ARTICLES
	Help Finding Articles
	Journal Locator - Help Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals.
Scholarly Articles
	Academic Search Premier [EBSCO] - 1965 to present - Full Text Full text for 4,500+ scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, arts, and sciences.
	Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present Extensive Index to 1,300 journals in all arts and humanities disciplines.
	Bibliography of Asian Studies - 1971 to present Indexes western-language books and articles on all parts of Asia.
	China Academic Journals - 1994 to present - Full Text Full-text of 7,200+ Chinese journals from 1915 to present.
	Historical Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1956 to present Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations.
	Humanities Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1984 to present Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews of plays, television, and radio from 465+ sources.
	International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - 1951 to present Indexes 2,600+ international journals in economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. From the British Library of Political & Economic Science.
	JSTOR - Full Text Complete full text backfiles for hundreds of scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years.
	Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts - 1973 to present Abstracts of journal articles, books, chapters, dissertations, & book reviews on phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax & semantics, and more.
	MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help Extensive index to literature, language, linguistics and folklore in journal articles, books, dissertations, proceedings, and more. From the Modern Language Association of America.
	Women's Studies International [EBSCO] - 1972 to present Abstracts for classic works, core studies and other scholarship in feminist research from 2000+ journals.
	Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984 Indexes 1,200 scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; with citations to book reviews.
	Humanities International Index [EBSCO] Citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works (poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations) from books and journals.
	[China] Read NCL Databases compiled by the National Central Library in Taiwan. This is a very slow site.
	[Japanese] CiNii (NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) Index to articles published in university bulletins and journals. Abstracts are often included and links are provided to NACSIS Webcat to help you checking for library holdings information.
	[Japan] Zasshi Kiji Sakuin @ NDL - 1947 to present Citations to articles published in Japanese language periodicals. Coverage begins with 1947, which is better than the Nichigai Associates database, but the system goes down between 2-5 in the afternoons for maintenance.
Journal Indexing and Locations
	Gateway Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications Any researcher in the United States who requests full-text academic Chinese journal article(s) for his/her research [may use this service] focused on Chinese academic journal publications not held by or available from libraries in the United States

BOOKS AND MEDIA
	Help Finding Books
	[Chinese] Chinese Text Initiative - Full Text Maintained by the University of Virginia. "... An effort to make texts of Chinese literature available on the World Wide Web."
	[Chinese] National Palace Museum Database of Premodern Texts
	[Chinese] Si ku quan shu (treasury of all knowledge) - Full Text Contains 3492 individual works, divided into 4 categories, represents a massive heritage of Chinese thought and culture. Keyword searchable. See a reference librarian for log in.
	[Chinese] WenxueCity - Full Text Chinese literature. Uses GB encoding.
	[Japanese] Aozora: Blue Sky Collection - Full Text Japanese public domain texts.
	[Japanese] Japanese Text Initiative - Full Text Maintained by the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library."... A collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web."
	Google Books - Full Text Indexes the full text of a growing number of books. For some books complete text is online; for others only a small portion. No printing or downloading.
	Moodle/E-Reserves Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more.
	[Japanese] Kindai Digital Library Japanese language materials, published during the Meiji period (1868-1912) are available online. Keyword searchable to tables of contents. All materials have been cleared for copyright purposes. 3000,000 items to date.
Library Catalogs
	Five College Library Catalog - Help Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
	WorldCat (East Asian) OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records. You may now display Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters by clicking on Options and setting the character set to Unicode.
	[China] Beijing University Library Catalog Uses GB encoding.
	[China] Chinese University of Hong Kong Library Catalog Uses Big 5 encoding.
	[China] National Central Library Uses Big5 encoding.
	[Japan] NACSIS Webcat National bibliographic utility for Japanese academic libraries. Use NACSIS Webcat to verify library holdings for periodicals that are not held in North America. Pronunciation guides for authors and titles are provided for all records.
	[Japan] National Diet Library - 1868 - present Includes all materials published since the beginning of the Meiji period. Also see the NDL homepage for information about digital resources, reference services, and virtual collections.
	[Japan] Tokyo University Library Catalog Includes tables of contents for many books.
	[Korea] National Digital Library Portal to 6 significant libraries in Korea: National Library of Korea, National Assembly Library of Korea, Supreme Court Library, KISTI, KERIS, KAIST Science Library.
Book Purchases and Reviews
	Books in Print - 1979 to present Information on all books (scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint, etc.) on all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. With out-of-print titles from 1979 to the present.
	[Chinese] Xinhau Bookstore
	[Japanese] Kinokuniya Bookstore
	[Japan] Books.or.jp Japanese version of Books in Print.
	[Korea] Kyobo Book Center See W.E.B. Du Bois Library, East Asian Computing Support for help with Web browser language kits.

