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Alternate Name(s):Sacramento Bee
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E-News
Primary Sources
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Readex

Historical archive of one of the oldest and most influential newspapers in California, chronicling the history of the West Coast.

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Dates covered: 1857 - 1983
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):San Francisco Chronicle
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E-News
Primary Sources
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Readex

Historical archive of this important newspaper chronicling the history of the Bay Area, North California and West Coast.

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Dates covered: 1865 - 1984
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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EBSCOhost

This database provides digital access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.

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Dates covered: 1684 - 1912
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Readex

Built in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society, this database contains images of 30,000 printed documents that were intended to express views and share news publicly but not meant to be preserved. Examples include political notes, confessions, menus, handbooks, posters, advertisements, stock certificates, and more. Together they provide unique insights into American history and culture.

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Dates covered: 1749-1900
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Readex

Covering global reaction to the Korean and Vietnam wars, these materials offer in-depth analysis and coverage of the wars themselves, including key events leading to and following both conflicts.

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Dates covered: 1946 - 1975
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Readex

Reports, publications, and news broadcasts covering America's fight for racial justice, with firsthand analysis of race relations in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Readex

Translated news broadcasts and publications on the international reaction to apartheid throughout the African continent and from around the world.

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Dates covered: 1946 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Reedex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

This database contains historical records of political and social organizations founded by LGBTQ individuals, personal correspondence and interviews with numerous LGBTQ individuals, gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, and many other publications by and for lesbians and gays.

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Dates covered: 1940 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. HKBU Library has purchased over a dozen collections in this series.

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

Features primary sources related to international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century. Materials covered include government reports, diplomatic correspondence, periodicals, newspapers, treaties, trade agreements, NGO papers, and more. Most of the materials come from the national archives of the US and UK, with some items sourced from various church archives.

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Dates covered: 1790 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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E-News
Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

British Library Newspapers is a joint effort by the British Library and Gale to make available digitized versions of important 19th century British newspapers. Parts I, II and III include 240 newspaper titles totaling over 6.4 million pages.

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Dates covered: 1741 - 1950
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources

An online platform of historical documents, the Library subscribes to 4 subsets: China Political Reports, 1961-1970; China Political Reports, 1911-1960; Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941; Shanghai Political & Economic Reports, 1842-1943: British government records from the international city.

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Dates covered: 1841 - 1970
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: East View Information Services
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence
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Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A collection of British government documents on colonial Hong Kong. Digitized from British Colonial Office records, the collection consists of despatches and correspondence between the governors of Hong Kong and the Colonial Office. It also includes letters and telegrams of other government departments and organizations such as the Foreign Office, Home Office, and War Offices.

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Dates covered: 1841 - 1951
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources

Digitized primarily from the records of British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO 40), this collection continues where Hong Kong, Britain and China Part I, 1841–1951 left off, and documents the process of Hong Kong maneuvering, surviving, thriving, and transforming into a modern international metropolis and financial center in the wider context of the Cold War.

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Dates covered: 1965 - 1993 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, China; Foreign Office: Registers (Library Series) and Indexes of General Correspondence
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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

Digitized documents from the British Foreign Office Files held at the UK National Archives covering the period 1815–1881. These materials relate to the internal politics of China and Britain, their relationship, and the relationships between other Western powers keen to benefit from the growing trading ports of the Far East.

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Dates covered: 1815 - 1881
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

A collection of 17 English-language missionary, sinology, and literary periodicals published in or about China during a period of over 130 years, extending from 1817 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

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Dates covered: 1817 - 1949
Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Provider: Gale
Full-text: Yes

China through the Eyes of CIM Missionaries
Images Multimedia Open Access
Images Multimedia Open Access
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

This collection contains 224 lantern slides and glass plate negative images of portraits, landscapes, scenery and architecture in China as well as shots documenting the socio-economic activities of the Chinese from the 1900s to the 1930s. The China Inland Mission used these images to show its missionary work for churches in the United States.

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Dates covered: 1900s - 1930s
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

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Primary Sources
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Adam Matthew

A database containing an extensive range of archival material connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Includes manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps.

