《中國近代報紙庫》由上海圖書館《全國報刊索引》出品, 彙聚了1850年至1952年百餘年間的4000份中英文報紙，包括小報、新聞報、時報、中央日報、申報、大公報、上海泰晤士報、字林洋行中英文報等。

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《中文期刊全文數據庫》（又稱《民國時期期刊全文數據庫》）（1911～1949）計劃收錄民國時期（1911～1949）出版的20000餘種期刊，近1000萬篇文獻，內容集中反映這一時期的政治、軍事、外交、經濟、教育、思想文化、宗教等各方面的情況。作為歷史檔案的重要組成部分，《民國時期期刊全文數據庫》（1911～1949）具有極為重要的學術價值和史料價值，它豐富了報刊數字資源，更方便了廣大讀者用戶進行關於民國時期歷史的學術研究。

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