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General Resources
Audiovisual Resources
Bibliographies - General
Reference Sources
Books and Articles
Bibliographies - Specialized
Arts
Dissertation
History
Language and Literature
Philosophy and Religion
Social Sciences
Biographies
Dictionaries - Language
Dictionaries - Subject
Directories
Encyclopedias
Geographic Sources - Atlases, Maps, Gazetteers
Handbooks
Indexes - Individual Publications
Yearbooks

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Bibliographies - General

 

Reference Sources

  • China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works about China Past and Present.
    Asia Ref. DS706.Z87 1995

  • Introduction to Research in Chinese Source Materials.
    Asia Ref. Z3105.C64 2000

Books and Articles
  • Area Bibliography of China.
    Asia Ref. Z3106.W286 1997

  • Bibliography of Asian Studies.
    Asia Ref. Z3001.B5
    Online version (Licensed for UHM use only)

  • Bibliography of Chinese Studies.
    Asia Ref. Z3106.B52

  • China. (World Bibliographical Series, v.35)
    Asia Ref. DS706.C477 1997

  • Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie. (Review of Bibliography of Sinology).
    Asia Ref. Z7059.R4

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Bibliographies - Specialized

Specialized - Arts

  • An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: Tang, Song, and Yuan.
    Asia Ref. ND1043.3.C3

  • Annotated Bibliography of Chinese Painting Catalogues and Related Texts.
    Asia Ref. Z5949.C5 L67

  • Chinese Music : An Annotated Bibliography.
    Asia Ref. ML120.C5 L5 ; Sinclair Ref. ML120.C5 L5 1979

Specialized - dissertation

  • Doctoral Dissertations on China; A Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages, 1945-1970.
    Asia Ref. Z3106.G65

  • Doctoral Dissertations on China, 1971-1975 : A Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages.
    Asia Ref. Z3106.G65 SUPPL.

  • Doctoral Dissertations on China and on Inner Asia, 1976-1990 : An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages.
    Asia Ref. Z3106.G65 SUPPL.2

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Specialized - History

  • Chinese History: A Manual.
    Asia Ref. DS735.W695 2000

  • The Cambridge History of China.
    Asia Ref. DS735.C3145

  • The History of Imperial China: A Research Guide.
    Asia Ref. DS734.7.W5

  • Updating Wilkinson: An Annotated Bibliography of Reference Works on Imperial China Published since 1973.
    Asia Ref. DS706.C65 1991

Specialized - Language and Literature

  • Bibliography of the Chinese Language.
    Asia Ref. Z3108.L5 Y33

  • Chinese Linguistics: A Selected and Classified Bibliography.
    Asia Ref. PL1070.Y286 1974

  • Bibliography of English Translations and Critiques of Contemporary Chinese Fiction, 1945-1992.
    Asia Ref. Z3108.L5 L68 1993

  • The Chinese Classic Novels: An Annotated Bibliography of Chiefly English-Language Studies.
    Asia Ref. PL2415.B47 1988

  • Chinese Drama : An Annotated Bibliography of Commentary, Criticism, and Plays in English Translations.
    Asia Ref. PL2357.L67 1991

  • Classical Chinese Fiction: A Guide to Its Study and Appreciation, Essays, and Bibliographies.
    Asia Ref. Z3108.L5 T78 1978

  • Contemporary Chinese Novels and Short Stories, 1949-1974: An Annotated Bibliography.
    Asia Ref. Z3108.L5 Y29

  • Modern Chinese Fiction: A Guide to Its Study and Appreciation, Essays, and Bibliographies.
    Asia Ref. PL2442.Y365

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Specialized - Philosophy and Religion

  • Guide to Chinese Philosophy.
    Asia Ref. B126.F8 1978

  • Chinese Religion in Western Languages : A Comprehensive and Classified Bibliography of Publications in English, French, and German through 1980.
    Asia Ref. BL1802.T55 1985

  • Chinese Religion : Publications in Western Languages.
    Asia Ref. BL1802.T552

  • Guide to Chinese Religion.
    Asia Ref. BL1802.Y3 1985

  • Religion in Postwar China : A Critical Analysis and Annotated Bibliography.
    Asia Ref. BL1802.Y85 1994

  • A Select Bibliography on Taoism .
    Asia Ref. BL1920.P37 1988

  • Westliche Taoismus-Bibliographie : (WTB) = Western Bibliography of Taoism .
    Asia Ref. BL1920.W47 1992

