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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.

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

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

Encyclopedias

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.

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

Encyclopedia of Buddhism
2004 ed. Describes the Buddhist world view, basic teachings and practices of Buddhism, as well as its different schools and sects. In addition to containing entries on Buddhist scriptures, art, architecture, divinities, monastic orders, festivals, rites and ceremonies, this set explores the history of Buddhism and the different forms it has taken in different parts of the world.

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 World Cultures
1996 ed. Lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. It is the one of the primary resources for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on most cultures. Additional cultures are covered in the supplement (which is a separate resource)

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.

International encyclopedia of marriage and family
2003 ed. Adopts an international, cross-cultural approach to such diverse topics in marriage and family issues such as adolescent parenthood, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, and commuter marriages. Also examines the history of family life within different cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change.

Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia - Call Number: CASE Ref. - K48 .L44 2002
2002. 4 volume set.

Oxford encyclopedia of theatre & performance - Call Number: CASE Ref. - PN2035 .O94 2003
2003. 2 volume set.

World Education Encyclopedia
2001 ed. (2nd ed.) This country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries.

World factbook
Annually produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

World Press Encyclopedia
2002 ed (2nd ed.) This survey of press and electronic media covers over 200 countries and their systems.

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.

Dictionaries

A dictionary of Buddhist and Hindu iconography, illustrated - Call Number: CASE Ref. - N8191.S64 B86 1997
objects, devices, concepts, rites, and related terms

Dictionary of Buddhist iconography - Call Number: CASE Ref. - BQ4620 .L65 1999
15 volumes

Historical dictionary of North Korea - Call Number: CASE Ref. - DS933.7 .K55 2003
2003.

Historical dictionary of the Republic of Korea - Call Number: CASE Ref. - DS904.8 .N34 2004
2004

New Life English-Korean dictionary - Call Number: CASE Ref. - PL935.E5 N49 1946
New Life Press, c1946

Handbooks & Guides

Global security watch - Korea: a reference handbook - Call Number: CASE Main - DS910.2.K7 B47 2008
People, geography, and history -- Political development in South Korea -- Kim dynasty in North Korea -- North Korean nuclear weapon programs -- U.S. responses to the North Korean programs -- Evolving security environment on the Korean peninsula

Data/Statistics

Elections in Asia and the Pacific: a data handbook - Call Number: CASE Ref. - JQ38 .E44 2001
2001. 2 volume set: Volume 1. The Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. Volume 2. South East Asia, East Asia and the South Pacific

International Financial Statistics
Coverage: 1950-present. Provides time series data for balance of payments,banking, exchange rates, interest rates, employment, and other economic concepts.

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

Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific - Call Number: HA1665 .S73
Most recent year shelved in Case Reference.

World Development Indicators
Coverage: 1960-present. WDI includes more than 900 development indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global.

Atlases

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection
Maps produced by the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency, unless otherwise indicated.

Almanacs & Yearbooks

Korea annual - Call Number: CASE Main. - DS901 .K67
1967-2004. Newest volume is in CASE Reference; the rest are in CASE MAIN.

North Korea handbook - Call Number: CASE Ref. - DS932 .N6658 2003
Translated from Korean; original title unknown.