China
See also Chinese search tools.

• Wanfang Chinese Studies Online 万方中国研究在线 (full text: U-M affiliates only)
  Provided by Wanfang Database Co. for both single and cross databases search. Currently includes the following three online databases:
  • China Online Journals (COJ) in Arts/Humanities, Social Sciences (万方数字化期刊)
    Features core journals in the Business, Economics, Arts, Humanities, Law, Politics and Social Sciences, as well as a very broad collection of Chinese university journals. Its years of coverage are from 1997 to present. Back issues are constantly being added.
  • Dissertations of China (DOC) in Arts/Humanities, Social Sciences (万方学位论文数据库)
    Holds full-text, or abstracts and other descriptive information of Masters, Doctoral, and Post-doctoral dissertations from major Chinese research institutions from 1986 onward. Document delivery service is also available upon request.
  • Policies and Laws of China (PLOC) (万方中国政策法规数据库)
    Provides valuable information on Chinese jurisdiction, legislature, and business laws and holds more than 134,000 records covering a comprehensive range of Chinese policies, regulations, and laws of both national and regional levels from 1949 onward.

• CNKI Zhongguo zhi wang CNKI 中国知网, 中国知识基础设施工程 (full text: U-M affiliates only)
  Jointly provided by CNKI and East View Information Services for both single and cross databases search. You can also select “Simplified Chinese” in the upper right corner for using the Chinese interface. Although most articles are available in pdf format, please download CAJ Viewer for better display. Currently includes the following three online databases:

  • China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ) (中国期刊全文数据库)  
    CAJ is the most comprehensive, full-text database of Chinese journals in the world. It contains more than 7,200 journals starting from 1979. Three series databases -- Literature/History/Philosophy, Economics/Politics/Law, and Education/Social Science – are included. Coverage: 1994 onward.
  • Century Journals Project (CJP) (世纪期刊人文社科精品数据库)
    Century Journals Project selects the most important 100 academic journals published in China and digitizes all issues since their very first issue up till 1993 in an effort to expand the China Academic Journals Full-text Database. Coverage: 1950-1993.
  • China Core Newspaper Databases (CCND) (中国重要报纸全文数据库)
    CCND selects core newspaper articles published in mainland China since 2000. Coverage: 2000 onward. For a complete list of the newspapers, please click here.

• China Data Online中国数据在线  (U-M campus access; jointly provided by China Data Center)
  Collection of databases including: statistical yearbooks, census data and other databases.
  
  
• Wen yuan ge Si ku quan shu nei lian wang ban 文淵閣四庫全書內聯網版  (full text: U-M campus access)
  Provides full text access to the Wenyuange edition of Si ku quan shu, a comprehensive collection of Chinese scholarship in various subjects up to the 18th century.  System requirements include: Windows OS and Internet Explorer and Chinese Input Program. There are also CD-ROM version for use in Asia Library CJK computing room only and printed version (Buhr Shelving Facility AC 149 .S72 2003)
  
  
• The Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China 古今圖書集成  (full text: U-M affiliates only)
  A full-text searchable online database of the 1934 Zhonghua shuju (中華書局) edition with original text, illustrations, and punctuation. Edited by Chen Menglei (陳夢雷) , this compendium of classic Chinese texts was first published in 1726.
  Note: The top menu on the main page would only display properly in Internet Explorer. Users with other browers could go to “Advanced Search 進階搜尋” (next to the "GO" button) instead to see the complete menu.

• CHANT: CHinese ANcient Texts  漢達文庫  (U-M campus access)
  Collection of databases including the following (the last two can be seen as online versions of 先秦兩漢古籍逐字索引叢刊 and 魏晉南北朝古籍逐字索引叢刊):
  • 甲骨文資料庫:  收錄13冊《甲骨文合集釋文》及《英國所藏甲骨集》等7種海外所藏甲骨卜辭資料，重新整理、校勘。
  • 竹簡帛書資料庫:  收錄出土簡帛文獻包括《武威漢簡》、《馬王堆漢墓帛書銀雀山漢簡》、《睡虎地秦墓竹簡》等多種，附釋文、圖像逐簡對照顯示。
  • 先秦兩漢資料庫:  收錄先秦兩漢所有傳世文獻，合共超過九百萬字；全部文獻採用舊刻善本重新校勘。
  • 魏晉南北朝資料庫:  收錄魏晉六朝全部傳世文獻，合共超過二千四百萬字；大部分文獻重新加上標點符號，又比對不同版本，全面紀錄異文資料。

• iSinoLaw 中华法律网 (U-M campus access; provided by the UM Law Library)
  Primary and secondary Chinese legal materials, in traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese and English. Access is limited to 3 concurrent users.
   

Japan

• MagazinePlus  (password required; inquire at office: Hatcher 418)
  「MAGAZINEPLUS」は625万件の雑誌記事情報に加え、戦後国内の学術雑誌が刊行した人文社会系の年次研究報告や学術論文集8,000冊、45万件の論文タイトル情報を加えた、総計670万件にのぼる国内最大の雑誌・論文情報データベースです．
  雑誌記事索引ファイル（1975-）完全収録．
   
• BookPlus  (password required; inquire at office: Hatcher 418)
  「BOOKPLUS」には昭和元年より現在までに出版された本の情報、約174万件が詰まっています．.. また1986年以降の本には、内容・目次情報、小説のあらすじを収録．

Korea

• KISS (Koreanstudies Information Service System) 한국 학술 정보  (U-M campuss access)
  Includes full-text journal articles from 1,200 Korean academic societies and research centers. Covers nearly all academic areas of study – including social sciences, humanities, education, engineering, language & linguistics, arts & literature, and medical sciences, etc.
   
• DBpia 학술 데이터 베이스  (U-M campus access)
  Scholarly multi-disciplinary full-text database. Full-text is available for 453 scholarly journals.
   
• KRPia 한국학 데이터 베이스  (U-M campus access)
  Currently 70 full-text databases are available. Provides broad coverage of primary resources on Korean Studies. Developed by Nuri Media.
   
• EncyKorea 한국 민족 문화 대백과 사전  (accessible through UM network)
  Online version of the print encyclopedia.
   
• KoreaA2Z  (U-M campus access)
  Currently 123 full-text databases are available. Provides broad coverage of primary resources on Korean Studies. Developed by Tongbang Media.
   
• Chosun Daily Newspaper Archive 조선일보 아카이브  (U-M campus access)
  Searchable databases of Chosun Daily Newspaper PDF archives from the first issue in 1920 to present. Click "Paper Archive" icon from the KISS home page.
   
• Kdatabase 한국학 전자 도서관  (U-M campus access)
  Selected full-text articles from Korean scholarly journals for modern Korean history. Developed by KCLab.