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Reference Resources

The reference materials at Stapleton Library for Asian studies provide handy and reliable information for students to begin a research in this field . The items listed below are located at the library's reference area behind the central reference desk.

Columbia chronologies of Asian history and culture

[REF] DS33 .C63 2000

Encyclopedia of modern Asia :

[REF] DS4 .E53 2002

Encyclopedia of world cultures

(Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and indexes)

[REF] GN307 .E53 1991

Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life

(Includes bibliographical references and indexes.)

[REF] GN333 .W67 1998

Dictionary of Asian mythology

[REF] BL1005 .L46 2001

The Cambridge guide to Asian theatre

[REF] PN2860 .C35 1993

Constitutions of Asian countries

(Includes bibliographies)

[REF] JF11 .A75

The history atlas of Asia

[REF] G2201.S1 B25 1998

Bibliography of Asian studies.

[REF] Z3001 .B49

(Library has online version of this title.  To use online version, please select "Articles and More at library's web site, and then select Bibliography of Asian Studies from "All Databases".)

Asian social science bibliography, with annotations and abstracts 1966

[REF] Z7165.A8 G5 1970

Asian almanac.

(Weekly abstract of Asian affairs)
LIBRARY HAS :
v 10-11 1972-1973 Back Stacks
v 13-16 1975-1978 Back Stacks

 Serials Department

Asia: a selected and annotated guide to reference works

[REF] Z3001 .N79

Asia: a handbook.

(Includes bibliographies)

[REF] DS5 .W5

Asia and the Pacific

(Includes bibliographical references and index)

[REF] DS5 .A79 1991

Theses on Asia; accepted by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1877-1964

[REF] Z3001 .B56

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Books/Journals

Books and journals about Asian studies can be located by searching Pilot, the online library catalog.  To search the catalog, select "Books and More..." at IUP library's web site, and then click on "On line catalog".  At the Guided Search window, type a term/terms, e.g. economics, in the first box, type another term or terms, e.g. Asia, in the second box and hit "Enter" key.  The result list shows both book and journal titles.  If you are interested in a book, get the call number for that book so that you can retrieve it from the stacks. If it is a journal and not full text online, you can retrieve it from Serials Department on the ground floor.  The journals are arranged alphabetically by titles on the shelves.

You can also search Net library to find a book of your interest and read it on line.

Listed below are some of the serials on Asian Studies Stapleton library holds.

Asian studies professional review

Library has:  v 1-5 1971-1976 ( MF)

Location:  Serials Department, Micro Area.

Note: Online full text is available from 1998 to 2004. (Restricted to IUP authenticated users only0.

The Far Eastern quarterly

Library has:  v 1-15 1941-1956 (MF)

Location:  Serials Department, Micro Area.

Note:  Continued by Journal of Asian studies

The Journal of Asian Studies

Library has: v 16-20 1956-1961 (MF)
v 21-36 1961-1976 (printed)
v 36-45 1976-1986  (MF)
v 45-60 1985-2001 (printed)

Location:  Serials Department

Online Full Text Journals and Databases

Full-text journal articles related to Asian studies can be located from numerous databases subscribed by IUP library.  To search these databases, select "Articles and More..." from the library's web site and then click on " All databases".   The databases are arranged alphabetically by titles.  Listed below are just a few of the journals focusing on various issues of Asia and selected from the databases of Ebsco Host, Jstor, Project Muse, and Business Source Premier. IUP I-card is required to use these online resources.

Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies

Description:  Each issue contains four to five feature articles on topics involving the history, arts, social sciences, philosophy, and contemporary issues of East, South, and Southeast Asia, as well as a large book review section.

Peer Reviewed:  Yes

Asian Survey

Description:  Provides in-depth analysis on contemporary Asia and international affairs.

Peer Reviewed:  Yes

Modern Asian Studies

Description:  Promotes an understanding of contemporary Asia and its rich inheritance.  It covers South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.

