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CNKI: China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (Info)
Connect to: CNKI: China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database
| Producer: | CNKI | |
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| Description: | CNKI provides access to the China Academic Journals Full-text Database, the China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text Database, and the Masters' Theses Full-text Database. All items are in Chinese. This Chinese language resource is provided through NITLE. The tutorial link on the next page will answer many questions about the database. | |
| Usage Tips: | This database is for faculty use only. Please contact Prof. Bello in the History Department, or Prof. Fu in the EALL department for assistance. | |
| Tutorial: | http://online.ebiblioteka.ru/help/faq.htm | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Connect to: Historical Abstracts
| Producer: | EBSCOhost | |
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| Description: | HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS is the most comprehensive database to literature on history outside of North America. Comprised of about 700,000 citations of articles (from about 1,700 journals of history and social science), books, book reviews, dissertations, and other materials in 40 languages on history since about 1450 of areas outside the United States and Canada. Most cited items have been published since the 1960s. The database is updated monthly. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching may be done in all fields at once or limited by specific fields. Searching may be limited by historical period, language, type of publication or year of publication. You may also limit searches to entries with full text only. Output may be e-mailed or printed. | |
| Librarian: | Vaughan Stanley | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General African-American Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies Poverty Studies History -- Outside U.S. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies East Asian Studies | |
| Producer: | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |
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| Description: | ARTstor is a continually growing library of art images, including data. Currently, ARTstor contains over a million art images. | |
| Usage Tips: |
To learn how to use ARTStor to its fullest advantage, go to ARTStor's Help menu. YouTube has various short instructional videos that are excellent. You must REGISTER first if you want to save image groups or use ARTstor off-campus. Downloading the Offline Image Viewer(OIV) is necessary to create presentations.
Saving images For Technical Help, contact the Instructional Technology Services at x8098 or contact Yolanda Merrill in the library at x8662. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Music Art and Architecture Classics History -- United States Humanities - General Literature and Language Religion Theater Medieval and Renaissance Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies East Asian Studies | |
Asia: A Continental Overview Of Environmental Issues (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Overview of history and issues of environmental issues in Asia. (Published in 2003.) | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Environmental Studies East Asian Studies | |
Cambridge Companion To Modern Japanese Culture (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Companions Online | |
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| Description: | 2009 volume "provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts." You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Cambridge History Of Ancient China (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge History of Ancient China
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Description: | 1999 volume is "a survey of the cultural, intellectual, political, and institutional developments of the pre-imperial period." The four subperiods of Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, are described on the basis of literary and material sources and the evidence of recently found manuscripts. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection.
Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "great leap" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
Cambridge History Of China (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge History of China
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Description: | Ongoing series is "the largest and most comprehensive history of China in the English language." You may view this overview of the series. The library also has printed volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection.
Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "great leap" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
Cambridge History Of Japan (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge History of Japan
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Description: | This six-volume set is "the first major collaborative synthesis to present the current state of knowledge of Japanese history for the English-reading world." You may view an overview of the series. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection.
Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "meiji restoration" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
China Population And Labor Yearbook (Info)
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| Producer: | Brill / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | The W&L library has only Volume 3 (2012) of this series.
