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(More Info)	Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language
The Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language offers a survey of this far-ranging field and research as it applies to Japanese. Read the full annotation

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Asian Business & Reference

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Asian Historical Dictionaries

(More Info)	Asian Studies Network Information Center (University of Texas)
Offers links to regional and country resources as well as online journals and newsletters. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
A global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies. Edited by T. Matthew Ciolek. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Background Notes
Background Notes on the Countries of the World is a series of short, factual pamphlets written by officers in the Department of State's geographical bureaus. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Bibliography of Asian Studies
This online version of the print Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains over 727,803 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. Read the full annotation

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China Through Western Eyes

(More Info)	China: A Global Studies Handbook
Includes chronologies of the people, places, and events that figure prominently in China's history, from ancient times forward. Read the full annotation

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Church Missionary Society Archive, Section 1: East Asia Missions

(More Info)	CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. The "What's New" area on the home page gives snapshots of the important, up-to-the-minute news stories from around the world. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Classical Chinese: a Basic Reader
Volume 1 contains 40 selections from texts written between the fifth century B.C. and the first century A.D., during which the classical Chinese language was fully developed and standardized. Volume 2 contains a detailed glossary of unfamiliar terms and names found in Volume 1, and Volume 3 features detailed grammatical analyses. Read the full annotation

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Colonial-Period Korea

(More Info)	Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Digital South Asia Library
A project of the Center for Research Libraries, providing digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Ejournal Locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus incorporates the full text contents of some of the Europa World Year Book and the eight Europa regional surveys. This database provides authoritative and current analytical information about countries and international organizations. Country overviews include historic, economic, trade, and political information. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Guide to Chinese Philosophy
The authors list and annotate predominantly English-language works. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	H-Asia: Asian History and Studies
The primary purpose of H-ASIA is to enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. Includes helpful links to a variety of resources. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Institutional Change in Southeast Asia
The Asian financial crisis of 1997 had major social and political consequences. This book analyzes the measures taken to mitigate the immediate effects of the crisis and explores issues related to Asian monetary stability. Read the full annotation

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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - Firefox Recommended

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Japan and America

(More Info)	Japan through Western Eyes
This collection is located in the microforms area on the 2nd Floor of the library. Also available online. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Making Sense of Japanese Grammar: a Clear Guide through Common Problems
Explains basic principles that underlie a wide range of phenomena in the Japanese language and provides clarification on matters of grammar that seem idiosyncratic and Japanese-specific. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet Resources
PAIR brings together a scholastic, eclectic group of Internet materials in a tightly organized, well-cataloged, and easily accessible format. Covers Asia from Turkey to Japan including links in English and local languages. PAIR includes a wide variety of social science and humanities disciplines. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Picture within a Picture: an Illustrated Guide to the Origins of Chinese Characters
This book lists 526 Chinese characters. Each character is accompanied by a short article and an illustration which vividly depicts the origin and evolution of the character. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Principles of Japanese Discourse : a Handbook
Explains Japanese rhetorical style and strategy for English readers. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	SARAI (South Asia Resource Access on the Internet)
Provides links to online bibliographies, full-text resources, periodicals, and reference tools for the study of the history and cultures of South Asia. It also includes links to resources for individual countries. Edited and maintained by Dr. David Magier, Columbia University Libraries. Read the full annotation

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