Chinese Studies
Selected digital resources for conducting research in Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan
Guides, Indices, and Bibliographies
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A Scholarly Review of Chinese Studies in North America (edited by Haihui Zhang, Zhaohui Xue, Shuyong Jiang, and Gary Lance Lugar)Free E-book download at the Association for Asian Studies website.
It contains 21 high-quality introductions to major subfields as they have evolved in Chinese studies over the past three decades. -
National Library of China catalog 中国国家图书馆联机公共目录查询系统
Databases and Statistical Data
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National Social Sciences Database 国家哲学社会科学学术期刊数据库Leading academic Chinese-language journals with Open Access.
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Chinese Women's Magazines in the Late Qing and Early Republican PeriodFree access to four journals: 女子世界, 婦女時報, 婦女雜誌, and玲瓏.
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China Household Finance Survey
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China Multi-Generational Panel Datasets Series (ICPSR)Please see here for more China-related data at ICPSR.
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Chinese National Survey Data Archive (CNSDA) 中国国家调查数据库Registration required
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Data Platform on Anti-Japanese War and Modern Sino-Japan Relationship/抗日战争与近代中日关系文献数据平台Registration required
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Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) 華人家庭動態資料庫Application needed
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Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data 数字村庄Open datasets consisting of data selected from the University of Pittsburgh collection of Chinese village gazetteers (1949-present).
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Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers: 1911-1949Open Access to this collection is made possible through contributions by Center for Research Libraries' member institutions.
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Modern China Biographical Database (MCBD)A freely accessible relational database that aims at recording all the historical actors active in China in the Late Qing and Republican periods (1830–1949), regardless of their origin, nationality and the duration of their presence in China.
Visual Resources
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Wartime China Photographs ArchiveJoseph Needham Photographs: Wartime China, 1942-1946
Portals, Gateways, etc.
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China Copyright and MediaFull texts of English translation of China Copyright and Media Laws as well as other secondary and primary materials.
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China's Cultural Revolution in Memories: The CR/10 ProjectCR/10 (Cultural Revolution: 10) is an experimental oral history project. It aims to neutrally collect ordinary people’s authentic memories and impressions of China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976.
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