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Taiwan Periodical Literature (Search for Articles)

About NCL Taiwan Periodical Literature Database System


The indexing service to Chinese periodicals by the National Central Library, Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as NCL) was initiated from 1970 in printed version. In 1980s, the library automation system had been well adopted in most libraries in Taiwan, NCL hence started to convert the printed indices into electronic files. In 1993, as an experimental stage, NCL provided online searches of articles within NCL, and began to provide online searches over the Internet the next year. In 1998, NCL once collaborated with a contracted company to provide fee-based fulltext image files retrieval services named ‘Remote Electronic Access / Delivery (service) of National Central Library’ (abbreviated as READncl). This service model provided different level of services through two sub-database systems: the ‘Current Contents Database System’ was for search of table of contents only, and the ‘Chinese Periodicals Full-text image Database System’ was for placing applications for document delivery services. In 2005, these two database systems were merged and renamed as ‘Index to Chinese Periodical Literature’；article searches and use of all those open access (OA granted) articles became toll-free for all people nationally and internationally. In 2010, in considering that the periodicals contained in this database were mainly published in Taiwan, it was renamed into ‘PerioPath: Index to Taiwan Periodical Literature’. In other words, the name of this database has been changed several times upon its service model change.


From 2019 to 2020, in response to the fast-developing information technology, NCL has conducted renovation project for this important database system, aiming to accommodate with most up-to-date interface design principles, in addition, to provide more friendly functionalities, and to incorporate bibliometrics information at search results, etc. The renovated version of this database system was launched to serve for all globally from March 2021, marks a memorable milestone in the long development history of this NCL Taiwan Periodical Literature Database System.

Taiwan Periodical Literature (Search for Articles)

Declaration of Fair Use Principle


All the resources in this database system, including citation records and full-text image files, are exclusively for none profit academic research or personal use only. Please note the following principles:


  1. When use the content of an article as idea source, or do direct quote in your own writings, please be aware of academic ethics and be sure to make necessary citations and reference notes.
  2. For those full-text image files that opened through this NCL database system, the publishers and authors had granted NCL only the right to provide open access through this database system. NCL has no right to grant for other databases, either profit or none profit, to harvest either citation records or full-text image files for their databases. Any violation once accused by the publisher or by the author, the violators must bear the legal liabilities for the infringement behavior.
Taiwan Periodical Literature (Search for Articles)

Scope of Collection


NCL tried to index firstly the periodicals in its holding published mainly in Taiwan in 1970s and henceforth. Currently the ‘Index to Taiwan Periodical Literature Database System’ contains as many as 5,000 titles, of which about 2,800 are classified as academic journals, including journals and bulletins in Chinese and Western languages. This database also includes some few selected journals published in Hong Kong and Macao. The Library has been constructing metadata for new publications, and doing retrospective indexing works for those published prior to 1970. By March 2021, the time the renovated version of this database system launched for use, the total metadata records had accumulated to as many as 2.7 million, of which about 42 thousand articles have been granted free open access from the publishers or the authors and have their full-text image PDF files available for use..


The indexing work done for this database system is to be targeted at research-oriented articles. Other kinds of materials such as literary or artistic works, newsletters, accounting reports, notice of employment change, series of statistics, product launch, miscellaneous writings, etc. are not within the collection scope. Nonetheless, the articles included in this database system are mainly from academic journals and specialized journals, and can be divided into two major categories as follows.


  1. Academic Articles
    1. Basically, an academic article should be presented following general requirements of academic works, in addition, should contain the following bibliographic information: Title of the source journal and its volume/ number, title of the article, author(s), abstract, keywords, references (footnotes or section notes are perceived as references), etc.
    2. Research reports and criticism, although they may not meet the general requirements of academic works, are classified as academic articles.

  2. General Literature

This database system also provides index to certain kinds of documents, reports, lectures, learnings, knowledge-oriented journalism, etc. They are not academic research outcomes but of referential value and could serve as research materials. Such materials are to be categorized as ‘General Literature’.


All of the indexed academic articles are also assigned a classification number based on the Chinese Classification Scheme (Preliminary Version) (Compiled and published by National Central Library, 1979). It has been more than 50 years since the publishing of printed version of index till nowadays renovated database system. This database system serves not only students and researchers in Taiwan but also all those scholars who need to search for periodical literature of Taiwan from other countries in the world, inviting more than 10 million use-count every year.


Establishing a barrier-free research environment is the utmost goal of the National Central Library. The Library has been striving for providing free access as well as efficient searching and navigation guide for users so as to increase visibility and cited chances of each article. With the notion that free open access is a win-win solution, the Library genially invites publishers and authors to grant their publications and works for free open access. The support from publishers and authors would greatly benefit the progress of Taiwan academic researches and ultimately nourish the advancement of the culture, knowledge, and technology of all mankind.

