Research Guide

This research guide is to provide major print and online resources on the studies of history, politics, economy, public policy, national security, and foreign relations of Taiwan. The print resources are all available at the Gelman Library. For further assistance, please consult with Taiwan Resource Center librarian at the 7th floor of the Gelman Library.

This guide is arranged in the following sections:

Bibliographical & Full Text Sources

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Bibliographical & Full Text Sources

The resources in this section are arranged according to specific subjects.
About Taiwan.: Location: http://www.gio.gov.tw./taiwan-website/aboutroc/index.htm (English); Updated by Government Information Office, Republic of China to provide information on national symbols, Constitution, geography, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, national defense, and foreign relations.
Background Notes.: Location: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ (English); Updated by U.S. Department of State to provide each country's geography, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, defense, foreign relations, travel/business information, and the relations with the U.S. Searches under Taiwan for the country information.
Country Profiles.: Location: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html (English); Updated by Federal Research Division, Library of Congress to provide brief, summarized information on a country's historical, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. Searches under Taiwan for the country information.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.: Location: ALADIN; Searches for Taiwan to get information on the land, people, economy, administration and social conditions, cultural life, and history. Additional readings from books and journals, and best web sites will expand your research. World Data tool provides country snapshots, country comparisons, and ranked statistics.
Taiwan Info 臺灣概覽.: Location: http://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE=home/index.htm; Updated by various government agencies in Taiwan to provide information on local counties and cities, government documents and statistics.
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History
Historical Abstracts (excluding US & Canada).: Location: ALADIN; Citations to articles, books, and dissertations on the history of the world (excluding US and Canada). Chinese materials are included.
Ming Qing Taiwan dang an hui bian. Di yi ji 明清臺灣檔案彙編. 第壹輯. Vol.1-8.: Location: GRC TRC DS 799.643 .M546 2004; Ming-Qing historical archives on Taiwan (Primary source).
Qing dai Taiwan guan xi yu zhi dang an hui bian 清代臺灣關係諭旨檔案彙編. Vol.1-9.: Location: GRC TRC DS 799.643 .Q238 2004; Archives of Qing imperial edicts on Taiwan (Primary source).
Qing gong gong zhong dang zou zhe Taiwan shi liao 清宮宮中檔奏摺臺灣史料. Vol.1-12.: Location: GRC TRC DS 799.643 .Q243 2003; Taiwan historical sources in the written reports in the Qing palace (Primary source).
Taiwan Han ren yi min shi yan jiu shu mu 台灣漢人移民史硏究書目.: Location: GRC TRC REF Z 3116 .T24 1989; Bibliography of research on the history of the Han migration to Taiwan.
Taiwan Jiho 臺灣時報. 1898 - 1945.: Location: ALADIN; Full text of Taiwan Jiho journal published by Taiwan Governor House during the Japanese colonial period. This covers a wide variety of issues on Taiwan. Searchable in Chinese and Japanese (primary source).
T aiwan Memory 臺灣記憶系統.: Location: http://memory.ncl.edu.tw/tm_cgi/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE=index.hpg; Bibliographies, historical documents, pictures and images, and news reports on Taiwan history. Searchable in Chinese.
Taiwan shi yan jiu wen xian lei mu 臺灣史硏究文獻類目. 2004-: Location: GRC TRC REF Z 3116 .T248; Annual bibliographic information from monographs and journals on Taiwan history published in Chinese, English, and Japanese.
Taiwan Wenxian Congkan 臺灣文獻叢刊. Tang (唐) Dynasty - 1945.: Location: ALADIN; Full text of Taiwan local histories and official documents of the Ming (明) and Qing (清) Dynasties collected in Taiwan. This covers a wide variety of dimensions of Taiwan. Searchable in pinyin and traditional Chinese (primary source).
Taiwan wen xian hui kan 臺灣文獻匯刊. Vol.1-7.: Location: GRC TRC DS 798.945 .T374 2004; Taiwan historical documents of the Ming Qing Dynasties and the Republic collected in the People's Republic of China (Primary source).
Taiwan yan jiu yao mu 臺灣研究要目.: Location: GRC TRC REF Z 3111 .H8 2006; Bibliography of important Chinese monographs published in Taiwan from 1945 to 1989 on Taiwan studies.
