Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for gaining a basic understanding of a topic, getting started with a research project, finding a bibliography of "classic" books and articles for further research, or for brushing up on topics tangential but relevant to the central area of investigation.

PLEASE NOTE: In the Schaffer Library Reference Collection, encyclopedias relevant to East Asia are scattered throughout the Ref DS shelves.  Below are listed only selected titles; browsing through the rest is encouraged.

East Asia and the United States; an Encyclopedia of Relations since 1784. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2002.

Covers people, events, disputes, treaties, agreements, and other issues involved in more than 200 years of interaction between the two parts of the world.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 518.8 .E22 2002

Encyclopedia of Asian History. New York, Scribner;  London, Macmillan, 1988.

Produced by the estimable Asia Society, this four-volume set provides in depth material on Asian historical topics, including of course all the eastern portion of the Asian continent.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 31 .E53 1988

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture.
London and New York, Routledge, 2005 and 2002 respectively.

Two volumes in a series intended to capture themes and people prominent in the present-day country of coverage.  A wide definition of "culture" is in play in these books, from literature to various art forms and media to health, religion, customs, and more.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 779.23 .E5 2005
                      Ref DS 822.5 .E516 2002

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. New York, Scribner, 2002.

Six volumes in all, this encyclopedia of the Asian countries examines most imaginable current topics in reasonable detail, with further reading selections following most entries.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 4 .E53 2002

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan.  Tokyo, New York, Kodansha, 1983.

The "Kodansha", a nine-volume set, remains the definitive entree into Japanese history, society, and culture.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 805 .K633 1983

Guides and Handbooks

These specialized subject-specific volumes perform various functions: overview, chronology, survey, definition of terms, and biography.

Chinese Reader's Manual; a Handbook of Biographical, Historical, Mythological, and General Literary Reference. Detroit, Gale, 1968 (Reprint of Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1910, in turn reprinted from 1874).

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 733 .M3 1968

Chronology of the People's Republic of China, from October 1, 1949, edited by Peter Cheng.   Totowa, N.J., Rowman and Littlefield, 1972.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 777.55 .C44567

Countries and Their Cultures, edited by Melvin and Carol R. Ember. New York, Macmillan, 2001.

Contains essays of about 20 pages in length on countries' customs and society as well as public social policies and programs.  The East Asian nations are of course included.

CALL NUMBER: Ref GN307 .C68 2001 

Country Forecasts. Syracuse, N.Y., Political Risk Services, Frost & Sullivan, Inc., 2004.

For each country (including the East Asian), this annually updated volume presents political and economic factors and ratings intended to measure risk of instability and uncertainty for investors.  Discussion is provided as well as a five-year "databank" of economic and social indicators.

CALL NUMBER: Ref HC 10 .C66

Craighead's International Business, Travel, and Relocation Guide to 90 Countries. Detroit, Gale Research, 2004.

Craighead's specializes in preparing the traveler or immigrant about what to expect "on the ground" in a country, including the East Asian states.  About 50 pages are allotted to an orientation to each country and a discussion of unspoken cultural cues, etiquette, greeting customs, business practices, and particulars of eating, sleeping, and getting around as a visitor.

CALL NUMBER: Ref HF 5549.5 .E45 D56 2004-05

Dictionary of Chinese Symbols, by Wolfram Eberhard. London and New York, Routledge, 1996.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 721 .E32613 1996

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York, Garland Publishing, 1998-2002

See Volume Seven, entitled East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea. This reference book of well over 1000 pages provides extensive treatment of the musical genres of China, Japan, and Korea, the cultural and social influences upon their music, and the music of minorities and regions of each country.

CALL NUMBER: Ref ML100 .G16 1998  v.7 (East Asia)

Historical Dictionary of ...

The Library's Reference Collection can boast of a fine series of volumes, published by the Scarecrow Press or by Greenwood Press, consolidating the historical background of countries, religions, and major events.  Applicable titles are:

Historical Dictionary of:
Buddhism (1993)	Ref BQ130 .P74
Hinduism (1997)	Ref BL1105 .S855
Islam (2001)	Ref BP50 .A33
North Korea (2003)	Ref DS933.7 .K55
Revolutionary China, 1839-1976	Ref DS740.2 .H57
Shinto (2002)	Ref BL2216.1 .P53
Singapore (1991)	Ref DS610.4 .M85
Taiwan  (1993)	Ref DS798.96 .C67
the Korean War (1991)	Ref DS918 .H536
the Republic of Korea (2004)	Ref DS904.8 .N34
Tokyo (1997)	Ref DS896.1 .C93

Lonely Planet Guides to...