Taiwan Periodical Literature (Search for Articles)

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Directory to Taiwan Periodicals (Search for Journals)

About NCL Directory of Taiwan Periodicals Database System


The Directory of Taiwan Periodicals Database System (hereinafter referred to as “this Directory”) was constructed by National Central Library (hereinafter referred to as “NCL”) in 1966, aiming to provide up to date information regarding journals and magazines publications in Taiwan, wishing to facilitate publishing information exchange and utilization of journal and magazine resources.


This Directory collects mainly the journals, newspapers, and gazettes published in Taiwan. It also includes some selected academic journals published in Hong Kong and Macau, and some important periodicals and newspapers published before 1945 in Mainland China. This database system provides searching and browsing functions, enables users to search for information of publishers. Besides, this Directory also provides easy links to the NCL Catalog and the Union List of Serials (the database was constructed by the Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center, abbreviated as STPI), serves as a convenient tool for looking up the periodical holdings of each inter-library loan member library. It is helpful for choosing a geographically nearest holding library in processing inter-library loan applications.


The information provided by this Directory includes Chinese journal title and its parallel English title, Internal Standard Serial Number (ISSN), publishing date of the first Issue (and last issue’s volume/ number/ publishing date, if a journal has ceased publishing), frequency of publishing, publishing status, language, category, material type, been indexed by what databases, abstract, publisher, subscription information, award-wining, URL link for related Internet resource, cover of a sample issue, colophon. etc.


All the journals collected by this Directory were deposited by publishers to meet the requirement of the Depository Law. The Library would like to express gratitude for the publishers’ consistent deposit. If there is any new journal or magazine wishes to be included in this Directory, or any publication need to be updated its publication formation, please contact with NCL by E-mail (nclper@ncl.edu.tw) or postal service (Address: Acquisition and Collection Development Division, National Central Library, No.20 Zhong-shan South Road, Taipei City, 100201). Having publications deposited to NCL could be beneficial for publishers for the journals/ magazines could be well preserved on one hand, and the articles of the journals/ magazines could have better chance to be searched and cited as reference so as to accelerate scholarly communications.

Directory to Taiwan Periodicals (Search for Journals)

Services Provided by the NCL Directory of Taiwan Periodicals Database System


Boolean Search:Allow search by journal title, ISSN, publisher, publishing place, subject, and limited with specified date.


Browsing Search:Browse search fields include new titles, ceased titles, awarded journals, journals’ Websites, classifications, and news regarding journal and magazine publishing.


Grant for Open Access :This Directory Website provides link for downloading the agreement document of Grant for Journal Open Access. We cordially invite your consideration to positively response to this invitation. Agreed publishers could download and print out the form, complete the form and mail it to [Knowledge Service Division, National Central Library]. Please make a note [Journal Open Access] on the envelop.


Publishers’ Contact Information:If a publisher needs to update information concerning the publisher or the publication, it is suggested to e-mail the updated information to nclper@ncl.edu.tw. Update to the corresponding journal record will soon be done upon receipt of the notification.


Search History:When a user conduct searches at this Directory, the search history, including search strategies, will be recorded and showed for later consultation.

NCL China Periodical Literature Index

Index to China Periodicals Held at NCL Resource Center for Chinese Studies


About this Database

This Database intends to index all the China periodicals held at NCL Resource Center for Chinese Studies. The librarianship-related articles firstly had been indexed by the Serial Department of the Knowledge Service Division. Thereafter, continuously indexed by the NCL Resource Center for Chinese Studies. In addition, the indexing works target at those journals and magazines that had been left out from the China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CJFD). Besides, this Database also includes a few symposiums in liberal arts and social sciences. Searchable fields include journal title, article title, author, etc.

Table of Contents of Chinese Literature (Monograph Series, 1946-1979)

Catalog of Articles and Reports on Chinese Literature, History, and Culture


This Database provides index searches for articles and research reports on Chinese literature, history, and culture published in journals, newspapers, symposiums, theses and dissertations, and research reports funded by the National Science Council (now Ministry of Science and Technology), mainly published in 1946-1979. All of these resources were from a printed catalog “Catalog of Articles and Reports on Chinese Literature, History, and Culture”. Statistics of the database contents are as follows:

- Journal articles: 900;

- Book chapters: 110,000;

- Articles from newspapers: 30,000 articles from 15 newspapers;

- Symposiums: 205 titles;

- Theses and dissertations: 2,200;

- Research report: 1,200.


This database has greatly facilitated easy searches of all the scattered resources on this subject.