For those of you doing research into anything that requires a literature review, it pays to check out the types of work your Chinese research counterparts have published on in the Chinese academic literature. There are two really good full-text databases out there for Chinese academic journals:
- Wanfang Data: According to the Wanfang data website, “as an affiliate of Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology, Wanfang Data has been the leading information provider in China since 1950s. With a wide range of database resources and value-added services, Wanfang Data has become a gateway to understand Chinese culture, medicine, business, science, etc.” I personnally find this particular database to be very user friendly and English-language friendly. The problem is that I don’t know of any scholarly institution with access…