East Asian Studies
This guide provides a general introduction to library and information resources for all those studying, teaching and researching on topics relating to China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian regions.
About Library databases
The Library uses the term ‘database’ to describe a searchable online resource which forms an increasingly important part of our overall Library collections. Usually, the Library pays for access to copyrighted content within licensed databases, although a small number may be freely avialable to access.
Why use Library databases?
- Access to information sources far beyond our own Library collections, anytime and anywhere
- Powerful search facilities for research
- Databases can be subject specific
- More importantly, using the databases provided by the Library will help you find reliable information from trusted sources.
You might be able to find references to licensed databases by searching Google, but you'll only be able to access them via UoE login by following the links from Databases A-Z or Databaes by Subject, that is, if we do own or subscribe to the databases you need.
What do databases cover?
A database may be dedicated to a single subject (e.g. Beckett Digital Library) or cover several subjects (e.g. Arts and Humanities Citation Index). Some publishers also provide a single platform which allows you to search across all their databases from one website (e.g. ProQuest).
You can find a variety of resources:
- full text e-journal articles
- e-books
- abstracts
- citation information
- newspaper articles - historical and current
- primary source material, e.g. archives
- dissertations
- conference proceedings
- images
- audio-visual content including video streaming
Relationship between DiscoverEd and Library databases
- DiscoverEd is a catalogue of all the Library collections, physical and electronic. The system is maintained by the Library. Databases are maintained and updated by database publishers.
- Most databases are indexed in DiscoverEd by database name. We aim to keep this indexing as up to date as possible.
- Most databases are also indexed in DiscoverEd at the item level, such as e-books, e-book chapters, and e-journal articles, but NOT for all the databases. One such exception is The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, 1902-2014 : you can find the database name in DiscoverEd, but articles in this database are NOT indexed in DiscoverEd. Therefore, search the database itself if you are looking for TLS articles.
- You can search full text within full-text databases (e.g. JSTOR), but NOT in DiscoverEd because the latter doesn't index databases at the full-text level.
Tips for accessing databases
- Access databases via the one of the correct routes below, instead of doing so via Google:
- Library Databases list
- DiscoverEd
- Library channel in MyEd
- Resource Lists
- Remember to sign in when using DiscoverEd
- Remember to use VPN when off-campus
- Try a different browser
- Some databases limit the number of simultaneous users - if you are turned away, just wait for a little while and try again.
Databases for other subject areas
The academic field of East Asian Studies crosses over with a number of other disciplines. Depending on your research area it may be worthwhile looking at the databases available in other subject areas e.g.
See a full list of subjects and their recommended databases at:
E-resources trials
The Library regularly arranges trials to new resources, including databases. It's always worthwhile checking the list of current trials as there could be something available for a short period that is just what you are looking for.
List of subscription-based databases. University login required.
- Amerasia Affair, China, and Postwar Anti-Communist Fervor This link opens in a new window
- Apabi China Digital Library 中华数字书苑 This link opens in a new window
- Books of Modern China (1840-1949) 中国近代图书全文数据库 This link opens in a new window Please note: individual titles of the 120,000 digitised books in this collection are not indexed in DiscoverEd yet.
- China: Culture and Society This link opens in a new window
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1930-1939: Part 1 This link opens in a new window
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1930-1939: Part 2 This link opens in a new window
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1940-1944 This link opens in a new window
- China: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1945-1949 This link opens in a new window
- China: Statistics & Facts This link opens in a new window
- China Doctoral and Masters Dissertations Full-text Database 中国博硕论文全文数据库 This link opens in a new window
- China Law Info 北大法宝 This link opens in a new window
- Chinamaxx Digital Library 中文集献 This link opens in a new window
- Chinese Civil War and U.S.-China Relations: Records of the U.S. State Department's Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955 This link opens in a new window
- Chinese Classics: Philosophy This link opens in a new window
- Chinese Maritime Customs Service: The Customs’ Gazette, 1869-1913 This link opens in a new window
- Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953) This link opens in a new window
- Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949) 民国时期期刊全文数据库(1911-1949) This link opens in a new window
- Chinese Recorder and the Protestant Missionary Community in China, 1867-1941 This link opens in a new window
- Complete Classics of Ancient China 古今圖書集成 This link opens in a new window
- The Database for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements, 1949- 中国当代政治运动史数据库 This link opens in a new window
- Diaolong Full-text Database of Chinese and Japanese Ancient Books (雕龍中日古籍全文資料庫) This link opens in a new window
- Digital Archive of Rare Books 善本古籍數位典藏系統 This link opens in a new window
- Digital Dictionary of Buddhism 電子佛教辭典 This link opens in a new window
- Duxiu 读秀 This link opens in a new window
- Earl George Macartney Collection This link opens in a new window
- Economic Cooperation Administration's Relief Mission in Post-War China, 1946-1948 This link opens in a new window
- Evangelism in China: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1837-1911 This link opens in a new window
