How Can Generative AI Improve Scholarly Search and Recommendation? When asking Lumen this question, the most surprising part is often not the answer itself, but how it connects ideas across disciplines, decades, and languages to form an unexpected “knowledge diffusion map.” In a single search, Lumen may move from AI papers to philosophy, communication studies, [...]
AI is no longer reshaping technology alone—it is also transforming research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) The AIDH Database (AI x Digital Humanities) serves as a research gateway within the Taiwan Academic Classics (TAC) platform, integrating AI-assisted translation, search, and Lumen’s extended discovery functions. Curated from journals across 16 countries in Asia, Europe, [...]
When every AI can generate answers,the real question is──Can you trust them? In an era where AI tools are rapidly proliferating, the key is no longer whether answers can be generated, but: • Are they reliable? • Do they demonstrate scholarly depth? • Can they support further research? Lumen, the academic AI research assistant developed by UDP from Taiwan [...]
From the state-building experiments in the Chinese Communist revolutionary base areas of the 1930s, to the mass mobilization portrayed in political cartoons of the 1950s, and further to media observations during the integration of East and West Germany—these three rare archives on the Chinese Communist movement and socialism take you back to the critical historical [...]
Shaping the Academic Landscape of the Asian Century! UDP launches Taiwan and Asia’s Select HSS Journals—a curated collection of 400 rare and distinctive titles from 15 Asian and 5 Western countries—resources often absent from major international content platforms and otherwise scattered across OA or institutional sites, sometimes available only through local or limited circulation, making [...]
Doing cross-cultural research but struggling with language gaps? The Taiwan Academic Classics (TAC) platform now offers an exclusive Multilingual Translation & Search tool to help you see beyond single-cultural perspectives. Imagine instantly understanding a Ukrainian-language paper comparing how Hong Kong and Taiwan media frame “China”—offering fresh Eastern European insights beyond the scope of most Chinese-language [...]
Over 100,000 papers, 37,000 images, 12,000 entries, 1,000 books. Published by Lanzhou University Press and Lanzhou University Dunhuang Research Institute. Silk Road Historical and Cultural Database jointly published by Lanzhou University Press and Lanzhou University Dunhuang Research Institute, the database is the authoritative resource on Silk Road history from China's northwestern provinces. Based on [...]
As the world's only digital collection based on original first-hand bronze and stone rubbings, China Bronze and Stone Rubbings Collection features 81,800 rubbings with full texts (83 million characters) and full images (11,858 tablets), covering rubbings from the Pre-Qin era to the early 21st century (221 B.C. – 2000 A.D.) from regions including China, Taiwan, [...]
(自立晚報, 1947-1995) It is the Taiwan's sole advocate for democracy and independence before 1987, championed non-partisanship and independent operation. Lauded as a symbol of Taiwanese democratic politics, it stood out for rallying social reform forces amidst an era when most press voices echoed the authoritarian regime. This publication notably covered key political events like the [...]
The South China Sea Island has been the center of ongoing disputes among coastal nations due to its abundant fisheries resources, crude oil, and natural gas, as well as its significance as a vital shipping route. These disputes have escalated over the years, even leading to military conflicts, drawing increasing international attention. The archive comprises [...]
