r/Annas_Archive • u/multi-Pingouin • Aug 28 '26

Chinese equivalent of Anna's Archive for academic papers?

I'm doing research that requires relying on work by researchers from mainland China (PRC), but I can't find much of it on Anna's Archive.

Does anyone know of a Chinese-language equivalent of Anna's Archive for finding academic papers, theses, and books published in Mandarin by Chinese researchers/institutions easily?

Any pointers (sites, forums, or communities) would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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u/noviypacan Aug 28 '26

There are currently more books in Chinese on Anna's Archive than in English. A group of Chinese programmers collaborated with Anna's Archive to release 5-6 million non-fiction books. To find Chinese books, change your interface language to 中文. I have noticed that your interface language impacts your search results.

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u/multi-Pingouin Aug 28 '26

je vais essayer ça, merci !

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u/Current-Pride-1190 Aug 30 '26

I didn’t know that the language mattered

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u/noviypacan Aug 30 '26

Here is an experiment.

  1. Search [lu xun] on the English interface.
  2. Then repeat your search on the French interface.
  3. You will notice that the results are different.

Before searching for books in French, Chinese, and other languages, I always change the interface language.

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u/TrumperineumBait Aug 28 '26

The academic equivalent of Anna’s Archive is Scihub which moved to telegram as Ordo Nexus. Try that.

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u/dowcet Aug 29 '26

No... Sci Hub and Nexus are two separate projects run by different people.

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u/multi-Pingouin Aug 28 '26

Merci pour la réponse ! Je n'ai jamais eu de mal à trouver un livre académique publié dans le monde francophone ou anglophone sur Anna's Archives pour le coup (enfin sauf une fois), mon problème c'est que les contenus en langue chinoise (des historiens, des juristes dans mon cas) sont beaucoup moins présent, vous pensez qu'il en va différemment sur Sci-Hub ?

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u/TrumperineumBait Aug 28 '26

Unfortunately I do think it’s Anglophone biased but it wouldn’t hurt to try. Most reputable Chinese research wants to publish in Western journals in my STEM case though.

Why don’t you reach out to Chinese historians / legal scholars and ask them directly?

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u/multi-Pingouin Aug 28 '26

Effectivement je peux demander à défaut d'une solution plus efficace ! Mais j'ai besoin de feuilleter beaucoup de pdfs pour trouver les quelques éléments qui sont pertinents pour moi, donc un équivalent d'Anna's archive serait bien pratique...

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u/noviypacan Aug 28 '26

You can find some academic papers on this academic search engine 百度学术.

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u/Beautiful_Library_69 Aug 29 '26

独秀 is there completely accessible through AA whkch is a great source for all sorts of nonfiction books, not papers though.

And then there is the EU-wide project of xasia that is the platform you might want to get a login through your institution as it bundles hundreds of Chinese scientific paper databases. It is pricy and not for personal usage as far as I know but for lots of people their institution is able to work out an account for you easily.