Penn State University Libraries - Asian Studies

(Penn State users only)

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Covers all subjects with emphasis on the humanities and social sciences, pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asian studies. Bibliographic records are primarily in Western languages.

CHINA STUDIES

CHANT (Chinese Ancient Texts)
A comprehensive full-text database of ancient Chinese texts.

China Academic Journals (Full-text)
A subscription to CAJ series on Literature/History/Philosophy which offers access to full-text articles from more than 600 journals published in China. For best search result, use pinyin and Internet Explorer.

China Data Online
Provides comprehensive and updated information on China'€™s economic development at national, provincial, city, county, and industrial levels.

Chinamaxx Digital Libraries (超星数字图书馆) 
Full-text Chinese e-books and reprint journals covering a variety of subject areas published since 1900 with the majority after 1949. Full text access is limited to titles purchased by Penn State, which can also be found in CAT. However, users may view bibliographic records of over 700,000 titles in the database. For accessing the e-books, please follow Users Guide contained in the login page.

Chinese Recorder and the Protestant Missionary Community in China, 1867-1941
This collection comprises, in its entirety, the Primary Source Media microfilm collection entitled The Chinese Recorder, 1867-1941.

Ci hai 辭海 (Apabi China Digital Library) 

Guang ming ri bao 光明日报 (1949-2010)

Han yu da ci dian 漢語大詞典 (Apabi China Digital Library)

Ren min ri bao 人民日报 (1946-2011)

Shenbao Newspapers 申報
The full run (1872-1949) of Shanghai-based Shen Bao (formerly transliterated as Shun Pao) was the longest-lasting and probably most influential newspaper in modern China.

Siku Quanshu 文淵閣四庫全書電子版
Full text for the entire set of Siku Quanshu; results can be viewed as text or images. PC (Windows) is required.

Westlaw China
Westlaw China provides single-source access to law from the People's Republic of China. Documents are in Chinese with English translation, if available.

JAPAN STUDIES

JapanKnowledge
A portal to Japanese encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases.

Zasshi kiji sakuin shusei detabesu 雜誌記事索引集成
Index to Japanese Magazines and Periodicals from the Meiji Era to the Present.