Materials in Western languages about Asian social sciences and humanities are found in The Walter C. Koerner Library. The Asian Library has materials in Asian languages. Western language materials on other Asian topics, such as education, fine arts, law, medicine, forestry, and commerce, are found in Education Library, Fine Arts Library , Law Library, Woodward Library, and David Lam Library respectively.

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Article Indexes: Looking for journal articles? Start with an Index Bibliography of Asian Studies More than 700,000 records for western-language materials on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide since 1971 Asia-Studies Full-text Online The premier database for the study of the Asia-Pacific region. Asia-Studies.com brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 55 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues MLA International Bibliography MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore and includes coverage from 1926 to the present Historical Abstracts World history from 1450 to the present (excluding Canada and the United States). Topics include cultural, diplomatic, economic, military, social, and political history. Asian American Drama Asian American Drama represents the various ethnicities within the Asian American community. Along with many works by writers of Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Chinese descent, the collection includes plays by writers of Hawaiian, Indian, Thai, Korean, Persian, and Malaysian ancestry Academic Search Complete Contains Asian-area publications such as Asia Pacific Biotech News, Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, Asian Affairs, Asian Studies Review, China Today, Chinese America: History Perspectives, Chinese Education Society, and Chinese Science Bulletin. Humanities and Social Sciences Index Contains Asian-area English publications such as Asian Affairs (London & New York), Asian Folklore Studies, Asian Perspectives, Asian Philosophy, Asian Survey, The China Quarterly, Chinese Law and Government, Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, Chinese Studies in History. Portal to Asian Internet Studies Committed to directing users to Asian area content in the humanities and social sciences, the Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR) is supported by an impressive complement of area studies scholars, bibliographers and subject selectors Asia-Studies Humanities Covers broad areas of arts and culture, history, language, literature, philosophy, and religion Historical Chinese Language Materials in British Columbia Database Covers the social history of British Columbia, Canada; Chinese-Canadians in BC. This resource provides over 11,000 records from 11 archives, museums and libraries that have been either exported or created from scratch and incorporated in the database For help finding articles, take a look at the online guide, How to Find Articles. Other Reference Tools: Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks Bibliographies Asia Source Links to scores of bibliographies from various universities and individuals An annotated bibliography for Chinese film studies Print. Asian Library -- Call no.: PN1993.5.C4 C442 2004 Encyclopedia of modern Asia Print. Koerner reference. DS4.L48 2002 Bibliography on East Asian religion and philosophy Print. Koerner Library -- BL51 .B74 2001 A85 Encyclopedias The Encyclopedia of Asian history Print. Koerner Library -- DS31 .E53 1988 The Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy Print. Koerner reference -- Call no.: B121 .E53 2001 Encyclopaedia of Asian civilizations Vol.1-11. Print. Koerner reference -- Call no.: DS4 .L68 Encyclopedia of Modern Asia [Available Online] The Asian Political Dictionary Print. Koerner reference -- Call no.: DS31 .Z57 1985 Geographical Areas of Study: Geographical Areas of Study China Japan Korea Southeast Asia South Asia Asian Canadian Studies Asian American Studies Online Resources: Online Resources Bodleian Oriental Manuscript Collections A digital image collection that "presents facsimiles of some of the Bodleian s most valuable and most fragile manuscripts from many cultures of the Near East and Asia," including Indian Mughal paintings, Japanese manuscripts, and Persian poetry. AsiaSource "An online resource developed by the Asia Society to (report on ) the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia." Major topic pages are Arts & Culture; Business & Economics; Policy & Government; and Social issues. Asian Studies WWW Monitor "Provides virtually daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. It is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific." OpenDOAR - Directory of Open Access Repositories Asia page providing direct links to the Institutional Repositories at universities in 20 Asian/Middle Eastern countries. Asia Now A joint venture of the editors of CNN, Time, and AsiaWeek. Asian news, analysis, and commentary. Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Asian Studies Virtual Library Search Engine Coombsweb Asian Studies Server The Australian National University Guide to the Asian Collections at the International Institute of Social History This guide presents a survey of collections at the IISH with a substantial Asian interest and aims todirect researchers toward historical material on Asia, both in ostensibly Asian collections and in many others Virtual Collection of Masterpieces This is a project of ASEMUS, a network of museums in Asia and Europe, to provide images & accompanying information for 1200+ Asian works of art. 62 museums from Asia and Europe have contributed to the collection. This is a useful search tool for people interested in art and cultural history. Online newspapers from the Internet Public Library UCLA Language Materials Project. "The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) is an on-line bibliographic database of teaching and learning materials for over 100 Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs)." These include Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Hindi, Mongolian, Malay, Nepalese, Tibetan, Urdu, Thai, Tagalog, and more. Full bibliographic information is provided for each material listed, as well as ordering information where possible. Each language has a portal page with key external websites, language maps, linguistic history, key dialect features etc. Associations and Organizations: Associations and Organizations American Oriental Society This is the "oldest learned society in the United States devoted to a particular field of scholarship." Its main interests are "basic research in the languages and literatures of Asia...including philology, literary criticism, textual criticism, paleography, epigraphy, linguistics, biography, archaeology,... philosophy, religion, folklore and art." Asia Research Institute Established at the University of Singapore, this group focuses on research and education on "the Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Law, Design and Environment, and...Public Policy." Provides links to its working papers, newsletter and annual reports via the publications tab . Asia Society "A nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution....working to promote understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United States. We seek to enhance dialogue, encourage creative expression, and generate new ideas across the fields of policy, business, education, arts, and culture." Asiatic Society of Japan Japan's oldest "learned society." Its mandate is to "serve a general audience of well-read non-specialists who share intellectual interests in "things Japanese." Summaries of the society's monthly lectures are available for 1994 - 2005, as well as its annual reports 1994 - 2004 and speakers' bios. Asiatica Association "A non-profit, non-governmental, cultural association, which has been established to promote and diffuse the study of the Asian cultures. It is open to all bona fide scholars whose interest is the knowledge of Asian countries and the encounter between Asian values, Human Rights values, and Western values." Association for Asian Studies "The association covers all aspects of Asian Studies, including literature; art; religion; philosophy; language; history; and cinema." As well as information on the association's annual meeting and regional conferences and publications, the site provides relevant external links and abstracts of hundreds of papers from annual meetings since 1995. Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) "A faculty-librarians' forum for the discussion of East Asian library issues of common concern." Also provides links to general research guides and guides to area studies for China, Korea & Japan. International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) "A postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its objective is to encourage the interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and promote national and international cooperation. The institute focuses on the human and social sciences and on their interaction with other sciences." Asia Policy Point "Asia Policy Point (APP) is a nonprofit , membership policy research center located in Washington, DC. In January 2006, APP changed its name from the Japan Information Access Project (JIAP) to Asia Policy Point to better reflect its research focus on the U.S. policy relationship with Northeast Asia." The site provides access to APP's newsletter and its Asian Resource Guide. **The site displays poorly in Internet Explorer.** UBC Departments: UBC Departments and Programs Department of Asian Studies Master of Arts, Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAPPS) Institute of Asian Research (IAR) Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program (CTSP) Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC) Liu Institute for Global Issues Centre for Asian Legal Studies

