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The National Yiddish Book Center offers online access to the full texts of nearly 11,000 out-of-print Yiddish titles. Browse, read, download or print any or all of these books, free of charge. These titles were scanned under the auspices of the Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library, and have been made available online through the Internet Archive.

This is a Japanese newspaper database provided by Yomiuri Shinbun (読売新聞). This includes more than 10 million newspaper articles since its inception in 1874. This database also contains the regional editions of Yomiuri Shinbun from 1933-2001, Contemporary Who’s Who of key persons in Japan, and the English version of Yomiuri Shinbun, The Japan News, since 1989. This database also features Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese dictionary, Japanese-English dictionary and Imidasu (current words) to help you with searching and reading.

The Yŏnhaengnok Collection is a collection of travelogues recorded by Korean envoys who traveled to China during the Koryŏ and Chosŏn dynasties from the 12th century to the 19th century.  Users can browse travel records by time period, king, and author.  It is multi-languages searchable full-text including classical Korean and Chinese.

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