Research Resources for East Asian Languages and Literatures

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Wellesley College Library catalog

WorldCat^WC
Use this to find books and other materials that are not at Wellesley.

Harvard-Yenching Library
Wellesley students and faculty may use this vast wealth of Chinese research materials directly without special permission or arrangements.

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The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature. Clapp Library PL493 .C55 2003.

Encyclopedia of Asian History. 4 vols. Clapp Ref DS 31 E53 1998.

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. 6 vols. Clapp Ref DS 4 L48 2002.

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Bibliography of Asian Studies ^WC 1971-
Use this for comprehensive searches on your topic. From 1971-1991, indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, & conference proceedings. After 1991, it cites articles published in the 100+ most-used journals in this field.

Ethnic NewsWatch ^WC- Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the U.S. ethnic, minority and native press. Use this to access articles from the Asian-American press in the United States.

Facts on File World News Digest.^{WC 1940-
A database of news digests written by Facts on File editors since 1940. The database also includes special features such as: historical documents, maps, speeches, historic events, what happened on that day, and top stories of the year.}

Historical Abstracts. ^WC 1954-.
Use this to find articles, books, chapters in books on East Asian history since 1450.

MLA Bibliography.^WC 1963- (via CSA).
Use this to find articles about East Asian languages, literatures, and film.

PAIS.^WC 1937-.
Use this to find articles, books, chapters in books, conference reports and government publications about East Asian politics and economics.

Social Sciences Abstracts via Wilson Web. ^WC 1984-.
Use this to find English language articles about East Asian politics, economics, and culture.

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Internet links

PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet Resources
The Portal to Asian Internet Resources, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a cooperative project of The Ohio State University Libraries, the University of Minnesota Libraries, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. The project provides a user-friendly, searchable catalog through which scholars, students and the general public have quick and easy access to high quality Web resources originating in Asia.

UCLA Asian Institute
The Asia Institute is a consortium of UCLA's Asia-focused research centers and programs, including two U.S. Department of Education-designated National Resource Centers. the resources page includes links to language programs, educational videos, Asian media, journals, and the archives of their East Asian speakers series

Contact the departmental Library liaison

For help with your research, or to schedule a library research session for your class, contact Alana Kumbier, library research liaison to of the East Asian Languages & Literatures Department.

To discuss acquiring particular resources, contact Steve Smith library collections liaison to the East Asian Languages & Literatures Department.

The staff members above work together to support the needs of the Chinese department.   

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