The Library's Reference Collection offers recent travel guides to relevant countries, and this series contains culture and customs briefings as well:

China	Ref DS705 .C45 2005
Hong Kong and Macau	Ref DS796.H73 F35 2004
Japan	Ref DS805.2 .S76 2003
Tibet	Ref DS786 .M39 2005

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Detroit, Gale Research, 2004.

Also available online at Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (restricted to Union College use), includes chapters on China, Japan, Korea, etc., 20-30 pages in length, with substantial writing on population, land, history, political system, economic conditions, and more.

CALL NUMBER: Ref G 63 .W67 2004
 

Cultural Atlas of Japan, by Martin Collcutt, Marius Jansen, and Isao Kumakura.  New York, Facts on File, 1988.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS 821 .C62 1988

National Atlas of Japan, Geographical Survey Institute. Tokyo, Japan Map Center, 1977.

CALL NUMBER: Ref Atlas 912.52 K79n

Population Atlas of China, compiled and edited by the Population Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Institute of Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Hong Kong ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

CALL NUMBER: Ref Atlas G2306.E2 P6

The Times Atlas of China, editors and chief contributors, P. J. M. Geelan, D. C. Twitchett.  London, Times Books, 1974.

CALL NUMBER: Ref Atlas 912.51 T583

Sources of Statistics

First: Start with the Library's Statistical Data page, where you will find a categorized listing of MANY titles, some in the Library's Reference Collection and some available on the Internet.

Need more? ... The library subscribes to the "statistical" component of Lexis-Nexis, and that resource gives Union users access online to three large databases of data: the American Statistics Index, the Statistical Reference Index, and the Index to International Statistics. These contain, respectively, data of the U.S. federal government, of states and commercial bodies, and of international organizations.  Much--not all--of what Lexis-Nexis cites is available in full text online.  For the rest, Schaffer Library also subscribes to microfiche copies of all the statistics cited in the above (with certain exceptions). Tip: Assistance with data retrieval is available at the Library's Reference Desk.

Further: Below are listed some particularly relevant titles in the Reference Collection, selected from the Library's Statistical Data page:

China: Facts and Figures Annual. Gulf Breeze, Fla.] Academic International Press, 1978-

Received by Schaffer Library for over 25 years, this statistical yearbook for China offers more than numbers alone--it also provides the full text of selected public reports, speeches, regulations and documents.  Statistics and analyses are attributed to the government or news sources from which they were drawn.

CALL NUMBER: Ref DS779.15 .C48 

Europa World Year Book. London, Europa Publications Limited. (Library owns volumes at regular intervals since 1962)

Europa remains today the valuable source of comparative international economic, political, and social statistics that it has been for over 40 years;  East Asian states are included in its coverage.  (Besides statistics, covers historical and current national developments.)

CALL NUMBER: Ref JN1 .E85

International Financial Statistics Yearbook.   Washington, D.C., International Monetary Fund, 1963-

Exchange and interest rates, banking and monetary data, investment and national accounts figures, by nation.  Each successive yearbook covers a rolling 20-year period.

CALL NUMBER: qHG 61 .I57
(Latest year shelved in the Reference Collection, 1st floor)

 International Marketing Data and Statistics.  London, Euromonitor Publications, Ltd., (Library owns volumes at regular intervals since 2001.)

Covers a variety of parameters in East Asian and other countries: advertising, agriculture, transport, finance, consumer prices and expenditures, economic indicators, energy, publishing, environment, international trade, health, demographics, telecomms, labor, education, and tourism.

CALL NUMBER: Ref HA42 .I56

Statistical Yearbook. United Nations.  (Library owns annuals since 1949.)

The premier international statistical source, published for 48 annual editions, including (for the East Asian and other countries) population, social, economic, scientific, technical, trade, finance, development and tourism measures.

CALL NUMBER: Ref HA 12.5  .U63
(Latest year shelved at the Reference Desk)

World Development Indicators.  Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1998-

Also available online at WDI Online. (Restricted to Union College)
For all nations, publishes comparative data on demography, environment, and economics.  Current and previous issues are all kept in the Reference Collection.   Selected tables from the printed annual volumes of World Development Indicators are found online in the World Bank's Data Query.

