Academic Full-text Databases

Airiti Library 華藝線上圖書館
Taiwan Academic Publications Database (1991-present) (BU only)

About the Collection: The Chinese Electronic Periodical Service (CEPS) 中文電子期刊資料庫暨平台服務 provides full-text access to more than 3,000 Chinese language journals from around the world, including some 900 of Taiwan’s most important periodicals across the full range of humanities, social sciences, and science disciplines. Topic Range: Contents cover five main fields, including humanities, natural science, social science, applied science, medical science, and life science. Time period covered: 1991-present.

The Airiti Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertation Service  (CETD, or 華藝中文碩博士論文資料庫) offers full-text theses and dissertations from nearly 60 of Taiwan’s most important academic and research institutions, covering the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, applied sciences, and medical and life sciences. With Chinese as the main language category, this database includes M.A. and Ph.D. theses from 59 different outstanding universities and colleges located in Taiwan or overseas. And the institutions include: National Taiwan University, National Chiao Tung University, National Chung Hsing University, National Taipei University of Technology, National Tsing Hua University, National Taipei University, Tamkang University, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taipei Medical University, Chung Shan Medical University, China Medical University, University of Hong Kong, etc.  Time period covered: 2004-present. Published in Taipei by the Airiti Corporation 華藝數位

AM Explorer  (BU only)
About the Collection: AM Explorer (Adam Matthew Explorer) is a cross-collection search of the entire corpus of Adam Matthew’s digitized arts and cultural heritage material in subjects including Area Studies, Cultural Studies, Empire and Globalism, Ethnic Studies, Gender and Sexuality, History, Politics, Literature, Theatre, and War and Conflict. Through AM Explorer, you can search millions of pages of primary sources spanning the 15th–21st centuries, including a wealth of new content added every year. Resources are organized in more than 130 thematic collections that span the social sciences and humanities, developed in collaboration with leading libraries and archives.

Asian American Drama (Open Access)
About the Collection: Asian American Drama contains plays by writers of Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Chinese descent; and of Hawaiian, Indian, Thai, Korean, Persian, and Malaysian ancestry. Also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. Date coverage: late 19th century – present.

Bibliography of Asian Studies 
About the Collection:  An index to works, primarily in the humanities and the social sciences, pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers articles, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, Festschriften, and books. Date coverage: 1971 – present except for books (1971-1992).

China Data Online  (BU only)
About the Collection: Subscription to China Statistical Databases through China Data Center which provides comprehensive updated information on China’s economic development at national, provincial, city, county, and industrial levels, including: Monthly Statistics, National Statistics, Provincial Statistics, City Statistics, County Statistics, Industrial Statistics and Statistical Yearbooks. BU’s subscription is limited to 14 China Statistical Databases.

China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) (Open Access)
About the Collection: The China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) quantifies and visualizes the place of Christianity in modern China (1550-1950). It provides users the tools to discover where every Christian church, school, hospital, orphanage, publishing house, and the like were located in China, and it documents who worked inside those buildings, both foreign and Chinese. The CHCD is hosted by the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University.

China Online Journals (COJ) (BU only)
About the Collection:  China Online Journals (COJ) features core journals in arts, humanities, education, business, economics, finance, law, politics, government and the social sciences, as well as a unique broad collection of Chinese university journals.

CIA Cold War Research Reports and Records on Communism in China and Eastern Europe (ProQuest History Vault)(BU only)
About the Collection:  This module consists of two major series of records: CIA Research Reports from 1946-1976 and records collected by Raymond Murphy on Communism in China and Eastern Europe from 1917-1958.

Compustat Global  (BU only)
About the Collection: Compustat Global provides data on over 28,500 companies and represents over 90% of the world’s market capitalization, including 90% of the Asian market cap, 90% of the Indian market cap, 95% of the Taiwanese market cap and 95% of the European market cap. BU subscription does not include the Emerging Markets Database (from S&P). See the WRDS Tutorial for additional information.

Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files 1960-1969 (ProQuest History Vault) (BU only)
About the Collection: Contains a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, including reports on political, military, and socioeconomic matters; interviews and minutes of meetings with foreign government officials; important letters, instructions, and cables sent and received by U.S. diplomatic personnel; and reports and translations from foreign journals and newspapers.

Index Islamicus (Open Access)
About the Collection: Index to literature on Islam, the Middle East and Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, and Muslim minorities elsewhere. Includes journal articless, conference proceedings, monographs, and book reviews. Date coverage: 1906 – present.

J-STAGE (Open Access)
About the Collection: Presents the Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic (J-STAGE), a system developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) that helps academic societies create and publish electronic journals. Allows users to browse and search participating journals.

Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers (Open Access)
About the Collection: The first half of the twentieth century began with the demise of China’s last imperial dynasty, the Great Qing, and ended with the foundation of the People’s Republic of China in October 1949. Following the 1912 establishment of China’s first post-imperial government, the Republic of China, the country experienced both industrial and social revolution, a civil war during which communist and nationalist forces battled to shape the country’s future, and looming external threats during both world wars.

Open Access to this collection is made possible through the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.

Neliti: Indonesia’s Research Repository (Open Access)
About the Collection:  Neliti is a research repository that helps researchers and decision makers in Indonesia find research, data and evidence. We index journal articles, books, research reports, policy papers, conference papers and datasets from universities, government bodies, corporate publishers, and think tanks. Searching in Neliti covers some 1,331 repositories from universities, NGOs, think tanks, and other institutions, primarily in Indonesia, and provides access to 3,140 Indonesian academic journals.

OSS/State Department Intelligence and Research Reports, 1941-1961 (ProQuest History Vault)(BU only)
About the Collection: During World War II and the first decade and a half of the Cold War, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the State Department assigned leading scholars to write special, classified reports about Asia, Europe, the Soviet Union, Latin America, and Africa. At the time, the reports helped to shape U.S. foreign policy decisions. The over 3,500 reports in this module provide a source for studying the major areas of the world during the period from 1941 to 1961.

Sinica Sinoweb 台灣經典人文學刊庫
Academia Sinica Journals Archive (1928-present) (BU only)
About the Collection: This database provides full-text access to past and current issues of the following Sinological periodicals published in Taiwan (mostly through the academic institutes that comprise Academia Sinica), including the Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Bulletin of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History, Research on Women in Modern Chinese History, Oral History Journal, Newsletter for Modern Chinese History, Taiwan Journal of Anthropology, Taiwan Historical Research, Chinese Studies, Thought and Words : Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Shih-Huo Monthly, Legein Semi-Annual Journal, Legein Monthly, and the Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore, among others. Published by United Digital Publications  (UDP) Company (Taipei) and marketed in the US by East View Information Services.

Theatre in Context Collection 
About the Collection: Works by American, European, Asian, and other worldwide dramatists from the past several centuries. In addition to performances, includes documentaries and interviews about theatre, discussing the history of theatre, acting methods, pioneering dramatists and actors, and more.

U.S. Military Intelligence Reports, 1911-1944 (ProQuest History Vault) 
About the Collection: This collection contains documentation of developments and events in the key nations of the world during the period from World War I to the final campaigns of World War II. The following countries are covered in U.S. Military Intelligence Reports: China; France; Germany; Italy; Argentina; Mexico; Soviet Union. The module also includes Biweekly Intelligence Summaries for 1928-1938 and Combat Estimates for Europe and the Western Hemisphere.