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Bibliography of Asian Studies Online 1971 - Present The Bibliography of Asian Studies lists journal articles about Asia in Western language journals and books. Citations to books were discontinued in 1992. Covers all subjects, particularly in the hu... Access Database Bibliography of Asian Studies Online

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Bibliography of Asian Studies Online 1971 - Present The Bibliography of Asian Studies lists journal articles about Asia in Western language journals and books. Citations to books were discontinued in 1992. Covers all subjects, particularly in the hu... Access Database Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
Border and Migration Studies Online 19th - 21st centuries This collection of primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera relate to significant border areas and events from the 19th to 21st centuries. It offers researchers historical context an... Access Database Border and Migration Studies Online
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries. It supports advanced research and teaching in the humanities, scie... Access Database Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism 1995 - present This dictionary is a compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. (Updates ongoing based on user contributions) Access Database Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
East India Company - Module I: Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947 1595 - 1947 From 16th-century origins as a trading venture to the East Indies, through to its rise as the world’s most powerful company and de facto ruler of India, to its demise amid allegations of greed and ... Access Database East India Company - Module I: Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947
Ethnologue: Languages of the World The Ethnologue is an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 7,111 known living languages. The Ethnologue is intended to be used as a catalog that provides summary data of identif... Access Database Ethnologue: Languages of the World
India, Raj and Empire 1615-1947 In 1615, Britain signed a treaty with the Mughals to permit the East India Company to establish ‘factories’ or trading posts in cities such as Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Over the next ... Access Database India, Raj and Empire
WorldCat via FirstSearch Before 1000 BC to the present WorldCat is a catalog of millions of books, serials, audiovisual media, maps, archives, manuscripts, scores, computer files, and web sites owned by OCLC member libraries around the world, including... Access Database WorldCat via FirstSearch
WorldCat via WorldCat.org Before 1000 BC to the present WorldCat is a catalog of millions of books, serials, audiovisual media, maps, archives, manuscripts, scores, computer files, and web sites owned by OCLC member libraries around the world, including... Access Database WorldCat via WorldCat.org

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American Proxy Wars: Korea and Vietnam: Global Perspectives, 1946-1975 1946 - 1975 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books covering the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts. This collection of primary so... Access Database American Proxy Wars: Korea and Vietnam: Global Perspectives, 1946-1975
Bhopal : law, accidents, and disasters in India The Bhopal Digital Archive collects thousands of court documents, newspaper clippings, secondary sources, videos, and more, all focused on the Bhopal chemical disaster that occurred in December 198... Access Database Bhopal : law, accidents, and disasters in India
Church Missionary Society Periodicals 1804 to 2009 This online portal makes available periodicals from the Church Missionary Society Archive, a collection relevant to missiology, world Christianity, and global history. Against the backdrop of colon... Access Database Church Missionary Society Periodicals
Empire Online 1492 to 1969 Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provides exploration of colonial history, politics, culture, and society. Key features include: tens o... Access Database Empire Online
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941 - 1996 Electronic version of the FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Daily Reports. In February 1941, the Roosevelt administration authorized the creation of the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Serv... Access Database Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... Access Database Historical Abstracts
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... Access Database JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The 1450 - 1914 This wide-ranging collection looks at history through the lens of wealth and trade with a focus on economics, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, and special collections on banking, ... Access Database Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The
Medieval Travel Writing 13th to 16th centuries Extensive collection medieval manuscripts from archives and libraries around the world, dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries, with a focus on accounts of journeys to the Holy Land, India and ... Access Database Medieval Travel Writing
South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922) 1864 - 1922 South Asian Newspapers from the World Newspaper Archive provides more than 400,000 fully searchable pages of newspapers published in South Asia dating from the 19th century. South Asian Newspapers ... Access Database South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922)
U.K. Parliamentary Papers 1688 - 2003/04 session Papers issued by the United Kingdom House of Commons including Bills and Acts, Command Papers, House of Commons Papers, Hansard (the official report of debates in Parliament) and supplementary mate... Access Database U.K. Parliamentary Papers

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International Newsstream 1980 - present International Newsstream provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-... Access Database International Newsstream

