Internet Resources for Asian Languages and Literatures

Council on East Asian Libraries
"This page is maintained by the Council on East Asian Libraries and has quick tools, internet sites and electronic documents arranged by subject area for China, Japan, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Has links to the online catalogs for all the East Asian collections and to the available web pages for East Asian collections. Also covers computing in Chinese, Japanese and Korean."
East Asian Collection, Duke University
A description of the East Asian Collection at Duke University and a listing of important Web sites in East Asian studies, Chinese studies, and Japanese studies.
East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley
A description of the East Asian Library at UC Berkeley. Also includes links to the Web pages of other academic programs in Asian studies and a short list of language-specific Web resources for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
NCC: National Coordinating Committee on Japanese Library Resources
Project announcement, application guidelines, and application form for the National Program for Coordinated Japanese Library Acquistions of Multi-Volume Sets and External user Services.

Chinese literature classics
Writings of Confucius, I Ching, SunZi's Art of War, Mencius on Goverence, Chuang Tze, Lao Tze, Old man moves a mountain, 36 Tactics, An Essay to Song Yuan Sze, Thousand character essay, Three-word essay and classic novels.
Chinese poems with English translation
Poems by Li Qing-chow, Wang wei, Book of songs, Wei Chuang, Du Fu and Li Bai.
Internet Guide for China Studies: Literature
Internet Guide for China Studies: Language
Two sections from the Internet Guide for China Studies, maintained by the Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University.
Zhongwen.com: Chinese Characters and Culture
Includes Chinese dictionary, vocabulary, learn Chinese, Pinyin chat, Chinese classics and Chinese FAQ, etc.

Japan Databases-Council on East Asian Libraries
Links to Internet resources on Japanese literature.
Japanese Literature: Resources at Duke [University]
A bibliography of reference sources for Japanese literature. Most of the resources cited are in printed (paper) format in the Duke Library. Two sections of the bibliography, WWW Sites for Japanese Authors and Electronic Texts, provide links to resources available on the Internet.
Japanese Text Initiative (JTI)
A collaboration between the University of Virginia Library, Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the WWW.
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu - 100 Poems by 100 Poets
An electronic edition of the famous anthology, Hyakunin Isshu. The texts are available in Japanese, Romaji (romanized transliteration), and an English translation. All three versions of the texts are searchable. Created by the Japanese Text Initiative.
Kenzaburo Oe and Yasunari Kawabata
Information about Japan's two Nobel Laureates in Literature.
Japan poems
Through ancient Imperial court poetry.

This page is maintained by Margaret Ferris, Acquisitions Department.

Last modified: 10/21/09