CALL NUMBER: Ref HC 59.15 .W656

Directories

Directories serve to identify relevant professionals, institutions, organizations, and associations.  The first is the most recent edition of a classic among academic reference books.  The rest are online sources with varying foci.

Directory of American Scholars. ; 10th ed. ; Detroit, Michigan, Gale Group, 2002

CALL NUMBER: Ref LA 2311 .C32

AccessAsia
The National Bureau of Research in cooperation with the Asia Society offers this search engine to retrieve contact information about specialists in contemporary Asian affairs and policy.
[http://www.accessasia.org/database/quick/]

ACLS Constituent Learned Societies
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) places the names of its highly regarded constituent bodies on its Web-site, including certain names relevant to East Asian Studies.
[http://www.acls.org/ls-cao.htm]

AsiaExperts
The Asia Society's Web-site provides this search engine to retrieve contact information about specialists in the areas of art, culture, society and history. [http://www.asiasource.org/experts/]

ASIANetwork Membership Directory
A searchable list of the members of the ASIANetwork presents full contact information and scholarly specialty.
[http://www.asianetwork.org/cgi-bin/asianetwork-memberlist.pl]

Japan Foundation-Related Government and Non-Profit Sites
The Japan Foundation provides this portal to public and private institutional Web-sites important to the study of Japanese topics.
[http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/links/index.html]

Citation Guides and Style Manuals

Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals.

Chicago Manual of Style. ; Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1993.

[ Online ] Available: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html

CALL NUMBER: Ref Z253 .C57 (kept at the Reference Desk)

Columbia Guide to Online Style, edited by Janice R. Walker.  New York, Columbia University Press, 1998.

This volume is a leader in establishing standard methods of citing electronic sources.

CALL NUMBER: Ref PN171.F56 W35 1998 (kept at the Reference Desk)

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. [ Online ] Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Available: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

Publication Manual of the APA. Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association, 2001.

The "APA guide" sets the standard for much social-science writing. Also available online through Citation Guides and Style Manuals.

CALL NUMBER: Ref BF76.7 .P83 2001  (kept at the Reference Desk)

Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browseable in the Stacks and Reference Collection.

DS	History: Asia (General)
DS 501 - 519	History: East Asia (General)
DS 701 - 800	History: China
DS 801 - 900	History: Japan
HX	Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
JQ	Political institutions and public administration: Asia
JZ	International relations
KN - KP	Law: South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia
PL 501 - 889	Japanese Languages and Literature
PL 1001 - 3208	Chinese Languages and Literature

Library Materials > New Acquisitions

The New Acquisitions List  (residing on the Library Catalogs page) is generated on the 10th of each month and includes items added to the library's collections for the previous calendar month.  Hint: Scroll through using the above call numbers.

History

Social Sciences including Economics

Political Science

Law

Language and Literature

Library Materials > Primary Sources

Offered below is a mix of print, online, and microform sources, available in and through Schaffer Library, in which a researcher may discover "primary source" material connected to China, Japan, or other East Asian subjects.  Some but not all are in English.  Some of the sources are primarily U.S.-focused, but because of international relations, diplomacy, and immigration, they have relevance for some East Asian topics.

Tip: To find other examples of primary sources besides those below, try searching for those published in books, sometimes held by Schaffer Library and listed in the online catalog.  Use the keyword approach, at this link.  On the first line of the search enter your topic (e.g., "opium").  On the second line, enter "diaries or personal narratives or archive or archives or archival or correspondence".

 

Alexander Street Press

Enter separately any of these databases:
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories,
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the
      Environment,
North American Women's Letters and Diaries--Colonial to 1950,
and Asian American Drama

 

American State Papers : Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. Washington : Gales and Seaton, 1832-61.  

This set contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838.

CALL NUMBER: Special collections, Rare Books, [f] J33 .A48

Full text of the American State Papers is found online at the
Library of Congress's American Memory Web-site.

Chinese Digital Archive 1966-1976
The Library at the Australian National University presents items online that are "unique and in some cases rare and fragile...relating to the Chinese Cultural Revolution period (1966 to 1976)."
[http://images.anu.edu.au/china.html]

Congressional Record. U.S. Congress. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office.  1873-

The Congressional Record publishes floor remarks of senators and representatives, as well as what they choose to "read into the record".  The predecessor titles for the Congressional Record (1873-present) were the Congressional Globe, Debates and Proceedings, and the Register of Debates and Proceedings (together appearing from 1833 to 1872), also in Union's collection as follows.

