Asian Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias provide: an overview of a subject background a starting point for further research

Examples: Encyclopaedia Britannica General Reference AE 5 .E363

Brittanica Online <http://search.eb.com>

Encyclopedia Americana General Reference AE 5 .E333

World Book Encyclopedia General Reference AE 5 .W55

Specialized encyclopedias concentrate on a certain subject or geographic area.

Asia

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia . 6 vols. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. Soc Sci Ref DS4 .L48 2002.

Encyclopedia of Asian History . Collier Macmillan, 1988. Soc Sci Ref DS 31 .E53 1988.

Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism . Oxford : Oneworld, 2000. Hum Ref BR 128 .P69x 2000

Dictionary of Asian Christianity . Grand Rapids : W.B. Eerdmans, 2001. Hum Ref BR 1065 .D52 2001

Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Oriental Arts . New York : Crown Publishers, 1969- Hum Ref N 7262 .P5

China

Modern China : An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. New York : Garland Pub., 1998. Soc Sci Ref JC 311 .M54 1998

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China . Cambridge University Press, 1991. Soc Sci Ref DS 705 .C35 1991.

Encyclopedia of China . New York : Facts on File, 1999. Soc Sci Ref DS 705 .P47 1999.

Encyclopedia of New China . Foreign Languages Press, 1987. Soc Sci Ref DS 712 .E62x 1987.

Chinese Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend . London : Aquarian, 1992. BL 1802 .W29x 1992.

The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas. Cambridge , Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999. Soc Sci Ref DS 732 .E53 1999

Japan

Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge , Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. Soc Sci Ref DS 821 .F73 2002.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. Soc Sci Ref DS 822.5 .E516 2002.

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan . Tokyo : Kodansha, 1983. Soc Sci Ref DS 805 .K633 1983.

Kodansha Bilingual Encyclopedia of Japan . Tokyo : Kodansha, 1998. Asian Ref DS 805 .K6323 1998.

Modern Japan : An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Soc Sci Ref DS 805 .M63 1998.

Japan : An Illustrated Encyclopedia . Tokyo : Kodansha, 1993. Soc Sci Ref DS 805 .J263 1993.

An English Dictionary of Japanese Culture . Tokyo : Yuhikaku Pub. Co. , 1986. DS 821.E54x 1986

Everything Japanese . Lincolnwood , Ill. : Passport Books, 1989. Soc Sci Ref DS 811 .D4611x 1989g.

Encyclopedia of Japan : Japanese History and Culture, from Abacus to Zori . New York : Facts on File, 1991. Soc Sci Ref DS 805 .P47 1991.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan . New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. Soc Sci Ref DS 805 .C36 1993.

Korea

The Korean War: An Encyclopedia . New York : Garland Pub., 1995. Soc Sci Ref DS 918 .K5645 1995

Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea . Metuchen , NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1993. Soc Sci Ref DS 909 .N34 1993.

India

The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia . Graz , Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1967- . Soc Sci Ref DS 405 .B182.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Nepal , Bhutan , and the Maldives . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989. Soc Sci Ref DS 334.9 .C36 1989.

Southeast Asia

Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Burma . Metuchen , NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1973. Soc Sci Ref DS 527.3 .M37.

Historical Dictionary of Myanmar . Metuchen , NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1995. DS 528.34 .B43 1995.

Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Thailand . Metuchen , NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1976. DS 563 .S56.

Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Vietnam . Metuchen , NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1976. DS 556.25 .W48.