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Google Books
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Google BooksOut of copyright books can be read and downloaded from Google Books. For users in the U.S., Google Books currently treats all books published after 1922 as protected by copyright, except for books to which no copyright was ever attached.
Chinese E-book Databases
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Airiti ebooks 華藝中文電子書 This link opens in a new windowPurchased titles are searchable in UCSB Library's catalog.
A collection of Chinese e-books from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao on humanities and social sciences. Available for online reading or checking out to read offline for 7 days as registered user. -
Apabi Digital Resources This link opens in a new windowPurchased titles are searchable in UCSB Library's catalog. If it shows "对不起，您所访问的资源不存在或未购买“ log in campus VPN, delete ".proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048" from the link displays in the address bar and press enter for access.
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Chinamaxx Digital Libraries 超星电子图书 This link opens in a new windowPurchased titles are searchable in UCSB Library's catalog.
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Chinese Classic Ancient Ebooks 中国基本古籍库 (爱如生) This link opens in a new windowSelect "Ancient Classics" and then the log in button to access “中國基本古籍庫.”
Including pre-20th century texts with full-text and images from a variety of subject areas organized into four sections: Philosophy and Science, History and Geography, Art and Literature, and General Works.
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Chinese Local Gazetteer Database 中国方志库 (爱如生) This link opens in a new windowOnly purchased 初集 and 二集. A collection of 4,000 Chinese local gazetteers published from Song Dynasty to the Republic Era.
Note: One (1) accesses shared among 8 UC campuses. Try again later if refused. Log out after use.
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CNPeReading 易阅通Includes 5,574 Chinese e-books. Click "My Resources" after logging in to view all purchased titles. All purchased titles are searchable in UCSB Library's catalog.
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Collection of Chinese Literature and History Database 中国文史资料集粹 This link opens in a new window
An important resource for scholars of 20th century China, this database contains full texts of more than 20,000 volumes (650,000 articles) of publications arranged by regions and provinces. The articles are mostly first-person narratives on history, culture, politics, economy, literature and ethnicity.
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Duxiu 读秀 This link opens in a new windowProvides full text search to 600 million volumes of e-books, dissertations, journals, magazines, web pages and newspapers. Its comprehensiveness and functionality can be best related as the Chinese version of Google Books and Google Scholar.
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Encyclopedia of Taiwan 台灣文獻叢刊 This link opens in a new windowIncludes 309 books of classics related to Taiwanese studies from the Tang Dynasty to the Japanese Occupation.
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Gujin Tushu Jicheng 古今圖書集成 This link opens in a new windowA Chinese encyclopedia first compiled from 1701-1706 by Chen Menglei, during Qing Emperor Kangxi’s reign and later Qing Emperor Qianlong ordered its revision from 1723-1725 by Jiang Tingxi.
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Sibu Congkan 四部叢刊 This link opens in a new windowSelect "Ancient Classics" and log in. Sibu Congkan is under the "數字叢書" tab.
(Also called the Four Branches of Literature Collection) It includes 504 titles in 3,134 volumes. The collection was published in 3 series: chu bian 初编, xu bian 续编 and san bian 三编. It is an important compilation of great works in the Chinese scholarly tradition, with an emphasis on Tang and pre-Tang works.
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Siku Zhulu 四庫著錄 (爱如生) This link opens in a new windowSelect "Ancient Classics" and then the log in button to access “四庫系列數據庫-四庫著錄.”
The complete collection of the Qing Dynasty imperial library, including 3,461 books categorized into 經 Classics, 史 Histories, 子 Philosophers, and 集Literary Collections.
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China Local Gazetteers 中国方志丛书 This link opens in a new windowThis collection (1,370 titles) is reprints of local gazetteers compiled mainly in Qing Dynasty (1644-1910); a few in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644; and others from the republican era (1911-1949).
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Zhonghua Ancient Books Database 中華經典古籍庫 This link opens in a new windowA collection of 1,200+ well-known Chinese classics published by the Zhonghua Book Company. Every volume is edited, punctuated, and annotated by modern expert scholars in the field. Note: One (1) access only. Please log out by closing your browser after use. Try again later if refused.
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Scripta Sinica Chinese Full-text Databases 漢籍電子文獻Select the "免費使用” button for access.
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Bibliothèque Numérique Asiatique/Asian Digital LibraryIncludes books, periodicals, archives, dissertations, films, and soundtracks from the resources available both in the personal libraries of scholars, on public institutional sites, individual sites, document and archival funds or even on commercial sites. Important titles include 四庫全書存目叢書.
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Chinese Text ProjectThe Chinese Text Project is an online open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available to readers and researchers all around the world.
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Kanseki Repository 漢籍リポジトリA collection of premodern Chinese texts.
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Ming-Qing Women's Writings 明清婦女著作Collections of writings by women in late imperial China (1368-1911).
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National Palace Museum Online 國立故宮博物院典藏資料庫Some databases need registration. 故宮文物月刊、學術季刊資料庫, 器物典藏資料檢索系統、書畫典藏資料檢索系統、先秦銅器紋飾資料檢索系統、善本古籍全文影像資料庫、家族譜牒文獻資料庫、一史館藏活計作名索引、清一史館藏清代滿文硃批奏摺彙編目錄、同人輯清史書目、清代文獻檔冊全文影像資料庫、清代檔案人名權威資料查詢、輕工奏摺檔台灣史料目錄、清代宮中檔奏摺及軍機處檔摺件全文影像資料庫、大清國史人物列傳及史館檔傳包傳稿全文影像資料庫、明清與圖全文影像資料庫。
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台灣華文電子書庫Initiated by the Taiwan National Central Library, this database focuses on Chinese books published between 1911-1949.