Internet Resources

• MDBG
  Chinese-English Dictionary, simplified characters, can input English or Chinese
  Input of handwritten characters is possible.
  In addition, there are some useful tools , as well as a downloadable offline version (with fees).

• LINE Dict

• cnki
  simplified characters, Chinese-Chinese

• Yahoo Taiwan
  Traditional characters, can input English or Chinese

• Lin Yutang’s Chinese English Dictionary of Modern Usage
  Traditional characters, entering options: English or Chinese

• Chinese Dictionary (漢典 Handian)
  Traditional characters, can only input Chinese

• Dictionary of National high-level language (國語詞典 Guoyu cidian)Traditional characters, Chinese-Chinese

• Kangxi (康熙字典 Kangxi zidian) Dictionary
  Online version of the classic dictionary

• KVK - Karlsruher Virtual Catalogue The Virtual Catalogue of Karlsruhe University offers the possibility to search simultaneously in various library catalogs. It provides, among the other the access to: Library of Congress,
  WorldCat, Stabi Berlin
  EuropeNext OPAC for sinological works
• SSELP – Sinological Serials in European Libraries Project
  Europe Next OPAC for sinological journals and serials.
• Crossasia
  CrossAsia is a professional portal of the East and Southeast Asian studies and provides the following:
  Metasearch: a parallel search in various relevant OPACs.
  (Search in Latin as well as in Asian fonts.)
  OGEA (Online Guide East Asia): Commenting and factually-developed Internet resources
  Access to bibliographic and full text databases.
• Note: For an unrestricted use of the site it requires registration.
• National Library of China (中国国家图书馆Zhongguo Guojia Tushuguan)
  The National Library of China in Beijing is the largest state library with an extensive book collection in the PRC. It also includes many foreign publications.
  There is also an English version of the site, including an English-catalog search.
• National Library (國家圖書館 Guojia Tushuguan)
  National Library of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
  There is also an English version of the site, including an English-catalog search.
• Library of Peking University (北京大学图书馆 Beijing Daxue Tushuguan)
  There is also an English version of the site, including an English-catalog search.
• Academia Sinica
  Library Service of Academia Sinica. The Academia Sinica, the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Note: For full use of the databases listed below the input of a user identifier of the State and University Library is sometimes necessary.

• International Writing Center Note: The International Writing Center is a central institution, it offers workshops and consultations on academic writing for students of all subjects.
• E-Journals
  Electronic Journals Library
  Note: See also: Selected magazines and newspapers of sinological interests
• DBIS – Databases Information System Compilation of important online databases
• BAS – Bibliography of Asian Studies
  The Bibliography of Asian Studies offers an extensive collection of Western related to Asia magazines.
• JSTOR
  Online archive with access to full electronic texts of selected journals from all disciplines with a focus on the humanities and social sciences.
• ISI – Web of Science
  Search portal with access to citation databases that provide information as to which texts a certain work has been cited. In this way, more recent discourse / publications can be tracked on with a particular topic.
• Historical Abstracts
  The Historical Abstracts database contains works on history of all countries (except US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. All items are provided with abstracts. Stock selection is international, with emphasis in the literature in European languages.

• Chinese-Tools
  Simplified characters -> traditional characters Converter
  Traditional characters -> Simplified Converter
• On-line Chinese Tools
  Chinese-Romanization Converter (Pinyin, Wade-Giles, …)
  Calendar Converter
• MDBG
  Text-Annotation (adds Chinese text and the English translation to pinyin)
• ChineseTools.eu
• Exercise sheets
• Chinese text to speech
• Units Converter (convert figures, data, time, and money amount)
• Units Converter (convert length, area, volume and weight measurements)
• Handwritten Character Recognition
• Chinese Sudoku

• China Vitae
  China Vitae is a database of biographies with more than 4000 entries of current leaders from politics, business, research and military of the People's Republic of China.

• Google Scholar
  Google Scholar enables people to search for scientific literature.
• ScienceDirect
  Search for peer-reviewed journals, articles, book chapters and open access content