This Collection includes over 650 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,000 short reference videos, nearly 300,000 high-resolution art images, and thousands of additional images across all subject areas. Subject coverage is especially diverse and equipped to address all key disciplines.
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Oxford Bibliographies combines features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, giving researchers scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Subjects: African Studies African American Studies American Literature Anthropology Art History Atlantic History Biblical Studies British and Irish Literature Buddhism Childhood Studies Chinese Studies Cinema and Media Studies Classics Communication Criminology Ecology Education Hinduism International Law International Relations Islamic Studies Jewish Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Literary and Critical Theory Medieval Studies Military History Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Public Health Renaissance and Reformation Social Work Sociology Victorian Literature
Abbreviation: oxbib Vendor: Oxford University Press Subjects: Religion, Urban and Regional Planning, *General / Multi-Subject, Bibliography Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Research Starter
Oxford Reference contains over 100 general and subject dictionaries, and language reference works published by Oxford University Press. The collection includes quotations, proverbs, place-names and other general reference works. Among the English language reference works are thesauri and a wide variety of dictionaries (e.g. grammar, abbreviations, idioms, eponyms, euphemisms). Foreign language dictionaries include German, Italian, and Spanish. Specialized subject dictionaries are available in a wide range of disciplines.
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Subjects: Archaeology Art & Architecture Bilingual dictionaries Classical studies Encyclopedias English Dictionaries and Thesauri History Language reference Law Linguistics Literature Media studies Medicine and health Music Names studies Performing arts Philosophy Quotations Religion Science and technology Social sciences Society and culture
A collection of over 250 Reference Titles. Sage Reference Online is a social science book platform, where you will find an expansive range of SAGE book and reference content.
Subjects include: Business & Management Communication and Media Studies Counseling and Psychotherapy Criminology & Criminal Justice Education Engineering & Materials Science Geography, Earth & Environmental Science Health and Social Care History Life & Biomedical Sciences Maths, Physics, Chemistry & Computing Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychology Research Methods & Evaluation Sociology
Gale eBooks includes access to encyclopedias, specialized reference sources, and general titles of all disciplines. Designed to enable users to easily cross-search all the content to pinpoint relevant material. Detailed subject indexing allows users to search content based on subject, title, document type, and more.
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Prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army
JACAR offers special web exhibitions and other thematic explorations that focus on the documents and records relating to the important historical events and persons.
This guide, created by Professor Peter Kornicki at Cambridge University, is a comprehensive listing of all publications in English, French, German and Italian, in the field of Japanese history up until the end of the Meiji period (1912). It is regularly updated.
Gale In Context: Biography is an engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Organized into a user-friendly portal experience, it merges Gale's authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Users can browse to find people based on occupation, role, or historical period, or search based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.
Biography is built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Providing coverage of the most searched and studied people, Biography includes over 5,000 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures. Reference content is offered alongside videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers. This resource is continuously updated to ensure users have access to the latest information.
Abbreviation: brc Vendor: Gale Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject Type: Biographies
Published by the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and covers all periods of Chinese history, literature, ideas, and culture in general.
This guide, created by Professor Haruo Shirane at Columbia University, provides a wealth of information for students on how to conduct research in both premodern and modern Japanese literature.
This bibliography covers texts written in Japan before the year 1600. The focus is on literary prose and poetry, but the bibliography also attempts to cover writings of importance for the study of Japanese religion, history, or culture generally.
This database covers Japanese literary works translated into other languages, mostly after World War II. Searches can be made either in Japanese character or Roman letters.
Literature Database retrieves books, journals, local government publications, Japanese periodical articles, Japanese newspaper articles and audio-visual materials from the Information Center for Women’s Education’s collection .
The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library's project to make classical Japanese literature available online. Where possible, the Japanese texts will be accompanied by English translations.
JPARC is an online resource center for research on and the study of the performing arts of Japan. The site includes sections for the analysis of certain topics, multimedia articles, and reference materials such as glossaries, bibliographies, browsing indexes, and timelines
Performing Arts Network Japan is a Website dedicated to disseminating information about the stimulating and highly diverse Japanese performing arts scene. Includes Artist Database and Japanese Dramas Database.
The EBTI is an open, expanding liaison group, comprised primarily of representatives of academic institutions and Buddhist clerical organizations from around the world. EBTI members have a common interest in meeting the new challenges, and taking advantage of the new opportunities presented with the advent of the electronic age into the area of humanistic studies.
This is a subside of the award-winning "Virtual Religion Index". All links are annotated, often stating authors and sources. Most links do work. There is a site-map on the "home" page, but no search. There is also an "East Asian Studies" section with links to Confucian, Taoist, and Shinto resources.