Subscription-based (Cambridge members only) - Chinese Language Databases
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. You can watch Video Introduction for Chinese Studies Electronic Databases to learn more about some databases' functions.
- CHANT Databases (新漢達文庫) (包括甲骨文、金文、先秦兩漢、魏晉南北朝、竹簡、類書、説文解字）. User's Guide
- China Digital Library (中华数字书苑）: Chinese ebook database.
- New Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949) (民国时期期刊全文数据库) (5 simultaneous users): It covers around 10,000,000 pieces of literature in about 20,000 different kinds of periodicals published between 1911 and 1949. Video Introduction.
- CNKI/CAJ-CJP Serials Databases （中国知网期刊库）
- New National Palace Museum Journals Archive (故宮期刊知識庫) (Part of Taiwan Academic Classics) includes 《故宮英文年刊》，《故宮文物月刊》，《故宮學術季刊》，and《故宮季刊》.
- New Dacheng Guzhidui Full Text Database （大成故纸堆）including seven sub-databases:
- Dacheng Old Journals Full Text Database 老旧刊
- Dacheng Ancient Books Full Text Database 民国图书
- Dacheng Books of Republic of China Full Text Database 近代报纸
- Dacheng Collection of Ancient Chinese Local Chronicles (- 1949) 古方志集
- Dacheng History of the Communist Party of China Periodicals Database 古籍文献
- Dacheng Modern Newspapers Database 党史 （-1949）
- Dacheng Old Photos Database 老照片
- 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)
- Duxiu （读秀）: e-book and electronic journal database, and offers document delivery service.
- New Late Qing Full-text Database (1833~1911) (晚清期刊全文数据库) (5 simultaneous users): Includes 300 journals published during the late Qing Dynasty (1833 to 1911). Video Introduciton.
- Erudition (爱如生古籍库), including:
- Database of Chinese Classics Ancient Books 7.0 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)
- Note: Only 1 simultaneous user permitted. Please remember to log-out when you have finished your session.
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
- Trial Full-text Discover - Document Delivery System (全文发现 - 文献传输系统 )
- Zhuanji Wenxue Digital Archive （傳記文學) (Part of Taiwan Academic Classics)
- Shen Bao Digital Archive (申报 1872-1949）
- Sinica Sinoweb (中研院經典人文學刊) （Part of Taiwan Academic Classics)
- Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese
- Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (台灣電子期刊服務網)
Subscription-based (Cambridge members only) - English and other language databases：
- Amerasia Affair;China;and Postwar Anti-Communist Fervor
- Asia and the West：Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange (Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO))
- 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
- New China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain, and China, 1841-1951
- 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)
- Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
- East India Company
- Economic Cooperation Administration's Relief Mission in Post-War China;1946-1948
- Evangelism in China: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions;1837-1911 New Video Introduction
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
- General George C. Marshall's Mission to China;1945-1947
- German Foreign Relations and Military Activities in China;1919-1935
- Kanopy: Contains many documentaries or films on China
- Minutes of the Shanghai Municipal Council
- New Nineteenth Century Collections Online, Part II: Asia and the West
- Nineteenth Century English-Language Journals from the Far East
- North China Herald （北华捷报）
- Oxford Bibliographies: Chinese Studies
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
- 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
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)
- Index database for Digital Collections on Pre-Modern China
- 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
- Modernhistory.org.cn (抗日战争与近代中日关系文献数据平台）
- Rare Books and Manuscripts from the National Library of China
- Historic newspapers published in China and freely available
- Other Chinese Collections
Free online dictionaries:
- Unicode Hàn (漢) Database (Unihan)
- Dictionary of Chinese Chracter Variants 異體字字典
- 簡牘字典-史語所藏居延漢簡資料庫
- 電子佛教辭典 （Digital Dictionary of Buddhism）
Free tools:
- LoGaRT: Local Gazetteers (地方志） Research Tools. Video Introduction by Association of Asian Studies.