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Service announcement for CNKI resources
Princeton, March 20, 2023: Late last week the East Asian Library was informed by East View, the US distribution partner of CNKI, that the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) has recently...
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Two new Japanese database trials
Princeton, January 11, 2023 The East Asian Library is running trials of two new databases within the JapanKnowledge system: Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family - Tenno Kozoku Jitsuroku (...
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Access to four new Chinese Republican newspaper titles
Princeton, January 9, 2023. Princeton users now have access to four new Chinese Republican newspaper titles: Xin Wen Bao (Sin Wan Po) = 新聞報, 1893-1949 Along with Shen Bao, this early Shanghai...
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Access to three new Chinese Studies online reference works
Princeton, December 15, 2022. Princeton users now have access to three new online reference works for Chinese Studies published by Brill. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature Online: A...
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Database trial Manchurian Railways (Mantetsu) Database
Princeton, December 9, 2022. The East Asian Library is running a trial of the Manchurian Railways (Mantetsu) Database. The database includes three subsections: 1) The Mantetsu newspaper clippings of...
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Colonial Period Korea Online
Princeton, December 9, 2022.Princeton users now have access to Colonial Period Korea Online. This is a collection of rare books and documents relating to the Japanese occupation of Korea, from the...
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China Government Gazettes 中国政报公报期刊文献总库
Princeton December 1, 2022. As part of the access to China Research Gateway, Princeton users now have access to China Government Gazettes 中国政报公报期刊文献总库. This database was previously not available...
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Seoul Press Online
Princeton, December 1, 2022. Princeton users now have permanent access to Seoul Press Online. The Seoul Press (1907-1937) was Japan’s Korean-centered English language news flagship. Its mission was...
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Database Trial “Ichikawa Fusae shiryō 1905-1945” 「オンライン版 市川房枝資料 1905-1946.
Princeton, November 30, 2022. The East Asian Library is running a trial on “Ichikawa Fusae shiryō 1905-1945” 「オンライン版 市川房枝資料 1905-1946.This database is a collection of primary source documents on...
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Song Tomb Inscriptions Database = 宋代墓志铭数据库 (续编)
Princeton, November 29, 2022. Princeton users now have access to an additional section 续编 of the Song Tomb Inscriptions Database by Zhonghua Shuju. The sources of each epitaph are given on the...
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China Research Gateway
Princeton, November 29, 2022. Princeton users now have access to China Research Gateway (CRG). This is a portal that gives access to almost all databases published by the Chinese academic publisher...
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Korea Pro: A database on South Korean current issues
Princeton, November 29, 2022. Princeton users now have access to Korea Pro, a database of analytical articles in English on various current issues in South Korea including foreign relations, politics...
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Trial of Ichushi Web (医中誌web)
Princeton, September 1, 2022 Princeton users now have trial access to Ichushi Web (医中誌web). Ichushi Web is an online database which provides indexed entries to more than 13 million Japanese abstracts...
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Trial to Records of War Crime Tribunals (mainly related to the Tokyo Trials)
Princeton, July 1, 2022: Starting from today Princeton users have trial access to “Records of War Crime Tribunals: Mainly Related to Tokyo Trials” (オンライン版 法務省旧蔵 東京裁判・戦争裁判関係資料).The database is the...
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Three new East Asian databases
Princeton, July 01, 2022: Princeton users have now permanent access to three new East Asian DatabasesAccess is available on the University network, via VPN (SRA, not GlobalProtect) or off-site...
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Trial access to Sin Wan Pao 新聞報, 1893-1949
Princeton, May 10, 2022: Princeton users now have trial access to Sin Wan Pao 新聞報, 1893-1949 Along with Shen Bao 申報, the early Shanghai newspaper Xin wen bao (Sin Wan Pao 新聞報), also known as "The...
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Zhongguo difang lishi wenxian shujuku = 中国地方历史文献数据库
Princeton, March 29, 2022: Princeton users have now permanent access to a database of Chinese Historical Local Archives,Zhongguo difang lishi wenxian shujuku 中国地方历史文献数据库. Access is available on the...
