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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. Includes over one thousand leading academic journals as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous titles. Beginning in 2011, current issues for more than 150 journals will be available on JSTOR as part of the Current Scholarship Program.

Encyclopedias

Koreas
2009 ed.   Presents an authoritative and unprecedented look at the contrasts and similarities between the history, geography, politics, economy, culture, and society of North Korea and South Korea. It offers a wealth of new insights into North Korean life, as well as extensive explorations of Korean music, arts, language, cuisine, and popular culture, including the "Korean wave,” which began with the export of Korean television dramas to other parts of Asia and has spread South Korean culture around the world. Also included are sections on women's history and roles, class and ethnicity, and a wide range of contemporary issues.

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
2003 ed. This encyclopedia provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, it covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions. Entries range from short definitions of terms to lengthy considerations of genres and movements, such as feminism and psychoanalytic criticism. Entries on cities and regions place performance in its local social and political context.

Call Number: CASE Ref. - PN2035 .O94 2003

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

World News Connection
2006+ -  discover what’s really happening in specific countries and regions of Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe,the Middle East, the Americas, and Oceania. Information is available within 24-72 hours from original publication or broadcast, and is compiled and translated from more than 800 non-U.S. media sources, including news articles, Web sites, broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports.  Earlier content is available from Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1974-1996 on the Newsbank platform.

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.

Primary Sources

Digital National Security Archive
1940`s to present. A collection of declassified government documents, arranged into collections. Each collection, compiled by top scholars and experts, covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.

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

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

Data (World Bank)
Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group provides free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe--some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.

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

IMF eLibrary Data (International Financial Statistics only)
Coverage: 1900-present. Provides time series data for balance of payments,banking, exchange rates, interest rates, employment, and other economic concepts. (note: there are multiple libraries of data at the IMF eLibrary site - Colgate only subscribes to the International Financial Statistics - we do not subscribe to the other data libraries)

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.

Government Information

Official Government Web Pages
Maintained by Richard Kimber, University of Keele, UK, retired. More up-to-date than Gunnar Anzinger's.

Atlases

National Atlas of Korea
Call Number: Case REF: G2330 .N38 2009
The National Atlas of Korea is a collection of maps with geographic information which reflects the nature, environment, history, culture, politics, economy, science and technology of Korea.  Includes maps of deaths caused by Heavy Rainfall, Deaths Caused by Typhoons, Average number of Rooms per Household, and Number of Retail establishments per 1,000 people

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.