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Dates covered: 18th century - early 20th century
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

A database of rare pamphlets, mostly in English, from one of the most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world. These digitised full-text pamphlets from the Wason Collection on East Asia housed in Cornell Unviersity represent a broad variety of writings on the people and cultures of China and foreign involvement there.

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Dates covered:: 1750 - 1929
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

This resource provides access to a variety of source materials in English relating to China and its interactions with the West.

In addition, this database offers over 400 colour paintings, maps and drawings by English and Chinese artists, as well as many photographs, sketches and ephemeral items, depicting Chinese people, places, customs and events.

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Dates covered:: 1793 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Designed for the study of Chinese/English political interpreting and translations with political speeches from Hong Kong, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom along with their translated/interpreted outputs (6,461,535 words).

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Dates covered:: 1997 - 2017
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Adam Matthew

This is a repository of source materials on the work of the Church Missionary Society, founded in 1799 as an Anglican evangelical movement and still active today. It includes the central records of the society and the papers of key individuals associated with it.

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Dates covered: 1619 - 1981
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Adam Matthew

This database features electronic reproductions of publications from the Church Missionary Society, the South American Missionary Society, and the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS).

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Dates covered: 1804 - 2009
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Brill

This collection of 2,360 formerly classified U.S. government documents (most of them classified Top Secret or higher) provides access to the declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Dates covered:: 1945 - 1991
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full text: Yes

Corpus of Political Speeches
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Full Text Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

An online archive of speeches from politicians around the world containing 4,860,739 words. It provides a web-based concordance feature, which allows corpus searches in untagged texts.

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Dates covered:: 1789 - 2015
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

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E-News
Primary Sources
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Readex

A database of historical newspapers published in America across three centuries from 1801 to 1900. This resource includes thousands of titles from all 50 States, chronicling the evolution of American culture and daily life.

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Dates covered: 1801 - 1900
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

Elsie Tu Digital Collection
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Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A selection of Dr. Elsie Tu's speeches and non-copyrighted publications, documenting her 50 years of social activism and services in Hong Kong.

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Dates covered: 1970s - 1990s
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

Citation Only
Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
EBSCOhost

A bibliography that contains printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers a wide range of topics, from the British/French/Dutch in America to natural disasters, religious orders, slavery and more.

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Dates covered: 1493 - 1750
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: EBSCOhost
Full text: Citation information only

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Board of Foreign Missions under the Presbyterian Church was established in 1837, signaling the beginning of a worldwide missionary operation. This archive contains records documenting the church’s educational, evangelical, and medical work in China, and ongoing efforts to spread the gospel during the 19th century.

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Dates covered: 1837 - 1911
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Food Studies Online
Full Text Multimedia
Full Text Multimedia
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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Alexander Street

A wealth of information about how food shapes and defines people's lives, seen through the eyes of different scholars. It includes a mix of video, ephemera, photographs, archives, and published monographs.

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Dates covered: 1914 - 2015
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Alexander Street Press
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Readex

Intelligence documents (e.g. intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments) gathered and translated into English by U.S. field agents collected in different parts of the world through the Foreign Broadcast Information Services.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Adam Matthew

Primary source database covering all British Foreign Office files produced between 1919 and 1980 dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Includes reports, letters, newspaper cuttings, maps, and diverse other materials.

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Dates covered: 1919 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew / UK National Archives
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale

A research platform that allows cross-searching of the various digital archives provided by Cengage Gale. They include: The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, The Sunday Times Historical Archives, The Times Digital Archive, Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, the Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, China from Empire to Republic, and Punch Historical Archive.

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Dates covered:: 1785 - 2015
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Documentation on Germany’s relations with China during the interwar period. Germany was instrumental in modernizing China’s industrial base and provided a military training mission and equipment for the armed forces of the Republic of China prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Dates covered: 1919 - 1935
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

This collection documents the broad range of 19th Century religious missionary activities, practices, and thought in the United States by reproducing a variety of primary sources.

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Dates covered: 1800-1899
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources

Provides an extensive range of primary and secondary resources on feminism for the widely studied period of 1776-1928.

