3. Is there a
list of journals available in CNKI?
4. What is
China Academic Journals (CAJ)?
5. What is
China Academic Journals Bibliographic Database?
6. What is
China Core Newspapers (CCND)?
7. What is
China Doctor/Master’s Dissertations (CDMD)?
8. What is
the China Proceedings of Conferences (CPCD)?
9. What are
the technical requirements for CNKI databases?
10. I have
installed the CAJ Viewer but it does not display the Chinese text properly.
11. Where is
china.eastview.com server physically located?
12. Do you
have to know Chinese to use the database?
13. Which
language/script should I use to type a search query?
14. Can I
search in CAJ even if I am not proficient in Chinese?
15. Can I
search in Chinese when I am using the English language interface?
17. What
should I do if the pages are illegible?
18. Can I save
the articles on my computer or print them out?
19. Can I view
articles by a specific journal?
20. Can I
search articles by a specific journal?
21. Can I
access the database from Mac computers or SUN workstations?
22. Who do I
contact to find out more?
China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),
launched in 1988, is an electronic platform created to integrate significant
Chinese knowledge-based information resources.
As a result, CNKI is the most authoritative, comprehensive, and largest
source of China-based information resources in the world, reflecting the latest
developments in Chinese politics, economics, humanity and social science,
science and technology.
The Beijing-based Tsinghua Tongfang Knowledge Network
Technology Company (TTKN), an information technology company founded by
See our title lists page here[http://online.eastview.com/titles/index.jsp]
for more information.
The largest of CNKI databases, the CAJ
database offers full-text and full-image access to over 9,000,000 articles from
almost 7,000 academic journals published in China since 1994 on physical
sciences and engineering, humanities and social sciences, medicine, and
agriculture. The archive is growing, due to retrospective conversion of most
titles back to their first issue. You
may have access to one or more series depending on your institution’s
subscription.
The Bibliographic Database of CAJ provides article
citations in the above disciplinary areas.
Access to the CAJ Bibliographic Database is free.
The newspaper database, known as CCND,
covers subscription-based access to more than 400 newspapers from every
province and region of
CDMD is a collection of over 90,000 master’s and
doctoral dissertations for degrees from 250 universities and academies in
CPCD offers access to more than 100,000 articles from
over 1,000 conference proceedings published since 1999 by as many as 350
academic associations and societies in
·
To access the database: Windows 9X, Windows NT Workstation, Windows
2000, or Windows XP with Internet Explorer or Netscape Browser are required.
·
For Windows 9X English edition or
Windows NT Workstation English edition, a Chinese processing program is
necessary to display Chinese characters.
·
As Windows 2000 English edition
and XP English edition have the function of displaying in Chinese and Chinese
inputting, it is not necessary to obtain another Chinese processor. You may
download free Microsoft Global Input Method Editor (for input Chinese) or
NJStar Communicator 2.23 (for both view and input Chinese) for your browser if
you need a Chinese tool on your PC.
·
Chinese SimSun font may be
downloaded here[http://online.eastview.com/help/simsun.zip].
·
Viewing full-text articles with
CNKI. There are two ways: “download CAJ” or
”download PDF”. You may choose either
method:
i.
“download
CAJ” means viewing with CAJViewer. This
is proprietary software from TTKN that allows you to view the full-text
article. It acts similar to Adobe
Acrobat Reader. Download the zip file here[http://online.eastview.com/help/cajviewer.zip]
to access the software.
ii.
”download PDF” means viewing with Adobe
Acrobat Reader. If you already have
Acrobat Reader on your computer, take a look at an article to check if you need
to download another version of this program.
If you are not able to open the article, or fonts are garbled, download
the Acrobat Reader program here[http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html#51wSearch]. Chinese Simplified font packs may be found here[http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrasianfontpack.html]
If there is a Chinese font library on your
computer, you should click “option” in the CAJ Viewer Menu and select “Default
Font”. In the Font screen, please select
“MS Hei” or “MS Song”, and click “OK”.
If you do not see these fonts, you should install a Chinese font library
on your computer. If you also want to
input Chinese characters, you should install a Chinese tool. See answers to question 8 for links and other
instructions”.
The server is located at East View’s
headquarters in
No.
The database has an English language interface and over 400 academic
journals in English covering major social sciences and science & technology
areas.
To get the best results, type a query in
simplified Chinese. A query in English
will return some results, but not as many.
A query in traditional Chinese will generate an error.
Yes, you can. The database has an English language
interface and over 400 academic journals in English covering major social
science and technology areas (more journals have English abstracts). So you should be able to find articles
related to your topic. However, you will
get many more search results if you search in Chinese.
Yes, you can. All of CNKI databases have search interface
in three language/scripts (English, simplified Chinese, traditional
Chinese). The search interface is independent
of the search query. You can input
queries in simplified Chinese when the interface is in English.
For Windows 2000 users, please do the
following:
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in the CAJ viewer go to Menu "Option”;
-
choose "Select Default Font”;
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select "SimSun” in the Font window;
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select "CHINESE_GB2312” for the Script setting in the right bottom box.
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click OK button.
Chinese characters should be displayed
correctly now.
Please follow these steps:
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check if there is any Chinese font
library on your computer;
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If there is, click View in Menu
and select Chinese Simplified (GB2312) or Chinese Simplified(HZ) in Font;
-
If there is not, please add a
Chinese font library into the Fonts in Control Panel of your computer.
Yes, you can. Please refer to the User’s Guide[http://online.eastview.com/help/User_Guide.pdf]
Sorry, you can't. But you can search Chinese articles
by a specific journal.
Yes, you can. Please refer to the User’s Guide[http://online.eastview.com/help/User_Guide.pdf]
Sorry, not at this time.
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