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Asian Studies

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If you are interested in Asian Studies in relation to another topic (for example, music, religion, or economics), be sure to consult other appropriate subject guides for additional resources.

Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

Reference Resources

  Bibliography of Asian Studies
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Multi-Database Search : Area Studies

Web Resources

AsiaSource.
Comprehensive website sponsored by the Asia Society; there is a wealth of resources here on arts and culture, business and economics, policy and government, society and history.

Asian Studies (WWW Virtual Library).
Lots of web resources available by categories, region, or country.

Digital South Asia Library.
From Columbia Univ. and the Univ. of Chicago--lots of information, both reference and bibliographical.

East Asia in Cyberspace.
Links to country-specific web guides, maintained by the Council on East Asian Libraries.

East Asian Studies Internet Resources
A high-quality metasite, from the University of Kansas East Asian Library.

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook.
Links to sites, images, texts, etc.

Educational Resources on Asia. Maintained at UCLA, this is a collection of web links divided into eight broad categories.

MCLC General On-Line Resources. A spin-off from Modern Chinese Literature and Culture at Ohio State University, this has links to blogs, search engines, media, and other internet cultural and literary sources.

Texts and Documents: China. From Hanover College, a collection of primary sources from various U.S. universities. There is a corresponding page for Japan.

SAWNET: South Asian Women's NETwork. Up-to-date information on women's issues in six South Asian countries. Links are arranged in broad categories such as Who's Who, books, cinema, legal issues, health information, etc.

Subject Guides at Bowdoin or Colby Colleges.

Asian Studies Reference Works

Some types of research require special resources to assist in research.

Encyclopedia of Asian History.
Reference DS 31 .E53 1988

Encyclopedia of Islam.
Reference DS 37 .E523

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan.
Reference DS 805 .K6333

Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism.
Reference DS 755.2 .M63 1998

Quick suggestion for finding similar items in the Library (subject headings in the online catalog):

Asia
East Asia
South Asia

Academic Departments

Asian Studies Program
Japanese Studies

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Tom Hayward
Humanities Reference Librarian
207-786-8323
e-mail: thayward AT bates.edu

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Page author: Tom Hayward
Date: 10/10/07


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