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Specialized - Social Sciences

  • The Women’s Movement in China: A Selection of Reading, 1949-1973.
    Asia Ref. Z7964.C5 W65 1976

  • Women in China: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography.
    Asia Ref. HQ1767.C444 1984

  • Women in China : Bibliography of Available English Materials.
    Asia Ref. HQ1767.C444 1984

  • Women in Chinese Society.
    Asia Ref. HQ1737.M3 1974

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Biographies

  • A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.
    Asia Ref. DS734.G46

  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Communism, 1921-1965.
    Asia Ref. DS778.A1 K55 1971 (2 vols.)

  • Biographical Dictionary and Analysis of China’s Party Leadership 1922-1988 .
    Asia Ref. CT1826.B31 1990

  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women.
    Asia Ref. HQ1767.5.A3 B56 1998 (2 vols.)

  • Biographical Dictionary of Republican China.
    East Ref. DS778.A1 B5 (5 vols.)

  • Chinese Biographical Dictionary.
    East Ref. DS734.G46

  • Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1944.
    Asia Ref. DS753.8.A84 1976 (2 vols.)

  • Eminent Chinese of the Ching Period (1644-1912).
    Asia Ref. DS734.U65 (2 vols.)

  • Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century.
    Asia Ref. HQ1767.5.A3 N67 2000

  • Who's Who in China: Current Leaders.
    East Ref. DS779.215.W46 1989

  • Who's Who in People's Republic of China.
    Asia Ref. DS779.28.B37 1991 (2 vols.)

  • Who Was Who in the People's Republic of China.
    Asia Ref. DS778.A1 B37 1997 (2 vols.)

  • Zhongguo li dai ren ming da ci dian. 中國歷代人名大辭典.
    East Ref. DS7.4.C62536 1999 (2 vols.)

  • Zhongguo ren min da ci dian. Dang dai ren wu juan. 中國人名大詞典. 當代人物卷.
    East Ref. DS778.A1 C547 1992

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Dictionaries - Language

  • ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary: Alphabetically Based Computerized.
    Asia Ref. PL1455.A33 2003

  • Ci hai. 辭海.
    East Ref. PL1420.T86 1989 (3 vols) ; PL1420.C86 1999 (5 vols)

  • Ci yuan. 辭源.
    East Ref. PL1420.T89 1915

  • Dictionary of Southern Min.
    Asia Ref. PL1836.E55

  • English-Cantonese Dictionary = Ying Yue zi dian. 英粵字典.
    Asia Ref. PL1736.E64 1991

  • Han Ying ci dian. 漢英詞典 = A Chinese-English Dictionary.
    Asia Ref. PL1455.H338 1995

  • Han yu da ci dian. 漢語大詞典.
    East Ref. PL1420.H347 1987

  • Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary.
    Asia Ref. PL1455.P56

  • Mathew's Chinese-English Dictionary.
    Asia Ref. PL1455.M34 1944

  • Xian dai Han yu ci dian. 現代漢語詞典.
    East Ref. PL1420.X525 2002

  • Yuan dong Han Ying da ci dian. 遠東漢英大辭典 = Far East Chinese-English Dictionary.
    Asia Ref. PL1455.Y795 2000

  • Zhongguo Minnan yu Ying yu zi dian. 中國閩南語英語字典 = Amoy-English Dictionary.
    Asia Ref.PL1710.T28 C57 1976

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Dictionaries - Subject

  • A Comprehensive Glossary of Chinese Communist Terminology.
    Asia Ref. DS777.55.K756 1978

  • China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary.
    Asia Ref. DS733.C58523 1998

  • Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms.
    Asia Ref. BQ130.S65 1937

  • Dictionary of Chinese Mythology.
    Asia Ref. BL1801.W35 1961

  • Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought.
    Asia Ref. DS721.E32613 1986

  • Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China.
    Asia Ref. JQ1512.Z13 T53 1985

  • Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China.
    Asia Ref. DS777.75.D53 1998

  • Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China.
    Asia Ref. DS730.074 1998

  • Historical Dictionary of Taoism.
    Asia Ref. BL1923.P37 1998

  • Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1997.
    Asia Ref. DS777.55.S85 1997

  • Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976.
    Asia Ref. DS740.2.H57 1992

