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Articles

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Coverage: 1971-present. Materials on East, Southeast, and South Asia, with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.

Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.

JSTOR
Coverage: varies. Over 800 core scholarly journals. Current issues are unavailable for a varying number of years (frequently 2 to 5 years).

Encyclopedias

Cambridge Histories Online
Currently the collection contains more than 258 digitized volumes  from the esteemed Cambridge Histories series covering 15 subject areas. Useful for locating background information in almost any subject in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.

Encyclopedia of Food & Culture
2002 ed. Presents articles on food and its place in human culture and society, including entries on everything from food preparation, distribution and storage to holidays and festivals, nutrition and health, and cultures and cuisines.

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
2004 ed. Emphasizes people, places, events, and developments that have had a lasting influence on Asia, also covering Asian relations with Western nations, the relations between nations within Asia, and also the flow of people, goods, and ideas within Asia and globally.

Encyclopedia of Modern China
2009 ed.  Information on the most populous country and most dynamic trade market in the world: the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature of this ancient and enduring civilization are explored from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day.

Handbook of Chinese Mythology
2005 ed. An informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths, including a collection of historical documents, detailing myths as they live and change in China today.

Europa World Plus
Coverage: current. the online version of the Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.

Pop Culture China!: Media, arts, and lifestyle
2007 ed. An up-to-date introduction to all facets of popular culture in China.

Countries & Their Cultures
2001 ed. Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.

Brill's encyclopedia of China - Call Number: CASE Ref. DS721 .G88413 2009
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

Encyclopedia of Asian culture - Call Number: CASE Ref. - DS12 .E53 1999
1999. The various chapters in this book are largely based on articles contributed to Asian Pacific culture, a cross-cultural magazine of the Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO

Newspapers -- International

Access World News - International Edition
Coverage: varies by title. Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This title does not include U.S. news.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Coverage: 1976-1996. Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Series 1 through 6 have been released. They cover Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin American, and the Middle East.

Data/Statistics

China Data Online
Coverage: current. Provides access to monthly reports, yearbooks, monthly reports, and census data.

International historical statistics. Africa, Asia and Oceania - Call Number: CASE REF HA4675 .M552
Latest volume covers 1750-2005.

Opinion Polls

Polling the Nations
Coverage: 1986- present. A compilation of surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries.

Video

Total Solar Eclipse 2008: Live From China
On August 1, 2008, a total solar eclipse occurred as the new moon moved directly between the sun and the earth. The moon’s umbral shadow fell on parts of Canada, Greenland, the Arctic Ocean, Russia, Mongolia, and China. The Exploratorium’s eclipse expedition team Webcast the eclipse live from the remote Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China near the Mongolian border. On the site, one can see video of the eclipse, read dispatches from those on the team, and share stories of the eclipse.

Dictionaries – Chinese language

ABC Chinese-English comprehensive dictionary - Call Number: Case Reference PL1455 .A33 2003
2003