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Welcome

Happy New Year 2023!

I hope everything is going well with all of you. I am available on site and virtually to help you with your research questions and resources. Please send me an email at li_wang@brown.edu should you have any questions, or need to set an appointment for research consultation. We can set a personal or Zoom meeting if needed. Thank you and have a great season!

Announcements

Workshop: Navigating Library Resources for East Asian Studies Feb 10 @1:00pm
Airiti Library 華藝數位 (New)
Airiti Library = TEPS (Taiwan Electronic Periodical Service) + CETD (Chinese Electronic Dissertations) + Conference Proceedings + e-Books metadata. More Than 700,000 journal Articles and 160,000 theses released from 20+ Universities.
E-resource Trials for Chinese Studies during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Announcement | New Publication on Chinese Rare Books in the Brown University Library
American Sinologist Charles S. Gardner and the Chinese Collection at Brown with Dr. Li Wang
Curator Li Wang Interviewed by China Library Weekly

Quick Links

A Navigation to Internet Resources on China Studies 中国研究网络资源导航

Searching in Chinese
For research in Chinese, searching by Romanization is a reliable way to find Chinese materials in BruKnow and such databases as WorldCat. Use an authoritative dictionary for Romanization or refer to ALA-LC Chinese Romanization table, which library catalogers follow. If you are not familiar with Romanization, search by Chinese script/character. Non-Roman characters and syllables can be searched as keyword, author names, and titles though all subject headings are in English. For more information on searching in non-Roman languages, see this guide by Yale University Library.

Romanization and Word Division
About all academic libraries in North America follow Library of Congress Chinese Romanization and Word Division rules. Han yu pin yin 汉语拼音 (also called pinyin) is the Romanization rule used in catalogs of North American libraries. Wade-Giles Romanization, which was used in the North American Libraries and many publications before 2000, is still found in older books and other materials.
Word division: General rule: Separate each word except in proper names. (See examples by UT Libraries.) For detail, see Library of Congress Chinese Romanization and word division rules

Conversion tables:
Pinyin to Wade-Giles
Wade-Giles, Zhu yin fu hao, pinyin in Wade-Giles order

Chinese-Western Calendar Converter 臺灣中央研究院兩千年中西歷轉換
This online tool was developed by the Academia Sinica of Taiwan. It covers the period from 1 to 2101 A.D.

Citation

Quick Guide on Citation Style for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Sources by the Yale University Library.

Dictionaries and Reference Resources

Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics
Provides access to a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China, current

Current; the Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as the different linguistic traditions in which they have been investigated with up-to-date bibliographical coverage.
Hanyu Da Cidian
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The most comprehensive dictionary available for the Chinese language, 1986-1993.

1986-1993; at 13 volumes (including index volume), the Hanyu Da Cidian is by far the most comprehensive dictionary available for the Chinese language, including over 370,000 entries, with full definitions and historical citations for each entry. Compilation of the dictionary was undertaken from 1979-1993 by a staff of over 300 scholars and lexicographers. This online version (12 volumes) has its own Chinese search functions, so users can enter search terms directly.
Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese Online
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A Chinese-English resource of choice for all those reading Chinese texts, 500 BCE-1000 CE

500 BCE-1000 CE; a Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese Online is the Chinese-English resource of choice for all those reading Chinese texts.

Han Dian 漢典
A free website for searching Chinese characters, words and idioms, including totally 80,000 characters and 250,000 words. Visitors can search in classic dictionaries such as 說文解字, 康熙字典 and modern dictionaries using it.

Online Xinhua Dictionary 在线新华字典词典

Kangxi zi dian online (康熙字典網上版)

Classical Historigraphy for Chinese History 中國經典文獻工具書錄 (compiled by Benjamin Elman, Princeton University)

IGCS-Online Bibliographies for Chinese Studies (Heidelberg)

Online Resources for Chinese Studies in North American Libraries (Library of Congress)

CADAL 大学数字图书馆国际合作计划
A database containing more than 2,680,000 items, including books, journals, archives. Free registration required to access.

