Siku Quanshu

Resource Name Siku Quanshu
Alt Resource Name Si ku quan shu
  SKQS
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Description Siku Quanshu (Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature), which contains 4.7 million pages and 800 million Chinese characters, is the most significant single database of pre-modern Chinese texts. It is a vital research tool not only for those who work on pre-modern Chinese literature, religion, history, economics, politic science etc., but also to those who work on Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Subjects covered include Chinese studies, Japanese studies, Korean Studies and Southeast Asian Studies.
Coverage Varies
Requirements Acrobat Reader. This database only works with Internet Explorer.
Access Location Currently available only on campus computers
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