Taiwan yan jiu zi liao hui bian. Di 1 ji 台灣硏究資料彙編. 第一輯. Vol.1-40.: Location: GRC TRC DS 799 .A3 T45 1993; Taiwan research sources of the Qing Dynasty (Primary source).
Taiwan zu qun yan jiu mu lu 臺灣族群研究目錄.: Location: GRC TRC REF Z 5115 .H83 2000; Bibliographic information from Chinese monographs, journals, and newspapers published in Taiwan from 1945 to 1999 on the study of ethnic groups in Taiwan.
Zao qi Taiwan li shi wen xian yan jiu shu mu 早期臺灣歷史文獻研究書目.: Location: GRC TRC REF Z 3116 .Z36 2006; Bibliography of the early history of Taiwan.
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Politics & Government
Congressional Research Reports.: Location: ALADIN; Full text access to Congressional publications including Committee prints, CRS reports, Hearings, House & Senate documents and reports, legislative histories. Uses "Taiwan" as a Subject term (Primary source).
Declassified Documents.: Location: ALADIN; Full text access to declassified U.S. government documents drawn from Presidential libraries (Primary source).
Jie yan shi qi Taiwan zheng zhi shi jian dang an, chu ban zi liao, bao zhi ren ming suo yin 戒嚴時期臺灣政治事件檔案、出版資料、報紙人名索引. Vol.1-2.: Location: GRC TRC REF Z 7164 .L6 J544 2001; Personal name index to archives, publications, and newspapers on Taiwan political events during the period of martial law.
OxResearch.: Location: ALADIN; Full text of analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments by Oxford faculty and other leading universities as well as think tanks and institutes of international standing. Retrieves Taiwan related materials by searching "Taiwan" as a Location term.
PolicyFile.: Location: ALADIN; Index to public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers. Some full text included. Retrieves Taiwan related materials by searching "Taiwan" as a keyword.
Taiwan: Political and Economic Reports, 1861-1960. Vol.1-10.: Location: GRC TRC REF HC 430.5 .T35 1997; Provides regular and occasional reports between 1861 and 1960 from British consular officials in Taiwan (Primary source).
WorldWide Political Science Abstracts.: Location: ALADIN; Provides bibliographic information with abstracts from journals, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations on political science. Some provide linked full text. Related scholars and web sites are also included. Users can use "Taiwan" as a descriptor to search for Taiwan political information.
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Security & International Affairs
AccessUN. 1998 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Index to United Nations documents including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and UN Treaty Series citations. Some full text included. Retrieves Taiwan related documents by searching "Taiwan" in Subjects.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online.: Location: ALADIN; Access to full text of journal articles, book chapters, working papers, conference proceedings, policy briefs, and case studies on international affairs from selected publishers, think tanks, research institutes, NGOs, and leading scholars. Retrieves Taiwan related materials by searching "Taiwan" as a keyword. Also provides country comparison statistics.
Guo fang bao gao shu 國防報告書. 2004-: Location: GRC TRC UA 853 .T28 C5; Taiwan national defense reports.
International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center.: Location: ALADIN; Provides full text of articles from academic journals, magazines, newspapers, trade publications, reference books, monographs, country reports related to international security and terrorism. Retrieves Taiwan related materials by searching "Taiwan" as a Geographic term.
Military & Government Collection.: Location: ALADIN; Provides current news pertaining to all branches of the military through primary sources, pamphlets, periodical articles, newspapers and news wire, government documents. Images and some full text are included. Retrieves Taiwan related materials by searching "Taiwan" as a Geographic term.
National defense report, Republic of China. 2000-: Location: GRC TRC UA 853 .T28 N37; Taiwan national defense reports.
National Security Archives.: Location: ALADIN; Declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions (Primary source).
Taiwan Security Research.: Location: http://taiwansecurity.org/index.html (English); Location: http://taiwansecurity.org/index-c.html (Chinese); Provides newspaper articles, op-ed pieces, official policy statements, academic papers and reports from English language sources relating to Taiwan’s security situation.
Zhonghua Minguo yu Lian he guo shi liao hui bian 中華民國與聯合國史料彙編.: Location: GRC TRC JZ 4997.5 .C6 Z495 2001; Documentary collection on Republic of China and United Nations.; [Go to Top]

