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 | Subject Librarian: David Faust E-Mail: faust011@umn.edu This subject covers: the study of India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar, Tibet and Afghanistan. |
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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
Bibliography of Asian Studies  References principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971 - broad, but not comprehensive.
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Index Islamicus (online)   Index Islamicus indexes worldwide literature in European languages on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Periodicals devoted solely to the fields of Islam are indexed completely. Other journals are indexed only for articles on Islamic subjects.
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| JSTOR Full text of academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR provides complete journal backruns from the date of initial publication. Note: It does NOT include the most recent 2 to 5 years.
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| Sage Journal Package Scholarly articles from Sage journals in the social sciences and humanities, the life sciences, biomedical sciences, neuroscience, pharmacology, engineering, and material sciences.
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| South and Southeast Asian Literature In English This is a machine-readable full-text database with SGML coding which contains approximately 100,000 pages of the writings from 1825 to the present, written by authors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Fiji, including fiction, short fiction, poems, interviews, and manuscript materials.
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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic 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 over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Factiva Large database of newspapers, newswires, business magazines and journals, transcripts, press photographs, and web content from media outlets. Worldwide coverage of 9000 sources in 22 languages. Includes financial information for publicly traded companies, stocks, funds, currencies, and common market indexes. Limited to 7 simultaneous users. Due to licensing restrictions, not all of the publications in Factiva are available for academic libraries. See this demo: How to Identify Blocked Titles in Factiva Or contact Factiva technical support at 1-800-889-3358 or tsupport@proquest.com if you have questions. If you are interested in setting up a weekly or monthly alert on a topic, please contact the Journalism Librarian. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Guide to Indian Periodical Literature If you can't find something online, all is not lost! Come to the Ames Library and look at this excellent index to Indian journals.
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| 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!] |
| ProQuest Newspapers 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. ProQuest Newsstand provides indexing and abstracting for 150 full-text titles, plus another 200 regional news sources. Full-text titles include a few South Asian publications, as well as many US and international ones. [ 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.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies
Bibliographies
| India Bibliography comprising annotated entries on works dealing with India's history, geography, economy and politics; and with its people, their culture, customs, religion and social organization. Attention is also paid to current living conditions—housing, education, newspapers, clothing, etc.—that are all too often ignored in standard bibliographies; and to those particular aspects relevant to individual countries.
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| South Asia Research Documentation Services (SARDS) 2 SARDS 2 is an electronic database containing bibliographic references to South Asia research articles published in journals, collective volumes, conference proceedings, Festschriften, etc. The focus of SARDS 2 is on the humanities and social sciences. To date, over 67.000 citations are electronically searchable, covering the period from 1797 until 2006. All entries can be downloaded and easily printed.
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Catalogs
| British Library online You can not only search the catalog, but access web pages and thousands of images.
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| 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.
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General Reference Sources
Atlases & Maps
| Digital South Asia Library Maps Page See historical maps online, including The Historical Atlas of South Asia, by Joseph Schwartzberg
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| Historical atlas of South Asia A digitized version of this classic atlas is online and hard copies are available in the Ames Library.
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| Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin hosts this well-organized directory of maps (worldwide coverage) directly viewable on the web as .jpeg files. Most are reference maps produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and therefore carry no copyright. Privately produced maps are made available via links. Note that many of the images are too large to be printed on letter-sized paper.
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| UC Atlas of Global Inequality The mission of the UC Atlas of Inequality is to provide online teaching resources and tools to enable student exploration of global change. Aspects of 21st Century global integration and inequality present great challenges to university teaching. The UC Atlas of Global Inequality attempts to address these challenges using the Internet, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and new graphical capabilities of digital media to enhance learning in Geography, Sociology, Economics, Health, Technology and Environmental Studies. The Atlas integrates data, maps, and graphs to create an interactive website for accessing and analyzing information addressing global change and inequality.
