CNKI International Individual Account & International Cards Brochure (ver. 24-07-2020)1. How to buy CNKI international cardsCNKI international cards are the card that users can top up, and are offered on virtual and physical basis. Both containaccount name and password that is unique. While downloading papers our system charges by real-time traffic incurred,docking fees from users’ balance.

Users abroad can receive top-up points (the basic unit) by topping up online. The detailed description with regard to onlinetop-up is as below.

Users are welcomed to contact us in terms of problems occurred when topping up individual@int1.cnki.net;Our overseas service center: services@int.cnki.netNote: leave your nationality and region and we’ll get it fixed.

2. Sign-upNew users or users without CNKI overseas accounts are required to register a new CNKI overseas account, and then top up.Procedures:1) Visit CNKI overseas website: oversea.cnki.net2) Click on the upper right corner “sign-up” icon

3) Complete registration information and click on “register”(Note: linkedin, facebook,twitter and weibo are currently not available for quick log-in)

4) Click on “login” icon and type into your account name and password.

5) You can freely search across databases and type into key words.

2. Top-upCNKI regular users can top up account on your own based upon the steps below:1) After log-in, click on your account name as shown, and then goes into your dashboard page.

2) Re-type into your acoount and password again (for cyber security)3) Next, opt for Paypal, select the number of points you need and check your balance.

If you receive physical cards, go for “CNKI Card” icon and type into Card.No and password. (This is usually used for gift cards etc.)

4) Log: The lower left corner is where you check balance, change password and log record etc.

3. Pricing system and more instruction pls see the bottom chart on:https://oversea.cnki.net/index/cnkicard/en/cnkicard-en.html or appendix 1.

Appendix 1：Pricing system of CNKI international individual account○1

Resources Points1 Fee （1point=$1） Product Databases

China Academic Journals Full-text Database 0.4 points/page 0.4

https://oversea.cnki.net/kns?dbcode=CJFQExclusive Journal 0.8 points/page 0.8

Online First Journals Price / article (Special billing system)

Single issue database Price / article (Special billing system)

CNKI Journal Translation Project 1 points/page 1 https://jtp.cnki.net/bilingual

China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text Database0.12 points/page $0.12 /page

https://oversea.cnki.net/kns?dbcode=CDMD25 points/article $25/article

China Masters' Theses Full-text Database0.12 points/page $0.12/page

15points/article $15/article

China Proceedings of Conference Full-text Database0.4points/page $0.4/page https://oversea.cnki.net/kns?dbcode=CIPD

International Proceedings of Conference Full-text Database

China Yearbooks Full-text Database 0.4points/page $0.4/page https://oversea.cnki.net/kns?dbcode=CYFD

China Statistical Yearbooks Full-text Database Full-text：0.4 points/page

Form：1.6 points/piece

Full-text：$0.4 /page

Form：$1.6/piece

https://data.oversea.cnki.net/chn

China Data Insights https://cdi.cnki.net/

Chinese Lexicon / Bilingual Dictionary / Quotations / Directory 0.1 points/page $0.1/page

https://gongjushu.oversea.cnki.net/oversea/Encyclopedia / Specialist Dictionary / Manual / Biographies 0.15 points/page $0.15/page

Catalogue Illustrations / Medical Maps 0.2 points/page $0.2/page

1.For oversea users please visit CNKI oversea website

2.The balancewill be displayed as "point" on the website. 1 point = 1 USD

3.The doctoral dissertations and master's theses are charged with a mixed method, ie, When the price calculated by the page ($0.12 / page) is less than the price calculated by the

article ($25 for a doctoral dissertation or $15 for a master's thesis),the price will be charged as the lower one.