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History: Asian History

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General History

Make sure you try the other databases listed under Global History too!

Other databases

Encyclopedias

Cambridge History of China
Part of the Cambridge Histories Online. Click on Browse then choose Regional Histories. Also check out the histories for Philosophy and Religious Studies.

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The Encyclopaedia Sinica
Published in 1917, it has become established as an essential tool for scholars wishing to understand how the new China was seen and interpreted at the time.

Key Databases for Asian History

BAS : Bibliography of Asian Studies
References to articles, books and reviews, published internationally from 1971 to the present. It is especially relevant for the humanities and social sciences.

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Terms & conditions
Asia-Studies Full-text Online
Full-text reports covering business, government, economic, and social issues.
CAJ : China Academic Journal Full-text Database
Articles from journals published in China, some have English text. Chinese search interface

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Print reference works

Brill's encyclopedia of China
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD) by Rafe De Crespigny
Leiden : Brill ; Biggleswade : Extenza Turpin [distributor], 2007.
A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, former Han and Xin periods, 221 BC - AD 24 by Michael Loewe
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

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