History - Asia: Historical Statistics

Northwestern Community only (available only to Northwestern faculty, students, and staff)

• China Census Data 1 and 2
  Historical county population census data with maps. Available years: 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2000. CDRom; inquire in Government and Geographic Information and Data Service Department.
  
  
• Japan Knowledge
  Includes dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English); a full text 30 vol. encyclopedia; two dictionaries of current words: a dictionary of scientific terms; a biographical dictionary; the JK Who’s Who; the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan; a news database (NNA) that covers Asia and the European Union; a full-text journal; chronologies (world history, Japan by period, Japan by prefecture, science, culture, society, daily life, social movements, economics and for individuals); a database of video (TV, news) recordings from 1908 to 2005; database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; URL database; books in print database; sound library; music library, etc.  In Japanese and English.
  

For further information, contact:

Harriet Lightman
Head, Academic Liaison Services
Subject Librarian for History, Economics, and Philosophy
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
h-lightman@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-2920
Office Location: Room 2622, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library