Asian Studies
I. Choosing a topic
A. Interest
B. Assigned
C. Discovery
II. Learning something about your topic
A. Encyclopedias
1. Encyclopedia Britannica Gen Ref AE5.E363
2. Brittanica Online <http://search.eb.com>
3. World Book Encyclopedia Gen Ref AE5.W55
4. Encyclopedia Americana Gen Ref AE5.E333
5. Encyclopedia of ChinaSoc Sci Ref DS705 .P47 1999
6. Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan Soc Sci Ref DS805 .K633 1983
7. Kodansha Bilingual Encyclopedia of Japan Asian Ref DS805 .K623 1998
B. Textbooks
C. Articles that give an overview of the subject
III. Finding materials on your topic
A. Books
1. Use the library catalog
a. Author or title searches: Use Browse
b. Keyword searches: and, or, not, $
Books in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean
a. Search using Romanization
b. Limit by location
2. Use subject classification to your advantage
a. Search the catalog by call number area
b. Browse the shelves
B. Articles
How do I know what articles have been written on my topic?
a. Bibliographies and source lists in books
b. Notes in books
c. Recommendation
d. Use indexes
How do I find an article after I know the title and the journal it’s in?
a. Look up the journal or magazine in the library catalog
b. Some indexes have some articles in full-text
c. Online access (JSTOR) or WWW
d. ILL
1. General indexes
Academic Search Premier: Index to articles in social sciences, humanities, general science, and education journals, many in full text
Proquest: As above, sources not identical; many articles in full text
Bibliography of Asian Studies: Western-language articles, monographs, book chapters on all parts of Asia in all disciplines; 1971 ?
2. Newspapers
Academic—News (Nexis-Lexis): Full-text of national & international newspapers, magazines, transcripts of TV and radio news broadcasts
3. Subject indexes
a. History
All periods – Bibliography of Asian Studies
After 1450 – Historical Abstracts
b. Humanities (Literature, Language, Arts, Culture)
d. Politics, government, economics
e. Business
C. World Wide Web
“Country Studies Online” http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Asian Government Internet Resources http://www.nla.gov.au/gov/asiagov.html
World Wide Web Virtual Library for Asian Studies
China
Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
Japan
Japan Information Network
JapanReference
Korea
Asian Studies librarian: Gail King
Office: 4523 HBLL
Phone: 422-4061
Email: gail_king@byu.edu