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There are excellent reference tools to point you to books, journals,articles, and non-print sources. These have been compiled by experts in the field. Some of these publications cover broad areas while others are for a narrow subject or field. After you consult these guides, you can then search the JHU Libraries Catalog to see if MSEL has the title or the article you need. If the Library does not have a particular book, you can use Interlibrary Services to obtain it from another library. You canalso search the WorldCat or RLIN database to see what other librariesmay have a specific title.
Listed below are selected titles organized broadly under Humanities and under Social Sciences. Search the JHU Libraries Catalog for additional guides, handbooks, and bibliographies. For research tools on the Internet, link to Gateways to Internet Sources.
History Guides: China | Japan | Korea | Southeast Asia | South Asia
Language and Literature Guides: Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Other Asian Languages
Religion and Philosophy Guides
Visual and Performing Arts and Archeology Guides
Politics and Political Economy Guides
Society and Culture Guides
Handbooks, Maps and Law
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| Chinese History: A Manual. (best single source for in-depth research;well organized;includes electronic products)
MSEL Gen Ref: DS735.W695 2000 (also 1998 edition in MSEL Stacks) | State and Economy in Republican China: a Handbook for Scholars (2 v.). (comprehensive guide to archival materials:identifying and locating business and economic history documents; reading documents, with glossaries; selected documents)
MSEL Gen Ref: HC427.8.S73 2000 QUARTO | Introduction to Research in Chinese Source Materials.
MSEL Gen Ref: Z3105.C642000 QUARTO | Chinese Archives: an Introductory Guide.
MSEL Stacks: CD2031.Y41996 | Records of Han Administration (2 v.).
MSEL Stacks: DS748.L71967(Q) | Chung-kuo Li Shih Ta Shih Nien Piao.
MSEL Stacks: DS733.S4811983 | Government of China Under Mongolian Rule: a Reference Guide.
MSEL Stacks: DS752.F37 1990 | Ming-Qing Conflict, 1619-1683: a Historiography and Source Guide.
MSEL Stacks: DS753.2.S77 1998 | Ch'ing Documents, An Introductory Syllabus (2 v.), 3d ed.
MSEL Stacks: DS761.F3 1965 | Huang Ming Ch'ing Shih Wen Pien (30 v.).
MSEL Stacks: DS753.5.H821 | Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History.
MSEL Stacks: DS755.S6352000 | State and Economy in Republican China: A Handbook for Scholars (2 v.).
MSEL Stacks: HC427.8.S73 2000 QUARTO | Cultural Revolution: a Bibliography,1966-1996.
MSEL Gen Ref: Z3108.A5S86 1998 QUARTO |
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| Japanese History and Culture from Ancient to Modern Times: Seven Basic Bibliographies.
MSEL Stacks: DS802.D69 1986 | A Student Guide to Japanese Sources in the Humanities.
MSEL Stacks: Z3301.M32 1994 | Japanese Studies from Pre-history to 1990: a bibliographical guide.
MSEL Stacks: DS806.Z99 J36 1992 | Japan: a Documentary History.
MSEL Stacks: DS835.J37 1997 | Japanese History: a Guide to Survey Histories (Part I: by Period, Part II: Literature).
MSEL Stacks: Z3306.F83 1984 QUARTO | Japanese Military History: A Guide to the Literature.
MSEL Stacks: DS802.D65 1984 | Japanese Thought in the Tokugawa Era: A Bibliography of Western-language Materials.
MSEL Stacks: [on order, Nov. 2001] | Meiji Ishin Shi Kenkyu Koza (7 v.).
MSEL Stacks: DS882.R43 | Gendaishi Shiryo Sakuin [Index to Modern History Sources].
MSEL Stacks: DS885.S34 1980 | Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History.
MSEL Stacks: DS881.9.A751999 |
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| Sources of Korean Tradition (2 v.).
MSEL Stacks: DS904.S691997 | Sourcebook of Korean Civilization (2 v.).
MSEL Stacks:DS904.S6811993 | 19-segi Chungguk eso Pon Han'guk Charyo [Data on Korea from 19th century China Sources].
MSEL Stacks: DS902.17.P34 1999 |
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| Malaysian Studies: Archaeology, Historiography, Geography, and Bibliography.
