Chinese Historical Documents

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Chinese Historical Documents Library
Collections/ServicesFor History 273Professor
Qitao Guo

• Ying Zhang, Ph.D.
• Research Librarian for Asian Studies
• 466 Langson Library
• yingz_at_uci.edu
• [phone]
• October 3rd, 2007

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Table of Content

• What do we have?
• Where have they been held?
• How can you find/locate them?
• How can we help you to find/locate them?

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What do we have?

• Qing/Republic documents
• ??? Qing Shi Lu Qing Veritalbe Records
• ?? ?? ?? ??Da Qing Xuantong Zheng Ji Shi Lu
  (UCSD, SRLF, UCB)
• ???????? Qing Dai Shi Liao Bi Ji Cong Kan
• ???? Qing Bai Lei Chao
• ??????????? Zhonghua Minguo Shi Dang An Zi Liao
  Hui Bian
• ???? (Minguo Dang An)
• ????(1912-24) Zhengfu Gong Bao
• ?????1-5? ??
• Shanghai municipal police file, 1929-1945
  microform
• ?????????? Gengzi Shi Bian Qing Gong Dang An Hui
  Bian
• ?????????? Qing Dai Jun Ji Chu Dian Bao Dang An
  Hui Bian (UCLA)
• ????????????Qing Dai Dong Bei Acheng Han Wen Dang
  An
• ?????????? 1732-1949 Zigong Yan Ye Qi Yue Dang
  An Xuan Ji
• Correspondence, dispatches and other papers
  respecting anti-foreign riots, insults, and
  attacks in China, 1840-92
• Local gazetteers (?????????????? 20
  vol.???????????????????????)
• Newspapers ????(1912-1924) ????(1946-) ????
  (1950-) ???? (1945-1985) ????(1966-)

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What do we have (cont.)?

• Diaries
• ???? (1896-1900) ???? ???????????
  ????? ??????, ????? ????????? ???????...
• Biographies
• ??? Bei Zhuan Ji (series 1, 2, 3)
• Eminent Chinese of the Ching period, 1644-1912
• References
• Chinese history a manual / Endymion Wilkinson
• ??CiHai
• ??CiYuan
• ????? Han Yu Da Zi Dian
• ?????Zhongwen dacidian
• 1912?????????? ?????????
• Documentary films
• The Chinese people videorecording a time of
  change
• Field reports
• ???  ??????????????? (UCB)

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Where have they been held?

• East Asian Collection (DS701-799.9)
• Other Langson Library collections (Multimedia
  Resource Center Special Collection Microform
  Cabinet)
• Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF)
• Other UC campuses
• Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
• OCLC member libraries world wide
• Electronic Resources

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How can you find them?

• Library Catalogs
• ANTPAC for materials held by UCI Libraries
• Melvyl for materials held by UC libraries, some
  other California libraries, and CRL(partial)
• CRL for expensive materials shared among member
  academic libraries in U.S. Rich newspapers,
  archive materials, dissertations
• WorldCat for materials by libraries world wide,
  including UCI libraries
• Electronic resources
• Reference tools (??????? ????????????????
  Ming-Qing conflict, 1619-1683 a historiography
  and source guide)
• Browse the EA stacks DS701-799.9

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How can you find them?Subject Heading
(ANTPAC)Chinahistory--Qing dynasty
ChinahistoryGuangxu China--historyrepublic
China--historysources

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How can you find them?language/location or other
limitations (ANTPAC)
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How can you find them?phrase/ library or other
limitations (Melvyl)
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How can you find them?subject/keyword search
language/format limitations (WorldCat)
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How can you find them?search/ browse (Center
for Research Libraries)
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How can you find them?electronic resources

• ?????? Encyclopedia of Taiwan
• ????
• ???? (need software installation)
• ?????? Complete Classics Collection of Ancient
  China
• Ren Min Ri Bao ????
• ??????SuperStar E-books (forthcoming)
• ??????????? Chinese Civilization in Time and
  Space
• China Through Western Eyes
• E-collections at CRL (Chinese Pamphlets)

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How can you find them?electronic
resources-?????? Complete Classics Collection of
Ancient China
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How can you find them?electronic resources- ????
Siku Quanshu
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How can you find them?electronic
resources?????? Encyclopedia of Taiwan
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How can you find them?electronic resources
????? SuperStar e-books
Rich local gazetteers Full-text searchable and
accessible
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How can you find them?electronic resources
???? Chinese Civilization in Time and Space
China through Western Eyes
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How can you find them? more electronic resources

• Visit the Web Subject Guide page for Asian
  Studies at
• http//www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/subpage.php?
  subjectasian_studies

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How can we help you?

• Reference
• Instruction
• Acquisition
• ILL (InterLibrary Loan)
• Request through Melvyl or
  WorldCat
• Directly use appropriate forms at
  http//www.lib.uci.edu/services/ill/ill.htmlsubmi
  t_request
• Document Delivery Service
• Bibliographical tools (Refworks Endnote)

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Thank You!

• Ying Zhang
• Research Librarian for Asian Studies
• 466 Langson Library
• yingz_at_uci.edu
• 949-824-0489
• Becky Imamoto
• History Librarian 142 Langson Library
• rimamoto_at_uci.edu (949) 824 - 2639