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
  • Global access to Chinese newspapers from the first half of the 20th century. Learn more
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. Can’t accept shipments right now? East View can hold your order for you until further notice. Note: These books are in limited quantity and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact [email protected] for more information.

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

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Featured Resources

Vast e-book library from CSSP
Chinese Social Science Library

Now available from East View Information Services, the Chinese Social Science Library (CSSL) is a collection of titles published by China Social Sciences Press, one of China’s premier academic publishers.

Influential art journal from Taiwan
Lion Art

During the late 20th century, Lion Art was the most sought-after platform in Taiwan for artists, critics, and intellectuals who were enthusiastic to share their opinions through the arts.

Discover research documents through images
AcademicImage Library

Discover new research material using existing images. New from CNKI, AcademicImage Library provides scholars with one-stop access to academic images relating to Chinese history, geography, literature, art, philosophy, religion, culture and education. Users can start their research with an image, find relevant research interests and links to related documents.

Longstanding English-language daily
The Japan News

Launched in 1955, The Japan News is an English-language daily published by The Yomiuri Shimbun, a leading Japanese newspaper with one of the largest circulations in the world. Drawing on The Yomiuri Shimbun’s extensive news coverage network, The Japan News is an excellent source of both domestic and foreign news in various genres, including politics, economy, sports and culture.

An Open Access collection sponsored by CRL
Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers

This collection provides researchers a richly comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the years of provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People’s Republic.

Valuable resource for exploring Japanese history
The Japan Advertiser

Once hailed as “the Far East’s premier English language newspaper,” The Japan Advertiser was a hub of news written by and for missionaries, diplomats, merchants and journalists who were based in Japan in the early half of the 20th century.

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