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Dates covered: 1771 - 1928
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Routledge
Full text: Yes

Images Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Images
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

An art collection that includes Hong Kong travel posters, Chinese propaganda posters, contemporary calligraphy and Chinese paintings, Chinese New Year Prints and Painting, and more.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

Full Text Open Access
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources

Full-text image database providing online access to issues of four major Hong Kong Government publications produced prior to the Japanese occupation of the territory during World War 2: Administrative Report, Hong Kong Sessional Papers, Hong Kong Hansard, and Hong Kong Government Gazette.

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Dates covered: 1842 - 1941
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: University of Hong Kong Libraries
Full text: Yes

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E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Illustrated London News was the world's first pictorial weekly newspaper. This online archive provides full colour imaging and full text searching of every page.

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Dates covered: 1842 - 2003
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration, covering events such as post-World War II Jewish resettlement, South African apartheid, Latin American migrations to the United States and much more.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Reedex
Full text: Yes

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Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Originating as the European edition of the New York Herald in 1887, the International Herald Tribune was an English-language newspaper published in Paris. In 2002, it was acquired by the New York Times Company and subtitled The Global Edition of the New York Times. This platform makes available in full digital replica all issues of the newspaper up until 14 October 2013, when it was renamed as the International New York Times.

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Dates covered: 1887-2013
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The U.S. State Department Central Classified Files document American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social and economic developments throughout the world, and this particular collection is on Japanese internal affairs during this turbulent time of history.

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Dates covered: 1930 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Open Access
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Information about HKBU Library's Archival Collections consisting of personal papers, organizational records and the University Archives

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Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library

 

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E-News
Primary Sources

The longest running English-language newspaper published daily in Shanghai. Together with the weekly newspaper North China Herald, they cover over 100 years of history in modern China. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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Dates covered: 1864-1951
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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E-News
Primary Sources

The North China Herald was the first weekly English-language newspaper published in Shanghai. Together with the daily newspaper North China Daily News, they covered over 100 years of history in modern China. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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Dates covered: 1850 - 1951
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Providing insight into arms-reduction initiatives and the evolution of weapons of mass destruction, this collection ranges from the bombing of Hiroshima to the Cold War and beyond.

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Dates covered: 1945 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A collection of miscellaneous papers and reports from the British legation and consulates in China. Digitized from documents held at the UK National Archives, it comprises a catalogue of embassy archives, 1727 to 1859; trade and intelligence reports; records of legal proceedings; miscellaneous papers, some in Chinese, of the Chinese Secretary's Office; an entry book of papers relating to the East India Company in China; claims arising from Sino-Japanese hostilities, 1927 to 1940; accounts; circulars, etc.

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Dates covered: 1727-1951
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A complete digital archive of the Picture Post, the iconic newspaper published in Britain from 1938-1957 that defined the style of photojournalism in the 20th century. It provides snapshots of the daily life of ordinary people, as well as moments of historical importance in domestic and international affairs.

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Dates covered: 1938 - 1957
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Full images of the archival documents of the British-run municipal police force based in Shanghai’s former International Settlement.

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Dates covered: 1894-1945
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials; the despatches are often accompanied by enclosures. Also included in these records are notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives in the United States, memorandums prepared by officials of the Department.

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Date coverage: 1930 - 1939
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

This collection contains the six principal MID files relating exclusively to China for the period 1918 to 1941 (general conditions, political conditions, economic conditions, army, navy, and aeronautics).

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Dates covered: 1918-1941
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

This collection of translated articles from the official newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party offers insight into Russian and global history, beginning with the Cold War and carrying through to the Soviet Union’s collapse, and beyond.

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Dates covered: 1959 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources

These unique materials gathered by the CIA focus on the evolving role the Communist Chinese press and propaganda played in international affairs across much of the 20th century.

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Dates covered: 1946 - 1996
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Readex
Full text: Yes

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Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

A unique collection of English-language newspapers published in China during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It provides researchers with an invaluable source of online and easily-searchable first-hand accounts, together with contemporary coverage of politics, events, and society of the time.

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Dates covered: 1832 - 1953 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):South China Morning Post; SCMP
Types:
E-News
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

This historical archive of Hong Kong's most well-known English-language newspaper provides researchers with online, easily-searchable coverage of politics, society and events in the territory.

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Dates covered: 1903 - 2000
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):The New York Times with Index
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Provides precise searching capability for the renowned newspaper The New York Times using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images.

