The China Collection at the UHM Library has a rich history dating back to its early days. Hawaii's geographical significance, unique cultural landscape, and the establishment of the Chinese Department at the University of Hawai‘i in 1922 influenced the library's early collection growth. The foundation of the China Collection took shape from the establishment of the Oriental Institute Library in 1935. The challenging wartime period saw acquisition efforts persist despite financial constraints. After the war, the collection expanded significantly, with the establishment of the East West Center Library enhancing its prominence as a hub for Asian resources. The China Collection's evolution reflects a commitment to preserving and sharing knowledge about China's culture and history, making it a vital resource for researchers and scholars.
The China Collection has matured into a research-level collection consisting of materials about China encompassing diverse languages like Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian and other languages. It excels in Chinese history, language and literature (including classical texts and traditional drama/fiction), philosophy, religion, and arts like architecture and painting. Addressing the academic needs of China-related studies at UHM, the collection includes an expanding array of resources covering socio-economic, political conditions of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
In addition to materials physically housed in the UHM Library, the Library has permanent access to over 3,000 Chinese e-books and over 21, 000 Chinese e-journals. The electronic resources acquired for Chinese studies are sorted by title listed below: list of Chinese resources, list of English resources. Complementing its offerings, the library is committed to digitizing unique historical and cultural materials, as evident in online image collections like Shackford Collection of Photographs of China and Lian Huan Hua 连环画 - Picture Storybook.
Please visit the online exhibit China100@UHM to learn more about the first half century of the Chinese studies programs and the library collection at the University of Hawai‘i.
Central Daily News 中央日报 (1928. 2.1 - 1949. 4. 23)
CHANT (CHinese ANcient Text) Database 漢達文庫
A comprehensive online database of ancient Chinese texts developed by the D. C. Lau Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts, Chinese University of Hong Kong. The Library subscribes to three CHANT databases: six dynasties (六朝) transmitted texts, encyclopedia (leishu 類書, from the Wei-Jin period down to the Qing dynasty) and lexicon (詞彙, covering the most frequently used words and phrases found in transmitted ancient Chinese texts).
Chinamaxx Digital Libraries 超星数字图书馆
Contains more than 700 full-text Chinese e-books acquired by the Library.
China Academic Journals (CAJ) 中国期刊全文数据库
Subscription includes 5 series: Literature/History/Philosophy ; Politics/Military Affairs/Law; Economy & Management; Education/Social Sciences; Medicine/Hygiene, and the Century Journals Project. More about CAJ
Chinese and English Newspaper of Modern China 中国近代中英文报纸全文数据库 (based on rich collections of Shanghai Library)
Chinese Classic Ancient Books Database 中华经典古籍库
Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service (CETD) 中文電子學位論文服務
Continent Magazine Archive 大陸雜誌, 1950-2002
Database of Modern Chinese Newspapers 近代报纸数据库, 1840-1949 (based on collections of the National Library of China)
Contains the most important classics of the ancient China through the Qing dynasty. It is divided into six main categories, 32 sections, and 6,117 sub-sections, and each sub-section contains 10 parts. Topics of interest include astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, literature, politics, economy, art, education, agriculture, medicine, etc.
National Palace Museum Journals Archive 故宮期刊知識庫, 1966-present
North-China Daily News & Herald Newspapers and Hong Lists 字林洋行中英文报纸全文数据库 (1850-1951)
People's Daily 人民日报, 1946-present
Scripta Sinica Database 漢藉電子文獻資料庫
Developed by the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, it is a compilation of more than 500 titles and 350,000,000 characters of materials pertaining to the traditional Chinese classics, especially those related to Chinese history, including "Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty" (Ming shi lu) and "Veritable Records of the Qing Dynasty" (Qing shi lu).
Sinica Sinoweb 中研院經典人文學刊, 1928-present
Contains 14 journals as follows: 中央研究院歷史語言研究所集刊, 中央研究院中国文哲研究集刊, 中央研究院近代史研究所集刊中央研究院近代中國婦女史研, 中央研究院口述歷史期刊, 中央研究院近代中國史研究通訊, 中央研究院臺灣人類學刊, 中央研究院臺灣史研究, 漢學研究, 思与言, 食货月刊, 鵝湖學誌, 鹅湖月刊, 民俗曲藝.
Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services (TEPS) 台灣電子期刊服務網
The Tabloids. Series 1-4 小报, 1-4 辑
The Library has collected more than 150 titles of "lian huan hua" (连环画, graphic novels) that were published mostly during the Cultural Revolution, particularly between 1971-1976, when the publication of lian huan hua was rare and difficult at that time.
The covers of books in the Collection have been digitalized and available at: http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/storybook/
Shackford Collection of Photographs of China
China, America and the Pacific
China: Trade, Politics & Culture
Chinese and English Newspaper of Modern China 中国近代中英文报纸全文数据库
Based on rich collections of Shanghai Library, it includes English newspapers: The Shanghai Evening Courier 《上海晚邮》(1869-1874), Shanghai Courier & China Gazette 《中华快报》(1876-1878), Shanghai Courier 《上海差报》 (1878-1884), The China Press 《大陆报》(1911-1949), The Shanghai Times 《上海泰晤士报》 (1925-1943), The Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury 《大美晚报》(1929-1949)
The Far Eastern Economic Review Archive (1946-2009)
Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980
North-China Daily News & Herald Newspapers and Hong Lists 字林洋行中英文报纸全文数据库 (1850~1951)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection, 1832-1953
Containing The Canton Times (1919-1920), The China Critic (1939-1946), China Monthly Review (1950-1953), The China Press (1925-1938), The China Weekly Review (1923-1950), The Chinese Recorder (1912-1938), The Chinese Recorder and Educational Review (1939-1941), The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal (1868-1912), The Chinese Repository (1832-1851), Millard's China National Review (1919-1919), Millard's Review of the Far East (1917-1919), Millard's Review of the Far East (1919-1921), The North - China Herald (1850-1867), The North - China Herald and Market Report (1867-1869), The North - China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette (1870-1941), Peking Daily News (1914-1917), Peking Gazette (1915-1917), The Peking Leader (1918-1919), The Shanghai Gazette (1919-1921). More about the database
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post (1903-2001)
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Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
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Online Exhibit China100@UHM -- History of the Chinese studies programs and the library collection at UHM