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Quan Song biji in the latest update to Zhonghua jingdian gujiku database
Princeton, March 4, 2022: Princeton users have now permanent access to the 9th installment of the 中華經典古籍庫 database. Most importantly this update includes the complete 全宋筆記. Together with the...
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Trial access to the Yūhō Bunko (友邦文庫) database
Princeton, December 3, 2021: Starting from today Princeton users have trial access to the Yūhō Bunko (友邦文庫) database. The Yūhō Bunko (formerly known as the Yūhō Kyōkai and Chuo Nikkan Kyōyukai...
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Hongkong Weekly Press Online
October 28, 2021 Princeton users now have access to the Hongkong Weekly Press Online. The Hongkong Weekly Press was an English-language weekly newspaper published between 1890 and 1945. This online...
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Princeton University Library Research Grants
After a year’s hiatus resulting from the pandemic, the Friends of Princeton University Library are delighted to announce the return of their research grants program. With grants of up to $4,000, plus...
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Meet Ethan Glattfelder ‘21, a former staff member at East Asian Library pursuing a master of library and information science
Every school year more than 500 student staff are employed across each of Princeton University Library’s (PUL) nine branches. The work, which ranges from administrative support to collection...
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“They had a really interesting Library.” - Yü Ying-shih
Yü Ying-shih (余英時), Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies and History, Princeton University, passed away on August 1st, 2021 at the age of 91. He was widely regarded as the most influential...
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Trial of the Database for Theoretical Resources of the Chinese Communist Party
Princeton, August 2, 2021: Starting from today Princeton users have trial access to the Database for Theoretical Resources of the Chinese Communist Party = 中国共产党思想理论资源数据库 until September 30, 2021....
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Hyoungbae Lee receives U Chicago’s Provost’s Global Faculty Award
On July 1, Korean Studies Librarian Hyoungbae Lee and his colleagues at the University of Chicago, University of Tokyo, and Yale University were awarded the Provost’s Global Faculty Award for their...
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International research group studies PUL's acquisition of a 16th century book of Chinese poetry
'Commentary on the Anthology of Poetry from the Revitalized Grove of Zen' is a 16th-century manuscript of translated and annotated Chinese poems that were used by Japanese monks to study Chinese...
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New Database on Historical Geography of China’s Borderlands
June 22, 2021 Princeton users now have permanent access to Bianjiang Lishi Dili Shujuku = 邊疆歷史地理數據庫 a database on the historical geography of China’s borderlands created by Zhonghua shuju. It...
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New East Asian Databases
June 11, 2021 Princeton users now have access to three new East Asian databases. The databases were trialed earlier this year and have now been added to the Princeton portfolio. The Collection of...
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Rafu Shimpo (羅府新報, L.A. Japanese Daily News) Digital Archive
May 14, 2021 Princeton users now have permanent access to the Rafu Shimpo Digital Archive. The Rafu Shimpo (羅府新報, L.A. Japanese Daily News) is the longest-running Japanese American newspaper in the...
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Current Digest of the Chinese Press
April 22, 2021 Princeton users now have access to the Current Digest of the Chinese Press. The Current Digest of the Chinese Press offers a weekly collection of Chinese press materials in English...
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Trial of Rafu Shimpo Digital Archive
April 15, 2021 Princeton users now have trial access to the Rafu Shimpo Digital Archive until May 15. The Rafu Shimpo (羅府新報, L.A. Japanese Daily News) is the longest-running Japanese American...
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Trial of Morohashi's Dai Kan-Wa jiten (大漢和辞典) on JapanKnowledge
April 1, 2021 Princeton users now have trial access to Morohashi's Dai Kan-Wa jiten (大漢和辞典) on JapanKnowledge from April 1 to April 30.To use the dictionary, please login to JapanKnowledge Lib via (...
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Korean Social Science Data Center Database
April 1, 2021 Princeton users have now access to the Korean Social Science Data Center Database KSDC DB at: https://library.princeton.edu/resource/44247 KSDC DB is provided by 한국 사회 과학 데이터 센터 (Korean...
