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Zhongguo fang zhi ku = 中國方志庫 / Database of Chinese Local Records

Zhongguo fang zhi ku = 中國方志庫 / Database of Chinese Local Records

In addition to parts 1 and 2, Northwestern University Libraries now have access to part 3 of Zhongguo fang zhi ku / 中國方志庫 / Database of Chinese Local Records.

Zhongguo fang zhi ku, also known as Database of Chinese Local Records, contains more than 10,000 local gazetteers from the Song Dynasty to the Republican era. It is comprised of more than 10 million pages of images and texts, and is fully searchable by various methods, including region, title, period, or classification.

Online access, click “Login”, then select the database. One simultaneous user limit, please log out by clicking on the logout button at the upper-right corner.