Davidson College Library    Research Guide for ENG 292

Chinese Literature in Translation Fall 2003 Dr. Holland

What follows is a selective list of library resources for your class. Depending on your topic, you may find other resources useful as well. For additional resources and tools, consult the "Indexes & Databases" pages for Literature and ask a librarian for help. Reference Works Books Journal Articles

Reference Works 25 Tang Poets: Index to English Translations. Comp. Sydney S.K. Fung and S.T. Lai. Hong Kong: Chinese Univ. Press, 1984. Reference R 895.1 F981t A Bibliography of Studies and Translations of Modern Chinese Literature, 1918-1942. Donald A. Gibbs and Yun-Chen Li. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1975. Reference R 016.8951 G442b Chinese Filmography: the 2444 Feature Films Produced by Studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995. Donald J. Marion. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997. Reference R 016.791 M341c Dictionary of Art. Ed. Jane Turner. 24 vols. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996. Reference R 703 D554 Dictionary of Chinese Mythology. E.T.C. Werner. New York: Julian Press, 1961. Reference R 299.51 W492d 1961 Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas. Ed. Philip P. Wiener. 5 vols. New York: Scribner, 1973-1974. Reference R 901.9 D554 Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. Dorothy Perkins. New York: Facts on File, 1999. Reference R 951 P448e Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. Yingjin Zhang. New York: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 791.43 Z63e Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English. Ed. Olive Classes. 2 vols. Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. Reference R 809 E56 Guide to Chinese Poetry and Drama. Richard John Lynn. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1984. Reference R 016.895 L946g Guide to Chinese Prose. Jordan D. Paper. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1973. Reference R 016.8951 P214g Great Literature of the Eastern World. Ed. Ian P. McGreal. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Reference R 895 G786 History of Chinese Literature: A Selected Bibliography. Tien-Yi Li. 2nd ed. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1970. Reference R 016.8951 L693h The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature. Ed. William H. Nienhauser, Jr. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press, 1986. Reference R 895.109 I39 Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward Craig. 10 vols. New York: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 103 R869 Locating Books and Other Materials in the Library Library Catalogue Types of publications included: books, videos, government documents, sound recordings, and information about the journals, magazines, and newspapers to which the Library subscribes. Subject Headings: Start with a keyword search, then look for appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings. Examples include: Art, Chinese Painting, Chinese Sculpture, Chinese Chinese Literature Chinese Fiction Chinese Poetry To locate works about an author or other person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). Note: Chinese names can be difficult to search because of differences in transliteration. If you don't find a name in the catalogue, please ask a reference librarian for help. Try to identify relevant call number ranges as you search the Library Catalogue. For example, 709.51 (Chinese art) 951 (Chinese history) 895.1 - 895.1108 (Chinese Literature) Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT Phrase Searching: use single quotation marks around the phrase ''. Truncation symbol: $ Wildcard: ? (stands for one character) Locating Journal Articles Interdisciplinary Databases InfoTrac OneFile Types of publications indexed: popular and scholarly articles; also includes citations to book reviews and articles in several national newspaper. Publication dates of articles indexed: 1980 to the present. Subjects covered: interdisciplinary; broad subject coverage. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks " " Truncation symbol: * Wildcard: ! (stands for one character) Academic Search Elite Types of publications indexed: popular and scholarly articles; also includes citations to book reviews and articles in several national newspapers. Publication dates of articles indexed: 1984 to the present. Subjects covered: interdisciplinary; broad subject coverage. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks " " Truncation symbol: * Wildcard: ? (stands for one character) PCI: Periodical Contents Index Types of publications indexed: journal and magazine articles; also includes book reviews. Publication dates of articles and books indexed: circa 1770 to 1995. Subjects covered: All humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT Phrase searching: automatic Truncation symbol: * Databases for Literature MLA International Bibliography Types of publications indexed: journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations. Publication dates of articles: 1963 to present. To locate articles from earlier time periods, consult the MLA International Bibliography, 1925-1962 (Reference R 016.4 M16m). Subjects covered: English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT Phrase Searching: automatic Truncation symbol: * Wildcard: ? (represents one character or no characters) Humanities Abstracts Types of publications indexed: journal articles; also includes book reviews. Publication dates of articles and books indexed: 1983 to the present. To locate citations to articles from earlier years, consult Humanities Index, 1974-1983 (Reference Index Area, R 050 H918) and Social Sciences & Humanities Index, 1966-1974 (Reference Index Area, R 050 S67). Subjects covered: All humanities subjects, including classical studies, art, archeology, literature, philosophy, and religion. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT, ADJ Phrase searching: automatic Truncation symbol: * Wildcard: ? (represents one character or no characters) Essay & General Literature Index Types of publications indexed: chapters, essays, and articles in collections published in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Publication dates of articles and books indexed: 1985 to the present. To locate citations to essays from earlier years, consult Essay and General Literature Index, 1900–1984 (Reference Index Area R 050 E78). Subjects covered: Humanities and social sciences focus. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT, ADJ Phrase searching: automatic Truncation symbol: * Wildcard: ? (represents one character or no characters) Electronic Journal Collections JSTOR Types of publications included: pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Journals include China Quarterly (1960-1997), Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (1979-1999), and the Journal of Asian Studies (1956-1999). Publication dates of articles: varies by journal title. Does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Subjects covered: The humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR Phrase searching: automatic Truncation symbol: + Project Muse Types of publications included: pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Publication dates of articles: Mid-1990s to the present. Subjects covered: Humanities and social sciences. Search Syntax: Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT Phrase searching: insert phrase in double quotation marks " " Truncation symbol: *

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