Taiwan Studies

Hytung Chinese Old Periodicals Database contains thousands of magazines and newspapers printed in China from 1792 to 1949. It includes newspapers such as: Tianjin Ta Kung Pao 天津《大公報 and I-Shih Pao 益世報 (The Social Welfare), The Republian Daily News 上海《民國日報, Changsha Dagong Bao 長沙《大公報, Sin Xua Rhbao 重慶《新華日報 (New China Daily News). In addition to the newspapers, it also brings together important materials for modern literary studies such as "Dian She Zhai Pictorial", "Embroidery Novel", "Education World" and "Novel Monthly". The database is updated periodically with approximately one million page images added annually.

This database was developed by Shanghai library, based on its collection from 1833 to the present. It lists about 40,000 kinds of newspapers and periodicals published in China, in particular Shanghai. The database contains over 40 million entries, with a yearly update of 3.5 million entries. The library has partial access to the index of 民国时期期刊全文数据库 Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949) as well as Contemporary Periodical Index Database (1950- ). It is one of the most important resources for the study of all aspects of modern and contemporary China.

CCND selects academic articles from over 500 publicly issued newspapers published in mainland China since 2000. Updated daily. The database contains the following subject collections: Literature/History/Philosophy -- Politics/Military/Law -- Economics -- Education/Society -- Science -- Love/Marriage/Family/Health.

The North-China Herald is universally acclaimed as the prime printed source in any language for the history of the foreign presence in China from around 1850 to the 1940s. As the official journal for British consular notifications, and announcements of the Shanghai Municipal Council, it is the first, and sometimes only, point of reference for information and comment on a range of foreign and Chinese activities. Published in English, it also features translations of Chinese official notifications and news.

This collection contains 12 English-language Chinese historical newspapers. These newspapers offer insight into Chinese political and social life during the turbulent 120 year period from 1832 to 1953. In addition to the article content, the full-image newspapers offer searchable access to advertisements, editorials, cartoons, and classifieds.
The Canton Times (1919-1920) ; The China Critic (1939-1946) ; China Monthly Review (1950-1953) ; The China Press (1925-1938) ; The China Weekly Review (1923-1950) ; The Chinese Recorder (1912-1938) ; The Chinese Recorder and Educational Review (1939-1941) ; The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal (1868-1912) ; The Chinese Repository (1832-1851) ; Millard's China National Review (1919-1919) ; Millard's Review of the Far East (1917-1921) ; The North - China Herald (1850-1941) ; Peking Daily News (1914-1917) ; Peking Gazette (1915-1917) ; The Peking Leader (1918-1919) ; The Shanghai Gazette (1919-1921) ; The Shanghai Times (1914-1921) ; The Weekly Review (1922-1923) ; The Weekly Review of the Far East (1921-1922)

Factiva provides access to the latest business and industry news. It is a valuable research tool for many disciplines, including political science, media studies, business, technology studies, social science, journalism, the arts, and more. The database allows users to browse through a collection of global content sources from 200 countries, in 26 languages – including newspapers, continuously updated newswires from Dow Jones and Reuters, journals and magazines, websites, blogs, and multimedia.

News and Newspapers provides a single search interface to all newspaper collections within ProQuest: Australia & New Zealand Newsstream; Canadian Newsstream; Global Breaking Newswires; International Newsstream; ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

World News Connection contains foreign news reports, from over 500 news sources in 130 countries, translated into English by the US Government. The news sources include newspaper articles, television and radio broadcasts, online sources, conference proceedings, periodicals, and non-classified reports. The U.S. Government discontinued daily updates for World News Connection on December 31 2013, as a result this database is now an archive covering November 1995-December 2013.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1941-1996) consist of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the globe. These media sources were monitored in their languages of origin, translated into English and issued by an agency of the U.S. Government. The collection is supplemented by Annexes that were created by the U.S. intelligence community to benefit analysts and policy makers. FBIS Daily Reports from Readex represent a unique resource for the study of foreign affairs, business, law, sociology, political science and more, as they cover all regions of the world.

The most widely read and referenced news source from the Soviet era is available online in full-text and full-image back to its inception in 1912. Researchers will be able to research the chief chronicle of Russian and Soviet history, from the beginnings of the Russian Revolution through World War II, the Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union, and everything in between.