October 2014 Archives

October 2, 2014

"Librarians in Luce"

The Yale Library is piloting a program this semester that we are currently calling “Librarians in Luce”. For about four hours a day, Tuesday-Friday, one librarian from either International Collections and Research Support (ICRS – including the East Asia Library), Humanities Collection and Research Education (HCRE), or the Center for Science and Social Science Information (CSSSI) will be sitting in the consultation space adjacent to the mail room in Luce Hall (first floor—the room with the refrigerator and the computers). Anyone is welcome to drop by and talk to us about any questions you may have for your research, library materials, citation management software (such as Zotero/EndNote/RefWorks), etc.

The East Asia Library librarians will offer hours today from 10 am -12 pm and 3-5 pm. We will be there almost every other Thursday at that same time. You can see the full schedule here:

http://schedule.yale.edu/LuceLibrarians

Even if you don’t have any library-related matters to discuss, do drop by just to say hi!

We hope to see many of you there!

Post on October 1, 2014 - 8:00pm |

October 3, 2014

NEW Chinese resource: South China Morning Post (1903-1995)

Yale University Library recently acquired an important Chinese studies resource: ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post 南華早報. The resource has been added to the Library’s Orbis online catalog, Find Databases by Title, and Chinese Studies subject guide.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post currently covers the period from 1903 to 1995. Newly available contents will be added periodically. This premier English-language title has been published in Hong Kong since November 6, 1903. The newspaper has been known for its authoritative, influential, and independent reporting on all of Asia as well as its perspective of the rest of the world. The database gives international researchers new insights into China’s unique political and social history during the 20th century such as:

• Chinese Revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty, China’s last imperial dynasty
• Spread of the bubonic plague and adoption of the Peak Reservation Ordinance
• Battle of Hong Kong in December, 1941, which led to the Japanese occupation during World War II
• Reestablishment of the British colonial government after the end of the war
• Communist Revolution in China in 1949
• Industrialization and economic growth of Hong Kong

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the database. You are also welcome to schedule an individual session to learn more about the Chinese online resources.

Post on October 2, 2014 - 8:00pm |

October 13, 2014

New resource: Chinese Cultural Revolution Database

Yale University Library has purchased the access to a new Chinese language resource: Chinese Cultural Revolution Database (中国文化大革命文库). The resource has been added to the Library’s Orbis online catalog, Find a Database by Title, and Chinese Studies subject guide.

Chinese Cultural Revolution Database is a full-text searchable database containing comprehensive primary sources on Chinese Cultural Revolution, a turbulent decade (1966-1976) in the history of contemporary China. The sources collected in the database include Chinese Communist Party (CCP) documents, directives, speeches and works by Mao Zedong and other CCP officials of the period, official newspaper editorials, and selected Red-Guard documents. It comprises at least 10,000 documents in 35 million characters. Users can browse by subject categories and date. It is also searchable by author, keyword and organization.

The database is published by the University Services Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the database. You are also welcome to schedule an individual session to learn more about the Chinese online resources.

Post on October 12, 2014 - 8:00pm |

October 31, 2014

China Workshop -- 11/6

CHINA WORKSHOP

Thursday, November 6, 2014

English-Language Resources for Research in the China Field

Tang Li - Public Services Librarian, East Asia Library
William Massa - Archivist, Yale University Manuscripts & Archives 
Michael Meng – Librarian for Chinese Studies, East Asia Library
Martha Smalley - Special Collections Librarian, The Divinity School

Time and Place: 12:00 PM, Room L01 A & B, Bass Library

Lunch will be provided.

A panel of speakers will introduce English language primary resources available at Yale for research on China, as well as special collections throughout the libraries that have repositories of Chinese materials. The workshop is intended for those working on senior essays, but would be useful for many others, as well.

Sponsored by the East Asia Library and Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University. 

Post on October 30, 2014 - 8:00pm |