云南民族研究有着悠久的历史,并取得了骄人的成绩,但许多基础研究还需加强。从学术价值和研究现状看,民族研究已经呈现出综合研究、边缘学科交叉研究的强劲势头。重视学科的基础研究,拓展研究的新领域,必须重视对云南民族研究所需资料的搜集。充分利用数字化图书馆,是目前学者获取和利用文献的首选。但是,时至今日,云南还没有一个可供学者利用的数字化民族研究资料库。本文讨论的民族研究资料库限于云南民族史与民族学的内容,论述建立资料库拟由汉文文献库、少数民族文字文献库、文物库、情报信息库、学者传记资料与方法库五个分库组成的原因、功用以及资料搜集的范围、方法、途径,力求使资料库建成既是提供资料、信息的场所,又是学术研究的基地,也是探讨理论和方法的场所。 Yunnan ethnic studies have a long history and have achieved remarkable results, but many basic research needs to be strengthened. In terms of academic value and research status quo, ethnic studies have shown a strong trend of comprehensive research and cross-disciplinary research. Pay attention to the basic research disciplines, expand new areas of research, we must pay attention to the collection of information required for Yunnan ethnic studies. Making full use of digital library is the first choice for scholars to acquire and utilize the literature at present. However, up until now, Yunnan does not have a digital ethnic research database available to scholars. The national research database discussed in this article is limited to the content of ethnic history and ethnology in Yunnan Province. The establishment of a database to be composed of five Chinese language libraries, a minority language literary database, a cultural relic database, an intelligence information database, a scholar biographical data and a database of methods The reasons for its composition, its functions and the scope, methods and means of data collection are aimed at making the database a place where information and information are provided as well as a base for academic research as well as a forum for exploring theories and methods.