2018 East Asian Forum Graduate Student and Faculty Research

2018 East Asian Forum Graduate Student and Faculty Research was held on April 20, 2018 in Watson Library. Each presenter was given 5 minutes to present a brief and concise research topic to peers and faculty. The East Asian Research Forum provides a venue for students and faculty to present their research interests, efforts, or results to peers and learn about what others have been working on, and for everyone to gain feedback from peers and faculty.

New Trials Available! Wanfang Data (万方数据)

The Lawrence and Edwards campuses of the University of Kansas now have trial online access to six databases provided by Wanfang Data (万方数据). These trials are available on a temporary basis only. All of them have limited number of downloads during the trial period. Please use them sparingly so everyone can have a chance to test.

The trial period ends on: May 20, 2018
Have comments? Provide feedback to Vickie Doll (vdoll@ku.edu)

1.    Academic Conferences in China (ACIC)

The Academic Conferences in China contains full-text, abstract and other descriptive information of research outputs from national and international conferences held in China from 1983 onward.

Available at http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?url=http://c.oldg.wanfangdata.com.cn/Conference.aspx

2.   China Local Gazetteers (Post 1949)

China Local Gazetteers currently contains over 26,000 volumes of Chinese gazetteer books, covering 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The database provides geographic and historical records of provinces, prefectures, cities and county district administration units.

Available at http://c.oldg.wanfangdata.com.cn/NewLocalChronicle.asp

3.   China Online Journals (COJ)

China Online Journals provides about 8,032 full-text journal titles published in China, covering over 90% of the core journals. It includes over 36.8 million full-text articles. With cover-to-cover display features, COJ allows readers to browse journal issues in a similar way to print.

Available at http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?url=http://c.oldg.wanfangdata.com.cn/Periodical.aspx

4.   Dissertations of China (DOC)

The Dissertations of China database includes Master's theses, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral dissertations from Chinese research institutions from 1980 onward.  

Available at http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?url=http://c.oldg.wanfangdata.com.cn/Thesis.aspx

5.   EPS China Data

EPS China Data provides series of statistical data on China. As of November 2017, the EPS Data Platform includes 41 statistical databases of regional and national organizations. EPS China Data has both English and Chinese versions and contains over 1.2 million basic and combined statistical indicators in time series with a yearly increment of more than 30 million numeric data. URL to Chinese version: http://olap.epsnet.com.cn/

Also available at http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?url=http://www.epschinadata.com/

6.   Policies and Laws of China (PLOC)

Policies and Laws of China (PLOC)" provides information on Chinese jurisdiction, legislature, and business laws. The database holds over 761,801 records covering a range of Chinese policies, regulations and laws of both national and regional levels from 1949 onward.

Available at http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?url=http://c.oldg.wanfangdata.com.cn/Claw.aspx

New Trial! Chaoxing Qi Kan (SuperStar journals 超星期刊)

This is the second trial of a new e-journal and newspaper product by Beijing Chaoxing (SuperStar). This product is designed for cell phone use, and these journal articles can be shared among friend groups. 

Chaoxing Qi Kan (SuperStar journals 超星期刊)

http://qikan.chaoxing.com (from KU IP address)

Access via:

ChinaMaxx Digital Library (http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?url=http://www.chinamaxx.net/) 

OR

DuXiu Knowledge Search Database (http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?URL=http://www.duxiu.com/). Click on the “Chaoxing Qikan” icon from the front page.  

The trial access is available from now through May 31, 2018.

Please send your feedback to vdoll@ku.edu.