WenYuanGeSiKuQuanShu=文渊阁四库全书电子版

User’s Guide for Searching Intranet Version“Wen Yuan Ge SiKu Quan Shu=文渊阁四库全书电子版”Written by Mei-Yun (Annie) Lin—East Asian Librarian at UC-Davis⏹To Log-on:A.UC Libraries’ IP address requiredB.Need to have IME Asian Languages Application or Chinese word processor onthe computerC.From your library’s electronic database page, click on “Wen Yuan Ge SikuQuan Shu文渊阁四库全书”D.On the Home page of “Wen Yuan Ge Siku Quan Shu文渊阁四库全书”, clickon “登入=Enter”, it will take you to “檢索主頁= Main search page.”E.Click on “EN” on the bottom of your screen or on the top of your screen, clickon “CH Chinese (PRC)”, this is IME Asian Languages application that usesPinyin Romanization to create simplified Chinese character for searching.⏹Keyword Search on Main Search page=檢索主頁:A.There are four fields of options in keyword searching: “書名=title,” “著者=author,”“正文= full text,” and “註釋=annotation.”B.On the “檢索主頁= Main search page”, click on the blank search box, then,Construct the Chinese words by using IME Chinese processor.C.Type in “文淵閣書目”and click on one of the following under the search box “正文=full text”, “註釋=annotation”, “書名=titles”, or “著者=Author”, for the search words that you want them to appeal from; click on”正文=full text” for this example, then click “检索=Search.”D.On the “檢索結果=search result” page shows that there are 120 條(items) with165 匹配(matches) on the left panel, and on the right panel there is a list of“ 檢索結果=search result.” Click on the left panel for next ten item display(下十條) or last page (最後) of search result if you want to know.E.Click “二個匹配=two matches” on the first item from”檢索結果=search result.”The system will take you to the text with words “文淵閣書目“ high lighted.F.On the upper section of left panel, there is “後匹配=next match” for you to lin kto the next match or “前匹配=previous match” if there is more than two matches.Also, there are “前頁=front page”, “後頁=back page”, “前卷=previous chapter,”“後卷=next chapter”, “前本書=previous book”, and “後本書=next book” linksto other text if there are more matches.G.On the lower section of left panel, the first link “原文文本=Digitized full-text” showsthe rewritten text from the original text which is clear than original text. The search words are high lighted and each individual word will be enlarged if you point at the word.H.The next link “拷貝文字=copy text” will allow you to copy that text in printable format,however, the text does not include page number for citation. You will need to click on the next link “原文图像=Image of the original test" for page information.I.The third link “原文图像=Image of the original text” o n the lower section of left panelallows you to see the image of the original text that includes page number for citation information. You can also click on the “背景顔色=background color” on the u pper right corner of the text for background color selection, black or white.J.The next link is “列印本頁=print this page.” And the next link “加入書籤=Add it to my bookmark” will take you to a pop-up dialog box, “我的書籤=my bookmark.”Then, you need to add the title of your bookmark (書籤名稱) in the blank box, for example, “文淵閣書目”, then click “確定=Confirm.” If you decide to close this page, click on “X” or “關閉=close.”K.When click on the “我的書籤=my bookmark” on the left panel again, the bookmark will pop-up your own bookmark dialog. First, you need to high lighted one of your ”書籤名稱= the title of your bookmark,” then click on “打開書籤=open bookmark,”the system will take you back to the text you save.Search/Browse by the “Siku”Category=分類檢索:A.There are five categories in the “分類檢索=Search/browse by the Siku category,”—經部, 史部, 子部, 集部, and 附錄. When you click on “分類檢索=Search/browse by the Siku category” on the ”檢索主頁=main search page,” the system will giveyou these five categories in the next page.B.Each category is further divided into subdivision. There are four levels: 部, 類, 屬,and individual titles. The “附錄=Appendix” consists of overall catalogues,missing title catalogues and other complimentary documents.C.For example, you