CALL NUMBER: The full Congressional Record including the predecessor titles
is held on microfiche, filed by title U.S. Congress.

The Congressional Record is available online in full-text through the U.S. government's Web-site GPO Access for volumes covering 1994-present.

 Full-text, online access for the Congressional Record and its predecessors, 1789 to 1875, is available at the Library of Congress's  American Memory Web-site.

Congressional Record Index. U.S. Congress. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office.

Print indexes to the Record are shelved in the Reference Collection at the number below, and they are very slow to come out, currently covering 1920-1996 (eight years ago, at this writing!). 

CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog KF35 .C660 Index

Indexes of the Record are available online covering 1983-present.

Electronic Briefing Books
The National Security Archive of George Washington University has made available selected declassified documents pertaining to U.S. relations with East Asian (and other) nations.
[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/index.html#China]

Foreign Relations of the United States. U.S. Department of State. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office.

This series, in existence--and held at Schaffer Library--since 1861, comprises "the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity," as the State Department itself describes it.

CALL NUMBER: JX233 .A3 

Selected volumes, from the Truman to the Ford administrations, are available
in full-text online from the State Department's Web-site.

Hearings of House and Senate Committees. U.S. Congress. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office.

Schaffer Library benefits from a long-lived collection of hearings held by the major committees of Congress, thanks to our depository library status. 
Hearings since 1970 are best accessed by subject searches in CIS Index, found online in Lexis-Nexis (see the Congressional category), accessed through the Library's Databases and Indexes page.  CIS Index is held in paper format as well, shelved at Ref Bibliog KF49 .C62.

That coverage is complemented by an index to the hearings of 1965-1969, published by CIS and shelved at Ref Bibliog KF49 .C650. 

Earlier hearings are harder to identify, but some success for 1937 through 1969 (prior to CIS Index) may come through the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, shelved at Ref Bibliog Z1223 .A18.

LOCATION: Paper copies of the actual hearings are in the Government Documents Collection. Some hearings are available in full-text through Lexis-Nexis as
described above. In most cases, consulting a reference librarian is advisable.

Image Databases / Catalogs from the Rare Collections of the University of Kyoto Library
At this site can be found an image database of "national treasures, important cultural assets, etc." and several files of period historical documents and more.
[http://ddb.libnet.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/minds-eu.html]

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
A creation of Paul Halsall of the Fordham University History Department, this site is a portal to extensive online primary sources in East Asian history, organized clearly and directly by period and by country.
[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html]

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
The National Archives of Japan makes several groupings of public, diplomatic, and military records available online at this site.
[http://www.jacar.go.jp/asia_en/e_materials/materials_en.html]

Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, and Periodicals
These may of course be browsed productively, but searching for specific subjects may be more effective through using an index.  Several forms of indexing are available, such as the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, the Nineteenth-Century Reader's Guide, Poole's Index (all in paper in the Reference Collection), PCI Full-text (online through our Databases and Indexes page), and others. Access and coverage vary, so please ask at the Reference Desk for us to assist you.

Atlantic Monthly
For this seminal source of American opinion and reportage, Schaffer Library has microfilm holdings for 1857-1932, 1971-1978;
paper holdings for 1979-1981, 1992-present (with certain gaps);
and online full-text access for 1857-1901 and for 1995-present.

Harper's (Monthly)
A long-lived popular periodical, Harper's Monthly can be accessed at Schaffer Library in paper for the years 1850-present (with certain gaps);
on microfilm for the years 1953-1969;
and online full-text from 1850-1899, as well as from 1850-1964 in PCI Full-Text and from 1992-present in EBSCOhost's Academic Search Elite database, both of which are found at our Databases and Indexes page.

Harper's Weekly
Online, full-text access is available for the years 1857-1912.

Living Age (also known as Littell's Living Age)
Schaffer Library offers full-text online access for the years 1844-1900.
Paper holdings for 1900-1941 (with certain gaps) are also available.

Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
Print copies are held for the years 1839-1860.

(The) Nation
For this important record of liberal journalism and commentary, Schaffer Library has microfilm holdings for 1865-1996;
paper holdings for 1866-1997 (with certain gaps),
and online access since 1986 through EBSCOhost's Academic Search Elite database, found at our Databases and Indexes page.

