Davidson College Library Research Guide for History 383

Topics in East Asian History Modern China Professor Dennis Fall 2005 Reference Works Primary Sources General Search Tools Periodicals Other Examples Secondary Sources Books Articles RefWorks Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works China. Comp. Charles W. Hayford. New ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. Reference R 016.951 H418c China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary. Ed. Michael Dillon. Richmond, UK: Curzon, 1998. Reference R 951 C5392 China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works about China Past and Present. Harriet T. Zurndorfer. New York: E.J. Brill, 1995. Reference R 016.951 Z96c China During the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976: a Selected Bibliography of English Language Works. Comp. Tony H. Chang. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. Reference R 016.951 C4561c Chinese Filmography: the 2444 Feature Films Produced by Studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995. Donald Marion. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997. Reference R 016.791 M341c Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. Ed. John S. Bowman. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000. Reference R 950 C726 Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. R. Keith Schoppa. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000. Reference R 951.05 S373c Dictionary of the Modern Politics of South-East Asia. Michael Leifer. New York: Routledge, 1995. Reference R 320.959 L527di Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China. Ed. Colin Mackerras. London: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 951 D554 Encyclopedia of Asian History. Ed. Ainslie T. Embree. 4 vols. New York: Scribner, 1988. Reference R 950 E56 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 and Whiwei Xiao. London: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 791.43 Z63e Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Ed. David Levinson and Karen Christensen. 6 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2002. Reference R 950 L665e A Glossary of Political Terms of the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong: Chinese Univ. Press, 1995. Reference R 951 L693c-T An Historical Atlas of China. Albert Herrmann. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1966. Reference R 912.5 H552h Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976. Ed. Edwin Pakwah Leung. New York: Greenwood, 1992. Reference R 951 H673 Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Guo Jian et al. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2006. Reference R 951.05 G977 Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. Lawrence Sullivan. 2nd ed. Langham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Reference R 951.05 S949h Historical Dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China). John F. Cooper. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2000. Reference R 951.24 C777h Modern China: A Guide to a Century of Change. Graham Hutchings. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 951.05 H973m Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Ed. Wang Ke-wen. New York: Garland, 1998. Reference R 951 M689 A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War: Books in English, 1939-1974. A.G.S. Enser. London: Deutsch, 1977. Reference 016.94 E59s A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War: Books in English, 1975-1983. A.G.S. Enser. London: Gower, 1985. Reference R 016.94 E59s 1985 Twentieth Century China: An Annotated Bibliography of Reference Works in Chinese, Japanese, and Western Languages. James Cole. 2 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004. Reference R 951 T971 Primary Sources General Search Tools | Periodicals | Other Examples General Search Tools Library Catalogue To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words: sources correspondence diaries personal narratives. For more details, see below. WorldCat To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words: sources correspondence diaries personal narratives. Note: Rare and archival materials cannot be borrowed on interlibrary loan. You can sometimes locate microfilm or microfiche copies of these documents in WorldCat; try doing an advanced search, enter your keywords or subject terms, and then apply a "subtype limit," choosing "Microform" as the format. For more details, see below. Periodicals Chinese-Language Periodicals | English-Language Periodicals Chinese-Language Periodicals Hongqi (Beijing) (1958-1971) Also known as Hung ch'i or "Red Flag." English-Language Periodicals Published in Asia Asian Culture, 1845-1949: The Periodical Perspective [microfilm collection] Note: each title is catalogued separately; look for individual titles in the regular alphabetical sequence of titles in the microfilm cabinets. Bangkok Calendar (Bangkok) 1858 - 1873 The Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Journal (Colombo, Sri Lanka) 1845 - 1850 The China Quarterly (Shanghai) 1935 - 1938: Reel 1 1938 - 1941: Reel 2 China Review (Hong Kong) July 1872 - June 1877: Reel 1 July 1877 - June 1882: Reel 2 July 1882 - June 1887: Reel 3 July 1887 - 1893: Reel 4 1894 - 1901: Reel 5 Chinese Social and Political Science Review (Peking) 1916 - 1920: Reel 1 1921-3 - 1924: Reel 2 Supp 1923 - 1926: Reel 3 1927 - 1931-1932: Reel 4 1932-1933 - 1936-1937: Reel 5 1937-1938 & Index - 1940-1941: Reel 6 The Far-Eastern Review (Manila; Shanghai) 1904 - 1907: Reel 1 1907 - 1910: Reel 2 1910 - 1913: Reel 3 1913 - 1916: Reel 4 1916 - 1919: Reel 5 1920 - 1922: Reel 6 1923 - 1924: Reel 7 1925 - 1926: Reel 8 1927 - 1928: Reel 9 1929 - 1930: Reel 10 1931 - 1932: Reel 11 1933 - 1935: Reel 12 1935 - 1938: Reel 13 1939 - 1941: Reel 14 The North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Journal (Shanghai) 1858 - 1860: Reel 10A 1864 - 1875: Reel 1 1876 - 1882: Reel 2 1882 - 1897-1898: Reel 5 1883 - 1886: Reel 3 1887 - 1891-1892: