Taiwan studies database trial

We are having a trial of three databases from TBMC (Transmission Books & Microinfo Company  http://www.tbmc.com.tw/chinese/) from now through October 31, 2014.

臺灣日日新報+漢文台灣日日新報 ( Taiwan nichinichi shinpō  + Han wen Taiwan Ri ri xin bao)  

Taiwan Daily News published under Japanese occupation, 1898-1944 (in Japanese and Chinese)

Trial URL: http://elib.infolinker.com.tw/login_rrxin.htm

udn電子書  (udn eBooks)  full-text eBooks

trial URL: http://reading.udn.com/lib/ku

udndata 全文報紙庫   udndata full-text newspapers

Trial URL: http://udndata.com/library/

East Asian Library

SWCAS & MCAA Joint Conference, October 3-5, 2014

The Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS) and the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA) will hold a joint conference on October 3-5, 2014 at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, KS. This marks the 6th time that the MCAA conference will be held at KU, but it will be a first for the SWCAS conference.

Registration costs for the conference will be $55 for faculty and $25 for graduate students and independent scholars. In addition, all conference participants will be expected to join either MCAA or SWCAS. Membership costs for either group will be $20.

For information about Lawrence as well as travel and hotel information, please consult the conferences home page.