1.	NAME OF CD-ROM DATABASE	Siku quanshu (Wenyuan ge) yuanwen guangpan
2.	DATE OF 1st ISSUE	1997
3.	ISSUEING AGENCY	not known
4.	DISTRIBUTION	Various dealers; for Germany: China Buchservice Hanke
6.	TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS	IBM compatible PC with Windows
7.	NETWORKABLE	not known
8.	CODING OF CHARACTERS	GB-code for index search; for text itself not applicable (text scanned as image)
9.	NUMBER OF CDs	150
10.	PRICE	around 5000 USD
11.	SHORT DESCRIPTION	Containing over 3400 individual works and divided into four categories, the Siku quanshu represents a massive heritage of Chinese thought and culture. This electronic edition has scanned images of the Wenyuan Ge edition which is usually in use and available to scholars today. Images can be zoomed and printed. There are indexes for a) authors, b) authors' dynasties, c) titles of works etc. All said and told, a massive conglomerate of a digital treasury which sells for less than the printed edition.