Subscription-based (Cambridge members only)
These resources are available only to readers using Cambridge University machines with authorised IP addresses. To use them off-campus, you may be able to use a Cambridge University VPN.
- New Trial (until Feburary 4): 晚清民国数据库 Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949) Series 1-12; The Late Qing Full-text Database (1833~1911) Main Part + Supplement 1, (Supplement 2 of this database will be available by the end of this year)
- New Erudition (爱如生古籍库）Database of Chinese Classics Ancient Books7.0 edition中国基本古籍库7.0版; Database of Chinese Local Records 1, 2, 3 中国方志库.初集, 中国方志库.二集, 中国方志库.三集; Database of China Ancient Encyclopedia 中国类书库.初集; Database of Chinese Popular Literature 中国俗文库.初集; Database of Dunhuang Documents 敦煌文献库.初集. Only 1 login permitted at any one time. Please remember to log-out when you have finished your session.
- Diaolong Full-Text Database of Chinese and Japanese Ancient Books (雕龍--中國日本古籍全文檢索資料庫)
- Shen Bao Digital Archive (申报 1872-1949）
- China Digital Library (中华数字书苑）
- CNKI/CAJ-CJP Serials Databases （中国知网期刊库）
- Duxiu （读秀）
- CHANT Databases (新漢達文庫)
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
- Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (台灣電子期刊服務網)
- Sinica Sinoweb (中研院經典人文學刊)
- Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese
English and other language databases related to Chinese Studies (Cambridge members only)：
- Amerasia Affair;China;and Postwar Anti-Communist Fervor
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State;1930-1939: Part 1
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State;1930-1939: Part 2
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State;1940-1944
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State;1945-1949
- Chinese Civil War and U.S.-China Relations: Records of the U.S. State Department's Office of Chinese Affairs;1945-1955
- Chinese Maritime Customs Service Publications
- Chinese Maritime Customs Service: The Customs' Gazette;1869-1913
- Chinese Recorder and the Protestant Missionary Community in China;1867-1941
- Country Intelligence Reports on China (1941-1961)
- Economic Cooperation Administration's Relief Mission in Post-War China;1946-1948
- General George C. Marshall's Mission to China;1945-1947
- Evangelism in China: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions;1837-1911
- German Foreign Relations and Military Activities in China;1919-1935
- North China Herald
- Oxford Bibliographies: Chinese Studies
- Papers of British Consulates and Legation in China (1722-1951)
- Political Relations and Conflict between Republican China and Imperial Japan;1930-1939: Records of the U.S. State Department
- Political Relations Between China;the U.S. and Other Countries;1910-1929
- Political;Economic;and Military Conditions in China: Reports and Correspondence of the U.S. Military Intelligence Division;1918-1941
- Records of the Far Eastern Commission;1945-1952
- Records of the U.S. Information Service in China: Chinese Press Reviews and Summaries;1944-1950
- Records of US State Department's Division of Chinese Affairs
- Shanghai Municipal Council: The Municipal Gazette;1908-1940
- Subject Files of US State Department's Office of the Republic of China Affairs (1951-1978)
- Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China Relations;1989-1993
- 19th Century English-Language Journals from the Far East
To see a comprehensive list of databases related to Chinese Studies at Unviersity of Cambridge.
Non-subscribed (freely available)
These highly selective lists contain links to Chinese-related resources which are freely available on the internet. The links are reviewed periodically but their continued validity cannot be guaranteed.
- Digital Collections for Chinese Studies (in the US and Canada)
- 中國哲學書電子化計劃 （Chinese Text Project)
- 全文发现: Index and links to resources especially classic texts. Many resources are open access.
- Kanseki Repository: 經部, 史部, 子部, 集部, 道部, 佛部
- Chinese Studies on the World Wide Web
- Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers
- Rare Books and Manuscripts from the National Library of China
- Historic newspapers published in China and freely available
- Other Chinese Collections
Free online dictionaries: