence from Political Departments, UK Foreign Office): China and FCO 21 (Registered Files [F and FE series] from ...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
[more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Guo Xue Bao Dian database
Also Known as: Guoxue.com GXT
This is an online database of pre-modern Chinese texts. It contains hundreds of titles important to the studies of traditional Chinese history, literature, religions, philosophy, and arts. Many of the...   [more]

HKInChiP
This is an online index to Chinese language periodicals published in Hong Kong....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

International Dunhuang Project
[more]
Unrestricted Access

Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) 1957-1994
[more]

Los Angeles Times (1881-1985), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Also Known as: LA TImes, ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1985)
- from Proquest Historical Newspapers
Full-text of LA Times from 1881-1986....   [more]
Holdings: 1881-1986

National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals (Shanghai Library)
Covers information for over one and half centuries from 1833 to the present, and about 10,000 titles of newspapers and periodicals published in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, almost all the ser...   [more]
Holdings: 1833-
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

National Population Census of China Database - 2010 data
[more]

New York Times (1851-2012), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
- from Proquest Historical Newspapers
Full-text of the New York Times. News, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements are all searchable and avail...   [more]
Holdings: 1851-2011

Online Bibliographies for Chinese Studies
[more]
Unrestricted Access

Oriprobe Open Resources
[more]

Policing the Shanghai International Settlement 1894-1945
- from Archives Unbound
[more]

ProQuest History Vault: Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1975
Also Known as: ProQuest History Vault (Vietnam War) , Vietnam War
- from ProQuest History Vault
[more]

Scripta Sinica (free version, subset of whole)
[more]
Unrestricted Access

Si ku quan shu (Wenyuan Ge edition) via Eastview
Also Known as: Siku Quanshu (Wenyuan Ge edition)
[more]

Taiwan Periodical Index
This is an on-line index to Chinese and Western language periodicals published in Taiwan, ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China Relations 1989-1993
- from Archives Unbound
[more]

Wall Street Journal (1889-2001), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Also Known as: wsj, ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Wall Street Journal
- from Proquest Historical Newspapers

Full-text of the Wall Street Journal. News, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, financial quotes, and advertisements are all searchable and available for viewing and printin...   [more]
Holdings: 1889-1999

Wanfang Dissertations of China
Humanities and Social Sciences Collection and Architectural Science Collection...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Web of Science
Also Known as: ISI Citation Indexes, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI, SCI, AHCI, ISI, WOK, Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index[more]
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
Supplemental URLs
    Web of Science Tutorials
    Cited Reference Searching Tutorial

World News Connection
Also Known as: WNC
English translations of non-U.S. media sources....   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    
    
    
    
    

Related Chinese Studies Databases & Article Indexes

Film Index International
Index of films and film personalities that is an unmatched reference work for entertainment films and biographical information about directors, producers, actors and more. in collaboration with the Br...   [more]

Filmakers Library Online
- from Alexander Street Press
Filmakers Library is a multidisciplinary collection of over 1,400 documentaries made from 1974 to the present by independent filmmakers from around the world that can now be streamed over computer. Th...   [more]