Databases and Journals

Licensed Databases (for Brown users only)

Airiti Library 華藝數位 This link opens in a new window
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Airiti Library = TEPS (Taiwan Electronic Periodical Service) + CETD (Chinese Electronic Dissertations) + Conference Proceedings + e-Books metadata

More Than 700,000 journal Articles and 160,000 theses released from 20+ Universities.
CHANT (Chinese Ancient Texts) This link opens in a new window
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A collection of databases of traditional and excavated ancient Chinese texts, dates of coverage vary.
Dates of coverage vary; CHANT is a collection of databases of traditional and excavated ancient Chinese texts, produced by the Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It provides searchable full text and some image files for a wide range of early Chinese materials. More information on CHANT is available on the website in both Chinese and English.
China, America and the Pacific: Trade & Cultural Exchange This link opens in a new window
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Access primary source material documenting cultural and trading relationships between America, China, and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
China, America and the Pacific explores the cultural and trading relationships that emerged between America, China and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Manuscripts, rare printed sources, visual images, objects and maps from international libraries and archives document this fascinating history.
China: Culture and Society This link opens in a new window
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Access rare pamphlets from Cornell University Library's Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia, c.1750-1929.
c.1750-1929; the core of China: Culture and Society is the pamphlets held in the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia housed in the Carl A. Kroch Library of Cornell University. Mostly in English, and amounting to around 1,200 items in 220 bound volumes, these rare pamphlets form part of one of the deepest and most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world. The pamphlets have all been digitised in colour and are full text searchable. Many are illustrated and feature lavish cover art.
China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980 This link opens in a new window
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Offers access to manuscripts from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London, 1793-1980
1793-1980; China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980 is based on substantial collections of unique manuscript materials held at the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the British Library in London, supplemented by additional sources from Cambridge University Library, the Church Missionary Society Archive, the Council for World Missions Library, Duke University, the National Archives at Kew, the Alexander Turnbull Library at the National Library of New Zealand and Yale Divinity Library. In addition includes a range of rare printed materials including missionary periodicals, atlases and books which help to contextualize the other sources.
China Academic Journals (CAJ) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to Chinese and English language articles covering the humanities and social sciences from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), 1994-present
1994-present; CAJ is one of several major databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). It includes full text, full image articles (many in English) for subject areas in the humanities and social sciences such as literature, history, philosophy, economics, politics, law, and education.
China Comprehensive Gazetteers This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to Chinese local gazetteers and produced in conjunction with the National Library of China, 1229-1949
1229-1949; produced in conjunction with the National Library of China, East Views's China Comprehensive Gazetteers database-presents a vast collection of Chinese local gazetteers spanning eight centuries. With approximately 7,000 titles (100,000 volumes)-presented to date, CCG is perhaps the richest single resource available for researching China in multiple aspects, including its political history, literature, and religion, as well as the biographies of famous personages, its culture, economic development and, of course, its geography and natural history.
China Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Access Hanyu Da Cidian and 23 other reference works in a wide range of subject areas.
This Chinese ebook collection is provided by Founder Apabi Technology, one of the largest e-book producers in China. This searchable platform currently contains 12-volume Hanyu Da Cidian and 23 other reference works in a wide range of subject areas. More titles will be added soon.
Chinamaxx Digital Libraries This link opens in a new window
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Access more than 1,100 full-text Chinese ebooks covering all academic disciplines.
Full text Chinese ebooks provided by Super Star. Brown Library currently has a collection of over 1,100 selected Chinamaxx ebooks in a wide range of subjects of areas. New selections may be added in the future.
Chinese Periodical Full-Text Database (1911-1949) This link opens in a new window
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The largest full-text database of periodicals published during the Republican Period, 1911-1949
The Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949), created by the Shanghai Library, is the largest full text database of periodicals published during the Republican Period. It includes more than 20,000 titles, such as Cosmic Wind, The Young Companion, and Shun Pao Monthly. It allows full text searching and downloading of scanned PDF files from the print periodicals.
Chinese Text Project (Full subscription) This link opens in a new window
An open-access digital library for pre-modern Chinese texts
An online open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available to readers and researchers all around the world. With over 30,000 titles and more than five billion characters, the CText is most likely the largest database of pre-modern Chinese texts.
Complete Classics of Ancient China This link opens in a new window
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The electronic version of the Chinese encyclopedia Gu jin tu shu ji cheng, edited by Chen Mong Lei, a renowned scholar of the Qing Dynasty. The collection includes the most important classics of ancient China through the Qing Dynasty.
This database is the electronic version of the famous Chinese encyclopedia Gu jin tu shu ji cheng edited by Chen Mong Lei, a renowned scholar of the Qing Dynasty. In 1934, the China Bookstore published its photostatic edition. The Collection includes all the most important classics of ancient China through the Qing Dynasty
Dissertations of China This link opens in a new window
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Access to the full text, abstracts, and/or descriptive information of master's theses, dissertations, and post-doctoral dissertations from key Chinese research institutions across disciplines, 1986-present
1986-present; this database holds fulltext or abstracts and other descriptive information of Masters, Doctoral, and Post-doctoral dissertations from key Chinese research institutions. Covers all disciplines.
Duxiu Knowledge Search Database This link opens in a new window
Provides access to millions of Chinese ebooks, bibliographical records, journal articles, multimedia products, reports, archives, and other resources, 1980-present.
1980-present; comprehensive, interdisciplinary Chinese knowledge system containing 2.15 million full text Chinese e-books, 3.1 million bibliographical records, journal articles, multi-media products, reports, archives, etc., altogether with 900+ million pages of resources all searchable and downloadable (with a restriction for the copyright protection). Updates daily.
This database DOES NOT work with EZProxy. Please download the SSL-VPN client to your computer from software.brown.edu to access this resource from off-campus.
Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980 This link opens in a new window
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All British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, 1919-1937.
1919-1937; this digital collection makes available all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan between 1919 and 1937. Allows access to eye-witness accounts, weekly and monthly summaries, annual reviews, reports and analyses, economic assessments, synopses on Chinese personalities, and much more. Brown Library subscribes to the first two parts of this collection.
Scripta Sinica This link opens in a new window
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A full-text Chinese database providing access to documents related to traditional Sinology and historical materials.
The project for the Scripta Sinica database began in 1984. The aim of this project was to digitize all documents essential to research in traditional Sinology. In addition, a full text database was established for academic research. Scripta Sinica is the largest Chinese full text database to encompass such an enormous breadth of historical materials. The Scripta Sinica database contains almost all of the important Chinese classics, especially those related to Chinese histor
Siku Quanshu This link opens in a new window
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A compendium of 3,000 years of Chinese thought and culture
Containing 3492 individual works and divided into four categories, the Siku Quanshu represents a massive heritage of Chinese thought and culture. Please note: Siku Quanshu only works with Internet Explorer and Windows XP. Off-campus access is through the VPN client only.