NEWS
	LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text Covers a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases.
	[China] Inside China Today - Full Text
	[China] People's Daily - Full Text News from China available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese.
	[China] Xinhua News - Full Text
	[Japan] Asahi News - Full Text - Help
	[Japan] Japan Times - Full Text - Help
	[Japan] Mainichi Daily News - Full Text - Help
	[Japan] NikkeiNet Interactive - Full Text - Help
	[Japan] Yomiuri Shinbun - Full Text - Help
	[Korea] Chosun Ilbo - Full Text
	[Korea] Korea Times - Full Text
	[Korea] KINDS: Korean Integrated Newpaper Database System Full-text article database covering more than 10 newspapers in both Korean and English since 1990. You must register to use it, but there are no charges involved.

REFERENCE TOOLS
	English Translations of Korean Literature (Brother Anthony’s website)
	English Translations of Korean Literature Published before 2001 Best collection of information on English translations of Korean literature, compiled by Brother Anthony. See also link on this page for translations published since 2001.
	Japanese Literature in Translation (Japan Foundation)
	Korean Short Story Index (University of Hawaii)
	Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center
	[Chinese] Contemporary Literature Database (National Central Library, Taiwan)
Addresses, Phone Numbers, Etc.
	MLA Directory of Periodicals [EBSCO] - Full text Details on 7100+ journals with contact information, pricing, and submission guidelines.
Dictionaries
	CJKV-English Dictionary Designed for use with pre-modern texts, from Zhou dynasty materials to 19th-century writings in China, Korea and Japan. Includes information on Chinese terminology derived from Confucianism, Daoism, secular literature, poetry, and historical works.
	Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms A digital version of the 1930s dictionary of Chinese Buddist terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous.
	Digital Dictionary of Buddhism A compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources.
	Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Unabridged bilingual dictionaries for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian & Chinese, with native speaker audio pronunciation.
	Yellow Bridge
	[Japanese] Yahoo! Japan Dictionaries
	[Korean] Yahoo! Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
	Encyclopedia of Buddhism - Full Text
Style Manuals
	Citation Guides & Style Manuals

INTERNET META-SITES
	Google In Your Language Google is a search engine that gives amazing results. It is now available in many languages, so you can search in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in addition to English.
	WWW Virtual Library: Asian Studies This is the famous site for East Asian Studies scholars, maintained by experts around the world, and located at Australia National University.
	Korea.net
	[China] Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks This is a wonderful site for people interested in Chinese Studies, particularly Chinese Language and Literatures.
	[Japan] Japanese Studies Resources Compiled by Kris Troost, Duke University Libraries East Asian Collection. This is a good starting point for finding reference materials.
	[Japan] Stockton's Links to Japan Easy to use, links are rarely out of date, and good coverage on Japan.
	[Korea] Frank's Korean Studies Page If Frank Hoffman doesn't have a link to it, who does?

ORGANIZATIONS
	Korean Women's Association Union
	National Women's Education Center of Japan

RELATED SMITH WEB SITES
	Center for Foreign Languages and Cultures (CFLAC)
	Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
	Department of East Asian Studies
	East Asian Collection, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst

LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
	CHN350: Advanced Readings in Chinese - Modern Literary Texts - Fall 2009
	EAL238: Literature of Taiwan in the Library (S. Knight) - Fall 2009
	Your Feedback Have you had a library class within the past week? If so, please give us your feedback.
	Older East Asian Class Guides Archived class guides may not be up-to-date. Please ask a Librarian for assistance if you encounter broken links.

HELP FROM A LIBRARIAN
	Jim Montgomery Use Ask a Librarian to send a question at any time, or contact the librarian liaison directly: Neilson Library, (413) 585-2921
	East Asian Cataloguer Contact Sharon Domier sdomier@email.smith.edu for help with East Asian language materials.

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