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By Region East Asian History South Asian History Southeast Asian History

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Below are archives, libraries, and museums for Asian history. For additional resources, see History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums. To search for archival materials, use the resources at History: Databases and Indexes: Archival Resources.

• Asian History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• East Asian History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• South Asian History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Southeast Asian History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Asian History:

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

• Asian Art Museum

• The British Museum: Asia

• Libraries on the Web: Asia (Libweb)

• Repositories of Primary Sources: Asia and the Pacific (University of Idaho)

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Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

For additional listings, see History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes.

• Asian History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes
• East Asian History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes
• South Asian History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes
• Southeast Asian History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

Asian History:

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

• American Oriental Society

• Asia Society

• Association for Asian Studies

• International Institute for Asian Studies

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Background

Sometimes you may need some information to get more familiar with your topic. Additional resources are listed at History: Background.

• Asian History: Background
• East Asian History: Background
• South Asian History: Background
• Southeast Asian History: Background

Asian History:

Background

• Bowman, John S. Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, c2000.
  HUNT REF-1 DS33 .C63 2000

• Carr, Brian and and Indira Mahalingam, eds. Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. New York: Routledge, 1997.
  HUNT REF-1 B121 .C66 1997

• Ember, Melvin, Carol R. Ember, and Ian Skoggard, eds. Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. 2 vols. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2004.
  HUNT REF-1 JV6225 .E53 2004

• Embree, Ainslie Thomas, ed. The Encyclopedia of Asian History. 4 vols. New York: Scribner, 1988.
  HUNT REF-1 DS31 .E53 1987

• Higham, Charles. Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations. New York: Facts On File, c2004.
  HUNT REF-1 DS12 .H5 2004

• Leeming, David A. A Dictionary of Asian Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  HUNT REF-1 BL1005 .L46 2001

• Levinson, David and Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. 6 vols. New York: Scribner, 2002.
  HUNT REF-1 DS4 .L48 2002

• Louis-Frédéric. Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilizations. 11 vols. Paris: Jean-Michel Place, c1987.
  HUNT REF-1 DS4 .L68 1987

• Ng, Franklin, ed. The Asian American Encyclopedia. 6 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, c1995.
  HUNT REF-1 E184 .O6 A827 1995

• Preston, Ian, ed. A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia. London: Europa, 2001.
  HUNT REF-1 DS327.5 .P65 2001

• Shavit, David. The United States in Asia: a Historical Dictionary. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
  HUNT REF-1 DS33 .4.U6 S46 1990

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Biographical Resources

Below are biographical resources for Asian History. Some of the general resources listed at History: Biographical Resources may be useful, too.

• Asian History: Biographical Resources
• East Asian History: Biographical Resources
• South Asian History: Biographical Resources
• Southeast Asian History: Biographical Resources

Asian History:

Biographical Resources

• Kim, Hyung-chan, ed. Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 E184 .O6 D57 1999

• Zia, Helen and Susan B. Gall, eds. Notable Asian Americans. New York: Gale Research, c1995.
  HUNT REF-1 E184 .O6 N67 1995

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Databases and Indexes

Below are some databases and print indexes that you can use to find books and articles on topics dealing with Asian history. For a more complete listing of those relevant to History, see History: Databases and Indexes. If you need help in selecting or using a database or index for your research, please contact the Hunt Library reference desk.

• Southeast Asian History: Databases and Indexes

• America: History and Life (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1954-present (updated monthly).
  Citations and some abstracts to journal articles, dissertations, and book and media reviews on United States and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Covers all historical topics, including foreign policy, and a variety of disciplines including popular culture, gender studies, anthropology, literature and folklore, etc. Also has a non-US history counterpart Historical Abstracts. You can also search America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts simultaneously.

• Bibliography of Asian Studies.
  Online: 1971-present (updated trimonthly)
  Available: Bibliography of Asian Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Print: 1969-1991.
  HUNT REF-1/INDEX
  Citations to books, journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften, etc. All areas of Asian studies are covered, including literature, history, economics, philosophy & religion, anthropology, etc.

• Historical Abstracts (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1954-present (Updated monthly).
  Citations and some abstracts of journal articles, books, and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). It covers all historical topics, including foreign policy, and a variety of disciplines including religion, gender studies, anthropology, political science, etc. Also has a U. S. and and Canadian history counterpart, America: History and Life. You can also search America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts simultaneously.

