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Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
References western-language articles and book chapters published since 1971 pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources in multiple disciplines.

Academic Search Complete
This multidisciplinary database offers more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and over 13,200 publications including books, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

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Google Scholar
Find additional journal articles and other scholarly sources in Google Scholar.

ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Citations to journal articles, book reviews, and essays in all fields of religion along with full-text access to over 340 religion and theology journals.
Business Source Elite This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and full text coverage to over 1,000 of business, management, accounting, finance, and economics journals. More than 10,000 company profiles are included from Datamonitor.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. It provides indexing to more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations covering literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts as well as historical aspects of printing and publishing.
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
An extensive full-text collection and index to political science literature including online full-text for 500+ academic journals in political science and related fields. It also provides coverage to topics such as law and legislation, comparative politics, political theory, international relations, humanitarian issues and non-governmental organizations. The focus is worldwide, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.

The Journal of Asian Studies
The Journal of Asian Studies is "the most authoritative and prestigious publication in the field of Asian Studies."
International Journal of Asian Studies
"The International Journal of Asian Studies (IJAS) is an interdisciplinary, English-language forum for research in the humanities and social sciences. Its purpose is to foster multi-directional communication in the global Asian studies community. IJAS examines Asia as a region, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond the borders of individual countries." --Taken from the journal's webpage at Cambridge University Press
Critical Asian Studies
Critical Asian Studies "Aims to develop a humane & knowledgeable understanding of Asian societies & their efforts to maintain cultural integrity & to confront problems, & also, to create alternatives to the prevailing trends in scholarship on Asia."
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
The Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies acts as a multidisciplinary forum for "original research and in-depth reviews of books about China, Japan, Korea, and Inner Asia."
South Asian Studies
South Asian Studies "covers South Asian politics, economy, security, culture and literature."
Asian Theatre Journal
"Asian Theatre Journal is dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing on both traditional and modern theatrical forms."
Ars Orientalis
"Ars Orientalis is a peer-reviewed annual volume of scholarly articles and book reviews on the art and archaeology of Asia, including the ancient Near East and the Islamic world."
Artibus Asiae
"Artibus Asiae is a semi-annual publication of original scholarly articles, research notes, and book reviews devoted to the history of art and archaeology of Asia."
Archives of Asian Art
The Archives of Asian Art publishes "new scholarship on the art and architecture of South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia" that discusses "premodern and contemporary visual arts, archaeology, architecture, and the history of collecting."
AsianArt.com
AsianArt.com is an "on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia."
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC) Resource Center
The MCLC Resource Center, as Ohio State University's digital component of the MCLC journal, "publishes online articles[,] ... book reviews ... and sponsors the MCLC LIST" as well as "bibliographies of mostly English-language materials on modern and contemporary Chinese literature, film/media, visual arts, music, education, and culture."
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
"The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is a peer-reviewed on-line publication" that " explores the geopolitics, economics, history, society, culture, international relations and environment of the modern and contemporary Asia-Pacific region."
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