Library Sources in Chinese

This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on Chinese available at Concordia Library. It includes material held in the Webster Library the Vanier Library and/or available online. Most materials are located in the Reference area (REF). This is not a complete list. Additional resources may be found by searching the Sofia, the library catalogue.

• Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture (ebook)
• Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy (print)
• Modern China: an encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism (print and ebook)
• The Cambridge encyclopedia of China (print)
• Encyclopedia of Chinese Film (print and ebook)
• Chinese Philosophy: A-Z (print)
• Chinese encyclopaedias of new global knowledge (1870-1930) : changing ways of thought (ebook)

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• Collins Chinese dictionary: REF PL 1455 C65 2006 WEB
• Oxford beginner's Chinese dictionary: REF PL 1455 O85 2006 WEB
• Business Chinese dictionary : English-Chinese: REF HF 1002 B8 1995 WEB
• Chinese: an essential grammar: PL1107 Y57 2006eb Online
• Modern Mandarin Chinese grammar [electronic resource] : PL1107 R65 2006eb Online

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• A guide to Chinese literature: PL 2271 I3413 1997 WEB
• The Columbia history of Chinese literature: PL 2265 C65 2001 WEB
• The classic Chinese novel: a critical introduction: PL 2415 H8 1996 WEB & Online
• C.T. Hsia on Chinese literature: PL 2416 H746 2004 WEB
• Chinese literature in the second half of a modern century: a critical survey: PL 2303 C42646 2000 WEB
• Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East: REF Z 3001 B54 WEB
• The Chinese classic novels: REF PL 2415 B47 1988 VAN
• Guide to Chinese prose : REF PL 2948 P27X VAN

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• Biographical dictionary of the Qin, former Han and Xin periods, 221 BC - AD 24: DS 747.38 L63 2000 WEB
• Biographical dictionary of Chinese women : the Qing Period, 1644-1911: REF HQ 1767.5 A3B56 1998 VAN
• Historical dictionary of revolutionary China, 1839-1976 : REF DS 740.2 H57 1992 VAN
• Twentieth century China Online
• The Human Tradition in Premodern China: DS 734 H885 2002 WEB
• China, trade, politics & culture
• China during the cultural revolution, 1966-1976 : a selected bibliography of English language works: REF DS 778.7 C37 1999 VAN

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• MLA International Bibliography
• JSTOR: Contains 70 journal titles under Asian Studies and 257 titles under Language & Literature.
• China: Trade, Politics and Culture: Provides a wide variety of original English-language sources relating to China and the West, including letters, official papers, maps, books, and images.

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• China Vitae: Provides biographical information on more than 4000 Chinese leaders.
• MCLC Resource Center: Bibliographies of mostly English-language materials on modern Chinese literature, film, art, and culture.
• Internet Guide to Chinese Studies: Part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library Project, this site containes annotated links to internet sites that may be useful to anyone with some interest in "Greater China".

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