Economics & Society
EconLit. 1969 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Index to journal articles, books, dissertations, and working papers for economic literature. Retrieves Taiwan related literature by searching "Taiwan" in Geographic Descriptors.
Industry and Economy Journal Database 產經期刊全文資料庫.: Location: ALADIN; Citations to 9 periodicals and reports published in Taiwan on domestic and overseas economic situations and trends, in-depth analyses on substantial industrial and economic issues, and informative research reports. Provides full text access. Searchable in traditional Chinese.
OxResearch.: Location: ALADIN; Full text of analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments by Oxford faculty and other leading universities as well as think tanks and institutes of international standing. Retrieves Taiwan related materials by searching "Taiwan" as a Location term.
Taiwan: Political and Economic Reports, 1861-1960. Vol.1-10.: Location: GRC TRC REF HC 430.5 .T35 1997; Provides regular and occasional reports between 1861 and 1960 from British consular officials in Taiwan (Primary source).
Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples Portal 臺灣原住民族資源資訊網.: Location: http://tipp.apc.gov.tw/jsp/index.jsp; Information on Taiwan’s indigenous peoples.
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Multi-disciplinary Studies
Academic Search Premier.: Location: ALADIN; Citations to multi-disciplinary scholarly publications including journals, newspapers, monographs. Full text access to some of the materials. Users can limit the geographic term(s) to Taiwan or Taiwan Strait to narrow the result. Link to Quick Guide for a guide to this database.
Bibliography of Asian Studies. 1971 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Citations to journal articles and book chapters published in western languages. Users can retrieve information on Taiwan by browsing country and subject.
China Academic Journals 中国期刊全文数据库. 1994 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Full text access to journals published in China in economics, politics and social sciences. Searchable in Chinese and English. Users can use "Taiwan" or "台湾" as a keyword to search for articles on Taiwan.
CommonWealth Knowledge Bank 天下雜誌知識庫. 1981 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Full text of CommonWealth Magazine published in Taiwan which covers the information on economic, political and social developments of Taiwan. Searchable in traditional Chinese.
Economist Intelligence Unit. 1996 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Provides full text of worldwide country-specific political, economic, and business information. On Taiwan's home page, there are country report (updated monthly), country profile, country commerce, country finance information.
PAIS International. 1915 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Provides bibliographic information with abstracts from journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, dissertations on political, economic, social, and public policy issues. Some provide linked full text. Related scholars and web sites are also included. Users can use "Taiwan" as a descriptor to search for Taiwan information.
ProQuest Research Library Plus.: Location: ALADIN; Citations to journals, newspapers, dissertations, and reports on a wide range of subject topics. Full text is available for many articles. Users can limit the location search to "Taiwan" or "Taiwan Strait" and combine the search with specific subjects, and also search the suggested topics and publications. Link to Quick Guide for a guide to this database.
Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services.: Location: ALADIN; Citations to over 450 journals published in Taiwan on a variety of subject areas. Most of the journals provide full text access. Searchable in traditional Chinese and English.
Taiwan Research Portal 臺灣研究入口網.: Location: http://search1.ncl.edu.tw/twstudy/; Searches Taiwan information on a variety of subject areas by various government documents, historical sources, theses and dissertations, journal citations, online catalogs. Searchable in traditional Chinese.
Taiwan Wen Xian Zheng He Cha Xun Xi Tong 臺灣文獻整合查詢系統.: Location: http://192.192.13.178/cgi-bin/gs/cgsweb.cgi?o=dallcdr; Citations to journals, newspapers, and monographs published in Taiwan and Japanese books published before 1949 on a variety of subject areas on Taiwan. Searchable in traditional Chinese and Japanese.

