This volume serves as a guide to all facets of China study, from advice on choosing an appropriate literary dictionary to finding the most recent yearbooks that offer statistical data about the contemporary economy. It does not restrict itself to one particular "discipline", but considers the development of Chinese civilization as a whole, from its imperial beginnings to the present, and therefore demonstrates how one would find information about Chinese history, literature, religion, linguistics, and collectanea, as well as modern PRC economic and political policies. Because this book also explains how bibliographical data on China has accumulated over the last 300 years (including within China itself), it may also be of use in helping the reader understand the significance of a particular type of reference work.