Dataset Records:

There are 75 records in the Bibliography of Chinese Administrative Geography dataset.

Dataset Variables:

There are 19 variables in each of the 75 records of the dataset, they are:
• Title (WG) - The title in Wade-Giles, hyphenating all place names.
• Title (Chinese in Pinyin) - The title in pinyin, separated by syllables.
• Title (English) - The title in English, capitalizing only the first word. If the title is a translation of the Chinese title not included on the title page, then will be entered in parentheses.
• Title (Chinese Characters) - The title in Chinese characters with GB code.
• Author/editor - Individual or organization responsible for writing or editing the book or article.
• Author/editor (Chinese Characters) - The author/editor in Chinese characters, using GB code.
• Subject - Indication of the general contents of the item, be it information on boundaries, names, codes or other topics related to administrative and political divisions.
• Coverage - Geographic coverage (e.g. nation, province, prefecture, county).
• Coverage (name) - The name that best describes the region covered by the reference.
• Period - The period covered.
• Imprint - Place of publishing, publisher and date of publication, in the language of publication.
• Imprint (Chinese Characters) - Imprint information in Chinese characters with GB code.
• Pages - The number of pages.
• Location - Location of the reference if known by CITAS. Collections surveyed for database include East Asia Library at University of Washington, CITAS office collection, and Universities Service Center, CUHK.
• Call # - Library call number of the reference if known.
• ISBN - ISBN number if assigned.
• Language - Language of publication.
• Description - A brief description of the book. Entered in either Chinese or English.
• Source - Journal citation where applicable.