Research Guides: *Chinese: Getting Started with Chinese

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Chinese Studies: Oxford Bibliographies
Annotated bibliographies on topics related to China.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture
Location: Online
Published: 2008
Key aspects of modern Chinese culture, from 'high culture' such as literature, religion and philosophy to more popular issues such as sport, cinema, performance and the internet.
A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought
Location: Reference DS721 .E32613 1986
Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature
Location: Bates Reference PL2265 .A63 2010
Published: 2010
Chinese literature from ca. 700 B.C.E. to the early seventh century C.E., with entries on major and minor writers, literary forms and 'schools, ' and important Chinese literary terms.
A Selective Guide to Chinese Literature, 1900-1949
Location: Bates Reference PL2302 .S45 1988
Published: 1988
Chinese Fiction Writers, 1900-1949 by Thomas Moran (Editor)
Published: 2006
Online information on Chinese writers from the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature by William H. Nienhauser (Editor); Charles O. Hartman (Editor); Stephen H. West (Editor)
Location: Bates Reference PL2264 .I534
Published: 1986

Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC)
A resource center of online articles, book reviews and extensive bibliographies of mostly English-language materials on modern and contemporary Chinese literature, film/media, visual arts, music, education, and culture.

The Cambridge History of China
Location: Available online.
A 15 volume series covering the history of China from BCE 221- CE 1982.
Science and Civilisation in China by Joseph Needham and contributors
Location: Bates Bookstacks DS721 .N39
Published: 1954-

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) This link opens in a new window
Humanities and social sciences articles and book chapters on East, Southeast, and South Asia, in Western languages. Publication dates: 1971 to the present.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Modern literature, language, linguistics, and folklore journal articles and books. Citations with links to full text. Publication dates: 1926 to present

Sources of Chinese Tradition by Wm. Theodore de Bary (Editor); Irene Bloom (Editor)
Location: Bates Bookstacks DS721 .D37 1999
Published: 1999
Translations of primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China.

Images on JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Digital images in the arts and architecture, including those related to Chinese culture.

Gallery of Chinese Propaganda Posters
Maintained by the Chinese Posters Foundation. See also other sites with posters.
Propaganda and the Chinese Press: Global Perspectives
Translated articles from the Xinhua, the state-run news agency of the People's Republic of China. Publication dates: 1946-1996.
Morning Sun
Images and music from the Cultural Revolution

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941-1996 This link opens in a new window
Translated newspaper articles as well as radio and television broadcasts from non-U.S. news sources.

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