Library

Asian Studies

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Key Resources
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

The Library Reference collection contains a broad range of useful printed resources such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories some examples are

  • Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
  • Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
  • A political and economic dictionary of East Asia
  • The Far East and Australasia : a survey and directory of Asia and the Pacific.
  • South Asia (for an overview of the region with current statistics)

To find further dictionaries, directories or encyclopedias relevant to this area do a Keyword search in the catalogue for name of the country and the term (dictionaries or encyclopedias) eg Asia encyclopedias, Asia dictionaries

Finding Books

The catalogue is the key to the collection, use it to find primary resources such as books, exam papers, journals and audiovisual items. Finding items in the library catalogue will help you refine your searching

A keyword search can help you find items on a specific topic, and can be achieved by using a combination of terms. Keyword Searching searches the whole record, for example, the search popular culture japan will retrieve results containing ALL the words. Keyword searching tips.

Journals

Journal articles are a good source of current information on your topic. The library has a wide variety of print and online journals and newspapers. Check the catalogue for print and or electronic holdings. Some examples of key journals which may be useful to you are:

  • Asian survey
  • East Asia : an international quarterly
  • Far Eastern Economic Review (current issues)
  • Far Eastern Economic Review (microform)
  • Journal of Asian Studies
  • Modern Asian Studies
  • Harvard journal of Asiatic studies
Internet Directories for Asian studies Travel Guides (print)

To find travel guides for Asian countries do a Subject search for name of the country and the term guidebooks eg Vietnam guidebooks, Southeast asia guidebooks