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Asian Studies

A guide to basic information for research in Asian Studies

Databases for Asian Studies research

  • Asia-Studies Full-Text Online
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    Best Bet
    A collection of full-text reports covering 53 Asian countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues. Time period: 2004 to present. Updated monthly.
  • National Archives of Japan Digital Archive
    • Free database
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    • Statistical data
    Best Bet
    Time period: 1800s to present
    Location: Asia
    "Official documents and records created by the Government ministries and agencies for administrative purposes are preserved as historical evidence and references for posterity."
  • Academic OneFile (Gale)
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    • Tennessee Electronic Library
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    Featured
    Provides millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
  • Art Full Text
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    Offers abstracts and indexing, with selected full-text coverage, of international peer-selected publications including Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Coverage dates: Citations only 1984-, Abstracts 1994-, "Select" Full Text: 1997 to present. Updated daily.
  • Church Missionary Society Periodicals
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    Time Period: 1804-2009
    Location: South America, Europe, Africa, Asia
    This resource provides digital access to two hundred years of serial publications from the British-based Church Missionary Society (CMS) and the South American Missionary Society. The collection consists of two modules. Module 1 features publications from the CMS and the South American Missionary Society between 1804 and 2009. The focus of Module 2 is on the publications of CMS medical mission auxiliaries, the work of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society among women in Asia and the Middle East, newsletters from native churches and student missions in China and Japan, and 'home' material including periodicals aimed specifically at women and children.

  • CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
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    CIAO is a unique source for theory and research in international affairs. It pulls together materials that are often not found in other databases, such as working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. The coverage extends back to 1991. Updated daily.
  • JSTOR
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    • E-books
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    A collection of over 3,000 academic journals and over 70,000 ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Also includes over a million images, letters, and other primary sources. Most journals are covered from their first issue up to 3-5 years from the current year, and include previous titles. Also includes the current issues of some titles. Note: there are some journals in JSTOR for which Sewanee does not have full-text access. In the Advanced search you can limit to only the content available to you.
  • Project MUSE
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    Full-text versions of peer-reviewed journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, as well as thousands of ebooks, with emphasis on humanities and social sciences. We subscribe to the "Standard Collection" of journals (which is over 300 titles, but not all of the journals on the site) and have purchased a small number of ebooks. You may want to limit your search to "Only content I have full access to."
  • Sage Premier
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    A collection of over 700 journals published by Sage, covering topics in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine. More than 298 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions. Note: we only have access to journals-- no books.
  • World Digital Library
    • Free database
    • Images
    • Streaming audio
    • Streaming video
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    • Primary Sources
    Time period: 1400s to present
    Locations: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania
    The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world. The WDL makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures.

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