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Asia Globe

Political Science 190.320
Politics of East Asia

Fall 2006
Faculty:  Dr. Erin Chung
Librarian:  Yuan Yuan Zeng

This guide lists reference tools, primary source collections, and web sites that will be of use to students in Political Science 190.320, Politics of East Asia.  Please contact Yuan Zeng with questions or comments about this guide.  Students are welcome to schedule an appointment with Yuan for additional assistance with research for this class or for assistance with any of the resources referenced on this guide.

Background Information on Asian Countries

Books about Politics of East Asia

News Sources on East Asia

Articles about Politics in East Asia

Other Resources

Selected Web Sites

Citing Sources


Find Background Information on Asian Countries

General

Full-text, annual profiles and quarterly reports on most countries or regions of the world, from the
Economist Intelligence Unit, concisely outline the current and historical, economic, social and political
situation within each country. Forecasts, of 18-24 months, complement the analysis within Reports.
Statistical tables, containing five-year ranges of data on issues such as manufacturing, fiscal policy and
unemployment, supplement the text. The 132 profiles average 50-60 pages in length and are arranged
regionally and alphabetically by country. Keyword searches and HTML formatting enable one to jump to
desired data within a profile instantaneously.

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. (6 vols.)
MSEL Gen Ref DS4 .L48 2002 Quarto

Encyclopedia of Asian History 
MSEL Gen Ref DS31.E531 1988 Quarto                                                                                                                                                                                  

Covers over 250 countries. Includes basic information about the constitution, government, legislature,
political organizations, diplomatic representation, religion, the media, finance, trade, industry, transport
and tourism for each country. Provides economic and demographic statistics and surveys of recent history
that are particularly useful.

A compilation of useful reference sources for political science and international relations.  Includes:  The
China Handbook
, Dictionary of Modern Politics of Japan, Dictionary of the Politics of the People's
Republic of China
, the Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, and many more titles related to politics
and international relations.
China

Political Leaders of Modern China:  A Biographical Dictionary.
MSEL Gen Ref DS755.3 P64 2002

Cambridge Encyclopedia of China                                                                                                                                                                                   MSEL Gen Ref DS705. C351 1991

Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History                                                                                                                                                               MSEL Stacks DS755.S635 2000

New Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China                                                                                                                                                  MSEL Gov. Ref DS706. M24 2001

Modern China:  An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism
MSEL Gen Ref JC311 .M54 1998

Japan

Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History.
MSEL Stacks DS881 .9 .A75 1999

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan                                                                                                                                                                            MSEL Gen Ref DS805. C361 1993 Quarto
Japan Encyclopedia.
MSEL Gen Ref DS821 .F73 2002
Modern Japan:  An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism.
MSEL Gen Ref DS805 .M63 1998
Korea

Conflict in Korea:  An Encyclopedia.
MSEL Stacks DS916 .H62 1999

Korea: a historical and cultural dictionary
MSEL Stacks DS 902.P72 1999
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Find Books about Politics of East Asia

JHU Libraries Catalog

To search for books by a specific author, use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search
box to
Author.  For example:

Author -- Spence, Jonathan

To browse available books on East Asian politics, use the Alphabetical Search option and set the
search box to
Subjects -- Library of Congress.  Here are some examples:

Subjects -- Library of Congress -- China--Politics and government
Subjects -- Library of Congress --
Japan--Constitutional Law

Subjects -- Library of Congress --
Korea(South)--Foreign Relations
Subjects -- Library of Congress -- East Asia--Politics and government

East Asia Studies Monograph Series at JHU

The following is a selected list of monograph (i.e. book) series on politics of East Asia at JHU library:

Harvard East Asian Monographs
Harvard East Asian Series
Durham East Asia Series
Cornell East Asia Series
China Research Monographs
Cambridge Modern China Series
Academic Monograph on Chinese Politics
Studies on Modern China
Comparative Asian Studies
Korean Research Monograph
Japan Research Series

Each monograph series contains several to hundreds of individual books that pertain to the series title.
To search for monograph series, use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Series
Titles
. For example:

Series Titles--Politics in Asia Series
Series Titles--Studies of the East Asian Institute
Series Titles--Studies on Modern China
Series Titles--Japan Research Monograph

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News Sources on East Asia
The following databases provide customized search across multiple newspapers, based on country, geographic
region, topic, timeframe, etc.
The following is a selected list of online newspapers:
Asahi Shimbun
Inside China Today
The Japan Times
The Korea Times
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Find Articles about Politics in East Asia in Journals and Magazines
The following databases provide search across multiple journals and magazines:
The following is a selected list of individual journals:
Journal of Asian Studies
Journal of Northeast Asia Studies
East Asia
Journal of Chinese Political Science
Modern China
Journal of Japanese Studies
Japan Forum
Country profile, Japan
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Other Resources
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Selected Web Sites
AsiaSource: A Resource of the Asia Society.  Asia Society.

East and Southeast Asia:  An Annotated Directory of Internet Sources.  Robert Y. Eng, Professor of
History/Department Chair, University of Redlands

National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).

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

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How to Cite Sources?
Chicago Manual of Style
How to Cite Electronic Sources
Refworks
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