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- China, America and the Pacific: Trade and Cultural Exchange This link opens in a new windowCovering the 18th and 19th centuries, China, America and the Pacific provides primary source materials for the study of the history of North American trade and cultural exchange with China. This collection also provides coverage of China’s economic dealings with the whole of East Asia and the Pacific.
- Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China This link opens in a new windowFull-text classics of ancient China through the Qing Dynasty, including works in astronomy, geography, history, literature, medicine, philosophy, politics, and other areas.
- Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953) This link opens in a new windowDigitized newspapers from 1832-1953, primarily in English.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowPrimary source materials, including monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, photographs, and statistics in both Western and non-Western languages from the 19th century. Includes four cross-searchable resources: "British Politics and Society," "Asia & the West: Diplomacy & Cultural Exchange," "European Literature, 1790-1840", and "British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture."
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- JSTOR Images This link opens in a new windowDiverse digital image library covering architecture, decorative arts, design, painting, photography, and sculpture from many cultures.ARTstor's repository of hundreds of thousands of images, including art, architecture, design, is now part of JSTOR.
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly art encyclopedia covering artist biographies, works, traditions, media, techniques, and concepts in art history and theory. Includes a searchable collection of images.
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Do an Advanced Search in Catalyst to find books that contain primary sources (often called sourcebooks). Use the LC Subject term "Sources".
For Example: China -- History -- Sources
Other LC Subject terms to try: Correspondence; Personal Narratives; Interviews
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memoir* or autobiograph* or diary or diaries or letters or correspondence or speech* or sermon* or papers
By author (if the name is known)
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Limit to: Published before 1900
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