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Dates covered: 1851 - 2015 
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Times of India
Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
ProQuest

Founded in 1838 to serve British residents of West India, The Times of India has become a very widely-circulated English daily newspaper. The historical issues of this newspaper will be of interest to scholars studying colonialism and post-colonialism, British and world history, class and gender issues, international relations, comparative religion, and more.

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Dates covered: 1838 - 2010
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992 is a digital collection of every issue of the weekly Punch magazine, the iconic British magazine of humour and satire that published some of the finest comic writers in the English language.

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Dates covered: 1841-1992
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

The Municipal Gazette provides a window into the workings of the Shanghai International Settlement during the period of revolution, the Republic, internationalization of Shanghai, national uprising, and world war.

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Dates covered: 1908 - 1940
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

Open Access Some Full Text
Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

A platform to showcase research on South and South-East Asia documentary films, including Hong Kong and Macau. One notable set of documents is government documents about official films in the region.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Some

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Reports, studies, and surveys on various topics of interest to the US Department of State. The collection consists of research and intelligence reports prepared during 1941-1947 on China.

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Dates covered: 1941 - 1947
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Hong Kong Information
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

State Papers Online Colonial is a digitisation programme of the Colonial Office files of the British Government, now housed at The National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom. These documents record Britain's administration and governance of countries under Britain's colonial rule, their international relations across the period, and the changing demographics and daily life of their inhabitants.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Full Text Open Access
Alternate Name(s):70年代雙週刊及民衆戲劇
Types:
Library Digital Projects
Primary Sources
Vendors:
HKBU Library

Personal archive kept by Mr. Augustine Chiu-yu Mok about the work he has done with his friends of The 1970's syndicate and Asian People's Theatre practitioners.

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Dates covered:: 1961-2011
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full Text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

Provides access to the files of the Office of the Chinese Affairs that cover U.S. policy toward China during the ten years after the end of the Second World War.

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Dates covered: 1945-1955
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full-text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Brill

A digitized online version of the first magazine published by Chinese students in the United States. The articles within provide a unique perspective on developments within China during this tumultuous period of the country’s history.

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Dates covered: 1906 - 1931
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Brill
Full-text: Yes

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Primary Sources
Vendors:
Readex

Primary source documents such as reports, publications, and news broadcasts to offer firsthand analysis, descriptions, and viewpoints of every aspect of the Cold War.

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Dates covered: 1945-1991
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Reedex
Full text: Yes

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Types:
E-News
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

A renowned weekly publication that delivers timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive analysis of global news.

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Dates covered: 1843-2016
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
Primary Sources
Vendors:
Cengage Gale

This collection contains minutes of all meetings held by the Board of Directors of the Shanghai Municipal Council from July 1854 to December 1943. A wide range of topics were discussed at these board meetings, such as sanitation, transportation, telecommunication and postal service, taxation, urban planning, gas supply, street lighting, rickshaw operator management, animal protection, and police system.

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Dates covered: 1884 - 1943
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
Full text: Yes

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Types:
E-News
Primary Sources

In 1868, the British newspaper publisher Lang Hugh founded The Shanghai Courier in Shanghai, and later renamed it as The Shanghai Evening Courier, which merged with The Evening Gazette in 1875 and continued to be published with the title The Shanghai Courier & China Gazette; in April 1878, it changed its name back to The Shanghai Courier until 1889 when it merged with The Shanghai Mercury. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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1868年英國報人休·郎(Lang Hugh)在上海創辦《上海差報》(The Shanghai Courier),不久改名為《上海晚郵》。1875年《上海晚郵》與《正風西報》合併,更名為《中華快報》繼續出版。1878年4月又改回《上海差報》,直至1889年被《文匯西報》兼併。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

Dates covered: The Shanghai Evening Courier (1869-1874) , The Shanghai Courier (1878-1884), and The Shanghai Courier & China Gazette (1876-1878)
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
Full-text: Yes

