National Index of Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals: Abundant primary sources related to modern and contemporary Chinese history
Database Recommendation: National Index of Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals
August 25,2023 Features
Content by YIN Meng, Library
Edited by GONG Weifan, Library
Updated 1830 CST August 25, 2023
Edited by GONG Weifan, Library
Updated 1830 CST August 25, 2023
In 1955, under the commission of the Ministry of Culture, the Shanghai Library (Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information) established the "National Index of Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals" magazine, the earliest comprehensive Chinese-language publication for literature retrieval in China. Over the past sixty years, the "National Index of Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals" has evolved from a monthly magazine to a comprehensive knowledge service system integrating print and online platforms. Within this system, the full-text databases of the "National Index of Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals" have successively published rare digital resources such as the "Full-text Database of Late Qing Periodicals" (1833-1911), "Full-text Database of Republican Period Periodicals" (1911-1949), and "Full-text Database of Modern Chinese and English Newspapers" (1850-1951).
Access Path:
You can find the "National Index of Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals" in the library's list of electronic resources.
Usage:
You can perform searches based on keywords and apply "clustering" filtering to the search results. Advanced search and professional search are also supported.
You can browse specific publications.
You can also perform map searches.
We especially recommend the "Regional Search" feature in the map search, which allows you to conduct searches by marking a specific area on the map. The search results will present literature relevant to that area.
