Subject guides: History: Asian History

Other databases

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

Cambridge Histories Online via Cambridge Core
Especially useful essays written by experts that point to primary sources of the period. Look for the Cambridge History of China, the Cambridge History of Communism, the Cambridge History of Inner Asia, the Cambridge History of Japan, the Cambridge History of Southeast Asia and the New Cambridge History of India
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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.

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. Especially relevant for the humanities and social sciences.
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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.