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Cultural & Area Studies

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Sharon Domier

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East Asian Virtual Library

Star Best Bet Databases in Cultural & Area Studies > Asian Studies

Bibliography of Asian Studies Star

Citations to western-language monographs, articles, and book chapters relating to Asia and Asian Studies, 1971-present.
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Historical Abstracts Star

Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present, 1954-present.
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JSTOR Star

Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before present.
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MLA International Bibliography Star

An index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, linguistics, folklore, and (since 1996) film, 1920’s -
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Additional Databases in Cultural & Area Studies > Asian Studies

Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Anthropology Plus
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The scholarly literature of archeology and anthropology (biological, physical, linguistic, social and cultural) in several languages, late 1800s to present.
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AnthroSource
The full text of the 32 journals published by the American Anthropological Association, some dating back to the nineteenth century.
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Arts and Humanities Citation Index
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language arts and humanities journals, 1975-present.
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ARTstor
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More than one million digital images of works of fine art, architecture and design.
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ATLA Religion Database
Covers journal articles, essays and book reviews that make up the research literature of all major religious faiths and denominations, 1949-present.
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Biography in Context
Brief biographies from Who's Who and other sources. Current.
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Columbia International Affairs Online: CIAO
Full-text working and position papers, books, and journals, from international affairs research institutes, 1991-present.

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CIAO

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David Rumsey Map Collection
Early maps of the Americas, World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania, 1700-1900.
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Dissertations and Theses @ UMass Amherst
UMass Amherst dissertations in full text.
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EHRAF Archaeology
Archaeology books, journal articles, and dissertations describing prehistoric life and archaeological sites across the world, 1983-present.
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EHRAF World Cultures
Thousands of ethnographies originally published as articles, books and dissertations. Its indexing traces social features across cultures, 1983-present.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.
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Film Literature Index
Citations to articles appearing in popular and scholarly film periodicals journals from 130 countries, 1976-2001.
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Guangming Ribao

Database trial ends 01/31/13. Please send comments to Sharon Domier, 413-577-2633.

The Guangming Daily was launched on June 16, 1949 by the China Democratic League, and is a nationwide comprehensive newspaper based in Beijing. Now run by the CPC Central Committee, it is now a daily paper targeting intellectuals.
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International Index to the Performing Arts: IIPA
Citations to articles in journals covering theater, dance, film, and puppetry, 1864-present.
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International Political Science Abstracts
Citations to articles from international political science periodicals, 1951-present.

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IPSA

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LexisNexis Academic
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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Literature Online
About 350,000 literary works in English: British and American poetry, drama and prose, plus some journals and literature reference sources.
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Literature Resource Center
A large collection of literature reference material, including criticism and author biographies.
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Naver Nyuseu Raibeureori
Four major Korean newspapers: Tonga ilbo 東亞日報 = Dong-A ilbo, 1920-1999; Kyŏnghyang sinmun 京鄕新聞 = Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1946-1999; Maeil kyŏngje sinmun 每日經濟新聞 = Maeil Business Newspaper, 1966-1999; and Han'gyŏre 한겨레 = The Hankyoreh, 1988-1999. Displays in original text, Han’gul version text, and original images.
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PAIS International
Public and social policy literature in political science, international relations, social sciences. Articles, government documents, reports, 1915-.
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People’s Daily (Ren Min Ri Bao)
Chinese newspaper of record, 1946-present.
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Philosopher's Index
Citations and abstracts for philosophy journal articles and books published in Western languages, 1940-present.
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Renmin Ribao (Green Apple version)

Database trial ends 01/31/13. Please send comments to Sharon Domier, 413-577-2633.

The People's Daily is a daily newspaper in the People's Republic of China. The paper is an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), published worldwide with a circulation of 3 to 4 million. Started in 1946 and continues.

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http://rmrb.egreenapple.com

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Science Citation Index Expanded
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language science journals, 1900-present
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Shen Bao

Database trial ends 01/31/13. Please send comments to Sharon Domier, 413-577-2633.

Shen Bao, known in English as Shanghai News, was a newspaper published from April 30, 1872 to May 27, 1949 in Shanghai, China. The influence of the newspaper in early 20th century Shanghai was such that Shen Bao zhi, literally "Shen-pao paper", became a generic term for newspaper or newsprint.
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Social Sciences Abstracts
Citations to journal articles in the social sciences, 1983-present.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
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Provides indexing and citation tracking for journals in all the social sciences, 1956-present.
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Sociological Abstracts
References to scholarly journal articles, dissertations, and conference papers on sociology and related disciplines, 1960-present.
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Web of Science
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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WorldCat

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The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries. Material not owned by UMass Amherst can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
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Yomidas Rekishikan
Japan's largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shinbum, in full text, 1874-present. Includes English edition, Daily Yomiuri, 1989-present.
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Zassaku Plus
Requires Japanese language and input/display capability.
Index to Japanese periodical articles 1868 to present.
Language: Japanese
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