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China Academic Journals This link opens in a new window
The China Academic Journals database is the largest continuously updated Chinese journal database in the world. Tulane has access to the journals in Literature/History/Philosophy and Politics/Military Affairs/Law from 1994 to the present.

Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
Contains records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History This link opens in a new window
The Oxford Research Encyclopedia (ORE) of Asian History offer synopses of key historical topics and themes throughout the Asian continent, including the Middle East. Each encyclopedia article includes overview information, a discussion of the scholarly literature, a list of key primary sources, links to digital resources, and suggestions for further reading.

The following databases are indexes of scholarly journal literature in several arts and humanities disciplines. Use one or more of these to get a specific discipline's perspective on your Asian studies topic. For example, try MLA Bibliography for studies about Vietnamese literature.

Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. It is designed to complement the following indexes: ABM, Avery, BHA, BHI, DAAI, Index Islamicus, MLA, Philosopher's Index and RILM.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new window
A full-text collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Coverage begins in 1949.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and RILA This link opens in a new window
European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007 covering late antiquity to the present.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text content of interest to humanities scholars with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Includes popular and academic film journals
Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Addresses all facets of literary study, including biographical, bibliographical, critical, and contextual information on authors and their works. LRC includes access to the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Twayne's Authors Series, and Scribner Writers Series.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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The leading international index of journals, books, dissertations, and more on literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics, as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides extensive coverage, including over 300 full-text journals, of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries This link opens in a new window
A collection of sound files of the world's musical and aural traditions, based on the collection of Folkways Records.
World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Online This link opens in a new window
Short biographies on millions of people with coverage from the 8th century BC to the present.

The following databases are indexes of scholarly journal literature in several social science disciplines. Use one or more of these to get a specific discipline's perspective on your Asian studies topic. For example, try EconLit for economic research about China.

Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
A compilation of the Anthropological Index Online and Anthropological Literature databases, this resource is an extensive index of bibliographic materials covering the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts economic periodical literature. Citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969 covering topics including accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Scholarship on the history of the world (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Includes world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts to the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Areas of public concern and potential legislation, including health conditions and policy; human rights; international relations; labor conditions and policy; law and ethics and more. Includes articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, and web content. 1914 - present.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Cited references are included for many journal articles.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. Updated monthly.

Center for Research Libraries

Center for Research Libraries
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries. Founded in 1949, CRL supports original research and inspired teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences by preserving and making available to scholars a wealth of rare and uncommon primary source materials from all world regions.

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Ci Hai This link opens in a new window
Widely recognized as an authoritative and professionally compiled standard dictionary of the Chinese language.
China: Culture and Society This link opens in a new window
The core of China: Culture and Society is the pamphlets held in the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia housed in the Carl A. Kroch Library of Cornell University. Mostly in English and published between c. 1750 and 1929, and amounting to around 1,200 items in 220 bound volumes, these rare pamphlets form part of one of the deepest and most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world and constitute a rich resource for scholars and teachers in numerous disciplines. The pamphlets have all been digitized in color and are full-text searchable. Many are illustrated and feature lavish cover art.
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980 This link opens in a new window
This digital collection provides English-language sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980, which can be accessed online and used in the classroom or in course packs.
China, America and the Pacific This link opens in a new window
China, America and the Pacific explores the cultural and trading relationships that emerged between America, China and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Manuscripts, rare printed sources, visual images, objects and maps from international libraries and archives document this fascinating history.
China Academic Journals This link opens in a new window
The China Academic Journals database is the largest continuously updated Chinese journal database in the world. Tulane has access to the journals in Literature/History/Philosophy and Politics/Military Affairs/Law from 1994 to the present.
China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database This link opens in a new window
China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database is the online publishing platform for achievements of the CNKI project. Tulane University subscribes to Literature/History/Philosophy (collection F) & Politics/Military Affairs/Law (collection G) for the journals with access from 1994 on-wards only.
Chinese Cultural Revolution Database This link opens in a new window
The first and the largest online database for study of the Cultural Revolution in China from The Chinese University Press.