Peer Reviewed:  Yes

Asia Pacific Business Review

Description:  Addresses the rising presence of multinationals in world markets and the origins of national economic success. Draws together the lessons of economics, history, politics & culture in order to explore business in the Asia Pacific countries.

Peer Reviewed:  Yes

Asian Economic Journal

Description:  Includes information on the investigation of current research, international comparisons and country studies relating to East Asian economics.

Peer Reviewed:  Yes

Asian Affairs: An American Review

Description:  Focuses on United States policy in Asia, as well as the domestic politics, economic and international relations of the Asian countries; aimed at readers wanting relevant information on Asia, teachers, political analysts, and international businessmen.

Peer Reviewed:  Yes

Asian Journal of Political Science

Description:  Publishes articles in the four sub-fields of political theory, comparative politics, international relations and public administration. The main focus is on Asia and issues relevant to this area.

Peer Reviewed:  Yes

For more journal articles, search the following databases

Academic Search Premier

Business Source Premier

JSTOR

OMNIFILE FULLTEXT

Project MUSE

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U.S. Government Publications

Government publications provide valuable research information for Asian studies. As one of the government depository libraries, Stapleton library houses selective government documents in various formats.  They can be located by searching Pilot, the library's on line catalog, and the government web sites as listed below.  The government documents are shelved at the library's Government Document section at the back of the first floor and arranged by SuDoc (Superintendent of Documents)  number.

FirstGov.gov

It is the U.S. government's official gateway to thousands of government resources and information about government agencies, state, local and tribal governments, as well as statistics and laws/regulations.  Search by key words/topic is also available at this web site.

GPO Access

The web site of the U.S. Government Printing Office offers a free access to a large quantity of official resources from the Federal Government, including legislative, executive judicial resources and etc.  It is a fully searchable database.  Listed below are some of the documents about Asian region collected by GPO Access.  They also can be accessed through Pilot.

Asian security to the year 2000

Asian perspectives on the challenges of China, March 7-8, 2000

Asian medicinals questions and answers

The Asia-Pacific in the U.S. national security calculus for a new millennium

Country Studies

Created by Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, this web site provides "description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world".

Declassified Documents Related to Asia

Thousands of declassified documents released by FBI, CIA and other Federal agencies are valuable resources for research in history, political science, foreign relations, national security and etc. Under Freedom of Information Act, request of those documents can be sent to a specific agency that owns the requested document.  The agencies also provide the public with internet access to documents once considered as top national secret or confidential.  A brief listing of such documents about Asia is provided below.

The Kurds: Rising Expectations, Old Frustrations

Saddam Husayn: Likely to hang on

International Crime Threat Assessment

Iran Under Rafsanjani: Seeking  a New Role in the World Community

Source:  CIA-Electronic Reading Room

More declassified documents can be located from the following web sites:

National Security Agency

The Digital National Security Archive

CIA Electronic Reading Room

Declassified Records - NARA

 Selected Internet Resources

 Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (Australian National University)

Established 11 years ago, this virtual library for Asian Studies "provides an authoritative, continuously updated hypertext guide and access tool to scholarly information resources on the Internet. It deals with the Asian continent as a whole, as well as with individual Asian regions, countries, and territories".

AccessAsia

Established in 1990 by the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), United States, it is the "first clearinghouse to track the expertise and current research of specialists on policy-related issues in Asia".  It provides an online searchable database free of charge.

Asia History and Studies (H-Asia)

As a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, H-Asia enables people in the field of Asian Studies to "discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis" and etc.

Asian Week

Portal to Asian Internet Resources

Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, it enables people to "have quick and easy access to high quality Web resources originating in Asia identified, evaluated, selected and cataloged by area library specialists".

Windows on Asia

Created by Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University for K-12 teachers who are interested in bringing Asia into the classroom, it provides information about Asia in general and individual Asian countries.  Students of all ages may also find this a useful starting point for their research on Asia, as the web site creator introduced.

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