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- Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new windowIndex of full-text materials related to South, Southeast, and East Asia. Includes books, articles, conference proceedings, etc. Coverage: 1971 - present.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull-text journals covering literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies. Coverage: 1993 - present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly journal articles and ebooks related to the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage: 2-5 years from current.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from journals, magazines, and reference sources that covering a broad range of academic study.
- Asian Film OnlineAsian Film Online offers a view of Asian culture as seen through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker. Through a selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights onto themes relevant across Asia, including modernity, globalization, female agency, social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity. Such themes are central to any meaningful discussion of contemporary Asian culture and society.
- Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new windowEthnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork for the study of human culture, behavior and society around the world. Topics include language, food and cooking, economic systems, caste systems, religion, music and the arts, sex, gender, and family.
- Journal of Asian StudiesThe Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the field of Asian studies for over 75 years. JAS publishes the very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies.
- Critical Asian StudiesCritical Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that welcomes unsolicited essays, reviews, translations, interviews, photo essays, and letters about Asia and the Pacific, particularly those that challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves.
- South Asian StudiesCovers South Asian politics, economy, security culture, and literature.
- Asian affairs: an American ReviewAsian Affairs: An American Review provides deep insight into developments in politics, economics, security, and international relations, especially between Asian nations and the United States. Scholars, educators, policymakers, government officials, and business executives can rely on its thoroughly researched articles. Recent articles examine South Korean civil society, Sino-Indian relations, and political developments in Turkmenistan.