Library & Information Services » China http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis We Bring Knowledge to You Wed, 22 May 2013 02:21:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New to the library: statistics and GIS data http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/07/10/new-to-the-library-statistics-and-gis-data/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/07/10/new-to-the-library-statistics-and-gis-data/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:14:22 +0000 Rebekah Irwin http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=29594 Continue reading →]]> Statista
A quantitative statistics portal with over 60,000 topics on agriculture, finance, politics, and many more. Search in either German or English

 

China Data Online (China Data Center)

*Now with census data and GIS spatial data including Esri shapefiles.

(*GIS spatial data through China Geo-Explorer II works best with Internet Explorer.)

A statistical database with the following datasets:

  • Monthly Statistics
  • National Statistics
  • Provincial Statistics
  • City Statistics
  • County Statistics
  • Monthly Industrial Data
  • Monthly Industrial Data 1999-2002
  • Yearly Industrial Data
  • Yearly Industrial Data 1999-2002
  • Statistics on Map
  • Provincial Yearbook (2002 – )
  • Provincial Yearbook ( – 2001)
  • City Yearbook
  • National Yearbook

China Data Center offers some freebies on its website, including a list of geo-spatial vector data including lakes, rivers, canals, and other landforms and a separate listing of free, two-dimensional maps including traffic noise in major cities, coal production, and energy consumption, to name only a few.

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/07/10/new-to-the-library-statistics-and-gis-data/feed/ 0 Current Digest of the Chinese Press http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/01/30/current-digest-of-the-chinese-press/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/01/30/current-digest-of-the-chinese-press/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:06:48 +0000 Rebekah Irwin http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=28007 Continue reading →]]> Starting this month, the Middlebury College Libraries are providing access to The Current Digest of the Chinese Press, a collection of translated articles from key Chinese newspapers related to politics, international relations, security, economics, business, public health, environment, education, culture and more.

Map available at http://english.gov.cn/

Link directly to The Current Digest of the Chinese Press or explore this and other new library collections on our New & Trial Resources page.

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/01/30/current-digest-of-the-chinese-press/feed/ 0 Discovering research statistics on China http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2011/12/19/statistics-on-china/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2011/12/19/statistics-on-china/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:39:27 +0000 Rebekah Irwin http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=27495 Continue reading →]]> Welcome back to the China Data Center, an online statistical database with the following datasets:

  • Monthly Statistics
  • National Statistics
  • Provincial Statistics
  • City Statistics
  • County Statistics
  • Monthly Industrial Data
  • Monthly Industrial Data 1999-2002
  • Yearly Industrial Data
  • Yearly Industrial Data 1999-2002
  • Statistics on Map
  • Provincial Yearbook (2002 – )
  • Provincial Yearbook ( – 2001)
  • City Yearbook
  • National Yearbook

China Data Center offers some freebies on its website, including a list of geo-spatial vector data including lakes, rivers, canals, and other landforms and a separate listing of free, two-dimensional maps including traffic noise in major cities, coal production, and energy consumption, to name only a few.

NASA satellite image of China

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