LibGuides: Modern China: Home

Discovery OneSearch

Search for print books, e-books, scholarly journals, and magazines in one single search, using Discovery OneSearch! See Password List for off campus login credentials

Google Scholar

Google Scholar now includes articles from a variety of our online subscription databases, that you can access from school or home. Just click on either the title OR the blue link to the right of the citation to read the full text.

Off-Site Username and Password List

Database Offsite Password List, Sept 2023

Recommended Databases

Start with these databases.

Academic Onefile (Gale) This link opens in a new window Targeted for academic research, this database combines full text for scholarly journals and selected general interest titles from across the disciplines. (View list of titles)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Designed for scholarly research, this database supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study including STEM, social sciences and humanities. It includes resources from journals, periodicals, reports, books and more including peer-reviewed journal articles. (View list of titles)
Biography in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) This link opens in a new window
CIAO focuses on "research, analysis and scholarship on international politics and related fields... and encompasses working papers, policy briefs, e-books and videos."
Global Issues in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
contains news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more on issues of the modern world
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Search full text academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in multiple disciplines
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window

Depending on your topic, the following databases might be of use:

Daily Life Through History (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
This database includes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, books, conference papers & proceedings and more from an array of academic, radical, community and independent presses from 1970 to present
World at War (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
World Religions (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window

More databases:

A-Z List of All Databases
List of all online databases that our library subscribes to, listed alphabetically by the database name

Search for E-books here

Ebook Central/eBrary (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Use your SH email address to log into EBook Central and access over 140,000 titles.

Ebooks

A Bitter Revolution : China's Struggle with the Modern World by Rana Mitter
ISBN: 9780191513008
Publication Date: 2004
China by Robert André LaFleur
ISBN: 9781598841671
Publication Date: 2009
Encyclopedia of Modern China by David Pong
ISBN: 9780684315713
Publication Date: 2009
Modern China : A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter
ISBN: 9780199228027
Publication Date: 2008
Selected Essays on the History of Contemporary China by Zhang Xingxing (Editor)
ISBN: 9789004292673
Publication Date: 2015
"Drawing on rich primary and secondary sources... analysis on a wide range of topics, including emergency measures during the Difficult Three Year Period, the relationship between Neo-Confucianism and Marxism, the evolution of China's international arms control policies, the Chinese government's public opinion campaign prior to reestablishing diplomatic relations with Japan, the 'Kashmir Princess' incidenent..."

Print Books

China and the New Maoists by Kerry Brown; Paul French (Series edited by); Simone van Nieuwenhuizen
Call Number: 320.53 BRO
ISBN: 9781783607594
Publication Date: 2016
China's Crony Capitalism : the Dynamics of Regime Decay by Minxin Pei
Call Number: 330.951 PEI
ISBN: 9780674737297
Publication Date: 2016

Book lists by subject heading-- print and e-books

Citation Tools

NoodleTools
Creating a NoodleTools Account
MLA: Works Cited Quick Guide
A brief summary of the essential components in any MLA "Works Cited" citation, from the Modern Language website. Includes a link to a practice "Works Cited" template.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Documenting Legal Works in MLA Style - The MLA Style Center
Create a Hanging Indent in Google Docs (video)