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History : Asia: Home
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Asian history.
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See the following research guides for additional sources on Asia.
Starting Points: Books & eBooks
See the eBook FAQ for directions to limit your search to ebooks only.
- By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: cultural revolution china history
- By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "promise of the foreign".
- By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "dhavan purnima"
Starting Points: Journal Articles
The following research databases will help you identify articles on Asian history. Additional research databases are listed under Articles.
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Best database to articles written on modern world history (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe & Latin America from 1450 onward) - Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
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Index to publications in English dealing with East, Southeast & South Asia - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals & books in all disciplines
Starting Points - Primary Sources
This is a small sampling of primary sources dealing with Asia. Additional sources are listed under the various Primary Sources sections of this guide.
- Times of India, 1838-2008
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- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, 1954-1968
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- Yomidasu rekishikan / ヨミダス歴史館
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