Asian Studies Research Resources at the UVa Library
This page is intended for UVA students who are interested in Asian Studies. Items on this page were selected from the many resources available at the University's libraries. If your workstation is not connected to the University's network you will not be able to use some of these databases because most of the databases are paid subscriptions and are available only to UVa students, facutly and staff. Go to Accessing Databases Off-Gounds or Network and Internet Access at U.Va. for information.
eBooks, New Books & Book Reviews, Video
East Asian Language New Book Acquisitions
Yearbooks from China
eBook from the University of Virginia Library E-text Center
University of Virginia netLibrary eBook Collection
Electronic Journals in Virgo
Dictionary, Index databases
Bibliography of Asian studies the BAS included citations to western-language periodical articles, individually authored monographs (up to 1991), chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften, etc. browse Journal titles .
CIAO : Columbia International Affairs Online .It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. Pacific Affairs, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Middle East Review of International Affairs, etc. are among the many journals. New journal issues and books are added as they become available. Current list of books, journals, case studies, etc. in the database is provided.
Catchword provides access to a wide range of scholarly, academic and business publications, some with full-text. Current list of journals in the datatbase is available , can be browsed by subject, title, etc.
Communism & Anti-Communism in Mid-20th century in America A guide.
Congressional Universe CIS indexing and abstracting of congressional publications, reports, legislative histories , billls, etc.
Dissertation Abstracts (UMI) search dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.
Historical Abstracts 1954+ This database indexes articles written in publications all over the world in English as well as in CJK languages . Includes book reviews. Go to "advanced search" and click on the magnifier icon in "journal name" to browse journals indexed in this abstracts
Human Relations Area Files collection of Ethnology, is a unique cross-cultural database. These Full-text materials are relevant to the various social science disciplines as well as the humanities and health sciences.
Index to Islamicus A bibliography of books and index of articles in periodicals on Islam and the Muslim world. Also includes reviews. Updated quarterly. Requires CITRIX Clint see instructions to use .
International Relations on microfilm.
JSTRO Full-text backfiles of scholarly journals. Including Asian Survey, China Quarterly, Journal of American Oriental Society, etc. A current list of AS journals included in this database can be viewed from THIS LINK
Lexis/Nexis Up-to-the-minute news from sources around the world; also includes information on companies, industries, markets, government and politics; legal news, country profiles; book reviews, biographical, and other reference sources; U.S. Code, constitution, and court cases. Most entries are full-text . News sources from Asia includes Xin Hua News services, Asahi Shimbun, etc. Check SOURCE LIST for specific title.
MLA International Bibliography Literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from over 4000 journals and series published worldwide. Includes book reviews. Updated quarterly. CJK language publications are also indexed..
Periodicals Contents Index PCI is an index to the contents of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.
Project Muse provides full-text access to scholarly journals from Johns Hopkins University Press. LIST OF JOURNALS .
US Presidential Papers on microfilm.
Foreign Broadcast Information Services Index to Daily Reports. FBIS. Index to the U.S. Government's news transcription and translation series of information gathered from thousands of foreign media sources, including political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, and articles from newspapers, periodicals, and books. Coverage extends from January 2, 1977 to September 13, 1996.
World News Connection Replaces FBIS. 1996+
InfoTrac InfoTrac is a source of full-text articles in many of the journals it indexes.
Web of Science A citation databases, which are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. A journal SOURCE LIST is provided.
Category by Subject
China : a selected bibligraphy from UVA library.
China : a selected bibligraphy in Chinese language from UVA library.
Ma Jian Collection a collection of Chinese literature for Han Xue studies.
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