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East Asian Studies Research Guide
This guide provides references to some of the most important electronic resources in Western languages for East Asian studies. The catagory tabs above will direct you to each group of resources.
For resources in East Asian languages, please use the guides for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Studies respectively.
Catalogs & Journal Articles
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U-M Library Catalog SearchUse quotation marks ( " " ) to search the words as a phrase. ex. "baby face," "dogs and cats."
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FirstSearchAccess to 15 databases provided by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) using their FirstSearch interface.
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CRL CatalogU-M users can request materials from the rich collection of the Center for Research Libraries.
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Frequentry Used Databases: Quick Link
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Bibliography of Asian StudiesBibliography solely focused on Asia. Provides indexing only, no full-text articles.
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JSTORFull-text access to the archives of 2,600+ journals and 35,000+ books in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences.
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Project MUSEFull-text access to scholarly journals and e-books published by over 120 scholarly societies and university presses.
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ProQuest Dissertations & ThesesDescriptions, sometimes with full text, of doctoral dissertations & master theses from US, UK, Canada, Ireland, etc.
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ProQuest Research LibraryIndexes over 5,000 journals and magazines, academic and popular, with full text included for over 3,600.
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Web of ScienceCovering 12,000+ scholarly journals, plus selected books and published conference proceedings in all academic disciplines, the Web of Science Core Collection combines seven citation indexes which permit searching for articles that cite a known author or work, as well as searching by subject, author, journal, and author address.
Discipline-Specific Databases:
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Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)Comprehensive, international index to the literature of anthropology and archaeology.
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Sociological AbstractsProvides access to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Covers 1800+ journals, back to 1952.
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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)Index (no full-text) of published articles about education and includes the full text of some unpublished materials.
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ABI/INFORM GlobalIndexes 3,000+ business-related periodicals (with full text for 2,000+), including Wall Street Journal.
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.