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Selected Databases for East Asian Studies

Academic Search Premier
Current; multidisciplinary full text database, designed for the academic community. Includes full text coverage for just under 4,700 journals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
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1975-present; source for information in all arts and humanities disciplines. Useful for retrieving recent articles that cite a known earlier article.
Asian Film Online
Asian Film Online is an online streaming video collection of nearly 600 narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts. With Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights. Its themes - such as modernity, globalization, national identity, female agency, inequalities in opportunity amid social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity - are central to any meaningful discussion of Asian culture.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
1949-present; the ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Links are provided to 100,000 full text articles in ATLASerials, from more than fifty journals selected by religion scholars in the United States. Full text resources from the Religion and Philosophy Collection are also linked within this database.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
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1971-present; this online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains more than 610,000 records of materials in all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia.
Brown Theses and Dissertations
The Brown University Theses and Dissertations database includes over 15,000 records for dissertations written and submitted in fulfillment of Brown University degree requirements from 1893 to 2000. Included are undergraduate honors theses, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations. Records include the author's name, thesis title, degree awarded, year, granting department, and when available, thesis advisor. [This resource is publicly available.]
China Academic Journals (CAJ)
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1994-present; CAJ is one of several major databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). It includes full text, full image articles (many in English) for subject areas in the humanities and social sciences such as literature, history, philosophy, economics, politics, law, and education.
China Data Online
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1952-present; collection of statistical materials including: Monthly Statistics, National Statistics, Provincial Statistics, Monthly Industrial Data, Yearly Industrial Data, Statistics with Map & Charts, and Statistical Yearbooks.
China: Culture and Society
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c.1750-1929; 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 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. The pamphlets have all been digitised in colour and are full text searchable. Many are illustrated and feature lavish cover art.
China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980
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1793-1980; China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980 is based on substantial collections of unique manuscript materials held at the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the British Library in London, supplemented by additional sources from Cambridge University Library, the Church Missionary Society Archive, the Council for World Missions Library, Duke University, the National Archives at Kew, the Alexander Turnbull Library at the National Library of New Zealand and Yale Divinity Library. In addition includes a range of rare printed materials including missionary periodicals, atlases and books which help to contextualize the other sources.
Chinese Periodical Full-Text Database (1911-1949)
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The Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911-1949), created by the Shanghai Library, is the largest full text database of periodicals published during the Republican Period. It includes more than 20,000 titles, such as Cosmic Wind, The Young Companion, and Shun Pao Monthly. It allows full text searching and downloading of scanned PDF files from the print periodicals.

Chosŏn ilbo (Seoul, Korea) 朝鲜日報
from 1920 to present in 조선일보 아카이브 (Chosun Ilbo Archive)
Chosŏn ilbo (Seoul, Korea) 朝鲜日報
from 05/18/1998 to present in Access World News Research Collection

CiNii Articles
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Dates of coverage vary; CiNii Articles incorporates 13 Japanese databases, allowing users to search articles published in Japanese academic journals as well as articles included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database. As of September 2014, it includes over 3.65 million full-text articles for subject areas in humanities and social sciences as well as pure sciences, engineering, medicine, and agriculture.

For off-campus access, you must register:
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DBpia
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Cross-disciplinary Korean database that indexes over 3,000 journals.
Dissertations of China
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1986-present; this database holds fulltext or abstracts and other descriptive information of Masters, Doctoral, and Post-doctoral dissertations from key Chinese research institutions. Covers all disciplines.
Duxiu Knowledge Search Database
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1980-present; comprehensive, interdisciplinary Chinese knowledge system containing 2.15 million full text Chinese e-books, 3.1 million bibliographical records, journal articles, multi-media products, reports, archives, etc., altogether with 900+ million pages of resources all searchable and downloadable (with a restriction for the copyright protection). Updates daily.
This database DOES NOT work with EZProxy. Please download the SSL-VPN client to your computer from software.brown.edu to access this resource from off-campus.

Google Book Search
Includes digitized collections from participating libraries. The "About the book" section provides useful bibliographic and other information. When a book is out of copyright, it can be viewed or downloaded it in its entirety; other books are viewable in preview or small snippets only. [This resource is publicly available.]

Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. Google Scholar includes much of Brown's library materials as well. Look for the "FindIt@Brown" button.

Gujin Tushu Jicheng 古今圖書集成
The Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (Gujin Tushu Jicheng) consists of 64 books. It was kept in the royal court and not available to common scholars and common people. In 1934, the China Bookstore published its photostatic edition. The Collection includes all the most important classics of ancient China through the Qing Dynasty. Subjects found in the database include: astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, literature, politics, economy, art, education, agriculture, medicine and others. It is the most comprehensive, most important classified books collection of China and the biggest compendium of its type in the world.