  • Han Ying, Ying Han jing mao da ci dian. 漢英英漢經貿大詞典 = A Dictionary of Economics and Commerce, Chinese-English, English-Chinese.
    East Ref. HB61.H353 1993

  • Zhongguo ge min zu zong jiao yu shen hua da ci dian. 中國各民族宗教與神話大詞典 (Dictionary of Religion and Mythology of All Chinese Nationalities, including Han).
    East Ref. BL1825.C464 1990

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Directories

  • China directory in Pinyin and Chinese = Chugoku soshikibetsu jinmeibō.
    Asia Ref. JQ1507 .C543

  • Directory of Selected Chinese Universities and Colleges Open to Foreign students.
    Asia Ref. L961.C6 D57 1993

  • Directory of Officials and Organizations in China.
    Asia Ref. JQ1507.L35 2003

  • Guide to Chinese Studies = Xiaweiyi da xue Zhongguo xue shu yan jiu zhi nan. 夏威夷大學中國學術研究指南.
    Asia DS734.97.U55 (current vol. Ref)

  • Kompass. China = Kang pa si. Zhongguo 康帕斯. 中國.
    ASIA HF3833.K66 (newest vol. Ref)

  • Xianggang qi ye 10000 jia ming lu 香港企業1000家名錄 = Directory of 10000 Hong Kong Enterprises.
    East Ref. HC470.3.X54 2000

  • Zhongguo mao cu hui, Zhongguo guo ji shang hui qi ye hui yuan ming lu 中國貿促會，中國國際商會企業會員名錄 = China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) Enterprise Membership Directory.
    East Ref. HF3833.Z4665 2001

  • Zhongguo zheng fu ji gou ming lu : (Zhong Ying wen dui zhao). 中國政府機構名錄 : (中英文對照) = Directory of Government Organizations of the People's Republic of China : Chinese and English Bilingual Edition.
    East Ref. JQ1501.A1845 2003 (2 vols.)

  • Zhonghua Minguo Taiwan Diqu chu ban ji gou ming lu, Minguo 91 nian 中華民國臺灣地區出版機構名錄，民國91年 = 2002 Publishers’ Directory in Taiwan.
    East Ref. CD ROM 447

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Encyclopedias

  • The Asian-American Encyclopedia.
    Hamilton Ref. E184.06 A827 1995 (6 vols.)

  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China.
    Asia Ref. DS705.C35 1991

  • Encyclopedia of China : The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture.
    Asia Ref. DS705.P47 1999

  • Information China: The Comprehensive and Authoritative Reference Source of New China.
    Asia Ref. DS706.I5 1989 (3 vols.)

  • Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism.
    Asia Ref. JC311.M54 1998

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Geographic Sources - Atlases, Maps, Gazetteers

  • China: A Provincial Atlas.
    Asia Ref. G2305.H84 1995

  • Gazetteer of the People's Republic of China.
    Asia Ref. DS705.D43 1979

  • An Historical Atlas of China.
    Asia Ref. G2306.S1 H4 1966

  • The National Economic Atlas of China.
    Asia Ref. G2306.G1 N3 1994

  • The Population Atlas of China.
    ASIA G2306.E2 P6 1987

Handbooks

  • A Research Guide to Central Party and Government Meetings in China, 1949-1986.
    Asia Ref. DS777.55.L545 1989

  • The Cambridge History of China.
    Asia Ref. DS735.C3145 (15 vols.)

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China.
    Asia Ref. DS706.M24 1991

  • The New Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China.
    Asia Ref. DS706.M24 2001

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Indexes - Individual Publications

  • Bao kan zi liao suo yin 報 刊 資 料 索 引= Index to Periodical Materials.
    East Ref. AI19.C5 P36
    Annual. 1980-
    This index, to some 2,000 journals, newspapers, serial publications, and collected works, is categorized into 98 subjects and published annually in multiple volumes. Articles which appear toward the end of the year are included in the index of the following year.

  • Guang ming ri bao suo yin 光 明 日 報 索 引 = Index to the Kuang Ming Daily.
    Asia Ref. PN5369.K83
    Monthly. 1968, 1971-1972, 1974-
    This newspaper index covers important political and economic news, scientific and cultural developments, and academic studies in China and abroad. Featured articles are also included.