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News Sources

Access World News (International Edition).: Location: ALADIN; Full text access to over 700 international newspapers or wire services. U.S. newspapers are not included. Provides keyword search and limit to specific regions, countries, and news sources. This includes China Post, Taipei Times, Taiwan Economic News, and Taiwan News published in Taiwan.
China Core Newspapers. 2000 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Full text access to major newspapers published in China. Searchable in simplified Chinese.
Factiva.: Location: ALADIN; Searches global information by regions, various subject categories, and languages. Full text access to thousands of news and other publications including Taiwan Business News, Taiwan Economic News published in Taiwan. Searchable in Chinese and English.
LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe.: Location: ALADIN; Access to articles on global news, industry and market news, business information, legal research, and medical topics published in western languages. Includes Central News Agency, China Post, Taiwan Economic News published in Taiwan. Also provides biographical information, polls & surveys, and U.S. Congressional publications. Link to Quick Guide for a guide to this database.
Newspapers in Taiwan 新聞知識庫.: Location: ALADIN; Includes 13 newspapers published in Taiwan. Full text access to the United Daily News Group (聯合報系) since 2002. Searchable in pinyin and traditional Chinese.
Taiwan Wen Xian Jian Bao Xi Tong 臺灣文獻剪報系統.: Location: http://192.192.13.178/cgi-bin/gs/pgsweb.cgi?o=dclip; Citations to over 20 newspapers published in Taiwan since 1988 on Taiwan issues. Access to full images of the articles. Provided by National Taiwan Library. Searchable in traditional Chinese.
Udndata 聯合知識庫. 1951 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Full text access to United Daily News (聯合報). Searchable in Chinese.
World News Connection (formerly FBIS). 1995 - present.: Location: ALADIN; Provides daily compendium of transcripts of overseas media translated into English. Full text access to Central News Agency, and Taipei Times published in Taiwan.

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries

Historical Dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China). 2nd ed.: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 798.96 .C67 2000
National Repository of Cultural Heritage 國家文化資料庫.: Location: http://nrch.cca.gov.tw/ccahome/index.jsp (Chinese); Established by Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan, Taiwan to provide the information on Chinese culture, literature, and history.
Taipedia: Encyclopedia of Taiwan 臺灣大百科全書.: Location: http://taipedia.cca.gov.tw/taipedia/index.aspx (Chinese); Established by Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan, Taiwan to provide the information on Taiwan political status, history, geography, demographics, economy, culture, etc. Searchable in traditional Chinese.
Taiwan li shi ci dian 臺灣歷史辭典. 3rd ed. Vol.1-2.: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 799.44 .T36 2005; Chinese dictionary of Taiwan history.

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Almanacs, Yearbooks, Chronologies

Chinese Yearbook of International Law and Affairs. Vol.1-18.: Location: GRC REF JX 21 .C45; Covers articles and recent developments on international laws and affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Also includes bilateral treaties/agreements concluded by the Republic of China. Cumulative Index for volume 1-10.
Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs. Vol.19-21.: Location: GRC REF JX 21 .C452; Formerly Chinese Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (see above).
Hai xia liang an guan xi ri zhi, 1949-1998 海峡兩岸关系日志, 1949-1998.: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 777.75 .H34 1999; Chronology of important events on cross strait relationship from 1949-1998.
Political Risk Yearbook. Vol.5. East Asia & the Pacific.: Location: GRC REF JQ 21 .A1 P64 vol.5 2005; Arranged by country. Each country report provides country forecast with comment & analysis, country conditions including climate of investment and for trade, background information.
Ri ju xia Taiwan da shi nian biao 日據下台灣大事年表.
: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 799.7 .Y427 2000; Chronology of Taiwan major events during Japanese colonial period, 1895-1945.
Taiwan gong zuo nian jian 台湾工作年鉴. 1989 - 2002.: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 799.848 .T34; Chronology of Taiwan affairs and cross strait relationship from 1989 to 2002.
Taiwan nian jian 台灣年鑑. Vol.1-6.: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 799.8 .T3378 2001; Chronology of Taiwan history.
Taiwan nisshi 台湾日誌.: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 799.7 .T355 1994; Chronology of Taiwan historical events during Japanese colonial period, 1919-1944.
Taiwan Yearbook (formerly Republic of China Yearbook). 1989, 1993 - 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 - present.: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 798.92 .R46; Location: http://english.www.gov.tw/Yearbook/index.jsp (English); Location: http://www6.www.gov.tw/EBOOKS/TWANNUAL/show_book.php?path=3 (Chinese); Provides the information on Taiwan political status, history, geography, demographics, economy, culture, etc.
Zhonghua Minguo jing ji nian jian 中華民國經濟年鑑. 2005-: Location: GRC TRC REF HC 430.5 .A1 Z46; Economic yearbook of the Republic of China.
Zhonghua Minguo ... wai jiao nian jian 中華民國 ... 外交年鑑. 2002-: Location: GRC TRC REF DS 799.848 .Z468; Yearbooks of foreign affairs of the Republic of China.