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Chinese oracle bones now available for innovative view
After some long processing work, Princeton University Library (PUL) became only the second library to put its Chinese oracle bone collection online in a cutting-edge project. Princeton collaborated...
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Trial to three new East Asian databases
Princeton, December 15: Starting from today, Princeton users have trial access to three new databases until February 5, 2021. These databases are published by a Korean publisher, but also include...
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Free temporary access to newspaper databases from Taiwan
Princeton, May 12: Starting from today Princeton users have free access to two newspaper databases from Taiwan until June 30, 2020. The Central Daily News 中央日報 (1928 - 2006/05/31) URL: https://...
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Additional temporary access to various databases from Taiwan and Mainland China
Princeton, April 17: A number of different database providers from mainland China and Taiwan have opened up their databases for Princeton users. Please find below information about these additional...
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Free temporary access to the Korean e-book database Book Rail
Princeton, April 13: Princeton users now have temporary free access to Book Rail, a Korean e-book database, until August 31st. Book Rail provides over 7,000 titles of Korean e-books on various...
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Temporary free access to J-DAC database Prefectural Statistics Online, RISA (Regional & Industrial Statistics Archives ) 統計史料統合データベース
Princeton, April 9: Princeton users now have temporary free access to the J-DAC database Prefectural Statistics Online, to assist researchers during the pandemic. RISA (Regional & Industrial...
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Trial of the Chinese Calligraphy Database 中华书法数据库
Princeton, April 8: Starting from today Princeton users have trial access to the Chinese Calligraphy Database 中华书法数据库 until June 30. The database provides access to more than 30,000 pieces of...
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Two Chinese E-Book trials
Princeton, March 30. Princeton users have trial access to two Chinese e-book databases starting from today: Chinese Social Science Press E-Book platform This database includes electronic access to...
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Jinshi Examination Database, Tang Tomb Inscriptions Database and Han, Wei, Liu Chao Stone Inscription Database
Princeton users now have perpetual access to the Jinshi Examination Database《历代进士登科数据库》, the Tang Tomb Inscriptions Database《唐代墓誌銘数据库》and the Han, Wei, Liu Chao Stone Inscription Database《汉魏六朝碑刻数据库...
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Ricci Dictionary of Chinese Law
December 23, 2019. Princeton users have now access to the Ricci Dictinary of Chinese Law, a trilingual (Chinese, English, French) dictionary on Chinese law with approximately 24,000 legal terms....
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Trial to e-book set “Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei” (新日本古典文学大系 岩波書店) from the Maruzen eBook Library
January 21, 2020. Princeton users now have trial access to the e-book set “Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei” (新日本古典文学大系 岩波書店) from the Maruzen eBook Library until February 14, 2020. During the...
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Trial access to Jinshi Examination Database
December 12, 2019. Princeton users now have trial access to the Jinshi Examination Database《历代进士登科数据库》until February 3, 2020. The database is constructed by Zhonghua Shuju and compiled by Professor...
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Trial access to Tang Tomb Inscription and Han Stone Inscription Databases
December 5, 2019. Princeton users now have trial access to the Tang Tomb Inscriptions Database《唐代墓誌銘数据库》and the Han, Wei, Liu Chao Stone Inscription Database《汉魏六朝碑刻数据库》until February 3, 2020....
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New database access: Gu ji fa xian
November 6, 2019 Princeton users have now access to Guji faxian a new discovery service for digitized Chinese rare books. This portal does not provide any digital images itself but collects...
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Princeton University Library Research Grants
Sept. 23, 2019. The 2020-2021 Princeton University Library Research Grants application is now open and ready to receive submissions. The deadline to apply is Noon on December 13, 2019. Grants are...
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Three new English-language Databases on Modern China
August 8. Princeton users have now access to three new English-language resources on modern China. They are: Hong Kong, Britain and China 1841–1951 (China and the Modern World 4) A collection of...
