Chinese character or Kanji issues in library bibliographic records

Variant forms of a Chinese character Compare these two lines of the same title: 飮虹簃所刻曲 飲虹簃所刻曲 The first word (i.e. character) in the tile is actually given in two different forms (異體字). The difference becomes clear when we enlarge these two characters: Add a 246 field and give the variant form of the character if [...]

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Web resources for cataloging Chinese materials

Chinese Dictionaries 漢典 http://www.zdic.net/zd/ 字典, 詞典及成語詞典. 拼音/ 部首/ 五筆/ 四角/ 倉頡檢字. 含康熙字典注解. 簡繁體皆可. Author Background Information 國學網站 http://www.guoxue.com/ 作者背景查詢.文史知識查詢. 四部書籍在線閱讀, 目錄為簡體顯示. 數據庫須付費搜索. 中華文史網 http://www.historychina.net/cns/index.html 清代文史研究. 檢索清代作者生平背景. Literature Sources 瀚堂典藏 http://www.hytung.com.tw/zh-cn/default.aspx OR http://www.hytung.com/zh-cn/default.aspx 文獻出處搜索,有原著PDF圖片浏覽功能.含小学工具及專題文獻.可搜索異體字及書法拓片.簡繁體皆可. 靈石島 http://magics.l166.4everdns.com/ 诗歌數據庫. 含古詩/ 新詩, 新文化運動後及大陸1949年後的新詩作品. 以作者名字作樹型結構搜索. 部分選錄. 簡繁體皆可. Other Resources Digital Libraries 超星数字图书馆 (SSReader) http://www.ssreader.com/> Special Subjects — Buddhism & Studies [...]

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Cataloging Dictionaries 1: Chinese

Basically there are four types of dictionaries: lexicons in one language only bilingual dictionaries lexicons with definitions in two or more languages dictionaries that treat special subject or professional usages I. Chinese lexicons in Chinese only are usually assigned with the LC Classification PL1420 plus a cutter, and are given a subject heading “Chinese language [...]

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