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Theses & Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses Online (North America).: Location: ALADIN; Doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North American graduate schools and European universities. Includes citations and full text of over a million titles.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations System 全國博碩士論文資訊網 (Taiwan).: Location: http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/theabs/english_site/search_simple_eng.jsp (English interface); Location: http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/theabs/ (Chinese interface); Doctoral dissertations and master's theses from Taiwan graduate schools from 1956. Includes citations, table of contents, references, and full text of some titles. Users need to create their own accounts to get access to full text.

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Atlases

Taiwan 60 ge du hui jie dao tu 臺灣60個都會街道圖. 4th ed.: Location: GRC TRC REF G 2340 .T24 2001; Street maps of 60 cities in Taiwan.
Taiwan 100 xiang zhen ren wo xing 台灣100鄉鎭任我行.: Location: GRC TRC REF G 2340 .J56 2003; Maps of 100 towns in Taiwan.
Taiwan di li ren wen quan lan tu 台灣地理人文全覽圖. 2nd ed.: Location: GRC TRC REF G 2340 .S5 2004; Geographic and cultural road atlas of Taiwan.
Taiwan quan tu bai ke shi dian 臺灣全圖百科事典. 4th ed.: Location: GRC TRC REF G 2340 .H86 2001; Atlas of Taiwan.

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Statistical Information

Central Bank of China, Republic of China 中華民國中央銀行.: Location: http://www.cbc.gov.tw/EngHome/statistics.asp (English); Location: http://www.cbc.gov.tw/economic/statistics/total_index.asp (Chinese); Provides the statistical information on Taiwan finance and economy.
Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Republic of China 中華民國經濟部統計處.: Location: http://2k3dmz2.moea.gov.tw/GNWEB/english/e_new.aspx (English); Location: http://2k3dmz2.moea.gov.tw/GNWEB/default.aspx (Chinese); Provides the statistical information on Taiwan economy.
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 中華民國行政院主計處.: Location: http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/ (English); Location: http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/ (Chinese); Provides public budget, budget execution and final accounting , and national statistics of Taiwan.
Guo nei wai jing ji tong ji zhi biao su bao 國內外經濟統計指標速報. 2006-: Location: GRC TRC Current Periodical stacks; Domestic & foreign express report of economic statistics indicators from Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Republic of China.
International Data Base (IDB).: Location: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/; Created by U.S. Census Bureau to provide demographic and socioeconomic statistics for 228 countries and areas of the world.
Mainland Affairs Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 中華民國行政院大陸委員會.: Location: http://www.mac.gov.tw/english/p1/mid4.htm (English); Location: http://www.mac.gov.tw/big5/publ.htm (Chinese); Provides cross-strait economic and cultural statistics.
Republic of China National Statistics 中華民國統計資訊網.: Location: http://eng.stat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=5 (English); Location: http://www.stat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=4 (Chinese); Created by Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, the Republic of China to provide a variety of statistical information on Taiwan.
Taiwan Sheng 51 nian lai tong ji ti yao 臺灣省51年來統計提要.: Location: GRC TRC REF HA 4648 .T34 1946; Location: http://twstudy.iis.sinica.edu.tw/twstatistic50/ (Chinese); Various statistical information on Taiwan from 1894 to 1945.
Taiwan Statistical Data Book. 1975 - 1989, 1991 - 1992, 1999, 2003.: Location: GRC TRC STATS HA 1710.5 .T35; Statistical information on demographic, economic, social, cultural and physical aspects of Taiwan from Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan, the Republic of China.
Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China. 1975 - 1983, 1985 - 1987, 1989 - present.: Location: GRC TRC STATS HA 1710.5 .A183; Created by Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, the Republic of China to provide social-economic statistical information on Taiwan.