Selected Resources for: East Asian History
| Subject Librarian: Su Chen E-Mail: suchen@umn.edu Subject Description:This subject covers: history of East Asian countries, particularly Japan, China and Korea. |
Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject IndexesAcademic Search Premier   This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| Bibliography of Asian Studies References principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971 - broad, but not comprehensive. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| China Academic Journals Full-Text 中国学术期刊网 Chinese Academic Journal Database (CAJ) contains 2424 titles of journals in History/Literature/Philosophy and Education & Social Sciences since 1994. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| China National Knowledge Infrastructure Databases (CNKI) 中国知网 CNKI comprises four databases including Chinese Academic Journals Database (CAJ), China Core Newspaper Database (CCND), China Dissertations (CDMD), and China Conference Proceedings (CPCD). Searching is freely available online. The China Academic Journals (CAJ) Database puts over 9.5 million full text articles of all academic subjects contributed by over 5,000 serials titles, nearly 2,000 in social sciences and humanities alone, at the fingertips of users. The archive begins with 1994. With an archive beginning in 2000, the China Core Newspaper Database collects full text articles from hundreds of newspapers from every province of China. CDMD compiles full text masters and doctoral dissertations on all subjects from over 250 Chinese universities, colleges and institutes. These include the 211 Project universities selected by the Chinese government to receive special funding to support advanced research in crucial subjects. The China Conference Proceedings Database collects documents and articles from the conferences of over 340 national and international societies and associations holding conferences in China. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Historical Abstracts Covers the world's scholarship in history from 1450 to the present. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Hong Kong Chinese Periodical Index 香港中文期刊論文索引 Index to articles published on over 300 Chinese and English journals since 1980 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Ingenta This index provides bibliographic citations derived from tables of contents pages of over 26,000 journals. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| JSTOR Index to JSTOR, full text academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR provides complete journal backruns from the date of initial publication up to a date defined, on a publisher by publisher basis, by a "moving wall". The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue and the date of the most recent issues available in JSTOR. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff, and faculty [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MagazinePlus 雑誌記事索引 The largest searchable database in Japan with over seven million records. In addition to containing the zasshi kiji sakuin (Japanese Periodicals Index) since 1975, this database includes a wide range of scholarly, general interest, business, and sports periodicals. The database permits searches by keyword, author, publication title, or publisher. In addition, you can limit your search by month and year. It does not provide full-text access. Contact the East Asian Library at (612-624-9833) or suchen@umn.edu for access. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Project Muse Index to full-text collection of journals in literary theory, classics, history and cultural studies, philosophy, film, theater and performing arts, political science, and mathematics. From Johns Hopkins University Press. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Taiwan Chinese Journal Index 中文期刊篇目索引 (臺灣中央圖書館） Index to articles published on over 4000 Chinese journals since 2000 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Wanfang Data Search 万方数据检索 Citations and indexes to data contains in Wanfang database [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| MasterFile Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for 2700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 357 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| New York Times Index In print in Wilson Library - see "More Information" for details. The complete run of The New York Times newspaper is available in the Periodicals/Reserve area in the basement of Wilson Library and via our online archive. See the "News Sources" page at: http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/news.phtml for other options to online versions of the New York Times. The University Libraries also own a print edition of the Index covering from 1851-present. It includes a subject index to articles in the New York Times giving references to the date, page, and column of articles in the paper as well as brief synopses of the articles themselves. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| People's Daily 人民日报 The full-text and full-image database of the Peoples' Daily offers intuitive interface and full-text search and browse functions. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| World News Connection Full-text summaries of foreign newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Formerly published as FBIS and JPRS Reports. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Bibliographies| Catalog of Extant Ming Gazetteers Primarily catalog of the extant Chinese local gazetteers produced in Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Please contact Su Chen at suchen@umn.edu for questions. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Japanese history and culture from ancient to modern times Seven basic bibliographies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs
| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MNCAT Plus Search for books, conference proceedings, journals, maps, and other items in our collection. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| New Books on East Asian Studies Newly cataloged Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English books on East Asian Studies in MNCAT. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| WorldCat This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries. Producer/Publisher is OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 65 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources| Biographical dictionary of Chinese women TC Wilson Library East Asian (Reference) HQ1767.5.A3 B56 1998 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Who's who in Japan [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Country Studies