Lists & Newsgroups: Listservs, Blogs etc. H-Asia H-Asia is a "member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online. The primary purpose of H-ASIA is to enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. H-Asia is especially committed to discussing region wide, comparative and professional issues important to scholars of Asia." The Best of the Asian Studies WWW Monitor Blog belonging to Dr T. Matthew Ciolek, Australian National University. Dr. Ciolek uses this blog to "integrate data about the most informative and most useful online resources reported Jan 2004 - present in The Asian Studies WWW Monitor." Provides a rating for each website as well as a quick list of site contents & best features. Journals: Journals (You can search Print & Electronic Journal titles here.) ASEAN Economic Bulletin Asia Policy (formerly Japan Washington Watch) Asia Today Asia Money Asian Affairs Asian Affairs, an American Review Asian Business Asian Philosophy Asian Survey Asian Theatre Journal Contemporary Southeast Asia Europe-Asia Studies Far Eastern Economic Review Far Eastern Quarterly Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Journal of Asian American Studies Far Eastern Economic Review Journal of Asian Studies Journal of Chinese Overseas Journal of East Asian Affairs Journal of Northeast Asian Studies Pacific Affairs Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique BC Asian Review Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia & the Pacific Transforming Cultures eJournal "A peer-reviewed, open-access eJournal examining the social, cultural and ecological dimensions of change" from the University of Technology, Sydney. While not focused specifically on Asian studies, a considerable amount of the content covers issues related to the Asian diaspora in Australia, as well as various communities in the Asia-Pacific region. Theses and Dissertations: Finding Theses and Dissertations Asian Studies in Hawai`i: a guide to theses and dissertations Print. Koerner reference. Call no.: DS5 .C586 1997 On-line. Created by Central Asian Studies, Harvard University. Doctoral dissertations on Asia: an annotated bibliographical journal of current international research Print. Koerner reference. Call no.: ZDS1.D62 D58 Networked digital library of theses and dissertations ProQuest Digital Dissertations (formerly Dissertation Abstracts) Theses and dissertations on Southeast Asia : an international bibliography in social sciences, education, and fine arts Print. Koerner reference. Call no.: ZDS511 .S37 1970 Up to 1992 the library has paper copies of UBC theses, later theses, up to 2007 are on microfiche. The theses are entered in the catalogue. Most UBC theses from 1997 to 2007 may be found at Proquest Dissertations and Theses - Full Text ; and from fall 2007 onwards UBC theses & dissertations are available in cIRcle, UBC's Institutional Repository or in Theses Canada Portal, a database created and maintained by Library & Archives Canada. Statistical Resources: Statistics Sources Asian Development Outlook Print. Koerner Library -- Call No.: HC412.A8525 Asia-Pacific in Figures United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Statistics Division. Population and development indicators for Asia and the Pacific United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Statistics Division Statistical Agencies (International) A long list of statistical agencies by country compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau. Very good site to check statistics of individual countries. Statistical Resources on the Web Includes "Asia-Pacific Cooperation," "Asia Week," "Asian economic crisis," "Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)," etc. This site was created by the University of Michigan. World Bank: Country Data "From the Bank's central databases, more than 190 "Country at a Glance" tables are provided here in PDF, each containing two pages of major indicators of the country's recent socio-economic development." International Historical Statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993 Koerner Reference -- Call no. : HA4675 .M55 1998 Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries Publication of the Asian Development Bank. Koerner Library -- Call no. : HC411.A75 K49

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