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East Asian History Subject Guide
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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
Bibliography of Asian Studies
BAS indexes western-language journal articles, books, chapters in edited volumes and compilations, conference proceedings, etc., on all subjects in Asian Studies published since 1971.
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Historical Abstracts
Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts is the leading electronic bibliography for historical study with indexing for more than 2,000 journals. In addition to key historical journals from
virtually every major country Historical Abstracts includes a selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities
that are of special interest to researchers and students of history.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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Reference Materials
Asian Historical Dictionaries
A series of individual volumes for many Asian countries, all with different call numbers in the 2nd Floor reference collection. Each includes a chronology, history, bibliographies, and brief dictionary entries useful for quick reference and identification. To find, enter "Asian Historical Dictionaries" in a basic WebCat search, search as a "Series," and browse the resulting list.Note that some of the volumes are available online through netLibrary.
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Cambridge History of China - DS735 .C3145
An authoritative multivolume history, including helpful bibliographic essays for each chapter.
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Cambridge History of Japan - DS835 .C36 1988
Six-volume authoritative history, each volume with a detailed index.
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Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture - DS33 .C63 2000
Brief essays for each historical period for different regions of Asia, with chronologies of important events in the areas of arts, culture, religion, technology and other aspects of culture.
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Cultural Atlas of China - DS721 .B56 1998
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Cultural Atlas of Japan - DS821 .C62 1988
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Encyclopedia of Modern Asia - DS4 .E53 2002
Six-volume comprehensive encyclopedia covering all of Asia, with a focus on the period after 1850. Each article has a brief bibliography.
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Historical Atlas of China - G2306 .S1 H4 1966
A reprint of a 1935 historical atlas of China, but still remains quite useful.
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Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan - DS805 .K633 1983
History and biographies are well-represented in this general encyclopedia of nine volumes. All longer articles include a bibliography.
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Web Sources
Asian Studies Network Information Center (University of Texas)
Offers links to regional and country resources as well as online journals and newsletters.
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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.
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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.
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Periodicals
ejournal locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library.
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WebCat Search Hints - Subject-specific hints for searching the library catalog
For a general guide to searching WebCat, the library's online catalog, see the library's guides Searching WebCat - Basic or Searching WebCat - Advanced. Here are some representative formats for subject headings relevant to East Asian history: China--Civilization--Western influences Protestant Churches--Missions--China--History--20th century Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 Japan--Relations--Foreign countries Japan--History--Bibliography
A good way to find specific LC Subject Headings is to look up the bibliographic record of a book on your topic in the catalog, and then read the description and information in that record. Near the end of that information several LC Subject Headings will be given as links. If you click on these, the catalog will call up other books on that topic in the collection. You may want to start with a keyword search, then read the information provided in several of the bibliographical records for several books, and locate the subject headings given there. Then click on the subject heading link to discover other books on that topic. |
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For a general guide to searching WebCat, the library's online catalog, see the library's guides Searching WebCat - Basic or Searching WebCat - Advanced. Here are some representative formats for subject headings relevant to East Asian history: China--Civilization--Western influences Protestant Churches--Missions--China--History--20th century Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 Japan--Relations--Foreign countries Japan--History--Bibliography
A good way to find specific LC Subject Headings is to look up the bibliographic record of a book on your topic in the catalog, and then read the description and information in that record. Near the end of that information several LC Subject Headings will be given as links. If you click on these, the catalog will call up other books on that topic in the collection. You may want to start with a keyword search, then read the information provided in several of the bibliographical records for several books, and locate the subject headings given there. Then click on the subject heading link to discover other books on that topic. |
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