Databases for East Asian Studies
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Key Databases
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Indexes western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on the social sciences and humanities pertaining to all parts of Asia, 1971 to present
- MLA Bibliography
- Indexes journals, monographs, working papers and proceedings in literature, language, linguistics and folklore, 1963 to present
- Historical Abstracts
- Indexes journals, books, and dissertations on European and world history, excluding the United States and Canada, 1955 to present
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- Indexes and abstracts articles in over 550 international, English-language social science journals, 1983 to present
Additional Databases
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Indexes and provides full text of over 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the American ethnic press, 1960 to present, starting dates vary
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
- Indexes over 1400 journals, books, and government documents on public policy aspects of business, economics, government and other social science topics, 1972 to present
Multidisciplinary Databases
- LexisNexis Academic
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- Provides full-text news, business, industry and legal information
- Academic Search Premier
- Provides full text and indexing of thousands of journals in all academic fields. Dates vary according to publication
- InfoTrac Web
- Indexes and provides full text to thousands of journals and magazines in all fields, including academic disciplines, business, and health, 1980 to present
- WorldCat
- Books and other materials held in most academic, research and large public libraries worldwide
- Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
- Indexes over 1300 scholarly journals in a variety of subject areas and disciplines. Contains a limited number of full-text titles, 1995 to present
- Web of Science (multidisciplinary)
- Indexes over 11,000 scholarly journals in the sciences (1945 to present) and the social sciences (1956 to present) and the arts and humanities (1975 to present). Unique feature allows access to the indexed articles' cited references (i.e. the bibliographies or reference list). Enables the researcher to see the relationships between the older cited references and the current work
