Subject: Society

Taiwan e-books

Taiwan E-books is a big collection of open access e-books within a wide range of subjects, and maintained by the National Central Library of Taiwan.It can be browsed/ searched according to subjects and publication year, author, publication place and keywords. In 2015 a nationwide project commenced called Digital Archives Project on Taiwan Historical Collections. University […]

Fuzoku Gaho

Fuzoku Gahu was the first graphic magazine produced in Japan, and is also known as a major journal source for the research of customs and social mores. The magazine was published from 1889 to 1916 contains a total of 518 issues covering content pertaining to social and cultural trends and conditions in the Edo, Meiji […]

Chinese Women’s Magazines in the late Qing and early Republican period

The WoMag database contains records about (almost) all articles, images, and advertisements of four important women’s magazines, namely _ Nüzi shijie_ (Women’s World, 1904-07), Funü shibao (The Women’s Eastern Times, 1911-17), Funü zazhi (The Ladies’ Journal, 1915-31), and Linglong (Elegance, 1931-37). All magazines can be browsed chronologically, by year/volume, month, and issue down to the […]

International Quarterly for Asian Studies

South Asian Newspapers

East View has announced OA acces to a collection of South Asian Newspapers, including 9 titles from the period 1850-1992: Daily Business Post Dainika basumatī (দৈনিক বসুতী) Dnyānaprakāśa (ज्ञानप्रकाश : the daily Dnyan Prakash) Eastern Examiner  Kerala chronicle Lahore Chronicle Malabar Herald Pakistan Observer Samaja The 9 titles with language, location and available years can […]

New Voices in Japanese Studies

The Druk journal : a journal of thoughts and ideas

Colonial Sources of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

This digital collection consists of 2863 publications related to the colonial enterprise in the Dutch East and West Indies. The publications are mainly in Dutch and cover the period of the last quarter of the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. They include titles on the cultivation of tropical products such as […]

38 North: Informed analysis of events in and around North Korea

From the  presentation on the website: 38 North harnesses the experience of long-time observers of North Korea and others who have dealt directly with North Koreans. It draws on other experts outside the field who might bring fresh, well-informed insights to those of us who follow North Korea. 38 North covers not only North Korea’s weapons of […]

Policy Information Portal POINT

POlicy INformaTion (POINT) provided by National Sejong Library provides government officials with information needed for their policymaking activities and allows the general public to access policy information conveniently. By using integrated search, you can view full-text policy reports, policy materials provided by institutions participating in the National Association for Policy Information, bibliographic information, journals/papers, foreign […]