  • Jie fang ri bao suo yin 解 放 日 報 索 引 = Index to the Liberation Daily.
    East Ref. AI21.C455 C46
    Monthly. 1982-
    This is a subject index to articles published in the Liberation Daily newspaper, organ of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China, covering politics, international affairs, and economic development of the Shanghai market, plus Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangxi provinces. The index also covers literature, cultural events, and sports published in the special columns and supplements of the newspaper. The Yan'an edition of the paper has an index for personal names, entitled: Jie fang ri bao ren ming suo yin [Name index of the Liberation Daily] (May 1941-March 1947), published in 1983 (Asia Ref. AI121.C455 C45).

  • Quan guo bao kan suo yin - she ke ban 全 國 報 刊 索 引 - 哲 社 版 = National Periodical Index - Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition.
    East Ref. AI19.C5 C552
    Monthly. March 1955-June 1959 (microfilm); September 1979, 1988-
    This index covers approximately 2,100 journals and 120 newspapers in the humanities and social sciences published for national and local distribution. It also includes the "nei bu" or internally circulated publications. Arranged by subject. A list of the periodicals indexed is included in the January and July issues.

  • Ren min ri bao suo yin 人 民 日 報 索 引 = Index to the People's Daily.
    East Ref. PN5369.J41
    Monthly.1948-
    This is an index by subject to the People's Daily newspaper, the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China. The index is packed with government policies and general affairs of China. Foreign relations and world politics are also heavily emphasized.

  • Wen hui bao suo yin 文 匯 報 索 引 = Index to the Wen Hui Daily.
    East Ref AI21.W44
    1982-
    This is a subject index to the Wen hui pao newspaper, which is distributed throughout China and overseas. The index covers international affairs as well as politics, culture, economics, education and science of the People's Republic of China. Local news of Shanghai are well represented. Passages in the supplements and special columns dealing with literary works, popular culture, and other activities of common interest are also indexed.

  • Zhonghua Minguo qi kan lun wen suo yin 中 華 民 國 期 刊 論 文 索 引 = Index to Chinese Periodical Literature.
    East Ref. AI19.C5 C58
    1970-
    This is an index to essays and research papers from over 700 periodicals mainly published in Taiwan. Most of the articles indexed are in Chinese, though some are in English. The index covers a wide range of subjects, including science and technology, but it does not include short stories, news items, statistics, etc. An author index is added.

  • Zhonghua Minguo zheng fu gong bao suo yin 中 華 民 國 政 府 公 報 索 引 = Index to Chinese Official Gazettes.
    East Ref. Z3105.C57
    1972-1974, 1982-
    This is an index to nearly 20 official gazettes published by the national, provincial, and municipal governments in Taiwan. The index is divided into three sections: (a) document list arranged by number, (b) subject index, and (c) document index.

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Yearbooks

  • China Economic Systems Reform Yearbook.
    EAST HC427.92.C548426

  • China Facts and Figures Annual.
    ASIA DS779.15.C48 (latest 2 yrs. Ref)

  • China Statistical Yearbook
    Asia HA4631.S83 (latest vol. Ref)
    CD ROM 205

  • Hong Kong.
    Asia Ref DS796.H7 A33

  • People's Republic of China Year-Book = Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo nian jian. 中华人民共和国年鉴
    ASIA DS779.15.C493 (in English); East DS779.15.C47 (in Chinese)(newest vol. Ref)

  • Taiwan Yearbook (continues: Republic of China Yearbook).
    ASIA DS777.53.C459 (current vol. Ref)
    Online version

  • Xianggang. [Computer file] = Hong Kong.
    Asia Ref. CD ROM 374
    Online version

  • Zhongguo jiao yu shi ye tong ji nian jian. 中国教育事业统计年鉴 = Educational Statistics Yearbook of China.
    East LA1131.82 .Z5896 (latest vol. Ref)

  • Zhongguo jing ji nian jian. 中国经济年鉴 = Almanac of China’s Economy.
    East Ref. HC427.92.Z466 2004

  • Zhongguo lu you tong ji nian jian = 中國旅游统计年鉴 The Yearbook of China Tourism Statistics
    East G155.C55 C55 (newest vol. Ref)

  • Zhongguo ren kou nian jian. 中国人口年鉴 = Almanac of China's Population.
    EAST HB3654.A3 C57 (current vol. Ref)

  • Zhongguo ren kou tong ji nian jian. 中国人口统计年鉴 = China Population Statistics Yearbook
    East HB3654.A3 C58 (newest vol. Ref)

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