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Asian Studies

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	Bibliographies Bibliography of Asian studies (BAS) Coverage: 1971- Provides citations on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide since 1971 in western-language periodical articles, individually authored monographs (through 1991 only), chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, Festschriften, etc. Updated regularly. ... [] Dictionaries Digital South Asia Library "provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. This project builds upon a two-year pilot project funded by the Association of Research Libraries' Global Resources Program with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."--About DSAL. ... [] Kenkyusha Online Dictionary A comprehensive database which allows a cross-search among 18 Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Kenkyusha and Sanseido. Subjects covered are common Japanese and English words and phrases, spelling, medicine, physics, business, computer/Internet, etc. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users. ... [] Government information Digital National Security Archive Declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Archive http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ an independent non-governmental research institute and library at George Washington University. The Digital National Security Archive provides enhanced access to a selected portion of the NSA collection. ... [] Guides and finding aids Digital South Asia Library "provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. This project builds upon a two-year pilot project funded by the Association of Research Libraries' Global Resources Program with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."--About DSAL. ... [] Handbooks and manuals Digital South Asia Library "provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. This project builds upon a two-year pilot project funded by the Association of Research Libraries' Global Resources Program with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."--About DSAL. ... [] News sources Ethnic newsWatch Coverage: 1959- Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic, minority and native press in the U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports Coverage: 1951-1996, as of May 2011 "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."--Product description. ... [] For 1996- use World news connection Naver News Library "Provides a Korean digital newspaper archive for articles published between 1920 and 1999 from four major Korean newspapers: Dong-A Ilbo, Kyunghyang Shinmun, Maeil Business Newspaper and Hankyoreh. " ... [] Shen bao Shen Bao 申報 (1872-1949), known in English as Shanghai News, was one of the first modern Chinese newspapers. The Shen Bao Digital Archive includes a complete run of this newspaper--256,000 issues. It is full-text searchable, and contains scanned images of original newspaper pages. ... [] South Asian newspapers Searchable collection of a select group of South Asian newspapers (published between 1864 and 1922) featuring English-, Gujarati- and Bengali-language papers published in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ... [] World news connection Coverage: 1996- Offers translated and English language news and information compiled from non-United States media sources. Coverage includes political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events. Contains information derived from full-text and summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Usage info: Licensed for one simultaneous user. ... [] For 1941-1996 use Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports Yomidas Rekishikan Includes the full text of the Yomiuri Shinbun, from its initial publication in 1874 to date, as well as full text of the Daily Yomiuri, its English language equivalent, and a biographical dictionary of modern Japanese figures. Articles are searchable by keywords in Japanese and English. The database is divided into three sections--Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras; Heisei Era (September 1986 to present); The Daily Yomiuri (English publication). An additional section--The Contemporary Who's Who is available in Japanese only. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users which is shared between 5 institutions. ... []