Other Databases

China Biographical Database (CBDB) 中國歷代人物傳記資料庫

This freely accessible relational database has biographical information on approximately 471,000 individuals as of November, 2020, who are primarily from the 7th through 19th centuries. The data is meant to be useful for statistical, social network and spatial analysis as well as serving as a kind of biographical reference.

Chinese Foreign Policy Database
Curates 1000s of documents from Chinese and international archives, it offers insights into China’s foreign policy since 1949 and its relationship to ideology, revolution, the economy, and traditional Chinese culture. Free access.

Hong Kong Journals Online
A full-text image database that provides access to selected academic and professional journals, in both English and Chinese that are published in Hong Kong. Titles included in this database cover a wide range of disciplines. Issues in the database vary from journal to journal, with the earliest going back to 1872.

Hong Kong Macau Periodicals Network 港澳期刊網
Developed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, with contribution from the Macau University Library, this database collects Chinese and bilingual periodicals published in Hong Kong and Macau. The scope of the periodicals covers both humanities and social sciences. It indexes more than 300 periodicals. Most indexes start from issues in 1980, but important titles are indexed from their first issues.

National Taiwan University Journal Database 臺灣大學學術期刊資料庫
A full-text database of journal articles published by academic departments of the National Taiwan University from 2002 on.

Index to Taiwan Periodical Literature System 台灣期刊論文索引系統
This database indexes about 4,800 academic journals, which are mainly published in Taiwan from 1970 on. It also includes some journals published in Hong Kong and Macao.

