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Finding China at the Urbana Free Library - By Map

Searching "Heilongjiang OR Harbin" Searching "'Inner Mongolia' OR Hohhot" in Any Keyword Searching "Beijing, China" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching "Great Wall of China" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching " 'Ma, Yan, 1987' OR Ningxia OR Yinchuan" Searching "Yellow River" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching "Shanghai" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching "Zhejiang OR Hangzhou" in Any Keyword Searching "Guangdong OR Guangzhou" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching "Hong Kong" in Children's Department only Searching "Macau" Searching "Guangxi OR Nanning" in Any Keyword Searching "Guangxi OR Nanning" in Any Keyword Searching "Yunnan OR Kunming" in Any Keyword Searching "Taiwan OR Taipei OR Taiwanese" in Children's Department only Searching "Taiwan OR Taipei OR Taiwanese" in Children's Department only Searching "Hunan OR Changsha" in Any Keyword Searching "Guizhou OR Guiyang" in Any Keyword Searching "Yangtze River" in Any Keyword Searching "Chongqing" in Any Keyword Searching "Hubei OR Wuhan" in Any Keyword Searching "Sichuan OR Chengdu" in Any Keyword Searching "Dunhuang OR 'Silk Road'" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching "Mount Everest" in Children's Department only Searching "Xinjiang OR Ürümqi" Searching "Tibet OR Lhasa" in Children's Department only Searching "Tibet OR Lhasa" in Children's Department only Searching "Jiangsu OR Nanjing" Searching "Liaoning OR Shenyang" Searching "Liaoning OR Shenyang" Searching "Shaanxi OR Xi'an" Searching "Henan OR Zhengzhou" Searching "Henan OR Zhengzhou" Searching "Tibet buddhis* OR 'Dalai Lama'" in Children's Department only Searching "Giant panda" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching "Dinosaurs China" in Any Keyword Searching "Confucius" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only Searching "Qin shi huang" Searching "Shaanxi OR Xi'an" Searching "kung fu" Searching "South China Sea" Searching "Beijing, China" in Any Keyword in Children's Department only

See also: Finding China at the Urbana Free Library - By Timeline

Questions and Answers

1. What happens when I click on the map?

First, when you move your mouse over the name of a city or a province, or over an image, and stop for a second, you will see a screen tip, which looks like this .

This tells you what keyword we are using to search for books, videos, and musical sound recordings in the online catalog of the Urbana Free Library.

After you press the mouse, a new window will open up and show you what titles the Urbana Free Library has about a certain place or topic which you have just clicked.

2. Why are some of the provinces and cities not "clickable?"

This is because when we compiled this webpage, our library did not own any titles about those places. Chances are that very little has been published about them. You can copy those names into the online library catalog and do a new search to see if that has changed.

You can also try searching in other libraries of the Lincoln Trail Libraries System. You may obtain those titles through interlibrary loan.

3. Some screen tips say that it is searching "Children's Department only," like this one-- . I would like to see materials for adults as well.

Some searches are restricted to the Children's Department, either because there are already a good many titles for young people, or when titles in the Adult Services appear unlikely to meet their needs.

Ultimately it is you who decide what you want. If you are not satisfied with the search result, you can play with the drop-down menu or follow the link to change locations and search terms.

Notes

1. Taiwan is self governed, but considered by the People's Republic of China as one of its provinces.

 

2. Source of the images:

 

Official map of the People's Republic of China - China National Fundamental Geographic Information System maps of China (accessed April 26, 2007).

 

Giant Panda - Original photography taken by peiqianlong at the Panda Research Center in Chengdu, Sichuan. Used courtesy of the photographer.

 

Kung Fu demonstration - Original photography taken by Ariel Steiner at Daxiangguo Monastery, Kaifeng, Henan. Used courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons.