Subject guides: Archaeology: Asian Archaeology

Key Databases

BAS : Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971 - present) via Ebsco
References to scholarly research published in mainly western languages, on all parts of Asia, and on the overseas Asian communities elsewhere in the world. BAS aims to cover the humanities, social sciences, archaeology, architecture and art.
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Dyabola : Subject Catalogues of the German Archaeological Institute
Includes the Eurasienbibliographie des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts with references for the achaeology of Russia and central Asia. Access to the databases in bold type only. Click on one of the language flags next to the database name to enter.
Dyabola can be a challenging database.
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CAJ : China Academic Journal Full-text Database via CNKI
Chinese interface
English interface
Full-text access to Journal articles published in China in all subject areas.

Please note: CNKI will be temporarily suspending access to some databases from April 1, 2023: The China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text Database (CDFD) and China Masters’ Theses Full-text Database (CMFD) will be unavailable during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Tip: Search words must be in simplified Chinese. Some articles have English abstracts. Full-text can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader with simplified Chinese font, or CAJ Viewer which is free to download from the site. Not all fulltext articles are in pdf format.

General Archaeology
Have a look at the other databases listed for General Archaeology.

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