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Catalog to find books, video's, government publications and
journal titles. The catalog can be searched by author, title, keyword
or subject and contains the holdings of Connecticut College as well
as Trinity College and Wesleyan University. To search for books
and media outside of the local catalog, use WorldCat.
Reference
books found in Shain Library
Dictionaries
Below
is just a short list of a few of the most popular Asian language
dictionaries in our Reference section. The Shain Library has many
other Asian language dictionaries too, some in reference, some that
can be charged out.
REF PL 679 K388 1980
Kenkyusha’s new
English-Japanese dictionary
REF PL 679 K4 2000
Kenkyusha’s new Japanese-English dictionary
REF PL 1455 L68
Liu’s Chinese-English dictionary = Liu shih Han Ying ta tz’u tien
REF PL 1497 L589
Liu’s Chinese-English
dictionary of idiom-phrase
REF PL 1455 Y6634 1987
(2 vol)
Ying Han tz’u hai = The English-Chinese word-ocean dictionary
Encyclopedias
and atlases
REF DS 721 B56 1998
Cultural atlas of ChinaBy
Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin
REF DS 821 C62 1988
Cultural atlas of JapanBy
Martin Collcutt, Marius Jansen and Isao Kumakura
REF DS 31 E53 1988
Encyclopedia of Asian historyPrepared under the auspices of the
Asia Society; Ainslie T. Embree, editor in chief
REF DS 705 P47 1999
Encyclopedia of
China : the
essential reference to China,
its history and culture
By Dorothy Perkins
REF DS 822.5 E516 2002
Encyclopedia of contemporary Japanese culture
Edited by Sandra Buckley
REF DS 4 E53 2002 (6
vol)
Encyclopedia of modern Asia
Edited by David Levinson and Karen Christensen
REF DS 805 K633 (9 vol)
Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan
Other resources
for locating information on books and media include:
Books
in Print
Book
Review Digest
Style
Manuals
A collection of style manuals and writing guides are kept
on the shelf behind the reference desk. Information is also available
from the Citation
Guides for Print and Electronic Resources page.
Databases
& Indexes
A full listing of all scholarly databases is available
grouped by subject
or listed alphabetically.
Bibliography
of Asian Studies Online
Contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities
and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia
published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
Historical
Abstracts
An index to journal articles, book and video
reviews, and dissertations covering world history from 1450 to the
present.
MLA
Bibliography
Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics
and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs,
dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials.
The database includes all records indexed from 1963 to the present.
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Internet
Resources
AsiaSource
http://www.asiasource.org/
A resource of the Asia Society including news, resources, economic
reports, food information, book stores, and more.
Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
A comprehensive site from the Australian National University, edited
by Dr. T. Matthew Ciolek. This site is very well organized and
an essential resource.
Yahoo’s
Asian Studies directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Area_Studies/Asian_Studies/
Includes information on all aspects of Asia including cultural and
travel.
SAWNET
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/
South Asian Women’s NETwork is a forum for those interested in South
Asian women’s issues.
e-Journals
A complete listing of full text electronic journals is
located on the Library homepage under the Journal
Locator link.
Assistance
For assistance in locating or using these or other sources,
please contact the Reference
Desk or schedule an appointment for a Personalized
Research Session.
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