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Quan Song Wen
Princeton users have now permanent access to the Quan Song Wen 《全宋文》. The latest additions (part six) to the Zhonghua jingdian gujiku database from Zhonghua Shuju includes the 360 volume Quan...
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Trial to Bungei Shunju Archives of JapanKnowledge Books
Princeton users now have trial access to “Bungei Shunju Archives” until August, 31. We are running a database trial of “Bungei Shunju Archives” which is one of JapanKnowledge’s JK Books series. “...
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Tokyo Trials Literature Database
Princeton users have now permanent access to the Tokyo Trials Literature Database. This is a full text searchable database of documents covering the Tokyo Trials of World War II Japanese war...
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EPS China Statistics
Princeton users have now permanent access to the EPS China Statistics. This is a collection of 65 statistical datasets covering China’s macro economy, financial markets, industry, trade, resources...
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New East Asian Library Supplementary Site in DPUL
February 25, 2019. For many years, the EAL has been creating digitized copies of tables of contents, indexes, and other such material from key sets published in many, often hundreds of volumes. ...
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Song Tomb Inscriptions Database
Princeton users have now permanent access to the Song Tomb Inscriptions Database 宋代墓誌銘資料庫. The Song Tomb Inscriptions Database is the first section of Zhonghua Shuju’s Chinese Stone Inscriptions...
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Tabloids (1897-1949)
Princeton users have now permanent access to the Tabloids 小報 (1897-1949) . The Tabloids (1897-1949) is a sub-section of the National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals (Quan guo bao kan...
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Nikkei Asian Review
January 22, 2019. Princeton users have now access to the Nikkei Asian Review, an English-language economic-political weekly giving Japan's take on Asian news.
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Mrs. Lung Huifen passed away
January 8, 2019. The Library has just been notified that Long Zhuang Huifen, known to her colleagues as “Mrs. Lung” or “Lung T’ai-t’ai” sadly passed away on Dec. 13. Mrs. Lung was born in Nanking in...
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Nancy Norton Tomasko passed away
January 7, 2019. It is with great sadness that we notify hereby the Princeton community that Nancy Norton Tomasko, 71, passed away on December 28. At Princeton, many students and scholars will know...
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Trial access to Song Tomb Inscriptions Database
Princeton users now have trial access to the Song Tomb Inscriptions Database 《宋代墓誌銘資料庫》 until January, 3rd. The Song Tomb Inscriptions Database is the first section of Zhonghua Shuju’s Chinese Stone...
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East Asian Studies professor and librarian uncover rare Japanese medieval documents
Thomas Conlan, Japanese historian and Princeton University Professor of East Asian Studies and History, and Princeton University Library's Japanese Studies Librarian, Setsuko Noguchi, uncovered rare...
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MBC Archive, Korean television archive
Princeton users now have permanent access to MBC Archive, a database of a Korean television program. This collection includes videos, audio files, and images produced by Munhwa Broadcasting...
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Moazine: New Database for Korean Magazines
Princeton users have now permanent access to Moazine, a full-text database of Korean magazines. Moazine includes 213 Korean magazines currently published in South Korea. Back issues of most titles...
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Trial EPS China Statistics
From today until December 1 Princeton users have trial access to EPS China Statistics. We are currently looking at different suppliers of statistical data from China to see which packages best...
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Party and Government Documents in English (PR of China)
Princeton users have now permanent access to the Party and Government Documents in English (PR of China). The Party and Government Documents in English (PGDiE) is a unique collection of official...
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Timely tip: tap into PUL's access to NK News for up-to-date info on North Korea
Princeton University students, faculty, and staff can access NK News, an independent database providing news, research tools, and data on North Korea through Princeton University Library's...
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East Asian Library hosts Head of the China Academic Digital Associative Library
From left to right: Minjie Chen, Martin Heijdra, Cheng Huang, and Haiyan Xu Written by Martin Heijdra, East Asian Library Director, and Joshua Seufert, Chinese Studies Librarian The East Asian...
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Trial Access to Duxiu Qikan
April 4, 2018. Princeton users have trial access to Duxiu Qikan until the end of June. Duxiu Qikan 读秀期刊 gives access to academic journal articles from mainland China. Different to China Academic...
