CATALOGUES

Libraries / Bookstores / Media

Libraries

• OhioLink (complete catalogue of university libraries in the State of Ohio)
• Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), WorldCat First Search [excellent for finding materials in world libraries; accessible only to First Search member users]
• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• D-Library.com (On Line Library, PRC)
• Gateway Service Center for Chinese Academic Journal Publications (University of Pittsburgh) [request free copies of Chinese journal articles from Chinese libraries]
• Harvard-Yenching Library (Harvard University)
• Harvard University (Hollis Catalog) (most entries of Chinese texts give characters)
• Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong (Chinese University of HK)
• Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
• Nanjing University Library (Chinese browser needed)
• National Central Library (Taiwan)
• National Library of Australia Asian Collection
• National Library of China (Zhongguo guojia tushuguan)
• National Sun Yat-sen University Library (Taiwan)
• National Taiwan University Library (Taiwan)
• Peking University Library (Chinese browser needed)
• Shanghai Library (Shanghai tushuguan)
• Tianjin Library (Tianjin tushuguan)
• Tsinghua University Library
• Toyogaku bunken ruimoku (in Unicode; bibliography of East Asian Studie at Tokyo University)
• University of California (Berkeley) Library
• University of Chicago
• University of Hong Kong
• University of Michigan
• Wenshi ziliao tushuguan (Literature and History Materials Library; online library)
• CERNET Chinese Libraries (extensive list of links to Chinese libaries)

Bookstores

• (MCLC will get a 5% referral fee for all books ordered through this link)
• Abebooks.com (used books site)
• Asia2000 (Hong Kong publisher that specializes in Hong Kong writing in English)
• Asian Rare Books
• Bookland Books (Taiwan on-line bookstore)
• Beijing Tushu Dasha (aka Beijing Bookbuilding, the "biggest bookstore in Beijing"; on Changan xijie, near Xidan subway stop)
• Bookoo.com
• Books.com Taiwan
• Cheng and Tsui (order books and films)
• China Books and Periodicals (San Francisco)
• China Book House
• Chinese International Book Trading Corporation
• Chinesebooks.com
• Chinese Books Cyberstore (Chinese browser needed)
• Dangdang.com (Chinese on-line bookseller)
• Dragonsource.com Inc (Chinese language on-line bookseller in Toronto; Big 5)
• Eastwind Books and Arts (San Francisco)
• Estlite Books (Chengpin shudian; Taiwan)
• Foreign Languages Press (Beijing)
• Forest Song Bookstore (Feng ru song shudian; Beijing)
• Gateway Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publication (University of Pittsburgh) [you can order journal articles from Chinese libraries through this service]
• Hanlin shucheng (Hanlin bookstore)
• Hantang
• Jingqi.com
• Joyo.com (Zhuoyue)
• Kongfuzi [online network of used bookstores in the PRC]
• Kuo Chow Studio (Taipei, Taiwan)
• Librairie Le Phenix (France)
• Mainland Culture Bookstore (Dalu wenhua shudian) (Chinese browser needed)
• Paragon Books (books on Asian art and Asian studies)
• San Min Book Company (Taipei, Taiwan)
• Shanghai Book City (Chinese browser required)
• Shanghai Digital Century Network---Shanghai Shiji Chuban Jituan (Shanghai Century Publishing Group, Shanghai Xinhui Disk Group, Shanghai United Investment Ltd. Co.) [e-books]
• Shanghai Shucheng (aka The Shanghai Bookmall)
• Sohoo On-line Chinese Bookstores (Chinese browser required)
• Ta Tong Book Company Ltd (Taipei, Taiwan)
• Timezong8 [a Hong Kong based publisher and distributor of books on urban art and culture in Asia from the timezone 8 perspective]
• University Press Bookstore (Berkeley)
• UMI Online Dissertation Services (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Wellsweep Publishing (publishes translations of Chinese literature)
• The World of Good Books (Taipei, Taiwan)
• Yi Lin Shu Wu (Hong Kong)

Media

• (MCLC will get a 5% referral fee for all films ordered through this link)
• AsiaZest.com
• AsianMovies.com
• Beijing Channel Zero Media [CZM is the leading media and production company in China specializing in the production and distribution of documentary programs worldwide]
• Best Video
• Blackstar (UK)
• Blue Laser (specializing in HK dvds and vcds)
• Blue Queen Cultural Communications (production company based in HK that makes China-related documentaries, among other things)
• Cheng and Tsui (Boston)
• The Chinese Information and Culture Center (New York; call Danny Yung at 212-373-1866)
• Cinema Epoch (recently has started to produce subtitled versions of Republican era films)
• Documentary Education Resource
• DVDVIDEO.com (specializes in Asian films)
• East Asian Studies Center, Video Library (OSU)
• Educational Media Catalog (Ohio State University film/video catalog)
• Facets (Chicago)
• Filmmakers Library
• First Run Icarus Films (New York)
• Fortissimo Films (The Netherlands; email: ffsales@globalalxs.nl)
• Fox Lorber
• Media Resources Center (UC, Berkeley, Chinese Film Collection)
• MovieSville
• MyChineseCD.com (good selection of Chinese television dramas)
• Nanhai (LA area distributor of mainland films)
• National Asian American Telecommunications Associations (sells and rents Asian American films/video produced by NAATA)
• New Yorker Films
• Poker Industries (New Jersey company that specilizes in imported DVD and VCD)
• PRCmovies.com (China Century Entertainment, a company that sells PRC films, in DVD and VHS formats, and distributes films for viewing)
• PTS Shopping [Taiwan Public Television Station online shopping; good place to buy Taiwan documentaries]
• Reel.com
• Strand Releasing (Los Angeles)
• Taipei Economic and Cultural Office--Information Division (Boston)
• Taiseng (HK)
• Taiwan Film Center (4F, 129 Jen-Ai Road, Section 3, Taipei; tel +886.2.2778.3573; fax +886.2.2772.9454)
• Tigercool.com (all media)
• Winstar Cinema [distibutes Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang films]
• Women Make Movies (catalogue of films by women, including many by Asian American and Asian filmmakers)
• www.vcd.com.cn (PRC)
• www.yesasia.com