Databases A-Z
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China Economy, Public Policy, and Security Database: Pishu
The database contains high quality analytical reports, also known as Pishu, intended to guide policymaking in the People’s Republic of China. Pishu are published by the prestigious Social Sciences Academic Press, a branch of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. These reports feature exclusive research and analysis by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and authors from similar institutions, and present objective analysis versus official government messaging on strategic issues. In China, Pishu are consumed by think tanks and top policymakers. Topics include a variety of issues of importance to China’s government and research community, including international relations, agricultural policy, and industry competitiveness. They may be considered somewhat analogous to United States Congressional Research Service reports and analysis reports published by the RAND Corporation. -
China Government Gazettes Full-text Database (CGGD)
This database includes a comprehensive collection of government gazettes, bulletins, announcements, and proclamations. It also contains national and local laws and regulations from Chinese government departments at all levels and is updated frequently. The coverage is mostly after 1994, with some titles dating back to the first issue. -
China Monographic Serials Full-text Database
This database includes Chinese Monographic Serials published since 1979 regularly or irregularly by academic institutions in the PRC.. JHU has access to 4 groups (serials) of monographs from CNKI. They are Literature/History/Philosophy, Politics/Military Affairs/Law, Education & Socials Sciences, and Economics & Management. The serials are listed on the left; use the checkboxes to narrow or broaden your search. -
China on Film : Twentieth Century Sources from the British Film Institute
China on Film features an exciting selection of documentary and actuality film footage from the British Film Institute, filmed through the eyes of predominantly Western travellers. Through a combination of amateur films, travelogues and newsreels, this resource provides a unique perspective on both everyday life and some of the key events of modern Chinese history. -
China Social Science Monographs
Chinese ebooks on topics in the social sciences. -
China Statistical Yearbooks Database
The largest and continuously updated statistical yearbooks database in China, including all aspects and fields. Resources are from the yearbooks published by China Statistics Press and edited by China Statistics Yearbooks Editorial Board, season monthly data published by national and provincial department of statistics and country/region development statistical data published by main international institutions. Coverage is 1949-current.
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China Stock Market & Accounting Research Database (CSMAR)
CSMAR, short for China Stock Market & Accounting Research Database, is a comprehensive research-oriented database focusing on China Finance and Economy. CSMAR was developed by Shenzhen CSMAR Data Technology Co., Ltd based on academic research needs.
JHU's subscription is limited to three components: Stock Trading, Financial Statements and Public Fund. Click the Enter link within the database to access these components. Alternative access to CSMAR data is available via the Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS).
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China Theses and Dissertations Database 2000-current
The database includes full text Chinese dissertations and master's theses from 2000 to the present. Our subscription covers fields in humanities and social sciences in the following categories: Series F - Literature / History / Philosophy; Series G - Politics / Military Affairs / Law; Series H - Education / Social Sciences; Series J - Economics / Management. -
China, America and the Pacific: Trade & Cultural Exchange
Explore 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. Manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps document this fascinating history. -
China: Culture and Society
Spanning three centuries (c1750-1929), this collection will make available for the first time extremely rare pamphlets from the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia, at Cornell University Library; one of the oldest and most distinctive collections of its kind, and a very rich source for research on China. -
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
This digital collection answers a need for clear, intelligible and informative English-language sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980, which can be accessed online and used in the classroom or in course packs. It is also ideal for independent projects on almost any aspect of Chinese history during the two centuries of monumental social and political upheaval that ultimately recreated China into a modern power. With manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, students are given an incredible insight into the changes wrought upon China during this period.
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Chinamaxx Digital Library
A collection of 700,000 titles of Chinese titles published since 1900 with the majority after 1949. It includes 22 areas covering all academic disciplines. Library has purchased specific titles and full-text access is limited to purchased titles that can be found in Catalyst. -
Chinese Ancient Local Gazetteers
Covering a span from 960 to 1949, the database contains more than 2,000 titles of local gazetteers.
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Chinese Social Media and the Anti-Corruption Campaign (2012-)
This archive is part of a collaborative web archiving project by Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and Georgetown University. It is funded by the Mellon Foundation-Council on East Asian Libraries Innovation Grants for East Asian Librarians. The goal of the project is to preserve Chinese blogs and micro-blogs related to the ongoing Chinese Anti-Corruption Campaign (2012-) -
Chinese Students’ Monthly Online
The Chinese Students’ Monthly is the first magazine published by Chinese students in the United States from 1906-1931. This publication became the official organ of the enlarged Chinese student organization: The Chinese Students’ Alliance in the US. During its publication, the periodical discussed all the important movements in China during that period of time: education, social, industrial, agricultural, political, and economical, etc. -
Christian Science Monitor (1908-2008)
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. -
Christian Science Monitor (1988-current)
Full-text coverage of this major daily newspaper covering national and international news and noted for unbiased, concise, and comprehensive coverage. -
Chronicle of Higher Education
A source for in-depth articles and news on teaching and administrative issues facing colleges and universities. A key newspaper for postings of faculty jobs in higher education. -
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
The Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers collection provides access to select digitized newspaper pages produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC). The collection contains millions of newspaper pages from nearly every state and territory in the United States published through 1963. -
Church Missionary Society Periodicals
From its roots as an Anglican evangelical movement driven by lay persons, this resource encompasses publications from the CMS, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work from the 19th to the 21st century, the periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounter.