China Studies: Chinese Classic Ancient Books User Guide

This guide is intended as an additional resource for students and other UW library patrons who want to use the Chinese Classic Ancient Books 中國基本古籍庫

About the database:

It is the largest database of Pre-20th-century texts covering all fields of knowledge. It has in recent years become a standard reference for anyone working on pre-twentieth-century China, due to its vast scope and the good quality of the editions it includes. All texts are provided in full text and image format, allowing for a direct comparison both between digitized text and original text image and in some cases between different editions of the text. The texts are divided into four sections: Philosophy and Science, History and Geography, Art and Literature, and General Works; each of these is split up into 20 major categories, which in turn are divided into 100 minor categories.

• Select “Ancient Classics” and click "login".  You need NetID to login for off-campus use.
• One spontaneous user limit, When you see "在線用戶數已滿，請稍後再試！", please wait a moment and try again.
• Choose 中国基本古籍库V8.0 and click 我已閱 (I agree). 

分類檢索

左側以樹形顯示子庫中的分類，單擊某類，右側顯示該類所收書名卷數、時代作者、版本；單擊某書，則進入閲讀界面，下側顯示該書的編號、版本等。

條目檢索

限書名、時代、作者、版本、篇目等條件進行目錄檢索。

在左側輸入檢索條件，單擊“檢索”按鈕，右側顯示符合查找條件的書名卷數、時代作者、版本；單擊某一書名，則進入閲讀界面，下側顯示該書的編號、版本等。

全文檢索

輸入任意字、詞或字符串進行全文檢索。

在左側輸入要檢索的字詞，單擊“檢索”按鈕，右側顯示符合查找條件並含有檢索詞的書名、卷名和語句；單擊書名，則進入閲讀界面，下側顯示該書的編號、版本等，可看到覆蓋色塊的檢索字詞。