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Asian Studies Research Guide
Important Scope Note: The following sources provide merely an introduction to research in Asian Studies. They are not intended to be comprehensive but rather a starting point. Because Asian Studies usually involves interdisciplinary research, it also will be useful to consult additional subject guides, such as "International Affairs," "Politics," "Economics" or "History."
Reference Sources: History, Culture and Literature
Britannica Online
An enhanced version of the Encyclopedia Britannica, including Britannica Online and Book of the Year articles, the Index to Britannica Online, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition. Its content includes long and short articles from two encyclopedias, media database, magazine articles, the Web's best sites, and videos.
The Encyclopedia of Asian History, 4 v.
Main Reference DS31 .E53 1988
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, 6 v.
Main Reference DS4 .L48 2002
Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture Book
Main Reference DS33 .C63 2000
More than a simplistic timeline, chronologies set significant events in context.
A History Of East Asian Civilization, 2 v.
Main Cutter Collection F60 R27
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
Main Reference B121 .E53 2001
The Columbia Companion To Modern East Asian Literature
Main Reference PL493 .C55 2003
A Literary & Historical Atlas of Asia
MH Cutter Collection GZ60 R3 [1912]
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993
Main Reference HA4675 .M55 1998
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China
A New Practical English-Chinese Dictionary (Yuan dong Ying Han wu yong ci dian)
Main Reference PL1455 .L63 1975
The Chinese text is written in traditional characters.
Chinese-English Dictionary (Han Ying shuang jie ci dian)
Main Reference PL1455 .H3347 1997
The Chinese text is written in simplified characters.
Chinese-English Dictionary Of Modern Usage
Main Reference PL1455 .L67 1972
The Chinese text is written in traditional characters.
Biographical Dictionary of Republican China, 5 v.
Main Reference CT1826 .B5 1967-79
Dictionary Of Chinese History
Main Reference DS733 .D54 1979
The Cambridge History of Ancient China: from the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C
MH Stacks DS741.5 .C35 1999
China Today: an Encyclopedia of Life in the People's Republic, 2 v.
Main Reference DS777.6 .C49 2005
Encyclopedia Of China: The Essential Reference To China, Its History And Culture
Main Reference DS705 .P47 1999
Modern China: an Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism
Main Reference DS774 .M57 1998
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China
Main Reference DS705 .C35 1991
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
MH Stacks DS706 .E37 1996
China: a Provincial Atlas
Main Reference G2305 .H84 1995 Atlas Case
The Rulers of China, 221 B.C. - A.D. 1949
Chronological tables. With an introductory section on the earlier rulers c. 2100-249 B.C.
MH Cutter Collection F66 +6M86 [1957]
Who's Who in the People's Republic of China
MH Stacks CT1821 .W4 Folio 1987
Biographical Dictionary Of Chinese Women, 2 V.
CT1822 .B56 1998
India
Historical Dictionary of India
Main Reference DS405 .M27 1996
Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs: a Dictionary of the Words of Anglo-India
Main Reference PE3502.I64 L49 1991
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India
Main Reference DS405 .D4 1971
Encyclopedia of India, 4 V.
Main Reference DS405 .E556 2006
An Encyclopaedic History of Indian Philosophy, v.2.
A constructive survey of Upanishadic philosophy; being a systematic introduction to Indian metaphysics
MH Cutter Collection BAI R15 1926
A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English
Main Reference B131 .G67 1996
Guide To Indian Philosophy
Main Reference B5131 .P68 1988
Japan
NTC's New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
Main Reference PL677.5 .N73 1993
Kojien
Main Reference PL675 .S49 1991
Concise Dictionary Of Modern Japanese History
Main Reference DS881.9 .H86 1984
Cultural Atlas Of Japan
MH Stacks Folio DS821 .C62 1988
A Guide To Reference Books For Japanese Studies
Main Reference Z3306 .G83 1997
The Columbia Anthology Of Modern Japanese Literature, 2 v.
