Primary East Asian Studies (General) Databases & Article Indexes

Historical Abstracts
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada)....   [more]
Holdings: ca. 1974- present. Updated three times a year.

Important East Asian Studies (General) Databases & Article Indexes

Art Index Retrospective 1929-1984
Also Known as: art retrospective
Art. Coverage includes materials in English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. Reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed materials are included....   [more]
Holdings: 1929-1984

ARTstor
The ARTstor collection includes approximately 500,000 images of works of art, architecture and archaeology along with the necessary software to view the images, create personal groups of images and cr...   [more]
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    Help - technical help
    Help - general index
    Browse Penn collections in ArtStor
    Search ArtStor

Bibliography of Asian Studies
All subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, South Asia, and Indian Ocean countries....   [more]
Holdings: 1971 to the present.

CAB Abstracts (complete)
Formerly produced by Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, now Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, this database comprises international coverage of veterinary medicine, agriculture, fo...   [more]
Holdings: 1910-present.
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    CAB Thesaurus

CEIC
Provides financial time series data on Brazil, China, India, Russia, and other countries on a macroeconomic scale. Contains a wide range of data points on topics including national accounts, governmen...   [more]

CHANT-Chinese Ancient Texts
Also Known as: Chinese ancient texts
To access this resource, you will be required to authenticate as an authorized Penn user. This resource works best using Internet Explorer 6.0 or above with 800 x 600 or better resolution. If you hav...   [more]
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Chinese Buddhist Electronic Texts
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Unrestricted Access

Chinese ERIC
Describes English and Chinese articles in leading academic educational journals published in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; also covers dissertations....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (Biaodian Gujin Tushu Jicheng - 標點古今圖書集成)
Also Known as: Gu jin tu shu ji cheng
This collection is best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and above. This database is the electronic version of the famous Chinese encyclopedia "Gu jin tu shu ji cheng", compiled by the Qing ...   [more]

Database on the History of Christianity in China
This database is administered by the Ricci Institute, located at the University of San Francisco....   [more]
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DBpia
Full text database including over 1300 Korean scholarly journals. The journal titles are arranged by 11 subject categories such as economics, engineering, education, medicine, etc. and all journals ar...   [more]
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Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
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Guo Xue Bao Dian database
Also Known as: Guoxue.com GXT
This is an online database of pre-modern Chinese texts. It contains hundreds of titles important to the studies of traditional Chinese history, literature, religions, philosophy, and arts. Many of the...   [more]

History Culture Series
- from E-Korean Studies
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Japanese Data Archive
Also Known as: JPOLL Roper Center
REQUIRES FREE ONLINE REGISTRATION. Comprehensive question-level database of Japanese public opinion data, 1990-present. More than 10,000 questions with response frequencies translated from Japanese in...   [more]
Holdings: 1990-present
Unrestricted Access

KISS (Koreanstudies Information service system) (KSI Package)
Also Known as: Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS), Koreanstudies Information Service System (KISS) (KSI
- from KSI Package 4
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Korea A2Z : Korean Studies DB Contents
- from E-Korean Studies
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Korean History & Culture Research Database
- from E-Korean Studies
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KRpia
Full-text collection of Korean classical books including: history, literature, folk literature, natural history, oriental medicine, and other classical works. ...   [more]

Lawn's Legal Information Service
- from E-Korean Studies
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Los Angeles Times (1881-1985), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Also Known as: LA TImes, ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1985)
- from Proquest Historical Newspapers
Full-text of LA Times from 1881-1986....   [more]
Holdings: 1881-1986

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Also Known as: Modern Language Association Bibliography, MLAIB
Covers literature, languages, folklore, and linguistics. Includes English and foreign languages. ...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1963 to the present. New records are added ten times a year.