Reel 4 1899 - 1912: Reel 6 1913 - 1922: Reel 7 1923 - 1928: Reel 8 1929 - 1938: Reel 9 1939 - 1948: Reel 10 Transactions of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong) 1847 - 1859 The Chinese Recorder (Shanghai) 1867-1941 Microfilm cabinet C-10 See also The Chinese Recorder Index: A Guide to Christian Missions in Asia, 1867-1941, compiled by Kathleen Lodwick (2 vols.; Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1986), shelved in Reference at call number R 266 L824c. Published in the West Asian Culture, 1845-1949: The Periodical Perspective {microfilm collection] Amerasia (New York, NY) Mar. 1937 - Feb. 1940: Reel 1 Mar. 1940 - Feb. 1943: Reel 2 Mar. 1943 - July 1947: Reel 3 China Magazine (China at War) (New York) April 1938 - Dec. 1940: Reel 1 Jan. 1941 - June 1943: Reel 2 July 1943 - Dec. 1945: Reel 3 May 1946 - Feb. 1949: Reel 4 Melanges Asiatiques (St. Petersburg) 1849 - 1859: Reel 1 1860 - 1868: Reel 2 1869 - 1876: Reel 3 1876 - 1894: Reel 4 The Christian Science Monitor (1954 to present) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-11 Index (1954-1992): Reference Index Area R 070 C555 The [London] Times Available on microfilm (1788 to present) Index (1788 to present): Reference Index Area R 070 T58 Note: Davidson has a complete run of the Times on microfilm. New York Times Available online (1851-2001): Historical Newspapers: The New York Times Available on microfilm (1851 to present) Index (1851 to present): Reference Index Area R 071 N53 Personal Name Index: Reference Index Area 071 N53p The Wall St. Journal (1961 to present) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-42 Index (1961-2003): Reference Index Area R 071 W187 The Washington Post (1877 to present) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinets C-43 through C-47 See also: PCI: Periodical Contents Index (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Readers' Guide Abstracts (1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Other Examples British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office ... Part III, from 1940 through 1945: Series E, Asia. Ed. Paul Preston and Michael Partridge. 8 vols. Bethesda, MD: Univ. Publications of America, 1997. Folio (Oversize) F 327.42 B8622 pt. 3 Ser. E Foreign Relations of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., 1861- . Government Information Stacks S1.1 (Some volumes are online) Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-1949. Ed. Stuart R. Schram. 10 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1992- . Little Library Stacks 951.04 M296s-T Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1846-1912: China [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-19 Guide: Reference R 016.266 M6782 The files are arranged geographically and then by name; most contain incoming correspondence from missionaries in the field. Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1911: China [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-29 Guide: Reference R 016.266 P928 Includes incoming correspondence and records from missionaries as well as outgoing correspondence from the headquarters of the Board of Foreign Missions. Shanghai Municipal Police Files (1894-1945) [microfilm] Microfilm cabinet C-24 Guide: Reference R 016.951 S528 Contains many records from the archives of the British-run municipal police force in the International Settlement in Shanghai; the police force collected intelligence on political demonstrations, strikes, social unrest, and subversive activities (both foreign and domestic). Secondary Sources Books | Articles Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography. Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Articles Core Resources for Chinese History | Other Databases Core Resources for Chinese History Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) Online (1971 to present) Indexes articles, essays in edited collections, conference proceedings, and other materials on all subjects related to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Also lists books published between 1971 and 1992. International in scope; most citations are to works written in Western languages. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Historical Abstracts (1450 to present [historical time period covered]; 1954 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles, review of scholarly books, and doctoral dissertations on world history, excluding the history of the U.S. and Canada. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Time period searches: search by decade or century only. To search for a decade, use the format xxxxD (example: 1940D). To search for a range of decades, use the format xxxxD xxxxD or the format xxxxD OR xxxxD. Note: For more than five decades, search by century (see below). To search for a century, use the format xxxxH (example: 1900H). To search for a range of centuries, use the format xxxxH xxxxH. Other Databases Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all humanities subjects, including history, classics, art, archeology, literature, philosophy, and religion. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Search Syntax Truncation: use a plus sign +. Phrase searching: automatic. PAIS International (1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Social Sciences Abstracts (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975 to present) Indexes articles on a broad array of political science and international relations topics; international in scope. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Using RefWorks Need help managing the citations that you are finding in databases? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. Connect to RefWorks Tips & Further Help How to Narrow or Broaden your Search How to Identify a Scholarly Article How to Find Book Reviews How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources Research Planner (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document)

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