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E-News
Primary Sources

Founded in April 1929 in Shanghai, The Shanghai Evening Post was the first evening newspaper established by American businessmen in the region. In August 1930, it merged with The Shanghai Mercury and renamed The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury. A Chinese version was added in 1933. In June 1949, the newspaper ceased publication. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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1929年4月在上海創刊,是美商在上海創辦最早的晚報。該報以旅居上海美國僑民為主要對象,着重報導美國和其他西方僑民在中國的活動。1930年8月《文匯西報》併入該報後更名為 The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury。1933年增設中文版,至1949年6月停刊。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

Dates covered: 1929-1949
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Provider: Shanghai Library
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The Shanghai Times was based in Shanghai and focused on the Far East region. At its height, it trailed only The North-China Daily News and The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury in circulation, ranking the third among the English newspapers in Shanghai. Due to its pro-Russian and pro-Japanese editorial stance, the newspaper is a valuable source in studying this turbulent period of Chinese history. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

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此報立足上海,聚焦遠東,為上海灘外文報紙中名列第三,其最盛時期發行量僅次於《字林西報》和《大美晚報》。由於親俄親日的特殊背景,該報對研究中日俄三國關係史尤其重要。 進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

Dates covered: 1925-1943
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
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Comprising over 600,000 pages, this archive provides a gateway to the past 180 years of history.

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Dates covered: 1822 - 2006
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
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First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's “newspaper of record”. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.

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Date coverage: 1785 - Current (latest 5 years not available)
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
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Documents from the Bush White House on the American response to deteriorating U.S.-Chinese relations and worldwide condemnation of the Chinese government's response to the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square movement.

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Dates covered: 1989-1993
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
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Previously classified U.S. federal records obtained from all of the presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies such as Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
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Consisting of U.S. State Department Office files, also known as "Lot Files", this collection identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of U.S.-Southeast Asia relations, and places them in the context of the complex and dynamic regional strategic, political, and economic processes.

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Dates covered: 1944 - 1958
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
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Global in scope, this archive presents materials covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives and offers a look at the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society. Focuses chiefly on the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Dates covered:: 1775 - 1998
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Cengage Gale
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收錄自先秦至民國(公元前11世紀至公元20世紀初)歷代典籍及所附重要版本,包括寫本、刻本、鈔本、稿本、批校本以及同期外國(朝鮮、日本)之寫本、刻本、鈔本。收書總數共1萬種、16萬餘卷,選用版本12,500個。收錄範圍涵蓋全部中國歷史與文化。古籍庫分為4個子庫 (哲科庫, 史地, 藝文及綜合庫) 、20個大類及100個細目。

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A collection of over 10,000 ancient titles across all dynasties from pre-Qin period to the Republic of China (11th BC – early 20th century). Also contains original text images of one to two important versions of each classical work. Subjects cover philosophy, history, geography, art and culture.
Dates covered: 11th BC - Early 1900s
Concurrent users: 2 user limit
Provider: 北京愛如生數字化技術研究中心
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文庫收集散落在民間和海內外學者手中約一萬篇以上的原始文獻及文革中的官方和非官方的出版物,將之整理及分成七個單元,為研究文革的學者提供了重要的史料彙編,設有中英文檢索。

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With over ten thousand primary historical materials, this database includes both official and unofficial documents about the Chinese Cultural Revolution. It can be searched in both English and Chinese.
Dates covered: 1960 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Universities Service Centre for China Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Alternate Name(s):民國時期期刊全文數據庫 Min Guo Periodicals Full Text
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本庫收錄了民國時期(1911~1949)出版的期刊2萬余種,內容涵蓋政治、軍事、外交、經濟、教育、思想文化、宗教等方面。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

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Over 20 thousand journals from 1911- 1949, covering topics such as politics, military, foreign affairs, economics, education, intellectual cultures, and religions. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database. 
Dates covered: 1911-1949
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
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This database collects TV and film publications published in Hong Kong during the British colonial period including :

TVB Weekly (1967-1997) 
TV brochures, Special issues, Complimentary issues (1977-1997) 
Movie pamphlets (1946-1979)

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Dates covered:: 1946 -1997
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
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收錄中華書局出版的點校本古籍,內容涵蓋經史子集各部,包含點校本二十四史、通鑒、新編諸子集成、歷代史料筆記叢刊、清人十三經注疏、佛教典籍選刊等系列,保留圖書完整的前言、注釋、校勘等資料。

