Chinese Research Guide

Using the Asian Collection

Newest Chinese books—1st two rows of the Asian Reference area.

  1. To find books in Chinese
    1. Catalog searches
      1. Use pinyin Romanization
      2. Limit by location
    2. Browse the shelves by subject area:
      • AC-AE Collections, encyclopedias
      • BL 1900 Daoism
      • BQ Buddhism
      • BR-BX Christianity
      • DS East Asian history
      • DS 700-799 China
      • G 1019-2357 Maps
      • GR 335-340 Fables, myths, legends, folk literature
      • GR 342-GT Customs
      • GV 1100-1400 Martial arts, games
      • HC 427-470 Economic conditions
      • HN-HQ Society
      • J Politics and government
      • K Law
      • M Music
      • N Art
      • PL Languages and Literatures of East Asia
      • PL 1001-3300 Chinese
      • Q Science
      • R Medicine
      • S Agriculture
      • T Technology
      • U Military science
      • Z Libraries
  2. Reference
    1. Dictionaries
      1. Asian Reference
        Chinese-English/English-Chinese PL 1455
      2. Online
        Online Chinese Tools
    2. Encyclopedias
      1. Zhongguo dabaike quanshu 中国大百科全书 AE17 .C483x
  3. Finding articles in Chinese
    1. Online
      1. Articles from PRC: China Online Journals
      2. Articles from Taiwan : National Central Library Chinese Periodicals Directory
    2. Print indexes:
      • Quanguo baokan suoyin 全国报刊索引 AsianRef AI19 .C5C55
      • Current Contents of Academic Journals in Japan AsianRef AI19 .J3C85
      • Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies (Tōyōgaku bunken mokuroku 東洋学文献目録 ) AsianRef DS5 .X1A52
    3. Look through Tables of Contents in journals in the Asian Collection

Chinese Journals

  1. School journals
  2. General
  3. Scholarly journals
  4. Literary magazines

Chinese Newspapers in the Asian Collection

Chinese Web Sites