不久前，河北大学通过招标，购入爱如生中国俗文库初集。此前河北大学已购入中国基本古籍库、中国金石库初集，加上此次购入的中国俗文库初集，河北大学拥有的爱如生数字产品共3库3集，在河北省仅次于河北师大的5库8集，名列第二。

爱如生中国俗文库是以历代俗文学作品为内容的全文检索版数据库，收录范围包括变文、宝卷、善书、小说、戏剧、弹词、评话、鼓曲等，十分丰富，对于学习和研究中国通俗文学是总结性的资源宝库。可以说，备有此库，不必他求。中国俗文库分为5集出版，其中初集收录400种话本和小说、1200种杂剧和传奇，尤以多达400种的宝卷为迄今仅见，最具价值。美国各大学慧眼先识，现已有13个大学置备，国内则尚未引起重视，希望河北大学购入能开个好头。

Hebei University Purchased Database of Chinese Popular Literature

Not long ago, Hebei University purchased Erudition Database of Chinese Popular Literature through tender. Prior to this, Hebei University has purchased Database of Chinese Classics Ancient Books and Database of Bronze and Stone Inscriptions I before. Together with Database of Chinese Popular Literature I, Hebei University now has 3 databases and 3 collections of Erudition’s digital products, which is second only to Hebei Normal University's 5 databases and 8 collections.

Erudition Database of Chinese Popular Literature is a full-text retrieval database of popular literature works of past dynasties. It is rich in Bianwen, treasure volume, good books, novels, plays, storytelling in southern dialects, commentaries, story song, etc. It is a summary resource treasury for studying and researching Chinese Popular Literature. It can be said that with this database there is no need to search for others. Database of Chinese Popular Literature is divided into five collections, of which the first collection contains 400 kinds of scripts for story-telling and novels, 1200 kinds of Zaju and legends, especially 400 kinds of treasure books are only seen so far, which is of the greatest value. 13 universities in the U.S. have purchased this database, but many universities in China haven't paid attention to it. I hope that Hebei University’s purchase can make a good beginning.