Journals and ebooks in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage in art, anthropology, literature, film, theatre, history, ethnic and cultural studies, music, philosophy, religion, psychology, sociology and women's studies.
Newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic, minority and native press, from Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, multi-ethnic communities.
The FAO Corporate Document Depository includes FAO documents and publications, and selected non-FAO publications dealing with food, food security, agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, and rural deve...
Full-text documents of the Tokyo Trials of Japanese war criminals in World War II. Includes transcripts of proceedings and court exhibits, along with historical photos, audio and video.
The Internet Sacred Text Archive provides archived, mostly public-domain texts (plus links to some others offsite) of significant primary writings in world religions. Where public-domain primary te...
lyrikline is an international website for experiencing the diversity of contemporary poetry. Here you can listen to the melodies, sounds, and rhythms of international poetry, recited by the authors...
Online health information resource that contains high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is free, from a trusted source, is easy to understand, and in multiple languages.
Siku Quanshu is one of the largest collections of literary works from China. The electronic version provides easy access to and navigation through this encyclopedic collection compiled between 1773...
Multimedia, multilingual database of medieval exemplary stories, or exempla in Latin. Exempla are brief moral tales used in preaching and in other forms of instructional literature of the Middle Ages.
The Chinese-Japanese-Korean-Vietnamese and English Dictionary is a compilation of Chinese ideographs and compound words, text names, person names, found primarily in the Confucian and Daoist classics.
Compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. (Updates ongoing based on user contributions)
Dissertations of China (DOC) contains over 1 million Masters, Doctoral, and Post-doctoral dissertations and theses from major Chinese research institutions, the majority of which are available in f...
Reports on the highest state body and the unicameral legislative house in the People's Republic of China; includes Deputy lists, resolutions and statements, Leaders' activities, and more.
Collection of almost 70,000 streaming videos spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Comprehensive Chinese Word Dictionary has diachronic coverage of the Chinese language, and traces usage over three millennia from Chinese classic texts to modern slang.
Shanghai-based Shen Bao (formerly transliterated as Shun Pao) was the longest-lasting and probably most influential newspaper in modern China. Its history is enmeshed in the major Chinese political...
Database of journals covering the Republican Period (1911-1949) of the Republic China, containing information on all aspects of life, including political, economic, military, social, and livelihood.
Database of Chinese local records is made up of several collections of local gazetteers from the Song Dynasty to the Republican era. Please log out when done to permit others to access without delay.
Laws and regulations from China (1949-present) promulgated by the Chinese and local governments. Includes secondary legal information: white papers, law journal articles, legal news, and more.
New York Times newspaper on nytimes.com (1851-present); includes International, Spanish, Chinese editions; Requires registration with @wisc.edu email account; Not included: NYT Games or NYT Cooking.
Film collection of documentaries, newsreels and features from the communist world reveals war, history, current affairs, culture and society as seen through the socialist lens.
Streaming video service of documentaries and films across diverse subjects and disciplines. Access to Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation Collection and California Newsreel Collection.
Open access Chinese newspaper collection covering the press from 20 cities in the Chinese mainland, covering the period of 1911 to 1949 at the foundation of the People’s Republic of China.
Publications and archives from an independent international affairs policy institute, including audio recordings and transcripts of debates and speeches it has hosted.
Documents related to the Party’s central leadership and biographical information, including the Party and government policy decisions and records of major events.
Database of the People's Republic of China History Chronicles 1949-1959, Contemporary China series, and the Contemporary China's City Development series.
Index of Hmong Studies publications from 1975 to 2018. Hmong Studies commits itself to studying HMoob subjectivities from a variety of disciplines, collected and collated from a variety of sources.
Digitized collection of cartoon books, pamphlets, postcards, and magazines document the mass education materials published in Hong Kong and Mainland China, from 1947 to 1954.
Access to the Wall Street Journal newspaper online (last 4 years), including Japanese and Chinese editions, the WSJ app, newsletters and podcasts; requires registration with @wisc.edu email account.
Collection of Chinese periodicals, conference proceedings, and eBooks from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere; covers humanities, science, social sciences, technology, medicine, and life sciences.
Collection of materials from the Ming and Qing dynasties includes imperial decrees, edicts, memorials, tribute documents, examination papers, and documents from the offices of the Grand Secretariat.