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Bhopal : law, accidents, and disasters in India The Bhopal Digital Archive collects thousands of court documents, newspaper clippings, secondary sources, videos, and more, all focused on the Bhopal chemical disaster that occurred in December 198... Access Database Bhopal : law, accidents, and disasters in India
British Library's Oriental and India Office Collections holdings of 19th-century Indian publications 1800's This resource is a catalog of the nineteenth-century publications found in the Oriental and India Office Collections (OIOC) of the British Library. The collections of the India Office Library and R... Access Database British Library's Oriental and India Office Collections holdings of 19th-century Indian publications
Digital South Asia Library The 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-y... Access Database Digital South Asia Library
Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Studies Periodicals Dates vary The Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Studies Periodicals identifies and lists periodical titles with South Asian Studies content. It also identifies if a particular title has been indexed and i... Access Database Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Studies Periodicals
Indiastat.com 1990 - present Indiastat.com provides socio-economic statistical data primarily from Indian government sources in electronic formats (both HTML and Excel files). Data includes statistics on demographics, health, ... Access Database Indiastat.com
Official Publications of India Official Publications of India. Government documents related to pre- and post-Independence South Asia. The Official Publications were most often defined by enumeration of holdings at the British Li... Access Database Official Publications of India
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Times of India (1838-2008) 1838 - 2008 This version of The Times of India includes full-text and full-image articles since its beginning year. Digital reproductions of every page and every article from every issue are available in downl... Access Database ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Times of India (1838-2008)
SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet Current Access Database SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet
South Asia Archive 18th to mid-20th centuries The South Asia Archive is an extensive resource for students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences. The historical documents within the Archive are truly interdisciplinary, reflect... Access Database South Asia Archive
South Asia Periodical Index The South Asian Periodicals Index provides bibliographic citations to the extensive periodical literature published in and about South Asia. An ever growing resource, the South Asian Periodicals In... Access Database South Asia Periodical Index
South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922) 1864 - 1922 South Asian Newspapers from the World Newspaper Archive provides more than 400,000 fully searchable pages of newspapers published in South Asia dating from the 19th century. South Asian Newspapers ... Access Database South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922)

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American Proxy Wars: Korea and Vietnam: Global Perspectives, 1946-1975 1946 - 1975 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books covering the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts. This collection of primary so... Access Database American Proxy Wars: Korea and Vietnam: Global Perspectives, 1946-1975
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Current ASEAN is currently a 10-member association. (Continually updated) Access Database Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Hmong Cultural Center 1996 - present Web site of the Hmong Cultural Center located in Saint Paul, Minn. whose mission is to promote the personal development of children, youth, and adults through Hmong cultural education while providi... Access Database Hmong Cultural Center
MekongInfo Current MekongInfo is an interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management (NRM) in the Lower Mekong Basin. (Continually updated) Access Database MekongInfo
Newsbreak (Philippines) 2000 - Present, (Archives back to 2000, more articles starting from 2001) Newsbreak is a leading English language news source for the Philippines, particularly featuring investigative reporting. (Updated frequently) Access Database Newsbreak (Philippines)
SEAsite: Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures Current Interactive Learning Resources for Southeast Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (Continually updated) Access Database SEAsite: Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures
Southeast Asia Digital Library A collaborative project, including books, indexes, manuscripts, photographs, and videos, for example. (Updates ongoing) Access Database Southeast Asia Digital Library
Southeast Asia Theses and Dissertations, University of California at Berkeley 1906 - A comprehensive bibliography of all theses completed at the University of California, Berkeley related to Southeast Asia covering the years from 1906-to present. Access Database Southeast Asia Theses and Dissertations, University of California at Berkeley
Southeast Asia Visions : A Collection of Historic Travel Narratives Collection of European travel accounts of pre-modern Southeast Asia from Cornell University Library's John M. Echols Collection. The site provides online access to more than 350 books and journal a... Access Database Southeast Asia Visions : A Collection of Historic Travel Narratives
SouthEast Asian images & Texts project (SEAiT) Dates Vary SouthEast Asian images & Texts brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and ... Access Database SouthEast Asian images & Texts project (SEAiT)

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Filmakers Library Online 1970s to 2011 (approximately) Interdisciplinary resource of over 1,000 issue-based documentaries and independent films from the U.S. and other countries. Topics include: race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and ... Access Database Filmakers Library Online
Human Rights Studies Online 20th - 21st centuries This collection of primary and secondary source materials offers access to comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide, fr... Access Database Human Rights Studies Online
Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) 1957 - 1995 The Joint Publications Research Service was a U.S. government organization established in 1957 to supply government agencies with translations of unclassified foreign documents consisting of the fo... Access Database Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS)

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