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Chinese Studies

A guide to Chinese Studies resources in UVic Libraries

Chinese Local Gazetteers 中国地方志

United Catalogue of Chinese Gazetteers by Provinces中國大陸各省地方志書目查詢系統
This is a starting point for gazetteers research.
Chinese Rare Books Digital Collection (Library of Congress)
Chinese Rare Books (National Central Library of Taiwan)
Chinese Old Gazetteers (Harvard)
Harvard Chinese Historical GIS
Harvard Local Gazetteers Research Tool LoGarT
It is a powerful research tool to allow researchers to do keyword search across over 400 rare gazetteers and download the content in CVS files. A bunch of visualization tools are provided as well. You need to sign up for a free account to use it. Searches need to be done in traditional Chinese characters.
Database of Chinese Rare Books in Japan 日本所藏中文古籍數據庫
Digital Collections of the National Library of China
Some collections need subscription.

WorldCat (OCLC)
Although many local Chinese gazetteers are not available for interlibrary loans, the WorldCat may help you to find which institute has the material that you are looking for.

Zhongguo Changcheng zhi = Chronicles of the Great Wall of China
Publication Date: 2016
Zhongguo she hui ke xue yuan di fang zhi lian he mu lu 中國社會科學院地方志聯合目錄
ISBN: 9787516117231
Publication Date: 2013
Zhongguo di fang zhi lian he mu lu 中國地方志聯合目錄 by Beijing : Zhonghua shu ju
Publication Date: 1985
Zhongguo di fang zhi ji cheng. Jiangsu fu xian zhi ji 中囯地方志集成. 江蘇府縣志辑
ISBN: 9787807291695
Publication Date: 2008

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