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://tnsw.infolinker.com.tw/    
The database allows browsing by issue and searching for article titles, authors, pages and reporting area.
It does not include full-text searching. Please be careful not to use the forward and back buttons of your browser as this database does not properly support these and you might lose your search results. PDFs of individual newspaper pages are available for download.
Access until June 30, 2020


The Taiwan Minpao 台灣民報 (1920-1932)
URL: https://elib.infolinker.com.tw/login_minbao.htm
The Taiwan Minpao (1920-1932), newspaper published in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era. Includes the different incarnations of the newspaper: 台灣青年,台灣民報, and 台灣新民報. The database allows browsing by issue and searching for article titles, authors and keywords. It does not include full-text searching. PDFs of individual articles are available for download.
Access until June 30, 2020


All the databases work on the university network. If you are off campus, please first connect via Secure Remote Access (SRA/VPN) before opening the links.

Secure Remote Access VPN: Instructions for Windows 10
Secure Remote Access VPN: Instructions for MacOS
Secure Remote Access VPN: Instructions for mobile devices


Please note that many of the library databases will only work with the SonicWall VPN and not with the new Global Protect VPN at the moment.

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