MSEL Gen Ref: DS592.M34811985 | Bibliography of Bali: Publications from 1920-1990.
MSEL Stacks: DS 647 .B2 Z997 1992 |
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| History and Historians in Ancient India.
MSEL Stacks: DS451.G3211984 | Guide to Indian Manuscripts:Materials from Europe and North America.
MSEL Stacks: DS407.Z9 R54 1993 | Dictionary of Modern Indian History,1707-1949.
MSEL Gen Ref: D433.M4311985 |
Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. MSEL Stacks: PX1171.T37 1995 (all aspects of written language, including teaching of language in those countries)
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| Chinese Linguistics: A Selected and Classified Bibliography. (organized by archaic, ancient,medieval Chinese; ancient Mandarin; modern Chinese; writing; extensive citations in Asian
and western languages)
MSEL Stacks: PX1070.Z9 286 1974 | Chinese Drama [Chung-kuo Hsi Chu]: An Annotated Bibliography.
MSEL Stacks: PX2357.Z99 L671 1991 | Guide to Chinese Poetry and Drama.
Libraries Service Center: Z3108.L5B34 1973 | Research Guide to English Translations of Chinese Verse.
Libraries Service Center: PX2659.E3Z987 1977 | Reader's Guide to China's Literary Gazette [Wei I Pao], 1949-1966.
MSEL Stacks: PL2303.W468 1991 Index |
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| Bibliography of Japanese Dialects.
MSEL Stacks: DS802.M62 no. 2 | Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature.
MSEL Stacks: PL717.R51999 | Japanese Literature of the Showa Period: a Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials.
MSEL Stacks: DS802.M62 no. 8 | Nihon Bungakushi Jiten, Kin-gendai hen [Dictionary of History of Japanese Literature, Modern Period].
MSEL Stacks: PL726.55.N4741987 (organized by early and later period, by genre;author and title indexes) | | Tanizaki in Western Languages: A Bibliography of Translations and Studies. | Guide to Japanese Drama.
MSEL Stacks: PX703.5.76 1973 | A Student Guide to Japanese Sources in the Humanities.
MSEL Stacks: Z3301.M32 1994 |
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| Korean Alphabet: Its History and Structure.
MSEL Stacks: PL918.K671997 | An Introduction to Classical Korean Literature.
MSEL Stacks: PL956.K48 1996 | Guide to Korean Literature.
MSEL Stacks: PX956.Z591983 | Ch`unhyang Yesulsa Charyo Ch`ongso [Complete Collection of Material son Ch'unhyang].
MSEL Stacks: PL989.C5 S64 1998 | Han'guk Munhak Yon'gu Sajon [Korean Literature Research Dictionary]. (covers 20th
century literary figures)
MSEL Stacks: PL957.7.Y53 1990 |
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| Bibliography and Index of mainland Southeast Asian Linguistics and Literature. (list of works by author;index by language with subject categories)
MSEL Stacks: PX3501.Z9 H84 1986 | Philippine Studies: Political Science, Economics, and Linguistics.
Libraries Service Center: JA88.P6 P481 1981 |
Guide to Buddhist Religion.
MSEL Gen Ref: BQ4022.Z997 1981 QUARTO | Guide to Buddhist Philosophy.
MSEL Gen Ref: BQ4022.Z9945 1985 | Shinto--Bibliography in Western Languages.
MSEL Stacks: BL2220.Z99S38 1986 | Guide to Chinese Religion.
SAIS: Z7757.C6 Y81985 | Chinese Religion: Publications in Western Languages [English, French, German] (Three Volumes)
MSEL Stacks: BL1802.Z997 1985 (publications through 1980)
MSEL Stacks: BL1802.Z9972 1993 (publications 1981 to 1990)
MSEL Stacks: Z7757.C6 T558 1998 (publications 1991 to 1995) | Daoism Handbook.
MSEL Stacks: BL1925.D36 2000 |
Peking Opera Painted Faces: With Notes on 200 Operas.
MSEL Stacks: ML1751.C4 M461 1992 | Japanese Theatre: from Shamanistic Ritural to Contemporary Pluralism.
MSEL Stacks: P4921.O78 1995 | Kabuki Guide.
MSEL Stacks: P4924.5.K3 G785 1987 | Javanese Wayang Kulit: an Introduction.
