The information contained in the bibliographic database is described below. The database is provided in two formats, Microsoft-Access and ASCII. The Access database facilitates searching the database for material on specific places, dates and subjects. See use of the Access database. A description of the data fields follows, as does dataset names and formats.
Title (WG):
The title in Wade-Giles, hyphenating all place names.
Title (Pinyin):
The title in pinyin, separated by syllables.
Title (English):
The title in English, capitalizing only the first word. If the title is a translation of the Chinese title not included on the title page, then will be entered in parentheses.
Title (Chinese):
The title in Chinese characters, using GB code.
Author/editor:
Individual or organization responsible for writing or editing the book or article.
Author/editor (Chinese):
The author/editor in chinese characters, using GB code.
Subject:
Indication of the general contents of the item, be it information on boundaries, names, codes or other topics related to administrative and political divisions.
Coverage:
Geographic coverage (e.g. nation, province, prefecture, county).
Coverage (name):
The name that best describes the region covered by the reference.
Period:
The period covered. It may be named, such as Qing, or may be identified by year.
Imprint:
Place of publishing, publisher and date of publication, in the language of publication.
Imprint (Chinese):
Imprint information in chinese characters, using GB code.
Pages:
The number of pages.
Location:
Location of the reference if known by CITAS. Collections surveyed for database include East Asia Library at University of Washington, CITAS office collection, and Universities Service Center, CUHK.
Call #:
Library call number of the reference if known.
ISBN:
ISBN number if assigned.
Language:
Language of publication.
Description:
A brief description of the book. Entered in either Chinese or English.
Source:
Journal citation where applicable. [Alana, check. Is this in the correct order?]
Dataset names and formats:
books.mdb MS-ACCESS ??? ASCII
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