Welcome to the Mount Holyoke College Chinese Research Guide!
In this section, you will find a variety of resources that can assist you with your research. The resources here are geared to more advanced or native-speaking students and majors that are conducting research for their course assignments.
Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects
Call Number: PL1547 .K87 2010
Online Access: Mount Holyoke: Link to resource
Chinese for Advanced Learners: Language, Society and Culture
Call Number: PL1065 .P564 2017
Online Access: Mount Holyoke: Link to resource
Chinese Language Narration: Culture, Cognition, and Emotion
Call Number: PL2415 .C45 2013
Online Access: Mount Holyoke: Link to resource
Through LITS you have access to several journals to help you with your research. Here is the link to the full list of databases that one can access. If you need help, please contact a librarian through on the LITS page. The following are particularly helpful for language and culture research topics.
Literary Criticism Index (1920s - present)
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Bibliographic and citation information for journal articles in the arts and humanities from 1975-present. Part of the Web of Science Core Collection
China Academic Journals (CAJ) 中国期刊全文数据库
Includes more than 8,710 Chinese academic journals.
National Central Library Rare Books & Special Collections Database
Database available through the National Central Library, Taiwan's national library.
National Social Sciences Database
Provides free access to more than 30,000 social science articles from Chinese academic journals.
It is important to cite your sources correctly. This LITS Research Guide gives you all the updated and complete information that you need.
Check out this page for particular information on citing sources in a foreign language in APA, MLA, and other platforms.