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Biographical Sources
| Biography Reference Bank (Please note: this resource only allows four (4) simultaneous users. If you are denied access, please try again later)
Biography Reference Bank combines the complete content of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated with the complete and enhanced content of Biography Index Plus. Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs of the subjects. Biography Index Plus is a bibliographic database that cites biographical material appearing in periodicals indexed in other Wilson Company databases and additional selected periodicals, current books of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Country Studies
| Background Notes Issued by the US Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, these electronically accessible publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states and other territories. The Background Notes are updated and/or revised as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of this Department of State website. Paper copies of earlier editions are available in the Government Publications Library in Wilson. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| CIA World Factbook Provides a standard set of facts for all countries of the world.
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| India, a Reference Annual Clicking this link downloads a searchable pdf version of the entire 1200+ page book - print editions are available in the Ames Library. This is an annual compendium of information and statistics on a wide variety of themes.
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| 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.
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Encyclopedias
| Encyclopedia of India online A four-volume survey of the history, cultures, geography and religions of India from ancient times to the present day. Includes more than 600 entries, arranged alphabetically. For students and general readers.
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| Oxford Art Online "The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day." Formerly known as Grove Art Online.
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Guides
| Travelers Accounts of the Cities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka This guide serves as an index to the DS 412 and 413 (Travel accounts) section of the Ames Library of South Asia for those works which have separately identified chapters or sections dealing with a particular city. Since most travelers to South Asia visited Agra, Benares, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, and Madras, which makes such accounts extremely easily accessible, accounts of these six cities are not provided in this guide. However accounts of Benares which were not written in English have been included.
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| Women in Pre-Independent India A searchable illustrated database of writings by or about women in pre-independence India.
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Internet Resources
Blogs
Gateways & Megasites
| Digital Himalaya project A project to develop digital collection, storage and distribution strategies for multimedia anthropological information from the Himalayan region -- collections include
* Census of Nepal 2001
* Fürer-Haimendorf Film Collection
* Films
* Journals
* Maps
* Music
* Naga Videodisc
* Rare Books & Manuscripts
* Thak Archive
* Thangmi Archive
* Williamson Collection
* Wutu Collection
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| Digital South Asia Library " The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. This project builds upon a two-year pilot project funded by the Association of Research Libraries' Global Resources Program with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Participants in the Digital South Asia Library include leading U.S. universities, the Center for Research Libraries, the South Asia Microform Project, the Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation, the Association for Asian Studies, the Library of Congress, the Asia Society, the British Library, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, MOZHI in India, the Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in India, Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya in Nepal, and other institutions in South Asia."
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| India Environmental Portal The India Environment Portal is initiated and managed by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) promoted by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), Government of India. The India Environment Portal is seeks to be a one-stop shop of all that you want to know about environment and development issues. The India Environment Portal employs a unique and built thesaurus of environmental and geographic terms. Each topic is classified and sub-classified.
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| Indian Water Portal The India Water Portal is an open, inclusive, web-based platform for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It aims to draw on the rich experience of water-sector experts, package their knowledge and add value to it through technology and then disseminate it to a larger audience through the internet.
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| Online Museum Resources on Asian Art (OMuRAA) OMuRAA identifies online visual resources -- including collections databases, digital image libraries, archived websites of special exhibitions, online presentations of focused collections, and websites for teaching with and about art -- and indexes them in ways that are familiar to teachers and students in world history, world literature, and general art courses.
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| Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR) PAIR presents freely available Internet resources for research and study of modern East, Central, South, and Southeast Asia on a broad range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. Resources are from various sources including academic, government, commercial, trade and industry, and non-governmental organizations.
The catalog includes current information and data such as bibliographies and databases, data sets, newspapers and journals, government reports, and organization sites. Resources are in English and/or one or more of 27 Asian languages. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Directory
| Historical Photographs: Asian and Pacific Studies This page links to leading on-line collections of still images of value/significance to researchers in Asian and Pacific Studies, including images of South Asian countries. It is a part of Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library and Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library.
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Multimedia Materials
Image Resources
| Ames Library of South Asia Digital Images Database of images digitized from the rare book collection of the Ames Library of South Asia -- Images include peoples of South Asia, historical maps, landscapes, monuments, infrastructure projects (such as canals & railroads), and the Quetta earthquake of 1935.
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| Ames Library's Stereoscopic Views of India Database of 103 stereoscopic views of India from around 1900. The originals are in the Ames Library of South Asia.
