LibGuides: Asian Studies: Reference works

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Selected Reference Works

Asian American Encyclopedia. Franklin Ng. Marshall Cavendish: 1995.

Call Number: E184.O6 A827 REFERENCE

Atlas of India. S. Muthiah. Oxford University: 1990.

Call Number: G2280 .A84 REF-ATLAS

Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Francis Robinson. Cambridge University: 1989.
Call Number: DS334.9 .C36 REFERENCE

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. Richard Bowring, Peter Kornicki. Cambridge University Press: 1993.

Call Number: DS805 .C36 ASIAN REF

Chinese History: a manual. Rev. ed. Endymion Wilkinson. Harvard University Asia Center: 2000.

Call Number: DS735 .W695 REFERENCE

Dictionary of Asian Mythology. David Leeming. Oxford University Press: 2001.

Call Number: BL1005 .L46 2001 STACKS

Encyclopaedia of Indian Culture. R.N. Saletore. Humanities Press: 1981-1985.

Call Number: DS423 .S218 REFERENCE

Encyclopedia Japonica/ Dai Nihon hyakka jiten. 2 ed. 1972.

Call Number: AE35.2 .E53 STACKS

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. Sandra Buckley. Routledge: 2002.

Call Number: DS822.5 .E516 ASIAN REF

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. David Levinson. G.K. Hall: 1991-1996.

Call Number: GN307 .E53 REFERENCE

v.1 North America; v.2 Oceania; v.3 South Asia; v.4 Europe (Central, Western, and Southeastern Europe); v.5 East and Southeast Asia; v.6 Russia and Eurasia, China; v.7 South America; v.8 Middle America and the Caribbean; v.9 Africa and the Middle East; v.10 Indexes

Historic World Leaders. Anne Commire. Gale: 1994.

Call Number: CT104 .H57 REFERENCE

v.1 Africa, Middle East, Asia, Pacific; v.2-3 Europe; v.4-5 North & South America

Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea. Andrew C. Nahm. Scarecrow Press: 1993.

Call Number: DS909 .N34 ASIAN REF

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Kodansha: 1983.

Call Number: DS805 .K633 ASIAN REF

Modern Japanese Novelists: a biographical dictionary. John Lewell. Kodansha International: 1993.

Call Number: PL747.55 .L48 ASIAN REF

Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature. Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell. Princeton University Press: 1985.
Call Number: PL726.1 .M495 ASIAN REF

Who Was Who in the People's Republic of China. Wolfgang Bartke. K.G. Saur: 1997.
Call Number: DS778 .A1 B32 REFERENCE

Asian Reference Alcove

Located in the Reference section on the first floor of the Fondren Library, the Asian Reference Alcove contains numerous print resources pertaining to Asian studies.

Series in History

Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This renowned series brings together "over 300 volumes spanning fifteen subject areas across the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration on political and cultural history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, music and the arts (Cambridge University Press)." Rice University owns access to this series through 2022.

Country Studies

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Library of Congress Country Studies
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