This yearbook, the English version of the Chinese Green Book of Population and Labor, "examines current developments in the Chinese demographic transition and its implications, especially for the labor market. Each annual report is a collection of articles written by demographers and economists from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and other leading research institutes, policy think tanks, and universities in China." | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Connect to: China Society Yearbook
| Producer: | Brill / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | This is Volume 5 (2011) of a series of annual volumes from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, containing about 15 essays surveying such issues as employment, education, environmental protection, population, and families, focusing on the year 2009. (W&L does not have any other volumes in the series.) | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
| Producer: | Wan Wei Publishing Company | |
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| Description: | Database containing information on the past and current activities of political, financial, business and academic leaders in China. The information has been compiled through official Chinese sources and contains biographies of about 3,000 Chinese leaders, and tracks their recent official duties and public appearances, along with details of their previous career paths and memberships in institutions. | |
| Usage Tips: | The More Biographies link leads to several browseable lists, such as CPC Central Committee members and Prominent Chinese Families, as well as various search options. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International East Asian Studies | |
Columbia Anthology Of Chinese Folk And Popular Literature (Info)
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| Producer: | Columbia University Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | In this 2011 volume, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, "capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage," with "works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups -- including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak -- and the selections include a variety of genres. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language East Asian Studies | |
Companion To Chinese Cinema (Info)
Connect to: Companion to Chinese Cinema
| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online | |
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| Description: | 2012 collection of 30 "original essays written by experts in a range of disciplines that provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution and current state of Chinese cinema." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies Film Studies | |
Companion To Japanese History (Info)
Connect to: Companion to Japanese History
| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | 2007 volume contains 30 signed essays providing a chonologically-arranged "overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan’s history." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Dictionary Of Chinese Characters: Accessed By Phonetics (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of Chinese Characters: Accessed By Phonetics
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2008 volume arranges "frequently used characters under the phonetic element they have in common, rather than only under their radical," encouraging students to link characters according to their phonetic. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language East Asian Studies | |
Directory Of World Cinema: Japan (Info)
Connect to: Directory of World Cinema: Japan
| Producer: | Intellect / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 guide builds on an earlier volume in an "exploration of the enduring classics, cult favorites, and contemporary blockbusters of Japanese cinema with new contributions from leading critics and film scholars." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies Film Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Asian Theatre (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | The above link takes you to the first volume of a two-volume set (2006) consisting of alphabetically-arranged signed entries on both traditional and contemporary Asian theater from 90 expert contributors. Here is Volume 2. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of either volume by viewing the Table of Contents in the column on the left side of the screen and clicking on the desired letter.
To browse the alphabetically-arranged Index for the set, look for "Index" near the bottom of the Table of Contents in Volume 2 only. The last entry in the second volume's Table of Contents is "About the Editor and Contributors." Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title," one volume at a time only. To find entries containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "hong kong" To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: femini* will find feminine, feminist, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: women AND dress | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Theater East Asian Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Modern Asia (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Six-volume work (2002), edited by David Levinson, contains 6,000 signed articles on Asia in the modern world, as well as historical coverage.
A PDF copy of the table of contents is here. A printed copy is available in the library collection. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 6 volumes, beginning with "Abacus to China." You may open any of these sections by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of many hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: buddh* finds buddha, buddhism, buddhist, etc. Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Modern China (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Modern China
| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Four-volume set (2009) contains about 800 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries on the history and culture of China since about 1800. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of The Peoples Of Asia And Oceania (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania
| Producer: | Facts on File / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2008) contains about 400 alphabetically-arranged entries on the "peoples of the Asia-Pacific region east of the Caspian Sea, not including the countries of the Middle East." You can preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology East Asian Studies | |
Ethnohistorical Dictionary Of China (Info)
Connect to: Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China
| Producer: | Greenwood / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | "Generally defining ethnicity in terms of language, this [1998] book provides individual essays on hundreds of Chinese ethnic groups, including ethnic groups living in the Republic of China on Taiwan." | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology East Asian Studies | |
Greenwood Encyclopedia Of World Popular Culture -- East Asia And Oceania (Info)
Connect to: Greenwood Encyclopedia Of World Popular Culture -- East Asia and Oceania
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Part of a six-volume set, published in 2007, which contains essays on popular culture in regions and countries of the world, briefly covering architecture, art, dance, fashion and appearance, film, food, games and pastimes, literature, love and marriage, music, mass media, sports and recreation, theater, transportation and travel. This volume focuses on East Asia and Oceania.
Presented to the University Library in memory of Professor Marshall W. Fishwick. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing Thematic entries are listed in the Table of Contents (in the column on the left side of the screen) and you can click on the desired section.
You also can browse the alphabetically-arranged Index (at the bottom of the Table of Contents), which allows you to see entries arranged by country. Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title," one volume at a time only. To find entries containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "popular music" To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: islam* will find islam, islams, islamic, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: women AND marriage | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Historical Dictionary Of Chinese Cinema (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 volume contains a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and a several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on films, directors, and historical figures. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies Film Studies | |
Historical Dictionary Of Japanese Business (Info)
Connect to: Historical Dictionary of Japanese Business
| Producer: | Scarecrow / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2007 work "includes most of the important words or company names that foreign business people visiting Japan might encounter and provides an overview of Japanese corporate culture both from an historical standpoint and with reference to its most distinctive features as they affect organization and management." | |
| Usage Tips: | "The Dictionary" in the Table of Contents takes you to the alphabetically-arranged list of terms and names.