MH Stacks PL782.E1 .C55 2005
Japanese fiction writers since World War II
MH Reference PL747.8 .J36 1997
Japanese fiction writers, 1868-1945
MH Reference PL747.55 .M63 1997
Guide To Japanese Prose
Main Reference Z3308.L5 .M37
Guide To Japanese Poetry
Main Reference Z3308.L5 R54 1975
Korea
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea
Main Reference DS904.8 .N34 2004
Historical Dictionary of North Korea
Main Reference DS933.7 .K55 2003
Korea: A Historical And Cultural Dictionary
Main Reference DS902 .P737 1999
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea
MH Stacks DS909 .N34 1993
A Cultural History Of Modern Korea: A History Of Korean Civilization
MH Stacks DS904 .C572 2000
Sourcebook Of Korean Civilization
MH Stacks DS904 .S68 1993
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Journals
(Bibliographies, Indexes and Online Databases)
Important Note: Because of the interdisciplinary nature of Asian Studies, there are many points of access to the scholarly literature. Generally speaking, it is useful to consult a variety of resources across disciplines.
A Bibliography Of Studies And Translations Of Modern Chinese Literature, 1918-1942
Main Reference Z3108.L5 G52
A Guide To Western Manuscripts And Documents In The British Isles Relating To South And South East Asia
MH Stacks CD1048.A8 W3 1965
Modern Chinese Society: an Analytical Bibliography, 3. v
Main Reference Z3101 .S63
BAS Online/Bibliography of Asian Studies ( Electronic edition)
Indexes principally Western-language journal articles, books & book chapters, book essays in edited volumes, and conference proceedings on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide. Coverage begins in 1971.
Online Index Databases
Library of Congress Asian Collections [electronic resource]: an illustrated guide, 2000.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Provides multi-disciplinary coverage from the mid 70s to present, containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Thomson Gale)
Provides more than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles of journals and magazines across disciplines, including 2,100 peer-reviewed titles, since 1980s; and covers a wide-range of topics including social sciences, humanities, education, science and technology.
Ethnic News Watch (ProQuest)
Designed to be an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990.
EconLit (EBSCO)
Produced by the American Economic Association, this database contains bibliographic references and some abstracts for journal articles, books, articles in collective volumes and dissertations. It provides links to full text articles in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. It also contains the bibliographic database Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics, produced by Cambridge University Press. Journal article coverage begins in 1969 and working papers in 1984.
Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO)
Provides an extensive bibliography of journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on world history from medieval to modern, (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present; and covers over 1,700 journals published worldwide in over forty languages. Many of the articles and dissertations and masters' theses are full-text. Coverage begins in 1954.
MLA International Bibliography (1963-present)
The Modern Languages Association International Bibliography indexes critical scholarship worldwide on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Provides approximately 1,200,000 records to over 3,500 international publications including journals, books, series, dissertations, bibliographies, working papers, proceedings, and other materials. Updated ten times a year. The index is available in paper format from 1921-1962 in the Main Reference Room, call number: PN 1 M64 REF.
PAIS International (OCLC First Search)
Provides international coverage of materials in government, international relations, legislation, political science, statistics, and related areas, including materials in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish with English language abstracts and subject headings and also contains links to web resources and publisher websites. 1972-present.
PAIS International (pre -1972) -- Printed volumes on Level 2 1/2 Williston.
Web of Science Databases (Thomson Scientific)
Mount Holyoke College subscribes to the Web of Science, which includes these three databases:
- Science Citation Index, 1945-present.
Fully indexes 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines, including all cited references captured from indexed articles
- Social Sciences Citation Index, 1956-present
Fully indexes more than 1,725 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1975-present.
Fully covers 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest CSA)
Abstracts and indexes an international selection of sociological journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations in the field of sociology, social work and other social sciences. Coverage begins with 1963.
Lexis Nexis Academic(LexisNexis)
LexisNexis provides the full text of the following resources:
- News providing the full text of 350 domestic and foreign newspapers and magazine articles in a variety of languages, and TV and radio news transcripts.
- Legal Information including federal and state court decisions, laws, codes, regulations, patents, and opinions.
- Company, Business and Economic Information including industry and market news, company profiles and financial information, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports.
World News Connection (Thomson Dialog)
World News Connection (WNC) is a foreign news service provided by the U.S. government, which offers translations of foreign news items from radio and television broadcasts, news agencies, newspapers, books and scientific, technical and government reports.
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Selected Web Sites
Asian Studies Centers and Programs
Association for Asian Studies
The homepage of the leading society in Asian studies provides information on publications, meetings, seminars, grants, fellowships, etc. for scholars and researchers of Asian studies. The site also offers links to study programs and other aspects of Asian studies.
