Welcome to CNKI in North America.

Hosted by East View Information Services.

CNKI, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, is hosted and represented in North America exclusively by East View Information Services, Inc.. CNKI is produced by TTKN, Tsinghua Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Co., Ltd of Beijing.

CNKI serves public libraries, research institutions, hospitals and business enterprises. The goal of CNKI is to share China’s knowledge with the world, providing answers for deeper and more comprehensive research.

The CNKI Advantage

Feature for feature, CNKI databases provide more for researchers and scholars and more to keep your digital library running smoothly. More licensed content, more powerful search features, more stable online delivery and more reliable service and support.

(CAJ) China Academic Journals Full-text Database

The China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ) now contains more than 8,200 journal titles covering 1994–current. A complete listing of these titles is found http://online.eastview.com/titles/index.jsp

(CDMD) China Doctoral and Masters Dissertations Full-text Database

Brief Introduction: CDMD is the most comprehensive, highest quality database of dissertations and theses in China. As of August 2005, the dissertation count reached 220,000.

Breakdown: 9 Series databases--Science and Engineering (ABC), Agriculture, Medicine/Hygiene, Literature/History/Philosophy, Economics/Politics/Law, Education/Social Science, Electronics/Information Science.

Source: Dissertations/theses from 300 doctoral training institutions across China.

Product options: Online Internet, DVD-ROM.

Updates: CNKI central servers and mirror sites are updated daily, DVD-ROMs monthly, and Subject DVD-ROMs annually.

(CPCD) China Proceedings of Conferences Database

Brief Introduction: CPCD features conference proceedings from academic institutions, industrial organizations, governmental agencies, and international bodies in China since 1999. As of August 2005, proceedings exceeded 320,000. Approximately 100,000 new proceedings are added annually.

Breakdown: 9 Series databases- Science and Engineering (ABC), Agriculture, Medicine/Hygiene, Literature/History/Philosophy, Economics/Politics/Law, Education/Social Science, Electronics/Information Science

Source: Proceedings from academic meetings and conferences held in China by first and second tier organizations.

Product options: Online Internet.

Updates: CNKI central servers and mirror sites are updated daily.

(CCND) Chine Core Newspaper Full-text Database

Brief Introduction: CCND selects core newspaper articles published in mainland China since 2000. As of August 2005, the article count exceeded 4.4 million.

Breakdown: 6 Series databases- Literature/History/Philosophy, Politics/Military/Law, Economics, Education/Society, Science, Love/Marriage/Family/Health

Source: 1,000 publicly issued newspapers in mainland China

Product options: Online Internet

Updates: CNKI central servers and mirror sites are updated daily.

(CJP) Century Journals Project

The Century Journals Project is the single largest retrospective digital collection of 20th Century Chinese Journals. It presents some 3,900 full-text Chinese Journals with content beginning as early as 1915, many from the mid-twentieth century through 1993 . CJP is a may be considered a deep backfiles of a vast number of titles comprising CAJ - China Academic Journals Full-text Database.

This amazing collection brings the researcher through the creation of modern China to the position China now occupies in the world. Along the way the documents shed new light on the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, the Cultural Revolution, economic reform and the rapid ascent of China in political, cultural, historical, technical and scientific perspectives.

The robust search engine allows users to search across journals of respected Chinese scholarship and across time periods.

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