This research guide is designed to provide an overview of both online and print resources related to Chinese studies available at the USC libraries and on the internet.
CRG is a centralized means for discovery and access to a breadth of Chinese resources, including scholarly journals, monographs, statistical publications, government documents, newspapers, dissertations, patents, and more.
People's Daily is the most influential and authoritative newspaper in China. It has been the official voice of the Chinese government and the Communist Party of China since 1946. 2 users access.
The PLA Daily, which started its publication on January 1, 1956, is the authoritative media of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to release military news and comprehensive military-related information and is the official newspaper of the Central Military Commission.
Global Times is a daily newspaper focusing on international relations and foreign affairs. It is an essential indicator of Chinese foreign policies. 2 users access.
Known as Chinese Google Scholar, Duxiu provides access to a huge amount of full-text scholarly resources in all subjects and formats, such as books, theses & dissertations, journal & newspaper articles, conference papers, etc.
Paste this link in the browser https://libraries.usc.edu/sites/default/files/duxiu_instructions.pdf for instructions about how to request full-text content from the database.
Part of the Hong Kong Literature Database developed by CUHK. It includes some full text and citations to literary articles published in major Hong Kong newspapers since 1930s such as 大公報, 文匯報, 明報, 星島日報, 華僑日報, etc.
Provides a digestible collection of articles from dozens of key Chinese newspapers on a wide range of topics, including politics, international relations, security, economics, education, public health, culture and more.
Provides English-language translations of broadcast transcripts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from countries around the world from 1941 to 1996.
Content will be released to this digital product on a monthly basis over a time span of about two years. When completed, the product will consist of approximately two million pages.
Includes a small number of English newspapers from China, such as China Daily, China Post, South China Morning Post, etc.
Each issue of every newspaper is indexed thoroughly, so researchers have access to not only top news stories but also detailed information on sports, business, and the arts around the world. Citations and abstracts are available for all articles.
Global Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring content from newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. This product provides one of the largest collections of news from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. All titles are cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform allowing researchers easy access to multiple perspectives, resources, and languages on the topic they are researching.
Use to find up-to-date information about companies and industries. Includes articles from newspapers and trade magazines, press releases, blogs, and business forecasters.
The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources, all in one easy-to-search database with a world map.
Over 4,500 news sources are included. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Paid ads are excluded.
Please note that you need to create an individual account with the site in order to access the full-text content and use “borrow/read 借阅” function for each title. Please refer to their FAQ section for more instructions. CADAL includes thousands of journals and newspapers from the Republican period. The titles are not full-text searchable, but they provide tables of contents for easy navigation and virtual loan.
Illustrated supplement of Shen bao 申報 published between 1884-1898 in Shanghai. This online version was digitized by the Yale University Library. USC has a reprint edition.
This list of Chinese, Japanese and English language newspapers published in China and freely accessible online is collated from tweets by @MossonStone1 and other sources.
Please scroll down to the heading "Overseas Chinese newspapers in the last hunred years in North America" to see the list of newspaper titles. You can check USC Libraries Catalog for availability of these titles in the library.
Translations of the Peking Gazette Online is a comprehensive database of English-language renderings of official edicts and memorials from the Qing dynasty that cover China’s long nineteenth century from the Macartney Mission in 1793 to the abdication of the last emperor in 1912. As the mouthpiece of the government, the Peking Gazette 京報 is the authoritative source for information about the Manchu state and its Han subjects as they collectively grappled with imperial decline, re-engaged with the wider world, and began mapping the path to China’s contemporary rise.
Includes the following 12 important English language newspapers published in China:
• North China Herald (1850-1941)
• Canton Times (1919-1920)
• China Critic (1939-1946)
• The China Press (1925-1938)
• China Weekly Review (1917-1953)
• Chinese Recorder (1868-1941)
• Chinese Repository (1832-1851)
• Peking Daily News (1914-1917)
• Peking Gazette (1915-1917)
• Peking Leader (1918-1919)
• Shanghai Gazette (1919-1921)
• Shanghai Times (1914-1921)