Associations and Centers for South Asian Studies
Listed Scholarly Associations and research institutions on South Asia f rom SARAI (Dr. David Magier, Columbia University Libraries.
WWW Virtual Library: Asian Studies
This is the famous site for East Asian Studies scholars, maintained by experts around the world, and located at Australia National University.
Net Resources SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet
This comprehensive site, part of the Asian Studies World Wide Web Virtual Library, is edited and maintained by Dr. David Magier, Columbia University Libraries. It includes links to South Asia regional resources as well as many individual country listings.
East and Southeast Asia: Net Resources
Maintained by Robert Y. Eng of University of Redlands, the site provides an annotated list of Internet resources on East and South East Asian regions with particular emphasis on political, cultural, and historical aspects.
East Asian Libraries Cooperative World Wide Web
This project was sponsored by Ohio State University, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, the U.S. Department of Education, and Sun Microsystems. It supports research on East Asian studies through the collaboration and development of unique electronic collections by librarians, scholars, and researchers in the field.
Library of Congress/Country Studies/Area Handbook Series
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Studies included here were published between 1988 and 1998.
The Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Online Resources to Support K-12 and college level East Asian Studies in the Northeast. A nice place to begin exploring Asian Studies on the Web.
Sawnet (South Asian Women's NETwork)
Many annotated links and some articles on subjects of interest to women from South Asia. Includes a mailing list for women only.
Aozora: Blue Sky Collection - Full Text
Japanese public domain texts.
Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks
This is a wonderful site for people interested in Chinese Studies, particularly Chinese Language and Literatures.
China Vitae
China Vitae is a resource of information for more than 2500 current Chinese political, military, economic, business and academic leaders. The extensively cross-referenced biographical database is designed to be an indispensable research tool for those who closely follow activities in China.
Prof. Sanjay Joshi’s website
A historian, Prof. Sanjay Joshi at Northern Arizona University includes links to India-related research sites, libraries, and world-wide primary sources collections on South Asian history.
South and Southeast Asia Video Archive -- University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Asia Library
Provides a searchable catalog for video, television and cinema related to South and Southeast Asia. The majority of the materials is produced by Asians and therefore often offers a different perspective than materials produced in the West.
Chinese Movie Database
This site has three versions, in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English, covering production, cast and crew, awards and biographies, reviews and books, and many other information of Chinese language movies made in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions.
Newspapers
Both ontains news with coverage on the economy, science and technology, local and international politics, and serves to clarify the principles and policies of the Chinese government. Published in China, text is in both Chinese and English.
World Journal
Covers news in North America, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. Published in North America, text is in both Chinese and English.
The Hindu Daily
Online edition of India's National Newspaper, archives back through 2000
The Times of India (Bombay) Daily
Online edition and issues from the last month
Yahoo: India: News and Media
NIKKEI NET
Japanese economic newspaper, equivalent to the Wall Street Journal.
MSN Daily News
YOMIURI ONLINE
The Asahi Shimbun
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Searching for Books
To find books within Mount Holyoke's collection, it's best to search the Five College Online Library Catalog by subject, author, title or keyword.
Searching by subject
When searching the library catalog, pay attention to subject headings assigned to relevant titles. Refining your search using the same subject heading terminology may yield more precise results.
The following are examples of subject headings in relating to Asian women:
- Women in the professions – Asia
- Discrimination against women – Asia
- Women -- China -- Tibet -- Social conditions
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- China – History
- Women -- Employment -- China – History
- Women and literature – China
- Feminism – China
- Women -- China
Browsing by call number
Browsing the shelf by call number works best after having already identified a specific title. Relevant titles fall throughout our collection, but the DS call number section houses a sizeable amount of material:
- DS 1-35 (Asia - General)
- DS 36-326 (Middle East & Southwestern Asia)
- DS 327-499 (Central & Southern Asia)
- DS 500-937 (Eastern & Southeastern Asia)
Worldcat -- OCLC online union catalog. Known as the largest union catalog, its member libraries spread throughout the world.
Need additional help?
- Call the library Reference Desk: 583-2212
- Email “Ask a Librarian”
- Contact the author of this guide for assistance: Shaoping Moss 538-3034
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Shaoping Moss, smoss@mtholyoke.edu; RIS
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