Asian Society

Asian Studies: Library Resources

Compiled by Hong Wang and Joe Zhou

General References

Bilingual Dictionaries

Country Information

Maps

Biography

Culture

Philosophies & Religion

Articles in Journals/Newpapers

EUREKA (Library Catalogue)

World Wide Web (organizations, Asian libraries in America, virtual library, news, etc)

General information

    Encyclopedia of modern Asia DS 4 .L48 2002
    Encyclopaedia of Asian civilizations DS 4 .L68 1987
Columbia chronologies of Asian history and culture      DS 33 C63 2000
    The Asian political dictionary   DS 31 .Z57 1985
    A dictionary of Asian mythology BL 1005 .L46 2001
    East Asia and the United States : an encyclopedia of relations since 1784 DS 518.8 .E22 2002
   World geographical encyclopedia G 63 .E5213 1995 (V. 3)

Bilingual Dictionaries

      ABC Chinese-English comprehensive dictionary   PL 1455 .A33 2003
      Chinese-English dictionary    PL 1455 .C439 1999
      A Chinese-English dictionary of idioms and proverbs    PL 1273 .H46 1988
      Dictionaries in Indian languages; a bibliography PKZ 7049 .I3 N3
      The new Nelson Japanese-English character dictionary   PL 679 .H33 1997
      Beyond polite Japanese : a dictionary of Japanese slang and colloquialisms PL 675 .Y66 2001
      A Korean-English dictionary PL 937 .E5 M3
      Lao-English dictionary PL 4251 .L34 K4
      Kamus Dwibahasa : Bahasa Inggeris, Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) PL 5125 .K364 1981
      A Batad Ifugao vocabulary PL 5725 .Z5 N4 (Philippine)
      The standard English-Thai dictionary PL4187.E5 S73 1970z (Tsakopoulos Hellenic)
      Practical English-Thai dictionary PL 4187 .R6
      Vietnamese-English dictionary PL 4376 .L45 1975
      Usual Vietnamese English, English Vietnamese dictionary PL 4376 .N43


Countries -- Background Information
     Europa World Year book. ref D 2 .E87 (1989-current)
     Political risk yearbook JX 1252 .P65 2001 (V. 5 & V. 8)
     Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. ref G 63 .W67 2001 (V.4)
     Culturgrams: the Nations Around Us. ref GT 150 .C85 2000
     Countries of the World. ref D 848 .C6 (1980-94)
     Portals to the World www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
     CountryWatch http://www.countrywatch.com/

Maps

Maps and atlases in our library are located in 2 North Atlas area. Currently maps are not catalogued in EUREKA yet. They are arranged by continent. For example, if you need a map of Japan, you need to look in the Asia section. The library database Encyclopedia Britannica contains maps for country infomation.
The atlas books are catalogued in EUREKA. You can search by keywords, e.g. "Japan and atlas", etc. The following are some of the atlas in the library.

      Historical atlas of South-East Asia G 2361 .S1 H5 1995 (Atlas area)
      A literary and historical atlas of Asia G 2201 .S1 B3 1935 (2 south)
      Asia 372.891 .Am4as 1974 Gr.K-12 (2 South non-print: Juvenile collection)
      Asian market atlas HF 5415.12 .A8 A83 1984 (Atlas area)
      Atlas of Southeast Asia G 2360 .U4 1989 (Atlas area)

Biographical Information

     Great thinkers of the Eastern world : the major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of
           China, India, Japan, Korea, and the world of Islam    B 5005 .G74 1995
     Historic world leaders (V.1) CT 103 .H5 1994 v.1
     Kingdoms of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa : an illustrated encyclopedia of ruling monarchs from
            ancient times to the present DS 32 .G87 1986
     Heads of state and government ref JF 37 .D3 2000

Culture

      CultureGrams (V. 4) GT 150 .C85 2003
      Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life       GN 333 .W67 1998
      Peoples of the world. Asians and Pacific Islanders : the culture, geographical setting, and
             historical background of 41 Asian and Pacific Island peoples GN 308.3 .A83 M6 1993
      Culture and customs of China 2 NORTH Re DS 721 .G89 2002
      Culture and customs of India 2 NORTH Re DS 423 .G33 2002
      Culture and customs of Japan DS 821 .K2357 1999
      Culture and customs of Korea   DS 904 .C4492 2000
      Culture and customs of the Philippines 2 NORTH Re DS 664 .R63 2001
      Culture And Customs Of Taiwan   DS 799.4 .D38 1998
      Culture and customs of Thailand   ref DS 568 .K5 2004
      Culture and customs of Vietnam 2 NORTH Re DS 556.42 .M43 2001