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Trial to the Kadogawa kogo daijiten
March 27, 2018. Princeton users have access to a trial of the Japanese dictionary Kadokawa kogo daijiten (角川古語大辞典) through JapanKnowledge Lib until April 30. The Kadokawa kogo daijiten contains 100...
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Party and Government Documents in English (PR of China)
July 5, 2018. Princeton users have now permanent access to the Party and Government Documents in English (PR of China). The Party and Government Documents in English (PGDiE) is a unique collection of...
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Digital Library of the National Assembly Library of Korea
February 20, 2018. Princeton users now have access to the Digital Library of the National Assembly Library of Korea, only through public PCs in the East Asian Library. The link is at: https://www....
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Trial to Tokyo Trials Literature
February 7, 2018. Princeton users have trial access to the "Database of Tokyo Trial Literature" until April. 19. This is a fully-digitized searchable database of documents covering the Tokyo Trials...
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Trial to the Zhongguo di fang li shi wen xian ku
January 17, 2018. Princeton users have trial access until April 17 to the 中国地方历史文献库 database. The archives in this database were collected by the Center of Local Archives at Shanghai Jiao Tong...
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Trial to Japanese E-books, including the Dai Nihon Bukkyo zensho and the Nihon Daizokyo
January 17, 2018. Princeton users have a one-month trial access to two major Japanese Buddhist sets: the Dai Nihon Bukkyō zensho and the Nihon Daizōkyō. The Dai Nihon Bukkyō zensho is the first...
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Trial Access to the 19th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping Database
November 22, 2017. Princeton users have trial access to the 19th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping Database until Dec. 15. The database includes Speeches and activities of Xi Jinping; Party...
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China Comprehensive Gazetteers Available
Nov. 10, 2017. Princeton users now have access to the China Comprehensive Gazetteers database. Produced in conjunction with the National Library of China, East View’s China Comprehensive Gazetteers...
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Colonial Period Korea Trial
Oct 31, 2017. Princeton users have a one-month trial, until Nov 29, to the database Colonial Period Korea . Text in this database has not been scanned with OCR software and therefore is not...
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New Classical Chinese-English Online Dictionary available
October 16, 2017. Princeton users have now access to Brill's Chinese-English Dictionary Online, the on-line version of A student's dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, which since its...
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Trial to two new Japanese databases
September 29. Princeton users have access until October 28 to two new Japanese databases. Please send your comments to Setsuko Noguchi, snoguchi@princeton.edu. The two databases are: Mita Bungaku...
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Translations of the Peking Gazette Online, 1799-1912
July 28, 2017. Princeton users have now access to the Translations of the Peking Gazette Online, a set of English translations of official edicts and memorials from the Qing dynasty dating from the...
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New catalog of Princeton’s Chinese rare books published
July 20, 2017. Staff in the East Asian Library celebrated on July 20 the arrival of copies of the new Pulinsidun Daxue Tushuguan cang Zhong wen shan ben shu mu. In English: Catalog of Chinese Rare...
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Trial to Jinbutsu sōsho
April 6, 2017. Princeton users now have access to a trial for Jinbutsu Sōsho. It is accessible on JapanKnowledge, listed under JKBooks. (URL: http://japanknowledge.com/library/ -please click on login...
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Trial to Mobilising East Asia
December 15, 2016. Princeton users have trial access to the new database Mobilising East Asia. This database offers a tightly organised series of pivotal English-language newspapers, books and...
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"AddPinyin" Plugin for MarcEdit
December 15. The Princeton University East Asian Library is happy to announce the release of the AddPinyin Plugin for MarcEdit. This free software tool automates the process of adding pinyin to...
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Xu xiu Si ku quan shu database available
Oct. 27. Princeton users now have full access to the Xu xiu Si ku quan shu database, a set of 5328 Classical Chinese titles full-text searchable. This database from the Diaolong company forms an...