- Factiva (containing world-wide news sources about China and news in Chinese) This link opens in a new window
- Foreign Office Files for China This link opens in a new window
- General George C. Marshall's Mission to China, 1945-1947 This link opens in a new window
- German Foreign Relations and Military Activities in China, 1919-1935 This link opens in a new window
- Guo cui xue bao Full-text Database 1905-1911 國粹學報全文資料庫 This link opens in a new window
- Image System for Books of Japanese Ruled Period 日治時期圖書全文影像系統 This link opens in a new window
- Image System for Periodicals of Japanese Ruled Period 日治時期期刊全文影像系統 This link opens in a new window
- Late Qing Dynasty Full Text Database 1833-1911 晚清期刊全文数据库 (1833-1911) This link opens in a new window
- Late Qing Dynasty Periodicals 晚清期刊 This link opens in a new window
- Minutes of the Shanghai Municipal Council This link opens in a new window
- National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan 臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統 This link opens in a new window
- National Social Sciences Database 国家哲学社会科学学术期刊数据库 This link opens in a new window
- North China Herald (1850-1940) This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Bibliographies - Chinese Studies This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Language Dictionaries - Chinese This link opens in a new window
- Papers of British Consulates and Legation in China (1722-1951) This link opens in a new window
- Papers of Sir Ernest Mason Satow This link opens in a new window
- People's Daily (From 1946-2016) 人民日报 This link opens in a new window
- PerioPath: Index to Taiwan Periodical Literature System 臺灣期刊論文索引系統 This link opens in a new window
- Policing the Shanghai International Settlement, 1894-1945 This link opens in a new window
- Political Relations and Conflict between Republican China and Imperial Japan, 1930-1939: Records of the U.S. State Department This link opens in a new window
- Political Relations Between China, the U.S. and Other Countries, 1910-1929 This link opens in a new window
- Rare Books Image Search System 古籍影像檢索系統 This link opens in a new window
- Records of the U.S. Information Service in China: Chinese Press Reviews and Summaries, 1944-1950 This link opens in a new window
- Records of US State Department's Division of Chinese Affairs This link opens in a new window
- Shanghai Municipal Council: The Municipal Gazette, 1908-1940 This link opens in a new window
- Shen Bao Digital Archive 申報 (1872-1949) This link opens in a new window
- Sinica Sinoweb 經典人文學刊庫 This link opens in a new window
- Subject Files of US State Department's Office of the Republic of China Affairs (1951-1978) This link opens in a new window
- Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China relations, 1989-1993 This link opens in a new window
- Union Catalogue of Chinese Rare Books Database 中文古籍聯合目錄 This link opens in a new window
- Asahi Shimbun Kikuzo 朝日新聞 聞蔵Ⅱ This link opens in a new window
- CiNii This link opens in a new window
- Diaolong Full-text Database of Chinese and Japanese Ancient Books (雕龍中日古籍全文資料庫) This link opens in a new window
- Evangelism in Japan: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1859-1911 This link opens in a new window
- Factiva (containing world-wide news sources about Japan and news in Japanese) This link opens in a new window
- Gunsho Ruiju 群書類従 This link opens in a new window
- Image System for Books of Japanese Ruled Period 日治時期圖書全文影像系統 This link opens in a new window
- Image System for Periodicals of Japanese Ruled Period 日治時期期刊全文影像系統 This link opens in a new window
- Japan-U.S. Economic Relations Group Records, 1979-1981 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1950-1959 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Commercial Relations, 1910-1949 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Commercial Relations, 1950-1963 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs, 1950-1954 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs, 1955-1959 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Political Relations, 1930-1939 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Political Relations, 1940-1944 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Political Relations, 1945-1949 This link opens in a new window
- Japan: U.S. Naval Technical Mission, 1945-1946 This link opens in a new window
- Japan and America: The Pacific War and the occupation of Japan c1930-1955 (Series I) This link opens in a new window
- Japan and America: The Pacific War and the occupation of Japan c1930-1955 (Series II) This link opens in a new window
- Japan and Korea: Summation of Nonmilitary Activities, 1945-1948 This link opens in a new window
- Japan at War and Peace, 1930-1949: U.S. State Department Records on the Internal Affairs of Japan This link opens in a new window
- Japanese e-book collection This link opens in a new window
- Japan Knowledge This link opens in a new window
- Japan Times Archive This link opens in a new window
- Nikkei Telecom This link opens in a new window
- Political Relations and Conflict between Republican China and Imperial Japan, 1930-1939: Records of the U.S. State Department This link opens in a new window
- Chosun Ilbo Archive This link opens in a new window
- DBpia This link opens in a new window
- Dong-A Ilbo This link opens in a new window
- Factiva (containing world-wide news sources about Korea and news in Korean) This link opens in a new window
- Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS) This link opens in a new window
- KRpia This link opens in a new window
- Naver News Library This link opens in a new window
- 19th Century English-Language Journals from the Far East This link opens in a new window
- Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) This link opens in a new window
- Records of the Far Eastern Commission, 1945–1952 This link opens in a new window
- Asian Film Online This link opens in a new window
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
- Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
- Ethnologue : Languages of the World This link opens in a new window
- International Women's Movement: The Pan Pacific/Southeast Asia Women’s Association, 1950-1985 This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
- Social Sciences Citation Index - Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window