=========== HEADER ===========
Readme.txt for History of Western Medicine in China Zotero Collection
Item Handle: [to be added after record is created]
Documentation written on 5/20/2026
By Corey Barber

=========== SUGGESTED DATA CITATION ===========

Please cite this data in the references for any publication which uses it. 
Schneider, William; Luesink, David. (2013). Western Medicine in China Zotero collection. Indiana University. [dataset]
DOI:

DATE(S) of DATA COLLECTION
2013

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION(S) of DATA COLLECTION
Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

FILE INFORMATION
This CSV file contain Chinese characters and other special characters. When opening in Excel, these characters can display incorrectly. To fix, select 'Insert Data from Text/CSV' under the 'Data' tab in Excel.

ACCESS & SHARING
1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data (who is allowed to access and use these data?):
	Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

2. Links to thesis, dissertation, reports, or publications that cite or use the data (include DOI): https://iu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1478557

3. Links to publicly accessible locations of the data (if applicable): None

4. Links/relationships to other data files/sets: None

5. Was data derived from another source?
	A. List source(s): None

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RESEARCH AIMS
Promote the study of the history of Western medicine in China from 1800 to 1950 by sponsoring research and making historical resources more readily available, both in libraries and on the web.
 
METHODS
General methodology (experimental, observational, model, simulation, etc.): literature review

Instruments used for collecting data: Zotero

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION (If this information is documented in other files archived with the data, please specify below) 

1. Metadata schema applicable to this dataset (if applicable): Zotero flexible metadata schema


2. Column headings for tabular data [see file WMIC_2025_Zotero_data-dictionary.csv]


3. Other specialized formats or abbreviations used:
	Chinese characters
4. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: none


=========== CREDITS ===========
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