China After 1949

• 中国学术期刊全文数据库-China Academic Journal Full Text Online(CAJ)
  Full text database of Chinese academic journal articles.
• 中国重要报纸全文数据库-China Core Newspaper Full Text Database (2000 onward)
  Includes national and provincial newspapers such as People's Daily, Guanming Daily, Jie fang jun Bao. 
• CNKI电子图书库-CNKI-EBooks
  Includes 10k+ ebooks published by major publishers in China covering various topics on contemporary and Republic Era China.
• 中国学术辑刊全文数据库-China Monographic Series Full Text Online
  Includes Chinese Monographic Series published since 1979 regularly or irregularly by academic institutions in the PRC.. JHU has access to 4 groups (series) of monographs from CNKI. They are Literature/History/Philosophy, Politics/Military Affairs/Law, Education & Socials Sciences, and Economics & Management. 
• 读秀中文学术收索-Duxiu
  A full text search engine of 3 million Chinese books, articles, and more. JHU users have full access to 700,000 full text Chinese books published in mainland China from 1940s to present. For other titles, we can request for content 50 pages at a time. Please contact the librarian for details.
• 万方中国学术论文库 -Dissertations of China
• 中国政报公报期刊文献总库-China Government Gazettes Full Text Online
   Includes a comprehensive collection of government gazettes, bulletins, announcements, and proclamations. It also contains national and local laws and regulations from Chinese government departments at all levels and is updated frequently. The coverage is mostly after 1994, with some titles dating back to the first issue.
• ​​万方新方志数据库 China Local Gazetteers(Modern/Contemporary)
• 中国当代政治运动史数据库-Databases of the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements
  Includes primary source materials relating to the Chinese Anti-Rightist Campaign (1957–), the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine (1958-1962), and the Political Campaigns in the 1950s from Land Reform to Public-Private Cooperation (1949-1956).
• 人民日报-People's Daily （1945-present）
• 国家哲学社会科学学术期刊数据库(National Social Science Database)
  An open access database from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) that covers core journals in social sciences.
• 中国统计年鉴数据库-China Statistical Yearbooks Database
  The largest and continuously updated statistical yearbooks database in China, including all aspects and fields. Coverage is 1949-current.
• 中国人口普查数据库National Population Census of China Database
  Includes census data from 2010, 2000, 1990, and 1982.
• 中国市镇街道人口数据库 National Population by Township
• Chinese Economy, Public Policy and Security Database: Pishu
  Includes up to date think tank and government reports from China on a wide range of social, economic, and political issues.
• EPS数据平台 (EPS China Statistics) (Chinese/English)
  EPS China Statistics presents series statistical databases on China, which are sourced from industrial, regional and national organizations, and covers various subjects, industries, fields and all regions of China.

China Before 1949

• 申报（电子版）-Shenbao (1872-1949)
• 大成老旧刊全文全文数据库 Dacheng Old Journals Database
• Compilations of Chinese Medicine Periodicals (Brill)
• 爱如生中国基本古籍数据库-Database of China Classics Ancient Books
• 爱如生中国(古代)方志库（初级，二集)-China Ancient Local Gazetteers (960-1949)
• 四库全书-Siku Quanshu Online
  Needs to download the reader software on your computer first (link here).
• 漢籍全文資料庫Scripta Sinica 
• [Click on 授权使用 to access]
• 內閣大庫檔案Grand Secretariat Archives
  [Click on 授权使用 to access; email yye@jhu.edu or asklib@jhu.edu for user id and password]
  [We also own 清宫内务府造办档案总汇 55 volumes (digital) and 清代军机处随手登记档  180 volumes(print).]

