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This research guide will support you in discovering Chinese Studies resources at UW-Madison and beyond. The Chinese Studies Collection at UW-Madison contains over 210,000 physical volumes and other digital resources in the Chinese language. The collection also consists of large volumes and electronic resources in non-Chinese languages related to Chinese Studies. 

The Memorial Library at UW-Madison started to collect Chinese materials in 1917. In that year, a Chinese student donated some books and journal titles to our libraries. In 1965, the Memorial Library hired the first Chinese Studies Librarian. 

With the development in over one century, the Chinese Studies Collection has emphasized Chinese history, literature, art, linguistics, and frontiers. The collection also developed the Women's Studies, economics, and foreign relations associated with Chinese Studies. The primary Chinese Studies books and periodicals are located on the 4th floor, Memorial Library. The Chinese rare books are located at the Special Collections. Other significant collections of Chinese materials are accessible at the College Library, Law Library, Mills Music Library, Steenbock Library, Kohler Art Library, as well as the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.

What's New

Digital Resources

  • new China and the Modern World (GALE) (NetID required)
    Primary source archive related to the history of China (early 1800s to 1990s), with manuscripts, periodicals, letters, historical photos, ephemera, and other historical documents. Topics covered include diplomacy, trade, politics, Christianity, sinology, education, science and technology, imperialism, and globalization. This collection is part of Gale Primary Sources.
     
  • new China Comprehensive Gazetteers (中國綜合方誌庫) (NetID required)
    The collection encompasses over 6,500 titles, providing a holistic view of China's diverse regions and tracing its rich history from the Northern Sung Dynasty to the inception of the People's Republic of China.
     
  • new Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies Online (NetID required)
    The reference work offers an extensive and detailed exploration of Taiwan studies, a field that established its prominence in the academic world during the 1990s.
     
  • new Far Eastern Affairs (NetID required)
    Far Eastern Affairs is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal of the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The journal provides in-depth multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary discussion of Russia’s relations with China, Japan, North and South Korea, as well as other countries of the Asia-Pacific region. 
     
  • new Grand Secretariat Archives (內閣大庫檔案) (NetID required)
    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.
     
  • new Chinese Art Treasure Database (观箴 · 清宫档案数据库)  (NetID required)
    The collection includes numerous original archives from the Qing Palace, as well as nearly 250,000 art object records. It contains the complete Qing Palace collection, display arrangements, and manufacturing records from the imperial workshops, allowing for item-by-item provenance tracing of royal treasures.
     
  • new Open Books Hong Kong

    The platform is jointly initiated by the libraries and publishers of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, and The University of Hong Kong. It is the first open access book program in Hong Kong. The program will gradually release academic works published by the three university presses, making them freely available for public reading, downloading, use, and dissemination.

  • new Open Databases for China Studies Resource Guide
    This guide provides an overview of open databases and free resources with primary materials for China studies research.

 

Monthly New Books

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Anlin Yang
she/her/hers
Contact:
412E Memorial Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 890-1783
Subjects: East Asia

Events & Exhibits

  • China's Rise and Economic Conflict with the United States
    Nicholas R. Lardy, Peterson Institute for International Economics
    October 24, 4:30 pm
    @Law School’s Godfrey & Kahn Hall (Room 2260)
     
  • East Asian Politics and the U.S. Presidential Election
    David Fields, CEAS Associate Director
    Louise Yong, Professor of History
    John Ohnesorge, Professor of Law
    Steve Ridgely (moderator), Professor of Japanese Literature
    October 29, 4:00 pm
    @Ingraham 206
Subjects: East Asia