• JSTOR (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Search the full text of 13 Asian Studies journals. Dates vary by title of journal. No current issues are included.

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Discussion Lists

For additional resources, see History: Discussion Lists.

• Asian History: Discussion Lists
• East Asian History: Discussion Lists
• South Asian History: Discussion Lists
• Southeast Asian History: Discussion Lists

Asian History:

Discussion Lists

• H-Asia

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Internet Guides

• Asian History: Internet Guides
• East Asian History: Internet Guides
• South Asian History: Internet Guides
• Southeast Asian History: Internet Guides

Asian History:

Internet Guides

• PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet Resources (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

• WWW Virtual Library:
  • Asian Studies

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Journals

Below are major journals in Asian history. Use Cameo and the Find e-journal list to search for other journal titles in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, or use the databases listed above to find journal articles on particular topics. For additional titles, see History: Journals.

• Asian History: Journals
• East Asian History: Journals
• South Asian History: Journals
• Southeast Asian History: Journals

Asian History:

Journals

• Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: v. 1-55, 1936-ca. 1995.
  Print: v. 1, 1936-present
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY

• Journal of Asian American Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: v. 1, 1998-present.

• Journal of Asian Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: v. 16-60, 1956-2001.
  Print: v.16, 1956-present.
  Continues:
  Far Eastern Quarterly (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: Vols. 1-15, 1941-1956.
  Far Eastern Quarterly
  Print: v.1-15, 1941-56.
  HUNT JOUR-3

• Modern Asian Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: v. 32, 1998-present.
  Modern Asian Studies (Carnegie Mellon Users only)
  Full text: v. 1, 1967-v. 32, 1998.

• Pacific Affairs (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: v. 1-68, 1928-ca. 1995/1996.
  Continues:
  News Bulletin (Institute of Pacific Relations) (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: May 1926-April 1928.

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Maps

For additional maps, see History: Maps

• Asian History: Maps
• East Asian History: Maps
• South Asian History: Maps
• Southeast Asian History: Maps

Asian History:

Maps

• Barnes, Ian and Robert Hudson. The History Atlas of Asia. New York: Macmillan, 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 G2201 .S1 B25 1998

• Historical Maps of Asia (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, General Libraries The University of Texas at Austin)

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Pictorial Resources

Below are some pictorial sources for specific areas of Asian History. Some of the general resources listed at History: Pictorial Resources may be useful, too.

• East Asian History: Pictorial Resources
• South Asian History: Pictorial Resources
• Southeast Asian History: Pictorial Resources

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Primary Sources

Below are some primary sources for Asian History. Some of the general resources listed at History: Primary Sources may be useful, too.

• Asian History: Primary Sources
• East Asian History: Primary Sources
• South Asian History: Primary Sources
• Southeast Asian History: Primary Sources

Asian History:

Primary Sources

• Odo, Franklin. The Columbia Documentary History of the Asian American Experience. New York: Columbia University Press, c2002.
  HUNT STACKS-2 E184 .O6 C63 2002

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Statistical Resources

Below are statistical resources for Asian History. Some of the general resources listed at History: Statistical Resources may be useful, too.

• Asian History: Statistical Resources
• East Asian History: Statistical Resources
• South Asian History: Statistical Resources
• Southeast Asian History: Statistical Resources

Asian History:

Statistical Resources

• Eccleston, Bernard, Michael Dawson, and Deborah McNamara, eds. The Asia-Pacific Profile. New York: Routledge, in association with The Open University, c1998.
  HUNT REF-1 E184 .O6 C63 2002

• Mitchell, Brian R. International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
  HUNT REF-1 HA4675 .M552 2003

• Gall, Susan B. and Timothy L. Gall, eds. Statistical Record of Asian Americans. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., c1993.
  HUNT REF-1 E184 .O6 S73 1993

• Nohlen, Dieter, Florian Grotz, and ChristofHartmann, eds. Elections in Asia and the Pacific: a Data Handbook. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  HUNT REF-1 JQ38 .E44 2001

• Statistical Information on Asia and on Asia-U.S. Affairs (UCLA Asia Institute)

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