Reference Tools

• Bibliographies and Reference Guides

• Biography

  • Biographical Dictionary (Barnes & Noble)
  • Biography Resource Center
  • Chinese Artists 藝術家人名大辭典
  • Chinese Biographical Database
  • Index and Database on Chinese Writers
  • Modern Chinese Writers and Their Works

• Calendar & Chronology

  • Ancient/Classical History
  • Conversion between Chinese and Gregorian calendar 中央研究院中西暦轉換工具

• CJK search engines

  • Baidu
  • Dnavi
  • Google (simplified Chinese)
  • Google (traditional Chinese)
  • Google Japanese
  • Google Korean
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• Conversion Tools

  • Convert anything to anything else(8,100+ converters & calculators)(CEAL)
  • Currency Converter
  • Distance Calculator
  • Romanization Converter
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• Dictionaries

  • Buddhism Dictionary佛教字辭典 (Library of Luminary Buddhist Institute)
  • Buddhism Dictionary佛光大辭典 (Traditional Chinese)
  • Buddhism Dictionary佛学大词典(Simplified Chinese)
  • Cantonese Pronuciation Dictionary 粵語音韻
  • Chinese Character Dictionary
  • Chinese Character Genealogy
  • Chinese Characters Dictionary Web
  • Chinese Computer Terminology (Hong Kong Computer Society)
  • Chinese Characters Dictionary Web
  • Chinese Dictionary (Ministry of Education, Taiwan)
  • Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (Lin Yutang)
  • A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced according to the Dialect of Canton (W. L. Wong)
  • Dictionary of Chinese Idioms 成語典
  • Dictionary of Chinese Official Titles in History 历代职官词典
  • Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (Charles Muller)
  • Hepburn Japanese-English-Japanese Dictionary Online (Meiji Gakuin University)
  • Japanese/English Dictionary
  • Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary
  • Lexicon of Confucianism 儒學辭典
  • Tibetan-English Dictionary of Tibetan Buddhist Teaching and Practice
  • World Wide Web CJK-English Dictionary Database(Charles Muller)
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• Directories

  • Council on East Asian Libraries Directory(CEAL)
  • International Area Codes (CLEAR Communications Ltd.)
  • Postal Zip Code
  • White and Yellow Pages Asia
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• Encyclopedias

  • Britanica Encyclopedia
  • China Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia of Taiwan
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• Full-text Databases

  • Academia Sinica Chinese full-text databases 中央研究院漢籍全文資料庫
  • Academia Sinica, Institute of History & Philology databases 中央研究院歷史語言研究所資料庫
  • Century Journals Project: Full-text Chinese Journal Articles (CNKI, China)
  • Chinese Journals Network: Full-text Chinese Journal Articles (CNKI, China)
  • Chinese Rare Books Database (The Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo) 東京大學東洋研究所漢籍善本全文影像資料庫
  • Chinese Rare Books and Inscriptions Database 古文獻資源庫(Peking University)
  • Chinese Rare Books Full-text Database 古籍全文檢索系統 (National Central Library, Taiwan)
  • Ci Database 全宋词，全金元词，全唐五代词 (南京师大)
  • Classical Chinese Database 故宮【寒泉】古典文獻全文檢索資料庫 (Palace Musuem, Taiwan)
  • Contemporary Chinese Literature (Taiwan) 當代文學史料 (National Central Library)
  • The Encyclopeida of Taiwan 台灣文獻叢刊 (Eastview)
  • Gujin Tushu Jichang 古今圖書集成
  • Ingenta Select Journal Search
  • JSTOR
  • Magazine and Journal Articles -- Academic Search Complete
  • PCI Full-text (Periodicals Contents Index Full Text)
  • Quan Song Poems (Peking U.) 北京大學中文系全宋詩分析系統
  • Quan Tang Poems (Peking U.) 北京大學中文系全唐詩分析系統
  • Siku Quanshu 四庫全書 (Only works with "Internext Explorer" browser)
  • Taiwan Classical Chinese Poetry 台灣古典漢詩 (Yuanzhi University, Taiwan)
  • Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (TEPS)
  • Tang Song Literature and History Database 唐宋文史資料庫 (Yuanzhi University, Taiwan)
  • Tripitaka (大正新脩大藏經)
  • Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA)
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• Geographic Names Database.

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• Indexes/Citations Databases

  • Bibliography of Asian Studies (Association for Asian Studies)
  • CiNii: Citation Information by NII 論文情報
  • Daozang zimu suoyin 道藏子目索引
  • Index to Chinese Periodical Literature 期刊論文索引影像系統 (Taiwan)
  • Index to Chinese Periodicals (Hong Kong)
  • MagazinePlus (Nichigai)(Indexes to Japanese Periodicals)
  • Magazines published during the Occupation 佔領期雜誌記事情報
  • Magazines published during Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa 明治‧大正‧昭和前期雜誌記事索引集成
  • National Index to Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals (NICNP) 全国报刊索引
  • NDL Japanese Periodicals Index 雜誌記事索引
  • Republic Era Bibliography Database 民国书目数据库
  • Siku Xilie Congshu Zonghe Suoyin四庫系列叢書綜合索引 (Fudan University)
  • The Union List of Japanese Serials and Newspapers (Serials holdings from 25 libraries in North America)
  • Web of Science (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
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• Language Tools

  • CJK Compatibility Database
  • Learning Chinese Online
  • On-line Chinese Tools
  • Rikai
  • Translating Languages
    • CNKI Translation Assistance (CNKI 翻译助手)
    • Systran Internet Translation Technologies
    • Translate with BabelFish
    • Translution Online Translation
  • Unihan database (CJK Unified Ideographs)
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• Maps

  • China
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Worldmapper
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• Newspaper/Dissertation and Thesis Databases

  • Asahi Kikuzo II Visual 朝日聞蔵IIヴジュアル
  • LexisNexis -- Academic Universe
  • Mainichi Photo Book
  • NDL's Guide to Japanese Newspapers
  • People's Daily (full-text Chinese Newspaper, 1946-2005)
  • People's Daily (full-text Chinese Newspaper, latest five years)
  • Pre-war Newspaper Articles on Japanese economy 戰前期新聞經濟記事文庫 (Kobe University Library Digital Archive)
  • Pre-war Newspaper Articles on Koreans in Japan 戰前日本人在住朝鮮人關係新聞記事檢索
  • Taiwan Nichinichi Shinpo 臺灣日日新報
    • Kanbun Taiwan Nichinichi Shinpo 漢文臺灣日日新報
  • Theses and Dissertations Database (National Library, China)
  • Theses and Dissertations Database (National Central Library, Taiwan)
  • Theses and Dissertations Database (UMI)
  • UDNDATA 聯合知識庫
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• Online Catalogs

  • China Academic Library & Information System (CALIS)
  • Chinese Knowledge Web(National Library, Taiwan)
  • NACSIS WebCat (Japanese National Union Catalog database)
  • Webcat Plus
  • WorldCat (OCLC Online Catalog)
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• Taiwan Literature Studies Database (University of California at Santa Barbara)

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