CrossAsia
CrossAsia (also xAsia) is a specialist portal for Asian studies. The East Asia Department of the State Library in Berlin is responsible for setting up the portal and coordinating the project , which until 2015 also included the special collection area 6.25, East and Southeast Asia, and from 2016 the specialist information service CrossAsia together with the University Library and the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University - FID Asia supervised. In 2015 CrossAsia , until then the Virtual Specialized Library of East and Southeast Asia, merged with Savifa , the Virtual Specialized Library of South Asia. The primary goal of CrossAsia is centralized and free access to relevant printed and electronic resources for Asian studies in both Latin and Asian scripts.
Partner (until 2013)
- GIGA Leibniz Institute for Global and Regional Studies and Institute for Asian Studies
- Institute for Sinology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
- Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen
- Seminar for Japanese Studies at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- Seminar for Sinology and Korean Studies at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- Union headquarters of the Joint Union Catalog (GVK)
- China World Wide Web Virtual Library (Internet Guide for Chinese Studies)
The development of the portal is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). CrossAsia was a partner of the interdisciplinary portal vascoda until 2011 .
deals
The main offers from CrossAsia are:
- Metasearch: CrossAsia's metasearch conceals a virtual subject catalog that enables simultaneous searches in German and international library holdings and databases relevant to Asian studies. Research can be carried out in both Latin and Asian scripts.
- Online Guide East Asia (OGEA): OGEA offers access to intellectually selected and commented electronic resources based on quality criteria, especially Internet sources. Technical browsing is just as possible as a search with filter options.
- Electronic databases: For registered users in Germany, the East Asia Department of the Berlin State Library provides a large number of bibliographic and full-text databases for Asian studies via CrossAsia . These include: 中國 基本 古籍 庫 (Zhongguo jiben gujiku), 明清 实录 (MingQing shilu), 四庫 全書 (Siku Quanshu), 《四部 丛刊》 全文 检索 版 (Sibu congkan), 漢 達 文庫 (Chinese Ancient Texts),国学 宝典 (Guoxue Baodian), 古今 圖書 集成 (The Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China), Dissertations of China, Policies and Laws of China, 中国 谱牒 库 (Zhongguo pudieku), 宋 會 要 輯 稿 (Songhuiyao jigao), 永乐大典(Yongle dadian), 全国 人民 代表 大会 资料 库 (Database of the National People's Congress), 中国 人民 政治协商会议 资料 库 (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Document Database), 中国 政府 资料 库 (Database of the Chinese Government), 中国共产党 数据库 (Database of the Communist Party of China), LawInfoChina (北大 法律 英文 网), 人民日報 (Renmin ribao), JapanKnowledge, 日 経 テ レ コ ン 21 (Nikkei Telecom21), RISS International, 人民 复印 报刊 资料 (Renmin fuyin baokan ziliao) , China Academic Journals, China Online Journals, 台灣 電子 期刊 (Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services), 学術 コ ン テ ン ツ ・ ポ ー タ ル (GeNII), 論文 情報 ナ ビ ゲ ー タ ー (CiNII), Apabi E-Books Collection, 全国 报刊 索引 (National Index to Chinese Newspapers & Newspapers Periodicals), Online Contents Ost- and Southeast Asia, Online Contents Asia and North Africa, Online Contents South Asia, MagazinePlus, BookPlus, 政策 情報 プ ラ ッ ト フ ォ ー ム (Policy Information Platform), 字 通 (Jitsu)
- Online Contents Asia and North Africa, East and Southeast Asia as well as South Asia: Several hundred magazines, mainly in Western languages, are evaluated for the Online Contents database. In many cases, the full text can be accessed directly from the database.
Web links
- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (IGCS)
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Webis - Collection focus at German libraries