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Nikkei Asian Review
October 13. Princeton users have now trial access to the important journal Nikkei Asian Review from October 13 to November 15. The Nikkei Asian Review covers news on politics, the economy, business...
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Trial access to Japanese database Kōbunsō Taika Koshomoku
October 10. Princeton users have trial access to the Kōbunsō Taika Koshomoku from October 10 to November 9. The Kōbunsō Taika Koshomoku is a set of antiquarian book catalogs sent out to customers by...
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Trial to MBC Archive = MBC 아카이브
September 29, 2016. Princeton users now have a trial to MBC Archve(= MBC 아카이브) until the end of November. MBC Archive is an online collection of broadcast materials created by MBC, one of major...
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Trial to the Toyo Keizai Archives
May 13, 2016. Princeton users have trial access the Toyo Keizai Archives, an archival database of the Japanese business and economics journal Toyo Keizai Shimpo (Weekly Toyo Keizai). The Toyo Keizai...
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Trial to Zhonghua jingdian guji ku database (Zhonghua Shuju)
May 4, 2016. Princeton users have a trial until the end of July to the Zhonghua Jingdian guji ku 中华经典古籍库, the “Zhonghua Ancient Books Database”, a collection of the well-known Zhonghua shuju edited...
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TRIAL to a variety of Chinese databases: the Xu xiu Si ku quan shu, the Da gong bao, the Atron Art Books
May 2, 2016. Princeton users have trials to a new set of Chinese databases until the end of May. The Xu xiu si ku quan shu database. The full database is a set of 5513 titles, of which 4486 are...
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China from Empire to Republic: Missionary, Sinology, and Literary Periodicals
March 22. Princeton users now have access to this full-text database comprised of 17 English-language periodicals published about China from 1817 until 1950, only a few of which were available in...
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Chinese Film and Newsreel Scripts from the Cultural Revolution Online
March 17, 2016. Princeton users have now on-line access to transcripts of documentary films and newsreels from China, 1946(?)-1985. The bulk of the items are from the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976;...
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2016 Kuzushiji Workshop to be held at Princeton, May 5-7
We are pleased to announce the third in a series of Kuzushiji Workshops with Professor Yuichiro Imanishi, Director-General of the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) will be held at...
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Trial to Japanese Art Journal
January 4, 2016. We currently have a trial for Web Bijutsu shinpo, until February 3rd. The Bijutsu Shinpo, published from 1902 (Meiji 35) to 1920 (Taisho 9), was a journal of modern Japanese art and...
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New China Statistical Yearbook Database
December 10, 2015. Princeton users now have access to the China Statistical Yearbook Database (CNKI), a large selection of statistical data published by the Chinese government including the 2010...
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Apabi newspaper database
Nov. 23, 2015. Princeton users now have access to the Apabi Newspaper database at http://library.princeton.edu/resource/27062; choose the shuzi baozhi 数字报纸 tab. Newspapers available include the...
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Apabi Tupianku (image) database
Nov. 23, 2015. Princeton users have access to the Apabi image database at http://library.princeton.edu/resource/27061; choose the tupianku图片库 tab. The collection is highly organized; the top-level...
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China Economy, Public Policy, and Security (pishu) Database
September 10, 2015. Princeton users have now access to the collected volumes of papers called pishu (皮书) from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), published (often yearly) by the Social...
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Sinica SinoWeb
September 10, 2015. Princeton users have now access to the Sinica Sinoweb database. This database gives access to past and (if applicable) current issues to the following Sinological periodicals...
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National People’s Congress Database (PRC)
September 2, 2015. Princeton users now have access to the National People’s Congress (NPC) database of the People’s Republic of China. This is a comprehensive collection of archives and documents of...
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NK News (North Korea)
September 2, 1015. Princeton users now have access to NK News, an unrivaled independent, specialist database focused on North Korea. It aims to be a one-stop-shop on North Korea, bringing together ...
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Gunsho ruijū
September 2, 2015. Princeton users have now access to the Gunsho ruijū series (including the Zoku Gunsho ruijū and the Zoku Zoku Gunsho ruijū.) The three Gunsho ruijū series in total consist of 3,750...
