Wason Workshop Series on Electronic Resources
Introduction to the Chinese Classics

November 3, 2004, 3:00 – 4:30

Setting up windows xp for Chinese as the default language

Basic concepts of Unicode via the use of notepad

四库全书

Database on Yale University Server
http://130.132.21.82
User name: skqscornell1 Password: SkQs-CorNell1

Siku Quanshu—a collection of 3460 classical books, 79,000 volumes, near 1 billion Chinese characters.

Siku Quanshu is organized into four categories:
Jing (Classics), Shi (Records),Zi (Scholars), Ji (Collections)
http://www.chinajnbook.com/book/nbooks/skintro.htm

A brief guide on SiKu QuanShu
http://libweb2.princeton.edu/gest/skqs.htm

人大报刊资料

http://www.tpcincweb.com

User name: tpc

Password: beijing8

(Valid as of September 23, 2004)

Collection of full-text articles since 1995

Greatman web site 大人物

http://www.greatman.com.tw

古今图书集成

free access to the databases, but need to register

Collection of Tang Poetry 全唐诗
Multimedia format on CD Rom

Call number: Asia Pl 2531 .C495 2001

eBook Matrix – 100 Chinese classical masterpieces on CD Rom
Also look at http://www.ebookmatrix.net/ for company information

Taiwan Reading Books online 网路展书读

http://cls.admin.yzu.edu.tw/
Some full-text Chinese classical novels

Taiwan Academia Sinica Computing Center
http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/ftmsw3/
Some full text Chinese classics