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This full-text database features a collection of more than 1,200 well-known Chinese classics, as edited, punctuated and published by the renowned Zhonghua Book Company. Full-text searching is available in both simplified and traditional Chinese scripts, with variant forms of personal and geographical names effectively cross-referenced and searchable.
Dates covered: Varies
Concurrent users: 2
Provider: Zhonghua Book Company
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《四部叢刊》是二十世紀初由著名學者、出版家張元濟先生匯集多種我國古籍經典纂輯而成。此叢書性質與《四部備要》相仿,但以其珍貴版本著稱。電子版除保有紙本的全部內容,並可進行檢索等功能。

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Compiled during the early 20th century, this database is comprised of over 300 classical works. It is divided into: Classics, History, Philosophy, and Belles-lettres. This collection is similar to Four Essential Classics 《四部備要》, but is known for its high-quality and original manuscript printing versions. The electronic version allows easier navigation such as searching within text.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 10 user limit (shared with 四部叢刊+四部備要 Four Essential Classics)
Provider: 北京书同文数字化技术有限公司
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《四部備要》匯集三百多種中國古籍經典,由中華書局于1936年彙編及發行。此叢書性質與《四部叢刊》相仿,但内容稍偏于實用,選取了較有代表性的校本、注本。電子版除保有紙本的全部內容,並可進行檢索等功能。

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Compiled by Zhonghua Publishing House in 1936, Four Essential Classics is a collection of over 300 types of Chinese ancient text. It is similar to the Series of the Four Categories 《四部叢刊》, but is more focused on practical usability. The electronic version allows easier navigation such as searching within text.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 10 user limit (shared with 四部叢刊 Series of the Four Categories)
Provider: 北京书同文数字化技术有限公司
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《大公報》于1902年在天津創辦,爲全球曆史最悠久的中文報紙。此數據庫收錄除因戰事停刊及供應商缺件部份外,出版全部發行版面,包括香港版、上海版、天津版、重慶版、重慶大公晚報、桂林版、及漢口版。

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Established in 1902, Ta Kung Pao is the longest-running Chinese-language newspaper. This historical archive provides old issues from Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Chongqing Ta Kung Evening Daily, Guilin, and Hankou.
Dates covered: 1902 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: 得泓資訊
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《大公報》是中國迄今為止發行時間最長的中文報紙,也是中國近代史上最重要的民營報紙之一。
上海圖書館《全國報刊索引》完成《大公報》數字化約235,000版,收錄天津、上海、漢口、香港、重慶、桂林多地出版的報紙。

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Ta Kung Pao is the longest-running Chinese-language newspaper so far, and it is also one of the most important privately owned newspapers in modern Chinese history.
The Quan Guo Bao Kan Suo Yin of the Shanghai Library completed the digitization of about 235,000 editions of Ta Kung Pao, including newspapers published in Tianjin, Shanghai, Hankou, Hong Kong, Chongqing, and Guilin.

Dates covered: 1902-1949
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
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收錄了的1897 - 1952年間四百餘種小報, 包括有發行量最大的《晶報》, 而《趣報》、《金剛報》、《小日報》、《羅賓漢》等均有二十年以上出版歷史, 為民國研究提供豐富史料。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

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Tabloid newspapers are smaller than broadsheet newspapers and emphasize leisure and entertainment, including novels, essays, and trends in film, theater, dance, etc. They provide a window into the life and culture of the time. Numerous talented scholars and tabloid writers contributed, and together they shaped the collective conception of popular culture and modern cities during this period of Chinese history. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database.

Dates covered: 1897-1952
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
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《四庫全書》是清代乾隆年間官修的大規模圖書總匯,其匯集了從先秦到清代前期的歷代典籍共3,460多種, 分經、史、子、集四部。

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    Commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor in the 18th Century, this collection covers all areas of Chinese academia from the pre-Qin period up to the Qing Dynasty.
    Dates covered: Pre-Qin to Qing Dynasty
    Concurrent users: 1
    Provider: 迪志文化出版有限公司
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收錄了1816-1911年間300余種期刊,共60萬余篇文獻,幾乎囊括了鴉片戰爭、洋務運動、戊戌變法和辛亥革命等時期出版的所有期刊,其中包括婦女類期刊、小說期刊、白話文期刊以及科技類期刊等。進入後請點擊“高級檢索”去選擇此數據庫。