New York Times
This nearly century-and-a-half collection of what is arguably the U.S.A.'s flagship newspaper is a rich resource for all sorts of research.

Current issues are found in the Newspaper Reading Area.
Microfilm for all previous issues, 1857 onwards, is in the Microforms Area.
Full-text, online access available via Lexis-Nexis (1980-) and Proquest (1999- ) may be accessed through the Library's Databases and Indexes page.

At this writing the New York Times' own Web-site offers a full index to the articles in the Times since 1851.

North American Review
Schaffer Library offers full-text online access for the years 1815-1940, as well as microfilm for the same period.

Modern China Studies
The East Asian Library of the University of Pittsburgh has put this collection of primary source and reference documents in Chinese law, history, literature, and political and social science up on the Web with funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities.
[http://digital.library.pitt.edu/e/eal-mcs/]

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Washington : Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration.

The Library's collection of the Public Papers of the Presidents... volumes covers every presidency since (and including) Herbert Hoover's, with the exception of the FDR years.  Each volume includes the year's public words, written or spoken, of the President of the U.S. 

CALL NUMBER: J80 .A283 

Full-text, online access is available through the American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to the public papers of every administration from Herbert Hoover, beginning in 1929, to the early part of the George W. Bush presidency.

Full-text, online access is also available through the U.S. government's
Web-site GPO Access for the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush years, from 1992 and onwards.

Serial Set.

The Serial Set is the traditional name for that collection of Congressional reports and documents that have long illuminated the histories of specific pieces of legislation moving through the House and the Senate. 

Identifying and locating them requires an index, and one option is CIS's U.S. Serial Set Index (shelved at Ref Bibliog Z1223.Z9 C65), which covers the years from 1789 to 1969. 

Indexing from 1970 is provided in CIS Index, found online in Lexis-Nexis (see the "Congressional" category), accessed through the Library's Databases and Indexes page.  CIS Index is held in paper format as well, shelved at Ref Bibliog KF49 .C62.

Because of its anomalous numbering system, potential users are strongly encouraged to consult a reference librarian!

LOCATION: Volumes from 1937 onwards reside in the U.S. Government Document Depository Collection; only scattered earlier volumes are held.

Full-text, online access is available through the U.S. government's Web-site GPO Access for volumes from the 104th Congress, 1995-1996, and onwards.

Full-text, online access for selected volumes, 1833-1917 is available at the Library of Congress's American Memory Web-site.

 

Silk Road Narratives: a Collection of Historical Texts
The Walter Chapin Simpson Center of the University of Washington presents this collection of digitized documents relating to the Silk Road trading route and includes documents of Chinese experiences.
[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/texts.html]

Library Materials > Journals

Here are many scholarly journals owned by or accessed through Schaffer Library whose central role is the publication of research in the field of East Asian Studies.  Sometimes journal browsing can lead to results, as a complement to subject searching through the method (below) using Databases & Indexes > East Asian Studies.  The years of coverage and formats of each journal vary.  You can search for them at the Find Journal Titles link on Schaffer Library's online catalog.  Or ask at the Reference Desk for us to assist you.

Acta Asiatica : Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture
African and Asian Studies
Ars Orientalis
Artibus Asiae
Asia : Journal of the American Asiatic Association
Asia-Pacific Perspectives, Japan+
Asian Affairs (London)
Asian Affairs, An American Review
Asian Folklore Studies
Asian Perspectives
Asian Philosophy  
Asian Studies Review  
Asian Survey
Asian Theatre Journal
Asianweek
Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs Ao Chung
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
China an International Journal.
China Critic = Chung-Kuo Ping-Lun Chuo Pao
China Economic Review
China Journal (Canberra, A.C.T.)
China News Analysis
China Pictorial
China Quarterly (London)
China Reconstructs
China Review International Chung-Kuo Yen Chiu Shu P‘ing
Chinese America, History and Perspectives
Chinese Economic Studies
Chinese Education
Chinese Law And Government
Chinese Literature, Essays, Articles, Reviews Chung-Kuo Wen Hsüeh
Chinese Social and Political Science Review
Chinese Sociology and Anthropology
Chinese Studies in History
Chinese Studies in Philosophy
Contemporary China
Contemporary Japan
Critical Asian Studies
Europe-Asia Studies
Far Eastern Quarterly
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Japan and the World Economy
Japan Echo
Japan Quarterly
Japanese Language and Literature
Japanese Literature Today
Journal of Asian American Studies
Journal of Asian Studies
Journal of Japanese Studies
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
Late Imperial China
Modern Asian Studies
Modern China
Monumenta Nipponica
Peking Review = Pei-Ching Chou Pao
Positions : East Asia Cultures Critique
T'oung pao  
Twentieth-Century China = Erh Shih Shih Chi Chung-Kuo

