OCU Reads - Colors of the Mountain / Da Chen

Library Resource Guide

Read the Book

An Electronic Copy of Colors of the Mountain
by Da Chen is available to current OCU students, faculty, and staff through Ebrary.

There is also a copy on reserve at the circulation desk.

Of course, most of you will want to buy your own copy from the OCU Bookstore.

Read Reviews

EBSCOhost offers the largest range of full text articles plus citations to more articles available in the library or through interlibrary loan. You can search it directly from the library’s home page or simply use this list of reviews of Colors of the Mountain

NewsBank includes dozens of articles about Da Chen and Colors of the Mountain from newspapers and news services around the world. You can search the database directly for the complete list. Here are a few representative samples:

• Dempsey, Laura. "A Memoir of Good Fortune: Author Hopes His Rise from Persecution and Poverty Inspires Others." Dayton Daily News (OH). 28 Jan 2001. NewsBank, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 17 Apr 2008.


• Lederman, Diane. "From China, a Tale of Survival, Resilience." Union-News (Springfield, MA). 15 Mar 2000. NewsBank, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 17 Apr 2008.


• Marchetti, Donna. "Macho Kid's Swaggering Derails Chinese Success Tale." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH). 6 Feb 2000. NewsBank, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 17 Apr 2008.


• Taylor, Elizabeth. "Composing in the Music of English: Chinese Immigrant Da Chen Uses the 'Most Romantic Language' to Tell His Life Story." Chicago Tribune 31 Mar 2002. NewsBank, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 17 Apr 2008.

Find Related Information in Books, Articles, and More

For books, DVDs, videos, or government documents on related subjects, use the search box at the top of the page to search the library’s catalog or WorldCat (for items available within a few weeks through “interlibrary loan”).

For articles on related subjects, use the 2nd search box at the top of the page to search the EbscoHost databases, or choose from a complete list of databases.


Here are some key words to help find relevant books and articles:

• China Civilization 20th Century


• China Economic Conditions


• China History Cultural Revolution


• China Intellectual life


• China Politics and government


• China Popular culture


• China Social conditions


• China Social life and customs

Some Related Electronic Books

Electronic Books are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week directly from your computer. Here is a selection of books on China from the library’s electronic collection:

• Kraus, Richard Curt. Pianos and Politics in China Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music . New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Ebrary, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 5 May 2008.


• Morton, W. Scott and Charlton M. Lewis.China its History and Culture. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Ebrary, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 5 May 2008.


• Postiglione, Gerard A., ed.Education and Social Change in China Inequality in a Market Economy. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2006.Ebrary, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 5 May 2008.


• Yan, Yunxiang. Private Life Under Socialism Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949-1999. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003. Ebrary, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 5 May 2008.


• Yang, Fenggang and Joseph B. Tamney, eds.
  State, Market, and Religions in Chinese Societies. Boston: Brill, 2005. Ebrary, Oklahoma City U. Lib. 5 May 2008.


• Background note, China . [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of African Affairs, 2008. 5 May 2008.


• Country profile, China . [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, 2006. 5 May 2008.

Some Related Article Ideas

The library has access to thousands of Articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers about themes included in Colors of the Mountain. Many of these are available directly from the computer. Others are available in the library or within a few weeks through “interlibrary loan”. The following subjects and databases are simply a sample of what is available.

CHINESE EDUCATION in EbscoHost database group

CHINA POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 20TH CENTURY in Academic Search Premier

CHINA and "CULTURAL REVOLUTION" in JSTOR

CHRISTIANS CHINA in ATLA Religion Database

CHINA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in EconLit

CHINA and ENVIRONMENT in Greenfile

CHINA in