Philosophies and Religion

     Companion encyclopedia of Asian philosophy B 121 .C66 1997
     Dictionary of Asian philosophies   B 5005 .N38
     Eastern definitions : a short encyclopedia of religions of the Orient     BL 31 .R52
     Encyclopedia of Buddhism    BQ 128 .E62 2004
     A popular dictionary of Buddhism BQ 130 .H85
     RoutledgeCurzon encyclopedia of Confucianism    BL 1840 .R68 2003
     Dictionary of Hinduism BL 1105 .S78 1984
     The illustrated dictionary of Hindu iconography   N 8195 .A4 S78 1985
     Guide to Hindu religion BLZ 7835 .B8 D44
     Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world BP 40 .E525 2004
     The Oxford dictionary of Islam BP 40 .O95 2003
     The Encyclopaedia of Islam DS 35.53 .E5 1954
     The encyclopedia of Judaism BM 50 .E63 1999
     Historical dictionary of Judaism    BM 50 .S65 1998
     The Oxford dictionary of the Jewish religion BM 50 .O94 1997
      A popular dictionary of Shinto BL 2216.1 .B63 1996
     Historical dictionary of Taoism   BL 1923 .P37 1998

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Articles in Journals/Newpapers

Electronic Indexes and databases
The following electronic databases index articles in newspapers, magazines and journals, many of which are full-text. They are available from the Library Homepage by selecting Databases and Periodical Indexes. These databases are accessible from library Network Stations and from campus computer labs. For connecting to library databases from off-campus, please read instructions at Connecting to Library Databases from Off-Campus

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)	Social Sciences Abstracts
CountryWatch	Ethnic NewsWatch
Lexis-Nexis: Academic Universe	Historical Abstracts
ABI/INFORM Global	Sociological Abstracts
JSTOR	eHRAF - Collection of Ethnography

Journals with library holdings
Periodicals are located in Floor 3 South, shelved alphabetically by title. Volumes published prior to 1980 are shelved on Lower Level. Current newspapers are in 3 South Newsprint until replaced by microfilm in Library Media Center on Floor 1. The following is a list of periodicals of Asian studies with our library holdings.

African and Asian studies. v.1(2002)--
Arts of Asia    v. 1(1971)-
Asia-Pacific development journal v. 1:1(1994:Jun)-.
Asian affairs, an American review. v. 23(1996/97)-
Asian music : journal of the Society for Asian Music   v. 5(1973)-
Asian studies newsletter.   v. 17(1971)-
Asian perspectives v.1(1957)-
Asian thought & society. v.1(1976)-v.26:no.77(2001:May/Aug). Ceased publication
Asianweek. (Current 2 years)
Critical Asian studies.       v.33(2001)-
Far Eastern Economic Review   v. 1(1946) -.
Harvard journal of Asiatic studies   v. 1(1936)-
Journal of Asia-Pacific business v.3(2001)-
The Journal of Asian Studies   v.16(1956)-v.61(2002). Library cancelled subscription
Journal of contemporary Asia   v. 5(1975)-
Journal of developing societies v.10(1994)-
Journal of Southeast Asian studies   v. 1(1970)-
Modern Asian studies. v.1(1967)-
Orientations   v. 3(1972) - 12(1981), 16(1985) -.
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Books and Reports

EUREKA

EUREKA is the CSUS library catalogue at http://eureka.lib.csus.edu/ EUREKA is the CSUS library catalogue at http://eureka.lib.csus.edu/. Books can be searched for in EUREKA by title, author, keyword and Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Some suggested Call Numbers for browsing the shelves for books are:

DS 5 Asia, General works DS 6 Asia through 1491 DS 7 Asia 1492-1800 DS 8 Asia 1801-1900 DA 10 Asia 1950--	For books about specific countries, use the country name in subject search, or try the name in title search.

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        World Wide Web

        Asian Studies Resources on the Web
        http://www.csus.edu/Asia/resources.htm
        (Asia in general and country information)

         East Asian Subject Guide
         http://www.library.pitt.edu/subject_guides/eastasian/
         (Organizations, Asian studies programs, links to other Asian libraries in America)

East Asian Libraries in North America

         Asia Society
         www.asiasociety.org
        Arts and culture, policy and business, speeches, events, education, and publications, etc.

        AsiaSource:   A resource of the Asia Society
        www.asiasource.org
      Profiles, social issues, education, government, food, views, books, etc.

        Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
        http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html
        (Cultural origins, Religious traditions, Imperial China, Tradition Japan, Korea, etc.)

        Asia Times Online -- News
      www.atimes.com

        CNN.com International-- Asia -- News
        http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/

        Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
        coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
        Global resources, regional resources and individual countries' resources.

        Asian art, Oriental art, Asian antiques
        www.asianart.com

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Questions/comments to:
Hong Wang, Social Science Reference Librarian
wanghong@csus.edu
California State University, Sacramento
Last updated: 10/2007