LibGuides: Modern Languages and Cultures Subject Guide: Chinese

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Academic sources

Arts & Humanities Database
Full-text journal articles covering art, archaeology, anthropology, classical studies, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre, modern languages and cultural studies. Some magazine, book and trade content.
Chinamaxx
A wide selection of Chinese language ebooks covering a variety of subjects across the social sciences and humanities. Includes 50,000+ books in literature, history, business, and politics. Also contains carefully selected primary sources such as local gazetteers (difang zhi 地方誌) and literature and history sources (wen shi ziliao 文史资料) and reference works.
Chinese Academic Journals database (VPN connection required for off campus use)
Full text Chinese language journals across history, literature and philosophy. Full text access also available to archive content (1994-2012) for Series G (politics, military affairs, law) and Series H (education and social sciences)
For research in academic journals in the Chinese language.
Off campus users access via VPN. Click on 'Classification' and then select '(F) Literature/ History/ Philosophy' to view full text content, plus G and H for archive full text content.
Duxiu
This database searches full-text Chinese language books, articles, theses, web pages and newspapers across a large range of subject areas.
JSTOR
Full text archive of back issues of journals and e-books in all subject areas.
MLA International Bibliography
Subject index to scholarly publications in the fields of modern languages, literatures, linguistics, drama, and folklore literature. Also covers ethnomusicology.
Project Muse
Full text versions of scholarly journals and books from many leading University presses and Scholarly Societies, covering the humanities and social sciences. Full text access is available for material subscribed to by UoE. Table of contents access is freely available for all non subscribed material.

Primary Sources

19th Century English Language Journals of the Far East
A collection of six English language journals, founded by Western missionaries or scholars in China and other parts of Asia in the 19th century. These journals cover a wide range of topics such as East-West communication, Christianity in China and other parts of Asia, and China’s political, economic, and cultural landscape.
China: Culture and Society
China: Culture and Society provides access to the Wason Pamphlet collection in its entirety. Mostly in English and published between c.1750 and 1929, these rare pamphlets make up one of the most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world.
Chinamaxx
A wide selection of Chinese language ebooks covering a variety of subjects across the social sciences and humanities. Includes 50,000+ books in literature, history, business, and politics. Also contains carefully selected primary sources such as local gazetteers (difang zhi 地方誌) and literature and history sources (wen shi ziliao 文史资料) and reference works.
Diaolong Full-text Database of Chinese & Japanese Ancient Books
Full text collection of Chinese and Japanese ancient books from the Si Ku Quan Shu and Qing Dynasty archives covering historical, political, economic, religious, philosophic, literary, ethnic, geographic and medicine documents (Chinese language).
Ethnologue
Comprehensive data source on all of the recognized languages in use today. The collection provides detailed profiles for every language and country on earth, as well as maps, statistical data, language identification, typology, classification and status as well as population data, language and dialect usage and development.
Norman Bethune Papers
Covering 1911-2000, these papers by and about Dr. Norman Bethune detail his life and impact. Celebrated in China particularly, he was a Canadian surgeon and dedicated Communist, helping the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and later the Red Army in China. Includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and other research materials.
ProQuest One Literature - Incorporating Literature Online
Collection of 20th Century English Poetry, 20th Century Drama, 20th Century American Poetry literature, literary criticism, and reference works.
Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China Relations, 1989-1993
Covers U.S./China relations in the post-Cold War Era, including detail on the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, human rights issues, and resumption of World Bank loans to China in July 1990. Contains public mail, memoranda, reports, cables, meeting notes, and news clippings, as well as White House documents.
World Communism: Pamphlets from McMaster University
Contains un-catalogued pamphlets pertaining to communism, socialism, and class struggle. The pamphlets are global in scope, although mostly in English and cover 1901-1969. The bulk of the collection originates from China and Soviet Russia during the post-WWII period, although Cuba and Britain are strongly represented as well.

Old books

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
Encyclopaedia of all matters related to language and linguistics.
Oxford Reference Online
Online dictionaries, reference books and encyclopedia covering general reference, language and quotations and subject topics across, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Fully searchable and regularly updated online access to Oxford bilingual dictionaries.

Nexis Business and news reports from regional, national and international news titles. OCR text content only. Date coverage: Mainly 1990s-Current

A wide range of Modern Language newspaper archives can be accessed via Nexis UK.

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Chinese Newspapers Collection
Full text searchable archive of Chinese newspapers. English language. Digitised scans of individual articles and full newspaper pages. Date coverage: 1832-1953
South China Morning Post
Fully searchable newspaper archive of the South China Morning Post, a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Hong Kong. English language. Digitised article and full page scans. Date coverage: 1903-2001

Mandarin Chinese language learning websites

ThoughtCo. - Learning & Teaching Mandarin
Teachers and students can use these comprehensive Mandarin language guides to improve reading, writing, and comprehension skills for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

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