Hong Kong/Taiwan

• 华艺中文电子书 AiritisBooks (Taiwan) (Hopkins User Only)
  Selected titles are purchased for JHU users.
• Taiwan Electronic Books
  Free access to Taiwan e-books courtesy of National Central Library, Taiwan.
• Taiwan Electronic Periodicals Service
  Index search of over 900 Taiwan academic journals, now offered through Airitis. Search is free but need to pay for full text.
• Taiwan Theses and Dissertations
  Over 945,000 bid records with more than 358,000 authorized free access PDF as of March, 2016. Free login needed to download full text PDF.
• 香港中文期刊论文索引

Library Subscriptions

• Japan Knowledge  (JHU User Only)
  Contains a wide range of literary and popular culture primary sources and reference materials including Shogakukan daihyakka zensho and Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan.
• Japan Times Digital Archives 1897-2015 (JHU User Only)
  The oldest English-language newspaper in Japan by Japanese publishers, Japan Times maintained editorial independence for much of its history, though it was used by the government as a propaganda tool for Imperial Japan during World War II. The digital archive allows you to search the full text of all issues of The Japan Times published between March 1897 and 2014.
• Magazine Plus (JHU User Only)
  Includes all of the scholarly periodicals from NDL's Zassaku (1975-present), plus popular magazines (monthlies and weeklies including sports and hobbies) indexed in Jaanaru indekkesu from 1981-present, as well as 1300 Japanese economic and business magazines from 1981, and 60 overseas business magazines from 1984-present. Magazine Plus allows just one user to search at a time. Please Logout when you are finished.
• The Oriental Economist (JHU User Only)
  Includes full text archive of the English language magazine in Japan covering the years from 1934 to 1985.
• Yomidas Rekishikan (JHU User Only)
  Includes the full text of the Yomiuri Shinbun from its initial publication in 1874 to date, as well as full text of the Daily Yomiuri, its English language equivalent, and a biographical dictionary of modern Japanese figures. Articles are keyword indexed to 8/31/1986, and can be searched full-text from 9/1/1986 to present.
• Zasshi kiji sakuin (JHU User Only)
  The complete database for Japanese magazines and periodicals from Meiji era to present.

Open Access Sources

• CiNii
  Citation information for both articles and books. Books include holdings information for Japanese libraries.
• Gordon W. Prange Collection at University of Maryland
  It is the most comprehensive archive in the world of Japanese print publications issued during the early years of the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949. 
• National Diet Library Digital Collections
• National Diet Library Digital Library from the Meiji Era
  Full-text of 240,000 of 570,000 volumes held by the National Diet Library published in Japan between 1868 and 1945.
• Japan Center for Asian Historical Records アジア歴史資料センタ: (Japanese, Chinese, Korean and English)
  Historical records about modern Japan-Asia relations held by Japanese national institutions.
• Japan Statistical Yearbook
  Covers all fields of statistics published by government and private institutions.
• Japanese Institutional Repositories Online   
  Offers cross-sectional search among academic information accumulated in Japanese institutional repositories, such as journal articles, theses or dissertations, departmental bulletin papers, research papers, etc.
• Japanese Literature in Translation
  This database helps find translations of Japanese literary works into many languages.
• Japanese Studies Subject Guide Portal
  A hub for Japan-related research and study guides sorted by academic discipline, courtesy of NCC (North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources).

Library Subscriptions

• DBpia: South Korean academic journals. (JHU users only)
• KRpia: South Korean primary sources. (JHU users only)
• KCI: Korean Journal Database (part of Web of Science) (JHU users only)
• NK News Pro (JHU Users Only)
  It is a suite of research resources and tools designed for professionals working on the subject of North Korea. It includes latest news on and from North Korea, specialist analysis and reports as well as proprietary research tools and databases.

Open Access Sources

• KOSSDA (Korean Social Science Data Archive) 한국사회과학자료원
  Provides Korea-related social science data such as survey and statistical data, as well as interviews, qualitative data, and archives of a range of materials in Korean language. Free if you access via the Korea Foundation website. Needs to log in the Korea Foundation.
• KOSIS 국가통계포털 (Korean statistical Information Service)
  The official government statistics information site for various national and international statistical information, including regional statistics, operated by Statistics Korea (통계청).