2 great resources for Chinese e-journals and newspapers

1. PressReader (https://www.pressreader.com) features a wide array of Chinese journals across many categories. At the time of this writing, PressReader boasts a collection of 285 Chinese periodicals. In addition, they have journals in many other languages including English (2,595 titles), Spanish (799 titles), French (565 titles), German (366 titles), Russian (285 titles), and dozens more. PressReader Usage tips: Translate articles: You can translate Chinese articles into your language. For example, if you are looking for articles that covers a specific topic, you might want to translate it into English first, see if the article really is about what you searched for, then go on to read the Chinese version. Search for a specific article: Enter a search term, and choose “Advanced Search” in the menu that pops up. Make sure to set “Language” as “All” or “Chinese”. Otherwise, the system will search through only English articles and you won’t get anything. Scroll articles vertically: You can switch to vertical view by tapping on the “9 dots” on the top-right corner of the article and choose “Copy”. However, the formatting of the copiable text is messy, and all the linespaces are missing. Pros: Fantastic user interface for browsing and discovering journals in both “graphic layout” mode and “reading” mode Cons: Some articles do not turn nicely into “text view.” If you have an article that spans two pages, sometimes the text on the second page is not captured in the text view. Some search result are in tiny thumbnails “graphic” snippets, making it hard to see whether this is the result I want or not. Horizontal scrolling a little awkward on the phone Public library access: Many public libraries offer patrons free access to PressReader. Just Google “[your library] PressReader” or ask your librarian. ​ ———— 2. 龙源期刊 (http://www.qikan.com/) has a very large collection of Chinese journals and is great for searching specific information, especially among academic journals. ​ 龙源期刊 Usage tips: Highlighting text: You can copy/paste the article into your favourite text editor or notes program, or you can print the article into a PDF, and highlight the text there. A lot of articles do not have images, usually this is because the article in the original magazine didn’t have images to start with. There’s no point trying to view the magazine’s original, “graphic” version. Pros: Ability to search through the entire database of Chinese articles to find specific information Cons: Clunky user interface Switching between “text” version and “graphic” version is difficult Public library access: Many libraries offer free access to Qikan.com (龙源期刊) which lets you read a large collection of Chinese magazines online. For example: Qikan at New York Public Library Qikan at the Vancouver Public Library Qikan at the Calgary Public Library ———— ​ What about you? Have you tried these services before? What is your favorite way to read Chinese e-journals? submitted by /u/ChineseZeroToHero [link] [comments]

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