South Asian Studies: Home

Department of Transnational Asian Studies

Chao Center for Asian Studies

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Asian-American Materials in Rice Special Collections

Welcome to the South Asian studies resource guide. Here you will find multiple resources to start your research.  Please choose from the topics in the tabs across the top of this window. Please do not hesitate to contact me or the other subject librarians if you need additional help.

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Asian Studies -- the WWW Virtual Library
The Virtual Library: Asian Studies is a huge clearing house for electronic and other resources available for Asian studies. The extensive coverage includes sections on Bangladesh, Burma, China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kashmir, Macau, Mongolia and many other countries and regions.

Digital South Asia Library
A project of the Center for Research Libraries, this Website provides access to information about contemporary and historical South Asia – including full-text documents, statistical data, electronic images, cartographic representations, and pedagogical resources for language instruction.

Sarai -- South Asian Resource Access
From Columbia University libraries.

South Asian studies at the Library of Congress

Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs -- U.S. Department of State
Reports, country studies, and policy briefs for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.