FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES | LIBRARY CATALOGS | DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, etc. | WEB LINKS

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) - This is the place to go for Asian language and linguistics research articles. Citations only; no fulltext available.

MLA Bibliography - The MLA is the largest database for journal articles on literary topics. Entries date from 1963-present. Citations only; no fulltext available.

Periodical Contents Index (PCI) - PCI is an unusual, yet very useful, index for locating journal articles on literary topics. While the MLA covers 1963-present, PCI works backward from 1990 to the first issue of the journal. This makes it invaluable for locating articles before 1963 (and all the way back to 1770, in some cases). Citations only; no fulltext available.

FINDING BOOKS

Library Catalog (UNIS). What we own: books, journals, audio-visual materials, newspapers, government publications, manuscripts, rare books, photographs and more.
New Library Catalog (Beta test)
Utah's Catalog Search several Utah online catalogs, plus Amazon.com and Alibris.

If your topic involves Asian topics in other areas such as political science or education, you might want to consult one of these research guides:

Business Education Ethnic Studies Political Science

Sociology Women's Studies World History

 

WorldCat A combined catalog of over 14,000 libraries from around the world. WorldCat lists over 40,000,000 items. You can place an interlibrary loan request for items found in other libraries while online. The book will be sent here.

Dictionaries: The library has dictionaries for every major and most minor Asian languages. To find these, do a subject search the library catalog, UNIS, using this format: chinese language--dictionaries. Substitute any language for Chinese and don't forget the two dashes. They make a difference. Bilingual dictionaries will appear in the search results and look like this: chinese language--dictionaries--english.

Cambridge Encyclopedia of China - DS705 .C35 1991 Stacks, Level One

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan - DS805 .C36 1993 General Reference, Level Three

Asian Studies Films at the Marriott Library: The library has a wide variety of asian studies videos and dvds. To find these, do an advanced keyword search in the library catalog, UNIS. Type in the words that describe your subject such as "akira kurosawa" and scroll down the screen until you see the option to limit by format. Choose the option to limit to film, video, dvd and you should see a listing of videos and dvds available to you.

Need a web browser that can display CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) characters? Download and install NJStar Asian Explorer 1.1, available at http://www.njstar.com/. It's free and works quite well.

General:

• Asia Source - From the Asia Society, this web site offers information about Asian culture, social issues, politics, and news.
  Asian Newspapers
• CIA World Factbook - Brought to you by none other than your CIA. This is a good source for basic geographic and demographic information on every country in Asia. Updated annually.
• East Asia and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources - Breaks down links by country. Also has sections for current hot topics.
• Digital Asia Library - From the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Digital Asia Library collects links to websites suitable for Asian Studies research in higher education.
• Kotan.org New books, art and the Asian People's Directory with many links to organizations and
  societies of interest.

  China:

• Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
• Chinese Government Directory
• Electronic Resources for the Study of Buddhist Texts (WWWVL). Primary textual sources and reference materials. Links to online dictionaries and other resources (imbedded on text).
• Electronic Texts (U Calgary). Includes Buddhist, Taoist, Confuncian religious texts.
  China News Digest
• Chinese Internet Sites (National Library of Australia) Recommended.
• China Maps
• Chinese Text Initiative - The University of Virgina's web site includes a variety of full text online literature, presented in Chinese with English translations.
• National Library of China
• Peking University Library
• Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping - This may or may not be enthralling reading, depending on your leanings, but it's a solid resource in either case.
  

Japan:

• Japanese Newspaper Searching - This site offers detailed information about finding articles from numerous Japanese newspapers. Very helpful!
• Kinokuniya Bookstores - Large Japanese bookstore that can get most Japanese books currently in print. Offers online shopping, although I've never tried it.
• Japanese Text Initiative - The University of Virginia and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library provide a web site with an extensive collection of full text classics of Japanese literature.
• The Floating World of Ukiyo-e - An online exhibition from the Library of Congress
  

Korea:

• Korean History: A Bibliography - Kenneth Robinson's bibliography on many facets of Korean history. Unbelievably comprehensive.
• Korean Bibliography - From the Library of Congress.
• Korea Foundation - General information on current events and trends in Korea. Good source for information on grants dealing with Korean studies.
• Korean Newspaper List - Links to about two dozen Korean newspapers, some in English.

South Asia:

• Digital Art: South Asia
• Electronic Journals and Newspapers (UP)
• SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet - Lists South Asian Internet resources by country and topic.
• Digital South Asia Library - Provides access to electronic copies of reference books, statistics, maps, books, and language learning materials.

This is a print resource in the library's collection.