New York Times (1851-2012), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
- from Proquest Historical Newspapers
Full-text of the New York Times. News, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements are all searchable and avail...   [more]
Holdings: 1851-2011

Online Bibliographies for Chinese Studies
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Unrestricted Access

ProQuest History Vault: Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1975
Also Known as: ProQuest History Vault (Vietnam War) , Vietnam War
- from ProQuest History Vault
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Si ku quan shu (Wenyuan Ge edition) via Eastview
Also Known as: Siku Quanshu (Wenyuan Ge edition)
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Wall Street Journal (1889-2001), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Also Known as: wsj, ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Wall Street Journal
- from Proquest Historical Newspapers

Full-text of the Wall Street Journal. News, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, financial quotes, and advertisements are all searchable and available for viewing and printin...   [more]
Holdings: 1889-1999

Web of Science
Also Known as: ISI Citation Indexes, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI, SCI, AHCI, ISI, WOK, Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index[more]
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
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World News Connection
Also Known as: WNC
English translations of non-U.S. media sources....   [more]
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Related East Asian Studies (General) Databases & Article Indexes

Anthropological Index Online
Content is in Anthropology Plus. Index to current periodicals held in the Centre for Anthropology at the British Museum, London. Covers cultural and social anthropology, archaeology, biological and ph...   [more]
Holdings: 1957-.
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AP Photo Archive
Also Known as: AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive, AP Images
Image and Graphics Databases only available on this subscription. Contains over one million Associated Press photographs (with searchable captions) in two collections, downloadable as JPEG (jpg) image...   [more]
Holdings: Photos: 1826 to present. Graphics: 1999 to present. Audio files: 1920s to present.
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ATLA Religion Database
Covers all religious traditions; strongest coverage is for materials dealing with the Judeo-Christian tradition. While about half of the material included is in English. Includes materials published...   [more]
Holdings: 1949 to the present. Updated two times a year.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
- from CSA Databases
Covers architecture, architectural design, archeology, furniture and decoration, historic preservation, the history of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning....   [more]
Holdings: 1930s to the present; selective coverage dating back to the 1860s, updated daily

CAB Abstracts
Formerly produced by Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, now Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, this database comprises international coverage of veterinary medicine, agriculture, fo...   [more]
Holdings: 1910 to the present. Updated monthly.
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    CABICODES List
    CAB Thesaurus

eHRAF Archaeology
Also Known as: eHRAF Collection of Archaeology
Modeled after HRAFs Collection of Ethnography, the Collection of Archaeology provides access to archaeological materials for comparative studies. Includes general and topical descriptions for a...   [more]
Holdings: Updated in annual installments.
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EIU Country Commerce
- from EIU - Economist Intelligence Unit
Guide to regulations, operating conditions, and corporate practices in more than 60 countries....   [more]
Holdings: 1996 - Present

Film Index International
Index of films and film personalities that is an unmatched reference work for entertainment films and biographical information about directors, producers, actors and more. in collaboration with the Br...   [more]

Filmakers Library Online
- from Alexander Street Press
Filmakers Library is a multidisciplinary collection of over 1,400 documentaries made from 1974 to the present by independent filmmakers from around the world that can now be streamed over computer. Th...   [more]

Francis
Also Known as: Bulletin signaletique
Francis covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities and social sciences. It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature with emphasis on cur...   [more]
Holdings: 1984 to the present. Updated monthly.
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    FRANCIS via EBSCOhost (closed file)

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Also Known as: IBSS CSA
- from CSA Databases
Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Poli...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.
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    IBSS Journal Coverage List (LSE IBSS Web)

Periodicals Index Online
Also Known as: PIO,PCI,Periodical Contents Index,Chadwyck PCI,Periodicals Contents Index
Humanities and social sciences. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. ...   [more]

Population Index
Covers fields of interest to demographers, including fertility, mortality, population size and growth, migration, nuptiality and the family, research methodology, projections and predictions, historic...   [more]
Holdings: 1986 to 2000.
Unrestricted Access

Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
Also Known as: Digital Dissertations, Dissertation Abstracts, UMI, DAI, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT), Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext
Indexing (since 1861) and abstracting (since 1980) for doctoral-level dissertations completed at North American universities. Page images or fulltext of all available dissertations - including Penn d...   [more]
Holdings: Indexing 1861-present, abstracts 1980-present, page-image or fulltext PDF for available dissertations dissertations from 1997 to the present.
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U.S. Declassified Documents Online - DDRS Online
Also Known as: Declassified Documents Reference System
Primary sources, fulltext and image for declassified United States government documents from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. The collection provides coverage for domestic an...   [more]
Holdings: Declassified documents issued from 1941 through the 1990s. Documents have been declassified since 1974.
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    Old URL, as DDRS