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中國方志庫和基本古籍庫 Erudition On the website, select "ancient classics", click "Login" to access it and remember to "Exit" when finished. You will see the two databases highlighted in red: 中國基本古籍庫V7.0 & 中國方志庫初集二集 User limit: 1 maximum The largest Chinese database of pre-20th century texts covering all fields of knowledge, has in recent years become a standard reference for anyone working on pre-20th-century China. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Books of Modern China / 中国近代图书全文数据库（1840~1949） Over 120,000 books Full-text more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Central Daily News (1928～1949) 中央日報 User limit: 5 maximum Nationalists' party newspaper established in Shanghai more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
CHANT Databases 漢達文庫 Please use Internet Explorer as your browser only. The CHANT (CHinese ANcient Texts) databases, compiled under the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1988. For IP user only, no password is necessary as a UBC user more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
China eBook Hub / 中国电子书 Majority of ebooks are preview only, not full text. Available titles have orange padlocks and say "Read" when hovering over the PDF. A digital platform of electronic publications, in forms of books, periodicals, databases and audio-books, covering different fields. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Yes Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database 中国知网 If seeing issues please use this alternative link, the webpage will be slow to load at first please give it about a minute. Academic electronic materials from China, updated daily more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Chinamaxx Digital Library 中文电子书集献 This rich and scholarly content lays emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities to attend interests on China study, enhance research project and facilitate paper writing. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Chinese Newspapers Collection Full text of 22 historical English-language daily, weekly and monthly newspapers and magazines published in China between 1832 and 1953 more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Chinese-English Dictionary Online The English-language resource of choice for all those seeking assistance in reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Dacheng old periodical full-text database/ 大成老旧刊全文数据库 Historical Chinese-language periodicals published in China (1844-1949), plus 3 newspaper databases in the same time period: Shen Bao, Shuntian Shi Bao and Shanghai Evening Post more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
DACHS (Digital Archive for Chinese Studies) Note: Only some content available. Digital Archive for Chinese Studies (DACHS) is a project founded at the Institute of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a library-subscribed resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for terms and conditions regarding use restrictions. Please note that Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide when using this resource. If you require assistance, please contact us here.
Dai Kan-Wa Jiten 大漢和辞典 Remember to log out. User limit: 4 maximum Dai Kanwa Jiten is Japan's largest Chinese-Japanese character dictionary containing 50,000 kanji entries and 530,000 compounds. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Database for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements 1949- Includes 4 collections: Cultural Revolution, Anti-Rightist Campaign, Great Leap Forward -- Great Famine Database, 1958-1962, Political Campaigns in the 1950s:(1949-1956) more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Duxiu Knowledge Search Database 读秀中文学术搜索 Chinese bibliographic search engine more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Early twentieth century books in China 1912-1949 / 民国图书数据库 Early twentieth century books in China 1911-1949 provided by the National Library of China. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Grand Ricci online Perhaps the most comprehensive bilingual dictionary of Chinese in the Western world. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Guangming Ribao Digital Archive 《光明日报》图文电子版1949-2018 The full-image and full-text Guangming Daily 光明日报 gives comprehensive insights into developments in China after 1949. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers Full-text open access to historical newspapers from China more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals User limit: 5 maximum A group of databases giving access to articles published in Chinese periodicals from 1833 to current, compiled by the Shanghai Library, and Shanghai Tuqing Information Co., Ltd. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Shen Bao 申報 The largest newspaper in China in 1930's in terms of circulation. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Siku Quanshu (Wenyuange Edition) 文渊閣四庫全書 This resource can only be accessed within the Asian Library where access has been arranged on Library computers. User limit: 30 maximum Comprehensive collection of Chinese scholarship up to the 18th Century. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Ta Kung Pao / 大公报 User limit: 5 maximum A highly influential newspaper in modern China. This database has included all pages of the Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hankou, Hong Kong and Guilin editions. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Taiwan Epochal Democracy Magazines The series collects the epochal democracy magazines of public opinion forums published in Taiwan and Hong Kong from 1949 to 2010. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
The Chairman's Bao Resource limited to UBC students and faculty. No walk-in users. Students must create individual accounts using @ubc.ca email domain. Any personal information provided to TCB is stored on servers outside of Canada and that by accessing the TCB platform and creating individual accounts, Users understand and accept The Chairman's Bao Privacy Policy. User limit: 150 maximum A database of over 8,000 news-based graded reading for beginner to advanced Chinese learners. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
The Republican Daily News（1916～1947）/ 民國日報 User limit: 5 maximum Had great influence in China's modern political history, one of the most renowned newspapers at the time. CNBSKY has digitalized all 110,000 pages of its first to its final issue. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Yi Shih Pao (Tianjin) (1915～1949) 益世报 User limit: 5 maximum A large scale newspaper during the Republic China time. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Zhuanji Wenxue Digital Archive / 傳記文學 Chinese biographic literature fulltext database from Taiwan, covering from 1962 to present year and various people's narrations as historical data. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »

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