1.	NAME OF CD-ROM DATABASE	Dang'an Wenxian Guangpanku - Chinese Archives in Optical Disks
2.	DATE OF 1st ISSUE	1996
3.	ISSUEING AGENCY	Zhongguo di'er lishi dang'anguan
4.	DISTRIBUTION	China International Book Trading Co. (CIBTC) 35 Chegongzhuang Xilu, 100044 Beijing, PR of China
6.	TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS	IBM compatible PC with ordinary DOS operating system
7.	NETWORKABLE	no
8.	CODING OF CHARACTERS	GB-coded scanned images
9.	NUMBER OF CDs	115
10.	PRICE	9775 USD
11.	SHORT DESCRIPTION	An enormous convolut of archival materials, separated into three larger packages: a) (Selected) Archival Materials of Ming-Qing History (=Zhongguo Ming-Qing shi dang'an wenxian guangpanku). 12 CDs. b) (Selected) Archival Materials on the History of the Republic of China 1911-1949 (Zhonghua Minguo shi dang'an wenxian guangpanku. 32 CDs. c) Archival materials covering the History of the Revolution (Zhongguo gemingshi dang'an wenxian guangpanku). 71 CDs. All three sections can be ordered individually (at 85 USD per CD). The sections contain large amounts of documentary material (like the famous "red-ink" notes by various Qing emperors), but also - especially for the latter two sections - large quantities of digitized journal, newspapers and scholarly journals. All texts are digitized images, though. Publications dates of journals are tagged and searchable, but not indiviual dates, names or events. The software administering these data is DOS based but - while serving its purpose fast and efficiently - rather crude and outdated.