Spotlight on Asian Resources from East View

East View offers a wide variety of resources from Asia

Newspaper and journal digital archives
Open Access collections
Print and online periodicals
Print books and e-books
  • Consider East View for print and e-book approval plans—thousands of titles available, custom selection services, and tailored to your budget. Learn more
  • Take advantage of Chinese print books currently in stock in our Minneapolis office, including more than 2,000 discounted titles, as well as regularly-priced titles from 2019 and 2020. Note: These books are in limited quantity and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Census Data
  • East View’s Global Census Archive offers robust coverage of Asia, with content ranging from the 1880s to the present.
    • Official census publications ranging from as early as 1881 to the 2010s for over 25 countries in the region, with an expanding collection that now includes data from the 2020 census rounds for Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Mongolia, Philippines, and Singapore.
    • Authoritative GIS census datasets for Cambodia (1998, 2008), Hong Kong (2011, 2016), India (2011), Japan (1995, 2005, 2015), Laos (2005, 2015), Malaysia (1991, 2000), Myanmar (2014), and Philippines (2015).

See below for highlights from our Asian offerings. Contact [email protected] for more information or to request a trial.

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China Research Gateway (CRG)

CRG transforms library access to Chinese resources by combining multiple databases into one package, supported by an accessible and user-friendly English-language portal. CRG presents the full spectrum of Chinese research, with comprehensive support for multiple fields of study including STEM, social science, and humanities disciplines.
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China Social Science Journals (UDB-CSSJ)

Collection of journals from Social Sciences Academic Press
Published by the prestigious Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP, 社会科学文献出版社), a branch of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Social Science Journals (UDB-CSSJ) comprises a collection of quality Chinese-language academic journals, offering a valuable resource for scholars and researchers engaged in social science research. All content is hosted in the United States.
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China Social Science Monographs (EB-CSSM)

Collection of e-Books from Social Sciences Academic Press
Publishing 200-600 new books per year, SSAP has built a significant backfile dating back to 1987. SSAP’s titles cover law, anthropology, media studies, economics, sociology, political science, Marxist thought, finance, governance, and more. All books are downloadable as PDFs and hosted in the United States.
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TBMC Resources

A wealth of resources from Taiwan
East View Information Services is pleased to offer a wide range of resources from Transmission Books & Microinfo Co., Ltd. (TBMC), a well-known online content producer from Taiwan. Content includes newspapers, periodicals, government documents, poetry, and more.
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PKU Law

A comprehensive collection of Chinese legal information
The premier academic and professional legal database in China, PKU Law (also known as ChinaLawInfo, CLI, LawInfoChina) contains a comprehensive record of historical laws and regulations from both the government and the Communist Party of China dating back to 1921 (formation of CCP). Collections in the PKU Law universe that are available for package or individual purchase include educational video materials, analysis tools, and reference works.
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The Japan Times Weekly Digital Archive

Chronicle of domestic and international affairs in Japan during the outbreak of WWII
A 50-page English-language weekly covering international and domestic affairs in Japan during the outbreak of WWII. Coverage by both Japanese and non-Japanese journalists provides insight into the English-reading community of Japan, as well as the image that Japan’s editorial censors hoped to convey overseas.
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