FYS142: Reacting to the Past



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Fall 2008 - R. Sherr
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

THE BEST PLACE TO START - RESERVE READINGS

The best way of locating additional material on China during the Ming Dynasty or Confucianism is to read items on reserve for your class BEING SURE TO LOOK FOR FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Scholars' suggestions are the vital key in any library search. See for example:

Reserve Source	Reserve Call Number
Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven: Rebellion and the Economy of Violence in Mid-Ming China	JC 328.5 .R63 2001
Cambridge History of China	DS 735 .C3145 7 & 8
China and Christianity: Burdened Past, Hopeful Future	BR 1285 .C523 2001
China and the Christian Impact	BR 1285 .G4713 1985
China's Examinaton Hell	JQ 1512 .M4813 1981
Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook (& 2nd Edition)	DS 721 .C517 DS 721 .C517 1993
Confucius: the Secular & Sacred	B 128 .C8 F48
Controlling the Dragon: Confucian Engineers and the Yellow River in Late Imperial China	DS 793 .Y45 D63 2001
Cultural History of Civil Examinatons in Late Imperial China	JQ 1512.Z13 E87277 2000
The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty	HQ 449 .T73 1996
The Four Books: The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition	PL 2463.Z6 S75 2007
Generation of Giants	266.2 D922g
Glory and Fall of the Ming Dynasty	DS 753 .C4825 1982
Japanese Piracy in Ming China During the 16th Century	DS 753 .S57
Self and Society in Ming Thought	DS 721 .S39 1970
Sources of Chinese Tradition	DS 703 .D4 1964 2 vols.

GETTING YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

Encyclopedias & Histories

Reference Source	Reference Call Number
Cambridge Encyclopedia of China	ref DS 705 .C35 1991 (esp. pp. 195-205)
Encyclopedia of China	ref DS 705 .P47 1999
China: a historical and cultural dictionary	ref DS 733 .C58523 1998
Companion to Chinese History	ref DS 705 .O63 1987
Dictionary of Chinese History	ref DS 733 .D54 1979
Dictionary of Ming Biography: 1368-1644	ref DS 753.5 A84 1976 (2 vols.)
The Ming-Qing Conflict, 1619-1683: A Historiography & Source Guide	ref DS 753.2 .S77 1998

Geography & Maps

Reference Source	Location/Call Number
Cultural Atlas of China	ref DS 721 .B56 1998
Historical Atlas of China	ref Atlas Shelves: G 2306 .S1 H4 1966
Times Atlas of China	ref Atlas Cases: G 2305 .T47 1974

Chinese Religion

Reference Source	Reference Call Number
Encyclopedia of Religion (by Eliade on Gale Reference Library)	ref BL 31 .E46 2005 or click here
Routledge Encyclopedia of Confucianism	ref BL 1840 .R68 2003
Chinese Religions: Publications in Western Languages	ref BL 1802 .T552 1985 & 1993
Historical Dictionary of Taoism (Includes bibliography, chronology, as well as alphabetical entries)	ref BL 1923 .P37 1998

FINDING BOOKS

Look for books in the Five College Library Catalog using the SUBJECT BEGINS WITH search:

names of individuals
china civilization 960 1644
china history 960 1644
china history ming dynasty 1368 1644
china politics and government 960 1644
china politics and government 1368 1644
china religion
china social conditions 960 1644
china social life and customs
confucianism and state
taoism china
taoism history
taoists

ARTICLES

Academic Search Premier 1965+

Historical Abstracts 1956+

Browse in issues of Ming Studies (1975+) - Per DS 753 .M594

CITE YOUR SOURCES

For guidance on citing sources correctly visit the Libraries' Citation Guides & Style Manuals page. See especially links to MLA (Modern Language Association of America) style.

TAKE THE TWO REQUIRED QUIZZES

Please connect to Moodle and log into the Research Skills for Students class. Please take the two brief quizzes on Research Skills and the Plagiarism Challenge. (If you wish you may take these as many times as you like to get a perfect score).

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu

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Last Updated: October 14, 2008