Library Materials > Senior Theses / Senior Project

The links below produce lists of Union College senior honors theses held in Schaffer Library.  The lists appear in reverse chronological order and are mostly quite long; however, they can be narrowed by using the "Modify Search" button at the top of the results screen.

Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see Thesis Search page.

East Asian Studies

Economics Department

History Department

Modern Languages and Literatures  Department

Political Science Department

 

Course-Related Materials > Blackboard

Faculty using Blackboard are encouraged to incorporate links to Library resources—and specifically the Research by Subject pages and the appropriate course-related Research Guides—into the Blackboard course pages. Your Departmental Liaison or Bibliographic Instruction Contacts can assist you.

Electronic Materials > Databases & Indexes

Schaffer Library provides access to an extensive range of general and subject-specific electronic databases—some offering full-text access to articles or library holdings information.

Databases & Indexes > East Asian Studies

Electronic Materials > Selected Web Sites

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
China WWW Virtual Library
East Asia WWW Virtual Library
JGuide (Japan Information Resources)
These four Web-sites belong to the WWW Virtual Library, the oldest standing catalog of Web-sites on academic topics (and widely considered reliable and top-quality).  The sites are hosted at the Australian National University, Heidelberg University (Germany), Sweet Briar College, and Stanford University respectively.  Each points to considerable material and has, as part of its mission, scanned and screened all listed material for authority and substance.
[coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html]
[sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/]
[http://ea-vl.sbc.edu/]
[jguide.stanford.edu]

Asian Updates
Links to speeches, interviews, publications, and the arts are provided on this resources page of the Asia Society, the non-partisan, non-profit Rockefeller-founded organization dedicated to improving relations between the U.S. and Asian nations and people.
[www.asiasociety.org/publications/asianupdates.html]

Ask an East Asian Studies Librarian
After a free registration anyone may ask questions on the site, recommended by the well-regarded Association for Asian Studies to university students, faculty, and independent researchers.  Without registering one can view or search previously posed questions and their answers.
[askeasl.askvrd.org/index.asp?]

Association for Asian Studies
The professional society in Asian Studies, headquartered in Ann Arbor, offers scholars, students, and all others with an interest in Asia a variety of information and publications.  The Journal of Asian Studies is published by the Association, and tables of contents and selected full-text of articles are available on the site.  There is also a readily found and useful page of links and resources.
[www.aasianst.org/]

Electronic Materials > News and Alerts

Tools for tracking news, recently published articles, and current regional events.

Asia Events
The Asia Society provides this search engine to "Asia-related exhibitions, conferences, readings, screenings, performances, and discussions happening around the world."  The calendar stretches from 1999 until the end of the present calendar year.
[http://www.asiasource.org/events/]

Asia Today
The Asia Society provides this selection of full-text news stories on Asia and its constituent nations in these categories: general news, business and economics, social issues, arts and culture, and commentary.  The period of coverage is from 1999 to today's date.
[http://www.asiasource.org/news/]

H-Asia; Asian History and Studies
H-Japan; History of Japan
These sites provide entree to the H-Asia and the H-Japan listservs, links to subscription for either list, and they display recent messages on the lists to subscribers or non-subscribers alike.
[http://www.h-net.org/~asia/]
[http://www.h-net.org/~japan/]

New York Times, Asia Pacific Edition
At this link the Asia Pacific version of the International Edition of the New York Times is accessible, with a free registration required for accessing portions.
[http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/asia/index.html]

Regional News Sources
The Asia Society provides this page of links to the chief English-language online newspapers published in Japan, China, and other Asian (and selected European and North American) nations.
[http://www.asiasource.org/news/regional.cfm]

Contacts and Connections

Departmental Liaison For information on resources, services, collections, and book ordering for your department
Bibliographic Instruction Contact For information on scheduling course-related instruction session or faculty training session
East Asian Studies Program
Blackboard
Created by: Professor David Gerhan, Head of Public Services and of Reference, Schaffer Library, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308
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