e-Book Library |
PDF/TXT |
Online/Offline reading |
Fulltext search |
Copy/Print/ |
Single/Multiple Access |
Personal Library |
Samples |
EBL * about all sujects; from various publishers; |
PDF (encrypted) |
Online/Offline (up to 14 days) |
Yes |
5%/20% (6-wks window) |
Multiple |
Yes; also online bookmark & annotation |
Yi Zheng. Contemporary Chinese print media: cultivating middle class taste Routledge, 2014 Harold M. Tanner. The battle for Manchuria and the fate of China: Siping, 1946. Indiana University Press, 2013 Torquil Duthie. Man'yo ̄shu ̄ and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan. BRILL, 2014 |
about all sujects; from limited publishers |
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Online |
Yes |
Up to 10 pages per transaction |
Multiple (limited) |
Yes; also online bookmark, annotation with account |
Lawrence R. Sullivan. Historical dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party. Scarecrow Press, 2013 Tan Ye & Yun Zhu. Historical dictionary of Chinese cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2012 Mary C. Brinton. Lost in transition: youth, work, and instability in postindustrial Japan. Cambridge University Press, 2010 |
eBrary * about all sujects; from 66 university presses; covering 2010- |
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Online |
Yes |
chapter download or up to 70 pages |
Multiple (limited) |
Yes; also online bookmark, annotation with account |
Todd A. Henry. Assimilating Seoul: Japanese rule and the politics of public space in colonial Korea, 1910-1945. University of California Press, 2014 Michelle King. Between Birth and Death: Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century China. Stanford University Press, 2014 Three kingdoms: a historical novel. University of California Press, 2014 |
華藝Airiti * Chinese e-books from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau |
Image |
Online/Offline (up to 7 days), need register & login before download |
Yes |
Yes, but pgs allowed for print vary from title to title |
Multiple (2) |
Yes, online & offline |
王逸之. 徐州會戰: 台兒莊大捷作戰始末. 知兵堂, 2011 張我軍譯文集. 下卷, 文學卷.海峽學術, 2011 陳金現.宋詩與白居易的互文性研究. 文津, 2010 |
阿帕比Apabi * Chinese e-books, reference materials, yearbooks from China |
Image |
Online/Offline |
Yes |
Yes, but in Apabi Reader only |
Multiple |
Yes, if with account |
漢語大詞典 12 vols. 汉语大词典出版社, 1988-1994 唐正芒. 中国西部抗战文化史. 中共党史,2004 周国平.朝圣的心路. 广西师范大学出版社, 2001 鲁枢元.精神守望. 东方出版中心, 2003 |
Chinese e-books, rich in old publications, primary sources |
Image |
Online |
No |
1 pg at a time |
Multiple |
Yes, if with account |
张家口、晋察冀新华广播电台回忆录. 河北广播电视厅,1989 山西文史资料 第52辑 晋察绥战地总动员. 山西人民出版社,1987 刘御. 延安短歌. 上海文艺出版社, 1957 狼祸:雪漠小说精选. 中国文联出版社,2004 |
1,900+ Japanese e-books |
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Online |
Yes |
Email pages varying from title to title |
Multiple |
No |
宮本常一.自然と日本人. 未來社. 2003 アサヒグラフに見る昭和前史. (大正13-15年) . 朝日新聞社, 1975 古瀬奈津子.日本古代王権と儀式. 吉川弘文館, 1998. |
Image |
Online |
No |
20 pg. at a time |
No restriction |
No |
[紫式部]. [源氏物語] 【全号まとめ】, [江戸前期]) |
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Not all in Melvyl; Use UCI login to get full access |
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Online /Offline (copyright cleared or UC digitized book) |
Yes |
Full book for copyright cleared or UC books |
No restriction |
Yes with login |
Sharon O'Dair. Class, critics, and Shakespeare : bottom lines on the culture wars. University of Michigan Press, 2000 Evans Frodyce Carlson. Twin stars of China. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. |
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Kindle |
Yes (KindleFire only, need BlueFire & Adobe Digital Editions) |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
PDF chapter level |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
No |
No |
Yes for copyright cleared and UC digitized books |
Yes for copyright cleared titles |
Nook |
Yes (need BlueFire & Adobe Digital Editions) |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
PDF chapter level |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
No |
No |
Yes for copyright cleared and UC digitized books |
Yes for copyright cleared titles |
iOS devices |
Yes (need BlueFire & Adobe Digital Editions) |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
PDF chapter level |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
Yes (need iReader) |
Yes (need Apabi Reader) |
Yes for copyright cleared and UC digitized books |
Yes for copyright cleared titles |
Android devices |
Yes (need BlueFire & Adobe Digital Editions) |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
PDF chapter level |
PDF page level, varying title by title |
Yes (need iReader) |
Yes (need Apabi Reader) |
Yes for copyright cleared and UC digitized books |
Yes for copyright cleared titles |
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Also be noted that a "Limited Access“ in HathiTrust note in Melvy sometimes may not be accurate. So, double-check in HathiTrust.