Library Guides: HIST 174: East Asia to 1800: Finding Resources

Reference Materials: Almanacs, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window
More than 1,000 reference sources.
A collection of over 2000 reference resources.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Facts, figures, definitions, and more.
Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

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Articles from Historical Databases

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) 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."
The on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archive of important scholarly journals and books, covering many disciplines but primarily in the humanities & social sciences. Note: The full text of articles is not searched in LionSearch, so use JSTOR itself to obtain its full text articles.
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that provides a trusted archive of important scholarly journals and a selection of scholarly books. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. While indexing for JSTOR articles is covered in LionSearch, the full text of the articles is not searched in LionSearch. Search JSTOR itself to ensure detailed coverage of full texts.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Libraries and publishers in collaboration providing 100% full text articles in the humanities, art, & social sciences by way of Project Muse.
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers. MUSE began in 1993 as a pioneering joint project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at JHU. Grants from the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed MUSE to go live with JHU Press journals in 1995. Journals from other publishers were first incorporated in 2000, with additional university press and scholarly society publishers joining in each subsequent year.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
"...subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics....international coverage is represented by literature from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, and while the majority of records are from English-language publications, at least sixty other languages are represented..." Includes many links to full text.
The MLA International Bibliography contains more than 1.7 million records for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.

LionSearch

LionSearch is Penn State's all purpose search engine. But it doesn't capture everything.

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Articles from News Databases

PressReader [full page reproduction] This link opens in a new window
World events, news, and translations into ten major foreign languages.
PressReader provides a global perspective on the World's events and news and is the most convenient and complete way to read all your favorite newspapers on one site. Users will gain access to newspapers from within the library, from home and around the world on the day they are published. Researchers will find convenient searching, a traditional 2-page newspaper view, table of contents, article jumps (linking article sections) and easy to read text views. PressDisplay can also provide translations into ten major foreign languages.
Nexis Uni - News Sources This link opens in a new window
Create your account before searching for news from around the world.
This link allows you to limit your search to Nexis Uni’s news collection, without the law and business collections mixed in. If you want to search the entire Nexis Uni collection (including law and business), select the “Nexis Uni” link instead.

Articles from Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
"comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database"
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
ProQuest (Multiple Databases) This link opens in a new window
"comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database"
Searches multiple ProQuest products, indexing 5,000+ magazines, journals, and newspapers. Keywords: news, New York Times, current events, contemporary issues, hot topics, English 15, CAS 100.