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LTEA 120C Hong Kong Films: Finding Books

Finding Books

1. Start with UC Library Search, the UC San Diego Library catalog.

     Title Search (some examples)

Title Format
Wong Kar-wai / Peter Brunette both print and e-book
失衡的电影文本：王家卫电影分析 / 刘永皓著 print

2. If you don't have an author or title, start with a keyword search. When you discover useful resources from a keyword search take a look at the subject headings in the catalog record. Those subject headings are hyperlinked and will take you to related materials.

   Sample subject headings: 

  • Wong, Kar-wai, 1958- -- Criticism and interpretation
  • Motion picture producers and directors -- China -- Hong Kong
  • Wong, Kar-wai, 1958- - director
  • Motion pictures, Chinese -- China -- Hong Kong -- Reviews

E-Books in Chinese Language

Ariti E-Books (Taiwan) 华艺中文电子书 (台湾）  https://www.airitibooks.com  

It provides access to Chinese ebooks primarily published in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. It covers subjects such as philosophy, religion, natural sciences, applied science, social sciences, history, geography, language and linguistics, and literature and arts.

China Digital Library (Apabi E-books) 中华电子书苑  http://www.apabi.com/uc/?pid=foreign.search&db=dlib&dt=EBook&dc=1.6&hdc=1&cult=CN

Chinamaxx Digital Libraries 中文电子书集献  http://www.chinamaxx.net/

Also known as Chinamaxx Digital Library of Chinese E-Books, and SuperStar Digital Libraries

Note: compatible with IE browser; requires SuperStar Reader (SS Reader)

地方志 http://www.chinamaxx.net/GetBooksZt.action?classNumber=UD

人民画报 https://www.chinamaxx.net/hwzt/classic/list?hwClassify=WS

文史资料 http://www.chinamaxx.net/GetBooksZt.action?classNumber=UW

易阅通  UCSD purchased books 

Duxiu 读秀  http://www.duxiu.com/

More than 1.4 million full-text books

Currently available -- full-text searches, tables of content, and first 17 pages

Browse and forward purchase suggestions to Xi Chen, xichen031@ucsd.edu

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