Political Science — Asia and SE Asia

Asia-Studies Full-Text Online Asia economic conditions and economic development. (This database was formerly known as APEC Working Papers.)
Asian Studies: WWW Virtual Library
Baidu.com This is a leading Chinese search engine, equivalent to Google and Wikipedia (Baidu Baike) combined. Can be used as a guide to resources, which in turn can be used to validate the initial information.
Bibliography of Asian Studies Citations to articles from over 100 periodicals pertaining to East, South and Southeast Asia.
China Academic Journals Thousands of primarily Chinese but also English language articles, most from 1994 to the present, on various subjects including: art, drama, economics, finance, history (e.g., ancient Chinese, world by regions), ideology, Chinese language, law (civil, criminal, other), literature, military affairs, morality education, music, philosophy, physical culture, politics, religion, tourism, and transportation. Examples of sub-sections include: "Finance & Taxes" on finance theory, China and world finance, and accounting. Political topics in subsections such as "Political Organization in China" include party theory, the Communist movement, other parties, parties in other nations, labor, peasant, youth, women and other organizations.
China Census Data 1 - Zhongguo wu ci xian ji ren kou pu cha shu ju Historical county population census data with maps (GIS software) for 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, and 2000. In Chinese and English. To use, go to the Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department of the Library.
China Census Data 2 - 2000 China county population census data with county maps For the year 2000 (more detailed than the above). In Chinese and English. To use, go to the Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department of the Library.
China Core Newspapers Chinese language periodicals. From the year 2000+, access to over 125,000 new full-text articles per year primarily on "Politics/Military/Law" with other topics as well. These are predominately in Chinese, some English, some both.
China Data Online / Zhongguo Shu Ju Zai Xian Emphasis is on economic statistics, macroeconomic development, financial indicators of hundreds of industries, the population and economy at the provincial, county, and city levels, marketing surveys, statistical yearbooks, and more.
Chinamaxx Digital Libraries Approximately 2100 volumes of Chinese e-books covering a variety of subject areas. Includes search and browse options.
The Digital South Asia Library Based at the Center for Research Libraries, participants in the project include the Library of Congress, the Asia Society, the British Library, and the South Asia Microform Project. The digitized materials are assigned to eight primary sections, including Reference Sources such as full-text dictionaries, Images, Maps, and Statistics from the colonial period to the present.
East Asia WWW Virtual Library guide to numerous resources.
Economist Intelligence Unit database online
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, 6 volumes, 2002 .
Factiva-domestic & international news Provides access to over 6,000 US and foreign full-text news and business publications, e.g., Bangkok Post, Concord Times (Sierra Leone), Dunya (Turkey), O Estado de Sao Paulo, Jakarta Post, The Straits Times (Singapore), Die Welt (Germany), etc. Includes reports, stock quotes, and documents such as treaties of the EU. For search help, go to the Factiva Help Page.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974 - 1996 "Created by the U.S. intelligence community to benefit policy makers and analysts, FBIS Daily Reports offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Translated into English from more than 50 languages - from Arabic to Swahili - these comprehensive media reports from around the globe include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary."
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Compiled by the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science, this important resource provides information on publications from over 2600 journals and books in the fields of economics, sociology and political science.
ISI Emerging Markets Economic conditions in developing countries of Latin America, Asia and Europe. Includes industry and analyst reports, macroeconomic statistics and forecasts, legal and regulatory information, and opinion polls from the following emerging markets: Baltic States (including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic (including Slovakia), Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia (including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Turkey, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, China, India, South Korea and Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand).
Japan Knowledge A full-text interdisciplinary database which includes current news, and an archive of news and video recordings (1908-2005); dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; sound and music libraries; full-text books and chronologies; dictionaries of language, biography, scientific terms, etc.; encyclopedias (e.g., the 30 vol. Nihon daihyakka zensho (Nipponica)); and more.
JSTOR Provides electronic access to back issues of core scholarly journals including almost 30 in Political Science. To browse the list of archives, click here. Articles have been digitized, providing full-image access.
Latin America-Asia Review (Latinnews; The Latin Intelligence Service) In-depth monthly reports on intelligence from Asia, Latin American and Asian relations and affairs, comparative economics, etc.
Microform Collections of the NU Library This electronic guide provides information on historical resources in area studies including Latin America, East and South Asia, Europe, and America as well as sources on topics such as gender studies.
Microform and CD-ROM Collections of the U of C Guide to resources in political science and history in these formats at the University of Chicago (to which NU faculty and students have access via reciprocal privileges).
Nei ge da ku dang an Rare books in Chinese. Database provides "keyword (responsible official, title, matter, document number) searching and full text images of over 300,000 documents from the Qing dynasty Grand Secretariat archives held in Taiwan by the Institute of History and Philology."
Oxresearch - Oxford Analytica Research papers, source intelligence, and global strategic analysis on issues in current business, security studies, development, world politics, developing countries, and economic history. Bridges the time-gap between newspaper reporting of current events and the appearance of scholarly works.
PAIS International This is a core publication of social sciences literature from all over the world. It provides citations to articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations, as well as other materials published between 1937 and the present.
People's Daily: Ren min ri bao Contains all issues from 1946 through 2007. To access the current issues, go to China Core Newspapers . "... brings you the latest news dispatches of policy information and resolutions of the Chinese Government and major domestic news and international news releases from China."
South Asia Microform Project (SAMP)—CRL Affiliated with the Association for Asian Studies. A collection of unique and scarce research titles including primary resources from and about India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. CRL is located in Chicago. Materials are readily available through Interlibrary Loan and possibly through appointment.
Southeast Asia Cornell University Library site with multiple resources per country.
Southeast Asia WWW Virtual Library guide to resources per country.
Southeast Asia Microform Project (SEAM)--CRL Massive and rich holdings of unique research materials related to Southeast Asia Studies. See "Holdings List." Cataloged by country and material type -- monographs and manuscripts, serials, or newspapers. CRL is located in Chicago. Materials are readily available through Interlibrary Loan and possibly through appointment.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This is a key resource for the study of international relations. It covers more than 1500 serials journals in political science and it complementary fields. Coverage is international in scope.
Zhong yang yan jiu yuan Han ji dian zi wen xian [electronic resource] / Zhong yang yan jiu yuan ji suan zhong xin Scipta Sinica is "the largest full-text database for the study of pre-modern China. It has detailed original texts of nearly 300 multi-volume sets containing thousands of titles in first hand sources up to 220,000,000 Chinese characters.

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Lucy E. Lyons
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Northwestern University Library
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Last updated: 11/11/08