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Over 600 periodicals from 1816-1911, covering important periods such as the Opium Wars, Westernization Movement, Reform Movement of 1898 and Revolution of 1911. Themes include women's liberation, the flourishing period of novels, the vernacular culture, and scientific knowledge. Go to "Advanced Search" to select this database. 
Dates covered: 1816-1911
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Shanghai Library
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此資料庫內容包括經、史、子、集四部,其中以史部為主,經、子、集部為輔。若以類別相屬,又可略分為宗教文獻、醫藥文獻、文學與文集、政書、類書與史料彙編等,二十餘年來累計收錄歷代典籍已達六百七十多種(新增書目),四億四千四百八十萬字,內容幾乎涵括了所有重要的典籍。

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This database contains more than 814 titles pertaining to the traditional Chinese classics, especially those related to Chinese history. 
Dates covered: Pre-Qin to early 20th century
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: 中央研究院
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包含殷商甲骨卜辭、商周銅器銘文,漢世竹簡帛書等出土文字,以及上起先秦兩漢典籍、魏晉六朝文獻,下迄明清所編類書等傳世文獻。

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A database of traditional and excavated ancient Chinese texts, including 1. Oracular Inscriptions on Tortoise Shells and Bones; 2. Bronze Inscriptions; 3. Excavated Wood/Bamboo and Silk Scripts; and 4. Extant Chinese Encyclopedias (Leishu).
Dates covered: Shang Dynasty - Six Dynasties
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: D.C. Lau Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts
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申報是舊中國歷史最長的中文報紙, 記錄由清末到民國近80年間政治, 軍事, 經濟, 文化, 社會各方面情況。此數據庫收錄原《申報》紙本報紙,由1872年4月23日至1949年5月27日,共470,000版。

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The digital replica of Shun Pao, a newspaper published for almost 80 years, covering various aspects of China from late Qing to early 20th century. 
Dates covered: 1872 - 1949
Concurrent users: Unlimited users
Provider: 得泓資訊
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此批剪報取材以1900至1940年代和香港、廣州、杭州、天津四個城市與電影有關的報導為主。收錄包括《東南日報》、《浙江商報》、《廣州民國日報》、《越華報》、《公評報》、《益世報》、《北方時報》、《華字日報》及《德臣西報》。

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This database provides Chinese newspaper clippings related to cinemas and movies in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Tianjin from 1900 to 1940.

Dates covered: 1900 - 1940
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
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此批剪報取材以1950至1970年出版的中港台報章為主,兼及東南亞等17個國家的報刊,約共230種中文報章及40種中文期刊,主要收錄中華人民共和國及台灣地區有關僑務政策的報導。
 

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The approximately 33,700 clippings focus on the Chinese and Taiwanese governments' policies on Overseas Chinese and cover six main topics: government agencies dealing with Overseas Chinese, foreign remittance and investments, Overseas Chinese villages, reception and settlement of returned expatriates, Overseas Chinese education, Overseas Chinese tours and visits.

Dates covered: 1950 - 1970
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

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Alternate Name(s):Contemporary China Newspaper Clippings
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提供有關中國大陸、香港、臺灣三地的政治、社會、財經、文敎等香港報章新聞剪報索引,以香港過渡期及主權回歸的資料尤其豐富。
The actual newspaper clippings are available for viewing at Special Collections and Archives, Level 4 of Main Library.

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Maintained by HKBU Library's Special Collections and Archives, provides citations to clippings on the political, socio-economic, cultural and educational development in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Dates covered: 1992 - 1998
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
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資料來自「友聯研究所」剪報中有關1949年後中國的宗教政策和天主教及基督教在中國發展的情況。當中涵蓋題目包括「三自愛國運動」、教會和神學院的發展、有關天主教徒和基督教徒的處理,如龔品梅事件等。

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This database provides Chinese newspaper clippings related to Christianity policies and development in China from 1949 - 1970. The information was collected from the Union Research Institute.

Dates covered: 1949 - 1970
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: HKBU Library
Full text: Yes

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