| Library of Congress Country Studies The Library of Congress Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. The series examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| World Factbook Published annually, this brief guide profiles the economy, government, land, demographics, communications, and national defense establishments of 191 nations and other political entities. Prior years may be accessed via the guide World Factbook. Tables of data items in each country's profile can be viewed from the Notes and Definitions link. Click on the term being defined and a table for all countries will appear. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| Historical dictionary of revolutionary China 1839-1976 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Historical dictionary of Taiwan [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Historical dictionary of the Korean War [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Historical dictionary of the Republic of Korea [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Encyclopedia of contemporary Japanese culture [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Japan : an illustrated encyclopedia 1st ed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| JapanKnowledge A portal to Japanese encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan 講談社 日本百科事典 A fully updated online resource for society of modern Japan including Japanese politics,government, economics and corporate behavior as well as Japanese art, culture, and history. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Korean War: an encyclopedia [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Field Guides
Guides
| Primary Sources History 4961 section 3, Primary Sources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| Allied occupation of Japan 1945-1952 An annotated bibliography of western-language materials. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| History of imperial China: a research guide [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Industry Profiles
| China Industry Reports Provides industry information on China. IBISWorld analysts use a variety of sources in their research ranging from the National Bureau of Statistics, and industry associations, to company reports, surveys and personal contact. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
BlogsElectronic Books
| ChinaMaxx 超星中文电子书 ChinaMaxx contains over 710,000 full-text Chinese e-books from cover to cover on wide range of subject areas. Selected titles also can be found in MNCAT. For accessing the e-books, please follow the brief instructions contained in the login page. ChinaMaxx only works with the Internet Explorer browser. Firefox and Safari are not supported. You will need to install a plug-in to view e-books. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Scripta Sinica 漢籍電子文獻資料庫 (中央研究院 歷史語言研究所) "Han ji dian zi wen xian zi liao ku" developed and maintained by the Academia Sinica since 2000. This database contains over 441 Chinese classic titles such as 《明史》、《明實錄》、《明經世文編》、《清史稿》、《清朝文獻通考》、《清朝續文獻通考》、《清實錄》等。 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Siku Quanshu 四庫全書 Please note: Requires Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 or above. This resource does not work with Firefox, Safari, or other browsers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Gateways & Megasites
| East Asia WWW Virtual Library Provides WWW links to information on the following countries and regions: China, East Asia, Eastern Turkistan, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, Russian Far East, Siberia, South China Sea, South Korea, Taiwan and Tibet. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Internet East Asian History Sourcebook Providing texts and Internet sites on East Asian History. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Web Sites
Multimedia Materials
Audio Resources| Learning Japanese Online Learning Japanese Online (LJO) is designed to provide self-studying tools for Japanese language learners. With generous support from ALC Inc, the website was created with materials of Nihongo Journal, a monthly magazine for Japanese learners. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Image Resources
| Discovering Chinese Culture through Arts The project digitizes and catalogs 1,260 Chinese art objects selected by the renowned ceramic scholars Harry Garrner and Margaret Medley from 75 museums around the world found in Chinese Art in Three-Dimensional Colour(donated by Mr. Jonathan R. Gross to the East Asian Library) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Photographs of pre-1949 China in the YMCA Archives The project digitized and cataloged 717 black and white photos took by YMCA employees in China filed between 1896 and 1949. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Propaganda through Popular Media: Film, Photograph, Poster, and Slide from China, Japan and Korea COMING SOON--The project aggregates a group of visual materials including film, photograph, poster, and slides, centered on the theme of propaganda and its promotion through popular media from China, Japan and Korea. These unique visual resources can be accessed online for authorized users. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Videos and Films
| Japanese and Chinese Classic Films: Translation and Subtitling Project [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Primary Source Materials
Archival Materials| Grand Secretariat Archives 內閣大庫檔案 (中央研究院 歷史語言研究所) There are approximately 310,000 items in the Grand Secretariat Archives at the Institute of History and Philology. These include imperial decrees, edicts, memorials, tribute documents, examination questions, examination papers, rosters of successful examination candidates, documents from the offices of the Grand Secretariat, documents from the offices for book compilation, and old documents from Mukden. Memorials make up the bulk of these documents. The archives contain valuable source materials for institutional, social and economic historians. They record general administrative activities and legal cases, many of which cannot be found in Ch'ing legal compendia. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Historical Documents
| Chinese Ming History Seen through Illustrated Maps [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Data Resources| China Data Online Current and historical statistics on population and economics at the national, provincial and local level. From the China Data Center at the University of Michigan. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
University of Minnesota
Related U of M Web Sites| East Asian Library Web Page The East Asian Library contains books and periodicals in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. -- In addition to library information, this site includes links to selected journals and Internet Resources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Interlibrary Loan -- Borrow a book or obtain an article from a journal. Use this to borrow items not owned by the libraries. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Interlibrary loan & Document Delievery from Japan Please read the guide and make your request at University Library's Illiad system. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Requst Chinese Academic Journal Articles from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong The free service made available by the East Asian Library at University of Pittsburgh for scholars, students and research individuals. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Library Information
Primary Subject LocationWilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries. Wilson Reference Services (General & Specialized) provide support for both undergraduate and graduate research for the humanities and social sciences.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
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Secondary Subject Location(s)
Chinese,
Japanese, and some Korean vernacular materials.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: S-75 Wilson Library
Telephone: 612-624-9833
Main URL: http://eastasian.lib.umn.edu/
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