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WhoPlus (Japan)
September 2, 2015. Princeton users now have access to the WhoPlus database, which contains biographical information on a total of 610,000 historical and contemporary people. Entries link to...
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(Takita Choin kyūzō) Kindai sakka genkō
September 2, 2015. Princeton users now have full access to the (Takita Choin kyūzō) Kindai sakka genkō (近代作家原稿集) database, part of the Nihon Kindai Bungakukan collection within JapanKnowledge. This...
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Japan Times Archives
September 2, 2015. Princeton users now have access to the Japan Times Archives. The Japan Times is the only English newspaper database in Japan that daily reported on Japanese people, places, and...
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China Encyclopedic Resources Online, trial
September 2, 2015. Princeton users have trial access to the China Encyclopedic Resources Online, part of Brill’s Chinese Reference Shelf. The “encyclopedic resources” part of the reference shelf...
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A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, trial
September 2, 2015. Princeton users have trial access to the A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese dictionary online, part of Brill’s Chinese Reference Shelf. The dictionary is...
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Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics
September 2, 2015. Princeton users now have access to the online version of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. This version is the early release version, and content is still being...
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Japan Chronicle Weekly
September 2, 2015. Princeton users have access to the English-language Japan Chronicle Weekly (1902–1940). This is the newspaper of record for Japan’s engagement with modernity and its emergence,...
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Trials to three Japanese databases
March 13, 2015. Princeton users have trial access to the following 3 Japanese databases A Nihon bungaku web toshokan : Waka & haikai Library This database is specialized for waka and haikai. The...
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Expansion of the Zhongguo fang zhi ku
February 5, 2015. The already previously available Zhongguo fang zhi ku database (from Airusheng = Erudition) has doubled in size: it now includes 4,000 of the estimated 10,000 extant pre-1949 local...
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Trial access to Media Han’gukhak (韓國歷代文集叢書, 韓國地理風俗誌叢書)
Princeton users now have a trial access to 한국학 종합 DB (Han’gukhak Chonghap DB = Korean Studies DB) until the end of the next AAS Conference (March 2015). This database is composed of the following two...
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Trial to local editions of the Yomiuri Shinbun
October 30, 2014. Princeton users have until March 31, 2015, access to a trial version of the: Yomidasu Rekishikan Shōwa no chiikiban (ヨミダス歴史館・昭和の地域版) at https://database.yomiuri.co.jp/rekishikan/...
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Trial to HY Read Journal
Sept. 16, 2014. Princeton users have now trial access to a database of Taiwanese electronic journals, HY Read Journal, until Oct. 30. The content overlaps to a large extent with the already available...
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Zhongguo yanjiu wangluo ziyuan daohang
August 27. We warmly recommend to Princeton patrons the free website Zhongguo yanjiu wangluo ziyuan daohang (Navigator to Chinese Studies resources available on the internet.) This is an easy-to-...
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Huan qiu shi bao (Global Times)
July 17, 2014. Princeton users have access to the Huan qiu shi bao, also known as Global Times (http://library.princeton.edu/resource/12895). Daily Chinese tabloid under the auspices of the People’s...
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Updates to US and UK Governmental Files
July 18, 2014. Princeton users already had access to some files of declassified material on China (and some Japan) on national security, namely on the Chinese Civil War and the Tiananmen Square...
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CADAL (2.5 million Chinese e-books)
July 18, 2014. Princeton users have now access (to at least end 2014) to the huge CADAL ebook collection. We are in the process of negotiation for ensuring access beyond that date. CADAL (China...
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National Social Sciences Database (China)
July 17, 2014. Since 2012 hundreds of high-level Chinese social science and humanities journals, including those published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, had been pulled out of commercial...
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Maisaku (Mainichi Shinbun Online Database)
July 17, 2014. Princeton users have now access to the Maisaku database of the Mainichi company. The Mainichi Shinbun is one of the 3 major Japanese newspapers and Japan’s oldest daily newspaper. This...