click on “史部”, the system will take you to the next page withnext level of category, such as, “正史類,” “ 編年類,” “別史類,” “ 雜史類,” “傳記類,”etc.. When you click on “正史類,” on the left side of panel would show you thatyou have gotten 46 matches and your search paths were from the “分類檢索=Search/browse b y the Siku category,” to “史部,” then, to “正史類.” On the right panel, you would see the first ten matches only; click on “下十條=next ten matches”or “最後=the last match” for more items. This results are in “簡單=simple titlename” only. You can click on “具體=Precise” for more information, such as,“史記” is from“史部,” “正史類,” written by司馬遷, 司馬貞, 張守節, etc.. If youclick on “詳細= detail,” you will find references about this publication and moreinformation about author. This detail information seems very important.⏹Advance Search=進階檢索:A.In the “進階檢索=Advance Search,” you have the option of conducting Boolean searchin two fields: “正文= full text,” and “註釋=annotation.” Or, you can limit your search by “著者條件=Author,” or “書名條件=Title” or “四庫分類=Siku category.”B.Thi s is also a place that you can search the text by a specific author“著者檢索=Searchby author”, and/or in a specific book “書名檢索=Search by Title,” and/or in a specific category “四庫分類=Siku category.”C.From the “著者檢索=Search by author” or “書名檢索=Search by Title,” it willtake you to the page with the simple display or detail display. From the “檢索歷史=History of your search,” it will take you to your search history page, then, pickone that you want to research again for further searching.⏹Reference Tools=工具箱:A.On the upper right corner of “檢索主頁=Main Search Page”, click on “工具箱Tools.”It includes five searching tools: “單字字義查詢= Look up definitions in the Ancient Chinese Characters Dictionary,” “干支/公元換算= Ganzhi vs. Western calendarconversion,” “古今紀元換算= Reign y ear vs. Western calendar conversion,” ”八卦六十四卦表= the eights trigrams and sixty-four hexagrams table,” and “關聯字查詢= Look up the related word search”.B.In “單字字義查詢= Look up definitions in the Ancient Chinese Characters Dictionary,”type in the Chinese word in the blank search box next to the words “請輸入要查詢的單字=Please enter search word or words,” for example, “彬,” then, click “查詢=search.”You will see the definitions of the word, “彬”.C.In “干支/公元換算= Ganzhi vs. Western calendar conversion,” you can click on theyear from drop-down list of “天干”, for example, “辛”, and click on the year from drop-down list of “地支”, for example, “亥” , then, you will see all those yearsmatch to the Western calendar years in Chinese. On the other hand, you can click on the “切換到公元換算干支=switch to Western calendar conversion vs. Ganzhi”at the bottom of searching page, the system will take you to the next conversionsearching page. In this searching page, you click on “公元前=B.C.” or “公元後=A.D.”, then, type in Western year in the searching box, for example, “1796”,click on “計算=convert”. You will get the year in Ganzhi year under the“計算結果=conversion result.” You can also return to “Ganzhi vs. Westerncalendar conversion” by clicking on “切換到干支換算公元=switch to Ganzhivs. Western c alendar conversion” at the bottom of searching page.D.In “古今紀元換算= Reign year vs. Western calendar conversion” and the“八卦六十四卦表= the eights trigrams and sixty-four hexagrams table,” havethe same kind of conversion function like”干支/公元換算= Ganzhi vs. Westerncalendar conversion”E.In “關聯字查詢=Look up the related word search,” there are choice for you if youwant to find the word that is related to “異體”, or “簡繁”, or “中日”, or “通假”, or “形近” and others.F.You can always click on “説明=Explanation” on the top o f each tool searching boxfor help to use these tools. Click “關閉= close” if you don’t need them anymore. G.There are two more assistant tools for constructing search word. For example,“輔助輸入=Auxiliary Input Method, by stroke count & radical” and “封象輸入=hieroglyphics characters input.”Final:There is one Chinese usage guide if you need it. Click on “Usage guide=使用説明”on the top of Main search page.Please remember to “登出= logoff ” this database at the end of your search.。