The Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains over 737,175 records (as of July 9, 2009) on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
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Integrated database for most major newspapers published in Korea 1990-present. Some 50 papers are covered, including two English papers. Older (1960-1989) articles available in PDF (non-searchable) for 경향신문, 동아일보, 서울신문, 한국일보.
A free online reference to personal names, places, time, and Buddhist Tripitaka catalogues in the Buddhist literature.
Published by Hakubunkan 博文館 in 1895-1933, Bungei Kurabu 文芸倶楽部 is a major literary journal of the time, in which you'd find works by Higuchi Ichiyo, Izumi Kyoka, Tayama Katai, etc.
This Collection of Historical Materials of the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) contains approximately 36,000 texts in 42 volumes with 4 supplements.
Full-text database on classical Korean literary works, history records, and articles from old newspapers & journals. Includes Samguk Sagi (삼국사기), Saso Samgyong (사서삼경), and the Digital Encyclopedia of National Culture (EncyKorea). By DongBang Media.
Korean History and Culture Research Database.
The Koseisha database indexes magazines and periodical articles from the Meiji era 1868 to the present.
Full-text from various dictionaries and encyclopedias, classical and modern literature, primary sources, etc. in Korean language.
The unified database of Korea Social Science Data Center, which includes statistical yearbooks published by government, public institutions and overseas institutions of Korea.
Includes full text of official gazettes from the central and local government in Taiwan, such as Office of President, Executive Yuan, Legislative Yuan, Judicial Yuan, etc.
This database includes Chinese census data at national and local levels from 1982 to 2010.
A government-sponsored open access journal database. Provides 1000+ important Chinese journals, including a complete run of 500+ titles. Please note that you need to create a free account with the site in order to access the full-text content.
Full-text Korean newspaper article database offering:
- Tonga ilbo東亞日報 = Dong-A ilbo : 1920-1999
- Kyŏnghyang sinmun 京鄕新聞 = Kyunghyang Shinmun : 1946-1999
- Maeil kyŏngje sinmun每日經濟新聞 = Maeil Business Newspaper : 1966-1999
- Han’gyŏre 한겨레 = The Hankyoreh : 1988-1999
- Tonga ilbo東亞日報 = Dong-A ilbo : 1920-1999
- Kyŏnghyang sinmun 京鄕新聞 = Kyunghyang Shinmun : 1946-1999
- Maeil kyŏngje sinmun每日經濟新聞 = Maeil Business Newspaper : 1966-1999
- Han’gyŏre 한겨레 = The Hankyoreh : 1988-1999
Developed by the National Central Library in Taiwan. Provides citations and some full texts of Chinese and Western-language journals primarily published in Taiwan and some in Hong Kong and Macau since 1970. Also includes some journals published prior to 1970.
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