Newspapers

Access World News This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 7,000 local, regional, national, and international news sources, current

Access World News Research Collection is a full text news resource consisting over 7,000+ local, regional, national and international sources. Updated daily, it offers researchers and students primary source information on todays issues and events from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video clips, web only, and blogs. Provides comprehensive news and information on different perspectives on a wide variety of topics, including economics, business, political science, environmental issues, health and welfare topics, social problems, consumer affairs, education, local government, international affairs and defense, laws, sports and much more. Offering a variety of perspectives from all over the world, the important news sources in this collection are ideal for comparing and contrasting views on both local and global issues. New home of the Providence Journal.
Ta Kung Pao (Da Gong Bao) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to historical issues of this Chinese newspaper, 1902-1949.

1902-1949; a full text database based on Ta Kung Pao Pao (Da Gong Bao).This newspaper was first published on June 17, 1902, in the French Concession in Tianjin. Throughout its history, this newspaper has editions in different cities, including Tianjin, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongqing, Hong Kong and Guilin. In its prime, throughout its history, it was published in four different places in China. Currently, the database includes at least 2 million pieces of news and 200,000 high-resolution images. This database boasts a wide range of functions, including full text searching, cross-newspaper searching, and advanced searching.

Shen Bao (申報)

People's Daily (人民日报)
From 1946 to 2011; Renmin Ribao archives.

South China Morning Post

Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers
This is an open access database for 69 titles of old Chinese newspapers from Late Qing and Republican-Era. These titles cannot be found from other commercial databases. You may browse by titles and issues, or do keyword search to access the full-text.

Films

Asian Film Online
Streaming video collection of more than 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts

Asian Film Online is an online streaming video collection of nearly 600 narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts. With Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights. Its themes - such as modernity, globalization, national identity, female agency, inequalities in opportunity amid social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity - are central to any meaningful discussion of Asian culture.

Films related to China (from Kanopy Films and Documentaries)

Chinese Cinema (from Kanopy Films and Documentaries)

Languages and Literature

Wang Li's Gudai Hanyu Online Reading 王力《古代汉语》在线阅读
It is a nicely transcribed version of Wang Li's 《古代汉语》（中华书局， 1999， revised edition). This e-book is a very useful tool for studying classical Chinese.

Chinese Text Sampler
An annotated collection of digitized Chinese texts for students of Chinese language and culture at the University of Michigan. Can be used with their Clavis Sinica online text reader and dictionary.

Han Dian Shi Ci 漢典詩詞

Religion

CBETA 電子佛典集成
Developed by the Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA), the website provides free browsing and downloading of a digital collection of Buddhist texts, including most editions of the Tripitaka. Registration might be necessary for better access.

Chinese Buddhist Canon Series 漢文電子大藏經系列

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (DDB) 電子佛教辭典
Any user may access the dictionary by entering "guest" as the username, with no password. This will allow a total of 10 searches in each of the DDB and CJKV-E dictionaries in a 24-hour period.

Links for Chinese Religions and Philosophy (Joseph Adler)
Maintained by Joseph Adler, Department of Religious Studies, Kenyon College.

Special Collections and Archives

Data, Statistics, and GIS

China Data Online
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1952-present; collection of statistical materials including: Monthly Statistics, National Statistics, Provincial Statistics, Monthly Industrial Data, Yearly Industrial Data, Statistics with Map & Charts, and Statistical Yearbooks.

National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国国家统计局 (Chinese)
National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (English)

Census and Statistics on Hong Kong
An official statistical portal of Hong Kong. Free access.

Statistics on Taiwan
An official statistical portal of Taiwan. Free access.

China Historical GIS
Launched through Harvard University in 2001, the China Historical Geographic Information System, CHGIS, is a free database of place names and historical administrative units for the Chinese Dynasties.

Digital Humanities Projects

Digital Collections for Chinese Studies

A useful guide complied by the George Washington University

China's Cultural Revolution in Memories: The CR/10 Project @ University of Pittsburgh

Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data @ University of Pittsburgh

Ivy Plus Libraries' Digital Projects on East Asia

Depicting Glory: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China
An ongoing DH project led by Dr. Zhuqing Li, Brown University

Digital scholarship resources for East Asian studies and beyond by University of Texas Libraries
Compiled by Committee for Technical Processing, Council for East Asian Libraries. Based on resources presented at the International conference on the cyberinfrastructure for historical China studies at Harvard China Center in Shanghai in March 2018 and the Digital Humanities Asia 2018 Summit at Stanford University in April. 2018.