For additional help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page. To open a chapter listed in the table of contents (column on left), click on the tiny plus-sign (+) above the chapter title. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Business Administration East Asian Studies | |
Historical Dictionary Of Modern Japanese Literature And Theater (Info)
Connect to: Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater
| Producer: | Scarecrow / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2009 volume contains about 400 alphabetically-arranged entries on "authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Japanese literature," beginning with the Meiji Restoration in 1868. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Theater East Asian Studies | |
Historical Dictionary Of The Chinese Communist Party (Info)
Connect to: Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party
| Producer: | Scarecrow / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an appendix, an extensive bibliography, and more than 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on key people, places, and institutions. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
This volumes has a slightly unusual organization; its first part consists of 40 multipage essays, followed by 130+ shorter entries, with two separate alphabetic sequences. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Historical Dictionary Of The People's Republic Of China (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2008) by Lawrence R. Sullivan includes about 400 entries "on individual topics spanning China's political, economic, and social system along with short biographies on important figures -- from politicians to writers and movie directors —- who have shaped Chinese history during the period of Communist rule from 1949 to 2006. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For further help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2009) by Louis Perez is described as a "comprehensive look at Japan's long and rich history, examining its politics, culture, philosophy, and religious beliefs." | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
Korea Yearbook: Politics, Economics, And Society (Info)
Connect to: Korea Yearbook: Politics, Economics, and Society
| Producer: | Brill / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | This is the 2012 edition of this annual publication containing "concise overview articles covering domestic developments and the economy in both South and North Korea as well as inter-Korean relations and foreign relations of the two Koreas..." You may preview the contents.
The W&L library also has access to the 2009 edition. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Pan-Asianism: A Documentary History (Info)
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| Producer: | Rowman & Littlefield / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2011) presents an overview of this "powerful political and ideological force in modern Asia" through a collection of 90 primary sources, many translated into English for the first time. Each source is accompanied by expert commentary.
The above link takes you only to Volume 1 (1850-1920); here is Volume 2 (1920-2008). | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page of each volume. The Index at the end of each volume covers only that volume.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
Routledge Handbook Of Japanese Culture And Society (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | An international group of 22 experts contributed to this "cutting-edge and comprehensive survey of significant phenomena, institutions, and directions in Japan today, on issues ranging from gender and family, the environment, race and ethnicity, and urban life, to popular culture and electronic media," published in 2011. You may preview the contents.
Washington and Lee Professor of Politics Robin Le Blanc contributed "The Politics of Gender in Japan," beginning on page 116. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International East Asian Studies | |
Routledge Handbook Of Japanese Politics (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 guide "surveys the current state of Japanese politics," including domestic politics, civil society, social policy, political economy, and international relations. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International East Asian Studies | |
Southeast Asia -- A Historical Encyclopedia (Info)
Connect to: Southeast Asia -- A Historical Encyclopedia
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Encyclopedia with over 800 entries by 130 contributors, covering prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region. A three-volume set in printed form (2004), including coverage including archaeology and prehistory, politics and culture, socioeconomics, ethno-history, language, institutions and organizations, wars and conflicts, personalities, geography, religions and folklore, and environment. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
Wiley-Blackwell Companion To Chinese Religions (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | 2012 collection of 21 signed essays of "interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
South Asia Terrorism Portal (Info)
Connect to: South Asia Terrorism Portal
| Producer: | Institute for Conflict Management | |
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| Description: | Self-described as the "largest website on terrorism and low intensity warfare in South Asia," with over 7,000 pages of information on terrorism and political conditions in India and other South Asia countries. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | East Asian Studies | |
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| Description: | China Data Online provides demographic and economic statistics for China at the national and provincial levels. Internet Explorer is recommended. This database is limited to one person at a time, and it must be accessed through one of the computers in Leyburn Library. We have access to the following databases:
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| Usage Tips: | Use Internet Explorer for this site. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics East Asian Studies | |