Chinese Studies: Books
This guide provides links to the most useful databases and resources for researching Chinese Studies.
Gift book collections
Chinese studies libraries donated to Rice
- The Tsang family donation
- Prof. Nanxiu Qian library -- in processing
- Soren Edgren
- Linda Yau donation -- in processing
- YiYi Wu -- in processing
- Edward Krebs library -- in processing
Search the Library Holdings in OneSearch
OneSearch - enter your keywords below.
- OneSearch will find books, e-books, periodicals, films, music scores and CDs, audio recordings, government publications, archival materials, maps, as well as individual journal or newspaper articles.
- To find the location of a call number consult this "stack location guide".
Didn't find what you need? Try the following options:
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowWorldCat, available on the FirstSearch interface, is a combined catalog for over 70,000 libraries in 170 countries. The information is updated daily.
- Interlibrary Loan (aka ILLiad)If Fondren Library does not have the book or article you need ...
Google Books
Keyword
search online books - you will be able to see a small segment of text
around matching terms; click on "full view only" to limit to books
which are totally open and fully readable.
Hathi Trust
Less well-known than GoogleBooks, another source for fulltext digital books online is HathiTrust.
Click here to connect to the HathiTrust catalog search. Click on the "Full view only" box below the search box to limit your result set to books that are fully viewable (without copyright restraints).
New Book Information
Chinese Romanization Guidelines
Library of Congress Pinyin Guidelines
More about Pinyin: Rules, Tools, and Systems (from Pinyin.info)
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