Interdisciplinary Databases

Databases Accessible from Library's Website

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-text access to nearly 4,700 journals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed journals
Current; multidisciplinary full text database, designed for the academic community. Includes full text coverage for just under 4,700 journals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Offers access to more than 1,800 journals across 28 arts and humanities disciplines, 1975-present
1975-present; source for information in all arts and humanities disciplines. Useful for retrieving recent articles that cite a known earlier article.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new window
Provides access to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays, 1949-present
1949-present; the ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Links are provided to 100,000 full text articles in ATLASerials, from more than fifty journals selected by religion scholars in the United States. Full text resources from the Religion and Philosophy Collection are also linked within this database.
Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
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Bibliographic information for materials pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia, 1971-present
1971-present; this online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains more than 610,000 records of materials in all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia.
Brown Theses and Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Search or deposit Brown dissertations and theses.
The Brown University Theses and Dissertations database includes over 15,000 records for dissertations written and submitted in fulfillment of Brown University degree requirements from 1893 to 2000. Included are undergraduate honors theses, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations. Records include the author's name, thesis title, degree awarded, year, granting department, and when available, thesis advisor. [This resource is publicly available.]

Google Book Search
Includes digitized collections from participating libraries. The "About the book" section provides useful bibliographic and other information. When a book is out of copyright, it can be viewed or downloaded it in its entirety; other books are viewable in preview or small snippets only. [This resource is publicly available.]

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Broadly search for scholarly literature. Connect Brown University in Google settings to access full text, current.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. Google Scholar includes much of Brown's library materials as well. Look for the "FindIt@Brown" button.
HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
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Discover millions of books, journals, images and maps digitized from libraries around the world, current.
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of book and ejournal titles digitized from libraries around the world. As members of HathiTrust, Brown users get PDF download access to nearly 3 million public domain or permissioned works that were a part of the Google Books digitization projects, or were contributed to the trust by other member institutions.

To login, click the LOGIN BUTTON and select Brown University from the list of institutions. If you have not already authenticated with your Brown username and password, you will then be asked to do so. While you can read articles without logging in, you will NOT be able to download articles.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.

If you are experiencing printing problems from JSTOR while using a Macintosh computer, please download the most recent version of Adobe Reader. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
If you need assistance, please contact the CIS Help Desk or eresources@brown.edu.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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A global collection of dissertations and theses, 1637-present.
1637-present; ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. PQDT Global includes more than 2.5 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 (with a few older) to the-present day together with over one million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350 word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150 word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT Global provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text also offers researchers unlimited access to digital copies from their own institutions as well as affordable copies from others.
Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Indexes popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, 1890-1982
1890-1982; contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. See Readers Guide Abstracts for 1982 to-present.
Religion and Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to journals and articles for theology and philosophy research, 1975-present
1975-present; Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. This database offers over 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to articles and other publications for all major social science disciplines, 1900-present.
1900-present; source for information in all major social sciences disciplines. Useful for retrieving recent articles which cite a known earlier article.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 2,989 active indexed and abstracted journals and 2,860 active peer-reviewed indexed and abstracted journals, 1895-present.
1895-present; SocINDEX with Full Text is a comprehensive sociology research database. This product contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, SocINDEX with Full Text provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 1,390 "selective" coverage journals. Includes extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources. Searchable cited references are also provided. SocINDEX with Full Text offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.
WorldCat FirstSearch This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive database of books and other materials in library catalogs around the world. Best used for advanced search of book records.

Direct Borrow Services: BorrowDirect

Direct Borrow Services: BorrowDirect
The Library participates in the BorrowDirect service which allow Brown students, faculty, and staff to place direct online requests to borrow books from partner libraries for expedited delivery to Brown.

Requesting Articles

ILLiad
ILLiad is Brown's InterLibrary Loan system, and can be used to request items not held at Brown. Faculty and medical students may also use ILLiad to request electronic delivery of journal articles held only in print.

How to request articles not available online at Brown.