Chinese Resources Guide -- IR/PS Focus
* denotes a subscription product, you can access subscription resources on campus; for access from off campus, you will need proxy or VPN
Global News
LexisNexis Academic* http://uclibs.org/PID/20081
One of the best sources for global journalism as drawn from newspapers, wires, transcripts, newsletters, magazines, trade journals,industry news, company information, law reviews, court decisions
Factiva* http://uclibs.org/PID/32497
Another good source for international news from global and local newspapers, journals and magazines, and company reports in 22 languages
ISI Emerging Markets* http://site.securities.com
With abundant in-country news and industry publications; excellent China coverage
Access World News* http://uclibs.org/PID/98452
More than 1500 sources worldwide
World News Connection (FBIS)* http://wnc.dialog.com;For 1975-1996 broadcasts use FBIS Index
1994-present; translations and summaries by U.S. government of international magazine, newspaper, and newswire stories, transcripts from speeches and radio and television broadcasts, and non-classified technical reports; Successor to FBIS
AsiaInt* http://www.asiaint.com
UDNData* 聯合知識報 http://uclibs.org/PID/110287
From five major newspapers published by the United Daily News Group in Taiwan; includes United Daily News, Min Sheng Daily, United Evening News, Economic Daily News, and Star News
Wisenews* 慧科新聞 http://uclibs.org/PID/119581
Newspapers and other media sources from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions
People's Daily* 人民日报 http://prl5.sdsc.edu
Published by the Central Committee of the CCP, coverage from 1946 to 2005
People's Liberation Army Daily* 解放军报 http://uclibs.org/PID/133469
The official newspaper of the Central Military Commission which started in 1956
Country Analysis
EIU.com* http://portal.eiu.com/index.asp?autologin=bulk
Includes latest reports on countries--country reports, country profiles, country commerce, country finance; strong on current political, economic, and business affairs worldwide
Glogal Insight* http://myinsight.globalinsight.com/servlet/cats?pageContent=home&imask=1
Global Insight provides same-day analysis and risk assessment service covering over 200 countries and four industries, providing insightful analysis of market conditions and key events around the world. Formerly World Markets Research Centre (WMRC).
Business Monitor Online* http://www.businessmonitor.com/enter
Provides country political, economic, and business forecasts, industry reports, risk ratings, regional newsletters, company profiles, news. Updated daily.
ADB Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org
Strong on Asian social policy research and offers many of its recent publications online, including its latest report on China
Country Statistics
World Development Indicators (World Bank) http://uclibs.org/PID/96593
Macroeconomic, social, and environmental data from the World Bank
International Financial Statistics* (IMF) http://uclibs.org/PID/31745
Published monthly by the International Monetary Fund; contains economic and financial time series covering more than 200 countries
Asian Development Outlook (Asian Development Bank, ADB) http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2009/default.asp
Annual economic reports on member countries of the ADB; comprehensive analyses of macroeconomic and development issues
China Data Online* 中国数据在线 http://uclibs.org/PID/108792
Includes monthly and yearly reports on China's macroeconomic development, statistical databases about China's population and economy at the county and city level, and financial indicators industrial branches; also includes statistical yearbooks.
GDF Online, or Global Financial Database* http://www.globalfinancialdata.com
Provides historical and current financial and economic data series from over 180 countries; many series reach back with deep data runs to prior centuries
Human Development Report (UN) http://uclibs.org/PID/11983
Annual reports with statistical information on different aspects of human development
International Trade Center (UNCTAD/WTO) http://www.intracen.org/tradstat/welcome.htm
Country and product import and export totals, 2001-2005
Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries (ADB) http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2008/pdf/Key-Indicators-2008.pdf
2008 edition online
Source OECD* http://uclibs.org/PID/21193
Full-text books and journals from the OECD; also statistical data on a wide range of topics in economics, political science, environmental studies, and more
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1890
Provides statistical data essential for the analysis of the world trade, investment, international financial flows and development
UNdata http://data.un.org/
Country data series, includes ecnonimic, social, and environmental indicators; coverage as far back as 1994
UN COMTRADE* http://uclibs.org/PID/107306
Detailed commodity imports and exports statistics by country; 1962 to present
World Investment Report (UNCTAD) http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3198&lang=14
Interactive database
Academic Journal Articles
Business Source Complete* http://uclibs.org/PID/126938
Abstracts and full text in subject areas related to business; scholar journals, trade magazines, industry reports, company profiles, and more
EconLit* http://uclibs.org/PID/9525
Journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and working papers in economics
JSTOR* http://uclibs.org/PID/1980
Complete searchable backfiles runs of scholarly journals in economics, political science, finance, business, history, sociology and other fields; most recent 3-5 years generally not available
PAIS International* http://uclibs.org/PID/20495
Global policy literature from journals, books, and government publications on politics, government, economy, marine policy, and law Web of Science* http://uclibs.org/PID/12610
Indexes to over 7000 scholarly journals in all fields; inlcudes law, political science, international relations, economics, business, area studies, and development; many citations have links to our licensed e-journal content
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts* http://uclibs.org/PID/99693
1975-present; research within the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy
Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com
Finds full-text papers from academic sites, plus references to published articles
China Academic Journals (CAJ)* http://uclibs.org/PID/20959Provides access to articles from a large number of Chinese journals from 1994 on; subscription includes 3 series -- (F)Literature, History, and Philosophy, (G)Politics, Economics, Law, and (H) Education, and the Social Sciences
Wanfang Data* http://www.wanfangdata.com
Provides access to five databases including COJ (China Online Journals), DOC (Dissertations of China), ACIC (Academic Conferences in China), PLOC (Policies and Laws of China), and CECDB (Chinese Companies and Products)
Taiwan Electronic Periodicals Services (TEPS)* http://uclibs.org/PID/126969
Contains full-text (PDF) of periodicals published in Taiwan; coverage includes the humanities, social, natural, applied, medical and life sciences; interface available in Chinese and English
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