JapanKnowledge: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Databases
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Current; JapanKnowledge is one of the largest collections of reference sources about Japan. The database provides access to a wide range of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other resources, including: Encyclopedia Nipponica; Nihon kokugo daijiten, an unabridged dictionary of the Japanese language; Kokushi daijiten, an encyclopedia of Japanese history; Nihon jinmei daijiten, a biographical dictionary of Japan; and full-text books in the Toyo bunko series as well as Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshu, a complete collection of Japanese classical literature.
This database DOES NOT work with EZProxy. Please download the SSL-VPN client to your computer from software.brown.edu to access this resource from off-campus.
JSTOR
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Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.

If you are experiencing printing problems from JSTOR while using a Macintosh computer, please download the most recent version of Adobe Reader. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
If you need assistance, please contact the CIS Help Desk or eresources@brown.edu.
Kikuzo II Bijuaru for Libraries: Asahi Shinbun Kiji Detabesu
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1879-present; Kikuzo II bijuaru for libraries: Asahi Shinbun kiji Detabesu provides access to over 13 million Japanese newspaper articles published by Asahi Shinbun. Full text searching is available post-1985. The database also includes: articles from two weekly magazines, AERA and Shakkan Asahi; Chiezo, a contemporary dictionary; the Who's Who Database; and the Historical Photo Archive, which contains approximately 10 thousand photographic records mostly taken in Asia during the World War II period.

This database DOES NOT work with EZProxy. Please download the SSL-VPN client to your computer from software.brown.edu to access this resource from off-campus.
KISS (Korean Studies Information Services System)
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?1913-present; full text database of Korean scholarly journal articles, university publications and research papers published by over 1,200 research institutions in Korea. The DB includes 800,000+ full text articles and covers most subject areas published since 1945. Please click on the link for the KISS User Guide.
KRpia
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Full-text collection of Korean classical books (133 titles in 10 subjects). Includes primary sources, oral sources, classical texts, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and general reference works in fields such as Korean history, literature, civilization, medicine, architecture, and natural history
KSI Ebook
2001-present; KSI Ebook contains over 4000 Korean ebooks, including academic monographs, dissertations and theses, covering a wide range of subjects in the arts and humanities (literature, philosophy, history), social sciences (economics, law, welfare), natural and medical science. For assistance in searching, try the KSI Ebook Guide.
Maruzen Ebook Library
Maruzen eBook Library provides access to Japanese ebook titles. Click the link above to see the list of titles, including Nihongo tadoku bukkusu (Japanese Graded Readers), that are currently available for Brown users. Our subscription allows for only one OR three concurrent users per title. Please log out by clicking "Etsuran shuryo" when finished to allow the next user to access the content.
Nikkei Telecom 21
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1876-present; full text search through The Nikkei or Nihon Keizai Shimbun (1981-present) and three other Nikkei newspapers (1988-present); historical archive of Nikkei newspapers (1876-1974) in PDF format as well as headline search through The Nikkei (1975-1981). Nikkei Company Profile with the latest data on more than 22,000 Japanese firms, Nikkei WHOs WHO, and Nikkei English News are also available.

People's Daily (人民日报) full text icon
From 1946 to present.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
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1637-present; ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. PQDT Global includes more than 2.5 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 (with a few older) to the present day together with over one million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350 word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150 word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT Global provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text also offers researchers unlimited access to digital copies from their own institutions as well as affordable copies from others.
ProQuest Ebook Central
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Ebook Central is an ebook platform that integrates the strengths of ebrary and EBL, plus adds new functionality. At the core of Ebook Central is an exhaustive selection of authoritative, scholarly content 790,000 titles and 1,350 imprints from more than 650 publishers on one platform. An average of 100,000 newly published titles will be added each year.

Reader's Guide Retrospective
1890-1982; contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. See Readers Guide Abstracts for 1982 to present.

