China Studies: Articles, Journals, Magazines

Research guide on China and Chinese language studies resources.

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UW Libraries Journal Search
Search for journals within the UW Libraries. Request interlibrary loan (ILL) if needed.

Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
English language publications in all subject areas, especially the humanities and the social sciences, related to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Links to full-text if available through other UW-subscribed databases; otherwise provides index references only.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Collection of humanities & social sciences electronic journals & 20,000+ ebooks.

China Academic Journals 中国学术期刊数据库 (CNKI) This link opens in a new window
Chinese-language journals from mainland China, covering literature, history, philosophy, economics, politics, law, and education (F, G, H, & J only).

China Social Science Excellence
人大复印报刊资料数据库(全文数据库+数字期刊库) Full-text & Original Journals database
National Social Sciences Database 国家哲学社会科学学术期刊数据库
Full-text open access database of PRC social science and humanities journals.

Duxiu 读秀 This link opens in a new window
Repository of Chinese books, articles, newspapers, and other resources. Interlibrary loan available for certain reproduction services.
Superstar Journals Database - Chao xing qi kan 超星期刊 This link opens in a new window
Chinese journals (in English & Chinese) covering many disciplines including engineering, agronomy, social science, cultural, education, philosophy, and medicine.

PubScholar 公益学术平台
A public academic platform built by the Chinese Academy of Science that contains full-text articles from CAS journals and index, pre-prints mainly on science and technology subjects.

China Online Journals (in Medicine and Health Sciences) 医药卫生学术期刊数据库 This link opens in a new window
Articles in medicine and health sciences published in China from 1998 onward. Due to recent Chinese regulatory actions, access to content may be temporarily blocked to overseas users. Contact subject librarian for more information. Use Husky OnNet for off-campus access.

Hua yi xian shang tu shu guan = Airiti Library This link opens in a new window
華藝線上圖書館: Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (TEPS). For list of journal titles, please see below Bibliography section.

Hong Kong Journals Online (HKJO)
A full-text image database of journals in English and Chinese published in Hong Kong. Titles cover a wide range of disciplines including law, medicine and education.
Biblioteca Virtual de Macau 澳門虛擬圖書館
Free articles and e-book database published in Macau.
CUHK E-Journal Collection 香港中文大學圖書館電子期刊
Access to e-journals digitized by the Library or published by the University.
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
The journal contains a fascinating collection of articles on the history and culture of China and Asia, with special reference to Hong Kong which includes historical buildings, social organizations, popular beliefs, vegetation, fauna and change and development.

The Eastern Miscellany Full-text Database 《东方杂志》全文数据库
Full-text Database includes 44 volumes and 819 periods of Eastern Miscellany from March 1904 to December 1948, including over 30,000 articles, over 12,000 pictures, and over 14,000 advertisements.

Dacheng Journals 大成老旧刊全文数据库 This link opens in a new window
Chinese journals published from 1830 to 1949. See User Guide
Late Qing Dynasty Periodicals 晚清期刊全文数据库 This link opens in a new window
Provided by the National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals 全国报刊索引, the Late Qing Periodical Full-text Database (1816-1911) 晚清期刊全文数据库 contains digital images of periodicals published during the period.
Chinese Periodical Full-Text Database (1911-1949) 民国时期期刊全文数据库 This link opens in a new window
Provided by the National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals 全国报刊索引, the Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949) 民国时期刊全文数据库 contains digital images of periodicals published during the period.

Early Chinese Periodicals Online (ECPO)
Pre-1949 Chinese-language magazines and xiaobao 小報 (entertainment newspapers) and some China-based foreign-language newspapers. Combines the following databases: 1. “Chinese Women’s Magazines in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period” (WoMag); 2. Xiaobao; 3. Modern History Databases 近代史數位資料庫; 4. Funü zazhi 婦女雜誌 (Women's Magazine)
Bilingual Database and Annotated Bibliography of Cantonese Popular Periodicals of the Early Twentieth Century 二十世紀初省港澳通俗刊物雙語資料庫
Popular periodicals from the Cantonese cultural region from the early 20th century.
Database of the War of Resistance against Japan and Modern Sino-Japanese Relations
抗日战争与近代中日关系文献数据平台: open access database providing books, newspapers, and magazines, archival documents, images, and audiovisual materials from the first half of the 20th century. See Database User Guides for more information.