Librarians for East Asian Languages & Literatures

Alana Kumbier
Research & Instruction, x3372

Steve Smith
Collections, x2103

Student Library Research Award

Course Guides

Japanese Writers and their Worlds

Gender and Language in Modern Korean Culture

The City in Modern Chinese Film & Literature

Chinese Cinema

Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

East Asian Languages & Literatures

• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• MLA Bibliography
• Asia-Studies Full Text Online - research reports, statistics, analysis
• JSTOR
• Academic Search Complete

• Chinese language and literatures
• Japanese language and literatures
• Korean language and literatures

• Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center
• Portal to Asian Internet Resources
• East Asian Studies Research Guide
• Asia Source
• East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia - Clapp Ref DS 4 L48 2002
• Encyclopedia of Asian History - Clapp Ref DS 31 E53 1998
• Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre - Clapp Ref PN2860 .E53 2007
• The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature - Clapp Ref PL493 .C55 2003

• tip: limit your results by language using our Advanced Keyword Search form

• tip: Consult the Library of Congress transliteration schemes for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean to see how characters are represented in the catalog

• tip: for items we don't own, search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! button)

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