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| Exhibits from the Ames Library of South Asia Exhibitions consist of images drawn primarily from the Ames Library of South Asia rare book collection.
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Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
News Sources
| PressDisplay Full-page digital archive updated daily with current news from 650 national and international newspapers. Rolling 90-day archive. A number of newspapers feature translation, audio and more (example: Le Figaro). Tip: Quickly browse sources using the Select Title-dropdown in the upper right corner. Includes over 20 newspapers from India, but lacks coverage of the rest of the region
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Primary Source Materials
Archival Materials
| British Newspapers 1600-1900 The most significant digital collection of British historic newspapers. New conservation and imaging techniques and a new cross-searchable platform adopted by the British Library offers unparalleled access and discoverability to this valuable historical and cultural archive. In addition one will find specially commissioned essays and contextual materials written by expert scholars intended to help non-specialist users with perspective and analysis.
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| Eighteenth Century Collections Online Eighteenth Century Collections Online captures the essence of the
Enlightenment in Great Britain between 1701 and 1800. ECCO is a
comprehensive digital edition of /The Eighteenth Century/, the
world's largest library of the printed book on microfilm. ECCO
allows full-text searching of over 180,000 titles English-language
titles and editions -- in essence, every significant
English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United
Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
It includes books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more.
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| Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers Digital archive of 48 nineteenth century British newspapers. This online collection includes national and regional newspapers including those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also included in the collection.
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| Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Collection Digital archive covering British news media from 1757-1817. The archive contains about 700 newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney. The contents were published mostly in London, and some were published in English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.
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Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites
| Directory of Indian Government Websites Provides access to Indian government websites at all levels and from all sectors.
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| Government of India: Union Budget and Economic Survey The Union Budget provides insight into the Government of India's spending priorities. The Economic Survey is the government's perspective on the economy. Both are available as full-text .pdf files for the current and previous years.
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| National Portal of India This Government of India portal, produced under the National e-Governance Plan, provides access to access to information and services being provided by the various Indian Government entities covering a wide array of subjects.
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Statistics and Data
Statistical Resources
| Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Provides a wide range of official socio-economic statistics
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| Census of India The Census of India site provides not only statistics, but maps.
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| Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics Provides a wide range of official socio-economic statistics.
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| Pakistan Government, Statistics Division Provides a wide range of official socio-economic statistics via the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), Population Census Organization (PCO) or Agricultural Census Organization (ACO).
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| Sri Lanka, Department of Census and Statistics Provides a wide range of official socio-economic statistics.
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| Strategic Asia database This site collects data from various official sources on 75 indicators for 37 countries in the Asia-Pacific, beginning in 1990. Updated throughout the year, the database allows users to free access to data, which they can view online, or they can download data sets to their computers for individual use.
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| UNdata This database provides international statistics on all major social and economic subjects. You can enter the name of a country in the search box to get started.
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| World Bank Data and Maps Central reference point for tables and maps made available on the Internet by the World Bank. Also includes information on methods, modelling tools and technical assistance for users of World Bank statistics.
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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.).
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| Zotero Free web-based bibliographic citation software developed for Firefox browsers that is useful for organizing your research sources, creating bibliographies and sharing sources with others. Zotero will capture bibliographic information and links to documents found on websites or library databases. See the brief tutorials for Getting Started. or view the library workshop Zotero Basics.
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Writing Guides
| QuickStudy -- Citing Sources QuickStudy: Library Research Guide from the University of Minnesota provides examples online for APA, MLA and Turabian styles, including how to cite electronic sources.
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| Student Writing Center Provides writing help for students at all stages of the writing process.
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| Student Writing Support Quickhelp Web-based help on references & citations, the writing process, style & grammar, punctuation, avoiding plagiarism, and more.
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Library Information
Primary Subject Location
Ames Library of South Asia
Social sciences and humanities in English, vernacular and European languages from or about Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: S-10 Wilson Library
Telephone: 612-624-4857
Main URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/ames
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/ames/hours
Secondary Subject Location(s)
Wilson Library
Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
Main URL: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/wilson/hours
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