Database Trial: Dacheng gu zhi dui

Da cheng gu zhi dui (Da Cheng data) includes late Qing to Minguo historical periodicals and monographs published between 1840 to 1949 in China in humanities, social science, and some sciences. Published by Beijing SuperStar company.  

Trial from April 20 through May 30, 2015. 

Database Trial: Zhongguo fang zhi ku 中国方志库

Zhongguo fang zhi ku 中国方志库

Another new database trial is available for your research and studies. It is only for one month.      

Provider/Platform/Publisher: Beijing : Beijing ai ru sheng shu zi hua ji shu yan jiu zhong xin. 北京爱如生数字化技术研究中心(Beijing Erudition digital technology research center)

URL of the resource: https://lib.ku.edu/new-database-trials  or direct access at  http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2048/login?url=http://useast1.wenzibase.com/

Trial duration: from now through May 17, 2015

Additional Information/Comments: It's an e-book collection and a searchable database of Chinese local gazetteers. The collection has 2,000 titles of rare and special edition local gazetteers printed in China from ancient time up to 1949.

New Interview! "Scott Dearborn Colby--Center for East Asian Studies Interview"

Dr. Scott Colby, KU EALC (1966), talks about his experience studying East Asian Studies and Chinese language in the 1960s and early 1970s. This interview is a part of the University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies Faculty Interview Series.
Available on KU ScholarWorks at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/18598