Religion and Philosophy Collection
1975-present; Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. This database offers over 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.
Scripta Sinica
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The project for the Scripta Sinica database began in 1984. The aim of this project was to digitize all documents essential to research in traditional Sinology. In addition, a full text database was established for academic research. Scripta Sinica is the largest Chinese full text database to encompass such an enormous breadth of historical materials. The Scripta Sinica database contains almost all of the important Chinese classics, especially those related to Chinese histor

Shen Bao (申報)
From 1872 to 1949
Siku Quanshu 四庫全書: Get installation instructions
Containing 3492 individual works and divided into four categories, the Siku Quanshu represents a massive heritage of Chinese thought and culture. Please note: Siku Quanshu only works with Internet Explorer and Windows XP. Off-campus access is through the VPN client only.
Siku Quanshu 四庫全書: Download the client software.
Containing 3492 individual works and divided into four categories, the Siku Quanshu represents a massive heritage of Chinese thought and culture. Please note: Siku Quanshu only works with Internet Explorer and Windows XP. Off-campus access is through the VPN client only.

Social Sciences Citation Index
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1900-present; source for information in all major social sciences disciplines. Useful for retrieving recent articles which cite a known earlier article.
SocINDEX with Full Text
1895-present; SocINDEX with Full Text is a comprehensive sociology research database. This product contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, SocINDEX with Full Text provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 1,390 "selective" coverage journals. Includes extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources. Searchable cited references are also provided. SocINDEX with Full Text offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.

South China morning post
1900-present; source for information in all major social sciences disciplines. Useful for retrieving recent articles which cite a known earlier article.

Ta Kung Pao (Da Gong Bao)
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1902-1949; Ta Kung Pao (Da Gong Bao) is a full text database based on Ta Kung Pao, a highly influential newspaper in modern China. This newspaper was first published on June 17, 1902, in the French Concession in Tianjin. Throughout its history, this newspaper has editions in different cities, including Tianjin, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongqing, Hong Kong and Guilin. In its prime, throughout its history, it was published in four different places in China at the same time, ranking the top in China with a circulation of 200,000 copies. In 1941, the newspaper obtained the honor of best foreign newspaper of the year awarded by Missouri School of Journalism of the U.S., which was the first and only time a Chinese newspaper was to ever win such an honor. Despite very little lost information due to some missing original copies, this database has included all pages and contents, including all pages of the Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hankou, Hong Kong and Guilin editions, and even advertisement pages can be searched through the briefing function. Currently, the database includes at least 2 million pieces of news and 200,000 high-resolution images. This database boasts a wide range of functions, including full text searching, cross-newspaper searching, and advanced searching.

NOTE: 01/07/1997 to Present in
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Web of Knowledge
Coverage years vary; Web of Knowledge is a portal to a group of databases to which the Library subscribes. At the Web of Knowledge site, you will find links to Biological Abstracts, Journal Citation Reports, and Web of Science, which includes the Social Science Citation Index, the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and the Science Citation Index Expanded. Also included is a link to Medline, through the Web of Knowledge interface. For help getting started see Web of Knowledge Tutorials.

WorldCat
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Books, journals, sound recordings, videos and manuscripts collected and catalogued by your library and libraries around the world. WorldCat does not include individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters.
Yomidas Rekishikan
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1874-present; Yomidas Rekishikan provides access to over 10 million Japanese newspaper articles published by Yomiuri Shinbun. Contents are in scanned image format from 1874 to 1989; full text from 1986 to present. Searchable by keyword, subject category, and issue. The database also includes articles from the English edition, The Japan News (from 1989 to present) as well as biographical information (Gendai jinmeiroku) on 26,000 contemporary persons who are linked to related news articles
Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Zasshi Shusei Detabesu
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1868-present; indexes academic and general journal articles published in Japanese, including minor periodicals published in local prefectures and cities as well as those published in the neighboring countries during the colonial times. Covers humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It combines content from periodicals indexed by the National Diet Library in Japan.
This database DOES NOT work with EZProxy. Please download the SSL-VPN client to your computer from software.brown.edu to access this resource from off-campus.

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Google Tips and Tricks: Google's guide to using their search engine effectively. Includes boolean searching, wild cards, and more.
Wikipedia Responsibly: Student Wikipedia Use Policy from the University of California Santa Barbara. Describes Wikipedia's strengths and weaknesses. Discusses version history for citations.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources: A helpful guide from the University of California Santa Cruz, University Library.
Peer Review: An excellent overview of the process of peer review, its benefits, and its shortcomings. Written by the Linux Information Project.

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WorldCat Explained: About page for WorldCat, the premier federated library catalog.
Brown's NEW Library Search Tool: About page for the new unified search tool. Learn how to query JOSIAH and subscription databases at the same time.
Google Scholar: Google Scholar uses the Google search engine to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar results now include links to Brown University Library resources. These links will appear automatically if you search from an on-campus computer or use the link above; otherwise, off-campus you must go to "Scholar Preferences" and search for "Brown". For further information see Google Scholar FAQ.