MSEL Stacks:P3979.S5V35 1980 | COWA Surveys and Bibliographies. Area 17: Far East (No. 1-4). (covers East Asia, Inner Asia)
Libraries Service Center: PZ5132.C6 F3 | Studies in Chinese Archaeology and Art (2 v.). (collection of previously published articles)
MSEL Stacks: DS715.W381997 | Korea: Art and Archaeology.
MSEL Stacks: DS904.P672000b | Malaysian Studies: Archaeology, Historiography, Geography, and Bibliography.
MSEL Gen Ref: DS592.M34811985 | Monumental Bali: Introduction to Balinese Archaeology and Guide.
MSEL Stacks: DS647.B2 B451 1991 |
Research Guide to Central Party and Government Meetings in China, 1949-1986.
MSEL Stacks: DJQ1519.A5 L4741 1989 | Central Documents and Politburo Politics in China.
MSEL Stacks: DS701.M6 no.33 | Cultural Revolution: A Bibliography, 1966-1996.
MSEL Gen Ref: Z3108.A5S86 1998 QUARTO | Directory of Officials and Organizations in China.
MSEL Gen Ref: JQ1507.L3611994 | Economic Development in Taiwan: A Selected Bibliography. (somewhat outdated; English sources only)
MSEL Stacks: HC430.5.Z99 E34 1984 | Government and Politics [A Documentary History of Hong Kong].
MSEL Stacks: JQ675.A1 G68 1995 | Ch'ing Documents, An Introductory Syllabus (2 v.), 3d ed.
MSEL Stacks: DS761.F3 1965 | Reference Guide for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Politics, Economics and Business.
MSEL Stacks: DS889.Z99 D66x 1988 (QUARTO) | Japanese Studies from Pre-history to 1990: A Bibliographical Guide.
MSEL Stacks: DS806.Z99 J36 1992 | Japan's Foreign Policy, 1868-1941; A Research Guide. (critical essays; bibliography of foreign policy standard works and periodicals, English and Japanese (given in romanjiand in characters))
MSEL Stacks: DS881.9.M63 1974 | U.S./Japan Foreign Trade: an Annotated Bibliography. (presents Japan's perspective; contains English sources)
MSEL Stacks: DS802.N45 1988 | Japanese Military History: A Guide to the Literature.
MSEL Stacks: DS802.D65 1984 | Philippine Studies: Political Science, Economics, and Linguistics.
Libraries Service Center: JA88.P6 P481 1981 | American Papers: Secret and Confidential India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Documents, 1965-1973.
MSEL Stacks: DS480.84.A69 1999 |
Guide to Women's Studies in China.
MSEL Stacks: HQ1181.C6G85 1998 | Hong Kong: a Social Sciences Bibliography.
MSEL Stacks:DHC497.H6Z94 1974 | Red Flag Waves; a Guide to the Hung-ch'i P'iao-P'iao Collection.
MSEL Stacks: HX387.R5 1968 | Japanese Sociology and Social Anthropology: a Guide.
MSEL Stacks: DS802.M62 no. 10 | Documents from Changjwa-ri.
MSEL Stacks: PHN730.5.C53E381 1980 | Philippine Studies: History, Sociology, Mass Media, and Bibliography.
SAIS: DS667.28.P485 |
Country Studies/Area Handbooks. (Series compiled for over 100 countries; covers history, social,
economic, political,national security systems). Searchable full text in http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs(Search
MSEL for printed editions). | Ta Ch'ing I T'ung Chih (60 v.). (excellent source of historical maps; compiled in the 1800s)
Libraries Service Center: DS705.T18 1902 | Japan: a Bilingual Atlas [Nihon nikakokugo atorasu].
MSEL Go'vt Pubs: G2355.J31 1991 | Japan: European Printed Maps to 1800.
MSEL Stacks: G57.M3 no.36 | Yongnamdae pangmulgwan sojang Han'guk ui yet chido [Historical Maps of Korea] (2 v.).
MSEL Gov't Pub-Atlas Collection: G2330.Y661998x | Basic Japanese Laws.
MSEL Gov't Pubs: KNX479.A28 1997 | Japanese Legal Periodicals: A Checklist.
MSEL Gov't Pubs Microfilm: LC42.9: J 27 |
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