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BOOKS

Library of Congress Classifications for large concentrations of materials in Wilson Library are as follows:

BL 1000-2370 Asian Religions
(excluding Judaism (BM), Islam (BP), and Buddhism (BQ)
    BL1800-1975 China (Confucianism, BL1830-1882,
                                    Taoism, BL1899-1942)
BQ 1100-9800         Buddhism
DS1-35.2                Asia, General
DS700-799             China and Mongolia
    DS781-784               Manchuria
    DS785-786               Tibet
    DS793.M6                Inner Mongolia
    DS793.S62               Xinjiang /East Turkestan
    DS798                     Mongolia
    DS799                     Taiwan
PL1000-2249      Chinese Language
PL2250-3208      Chinese Literature
PL3301-3311      Non-Chinese Languages of China
(Note that volumes on Asian art can be found throughout the "N's," many volumes on Asian economics and sociology are throughout the "H's," volumes on Asian politics in the "J's," and so on.)
Atlases
Blunden, Caroline, and Mark Elvin. Cultural Atlas of China. New York: Facts on File, 1983. Oversize DS721.B56 1983

China. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2001. Relief shown by shading. Arntzen 101A - Map Lib  PREX 3.10/4:C 44/38

Chung-kuo Li Shih Ti T'u Chi = Historical Atlas of China. Peking: Hsin hua shu tien Shang-hai fa hsing so fa hsing,1982.
G 2306.S1 C582  8 vols.

Contemporary Atlas of China. London: Weidenfeld, 1988. Ref. G2305.C986 1988

Hermann, Albert. Historical Atlas of China.  New ed. Chicago: Aldine, 1966. GS2306.S1H4 1966

Hsü, Kenneth J. (Kenneth Jinghwa). Geologic Atlas of China: An Application of the Tectonic Facies Concept to the Geology of China.  New York: Elsevier, 1999.  Oversize  G2306.C5 G4 1999

Population Atlas of China. Compiled and edited by the Population Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Institute of Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Hong Kong: Oxford UP, 1987.  Ref. G2305.E2P6 1987

Times Atlas of China. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times, 1974.  Ref. G2305.T54 1974

Tam, Chi-hsiang. Chung-kuo li shih ti tu chi =The Historical Atlas of ChinaPeking: Ti tu chu pan she, 1982. 8 vols.  G2306.S1C582

United States. Board on Geographic Names. Mainland China: Official Standard Names Approved by The U.S. Board of Geographic Names. 2 vols. 2nd ed.  Washington, D.C.: Army Map Service, 1968.  Gov. Docs. D5.319:C44/2/v.1-2

United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Gazetteer of the People's Republic of China: Pinyin to Wade-Giles, Wade-Giles to Pinyin. Washington, D.C,: Defense Mapping Agency, 1979. Gov. Docs. D5.319:C44

--   --- . Supplement To The Gazetteer Of The People's Republic Of China: Pinyin To Wade-Giles,  Wade-Giles to Pinyin.  Arntzen 101A - Map Library

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Bibliographies

Association for Asian Studies. Bibliography of Asian Studies. Ann Arbor, MI: Assn. for Asian Studies.  Ref. 1971-1991; Bibliography of Asian Studies Online  1971 to the present.

Chan, Albert.  Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome:  descriptive catalogue.  Armonk, N.Y.  M.E. Sharpe, 2002.  Ref. BX3746.C5.C43 2002

Chang, Chun-shu. Pre modern China: A Bibliographical IntroductionAnn Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, U of Michigan, 1971. DS706.C45

Cordier, Henri.  Bibliotheca Sinica: Dictionnaire Bibliographique des Ouvrages Relatifs a L' Empire Chinois 5 vols. 2nd ed., rev. New York: Franklin,1968. DS706.C66 1968, v. 1-5  ( DS706.C66 1966 Author Index )  see also: Lust; Yuan.

Cumulative Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1941-1965: Subject Bibliography.  Boston, Mass., G. K. Hall, 1970.  Ref.  DS32.8 .B52 1941-65

v. 1. Asia--China-H.--v. 2. China-I--India-L.--v. 3. India-M--Korea-L.--v. 4. Korea-M--Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Cumulative Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1966-1970: Subject Bibliography.  Association for Asian Studies.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1972. Ref.  DS32.8.B52 1966-1970.

Franke, Wolfgang.  An Introduction to the Sources of Ming History.  Kuala Lumpur, University of Malaya Press [distributed by Oxford UP, London] 1968. Reference DS753 .F72 1968

Frankel, Hans H. Catalogue of Translations from the Chinese Dynastic Histories for the Period 220-960. Berkeley: U of California P,1957. DS741.C5 Suppl. no. 1

Gordon, Leonard H.D. and Frank J. Shulman, eds. and comps.  Doctoral Dissertations on China: A Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages, 1945-1970. Seattle: U of Washington P,1972.  DS706.G62

Hervouet, Yves,ed. A Sung Bibliography=Bibliographie des SungHong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1978. Ref. DS751.S85

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, ed. The Library Catalogs of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, Catalog of the Chinese Collection. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1969. Oversize DS703.H66 10 vols.

Hucker, Charles O. China: A Critical Bibliography. Tucson: U of Arizona P,1962. Ref. DS706.H82

Library of Congress. Reference Dept. Indochina; A Bibliography of the Land and People.  Compiled by Cecil C. Hobbs, et al.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. DS541.L52 1969

Lust, John. Index Sinicus: A Catalogue of Articles Relating to China in Periodicals and Other Collective Publications, 1920-1955. Cambridge: Heffer, 1964. Ref. DS706.L88

Selya, Roger Mark, and contributing editors, Shiu-hong Luk, et al.  The Geography of China, 1975-1991: An Annotated Bibliography. East Lansing, MI:  Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1992.  Ref. DS706.7.G463 1992

Shulman, Frank Joseph, ed. and comp.  Doctoral Dissertations on Asia: An Annotated Bibliographical Journal of Current International Research.  Ann Arbor, Mich. Association for Asian Studies, 1975 - 1993.  DS32.8 .D6

-- -- . Doctoral Dissertations On China; A Bibliography Of Studies In Western Languages, 1945-1970. Seattle, Published for the Association for Asian Studies by the University of Washington Press, 1972.  Ref. DS706 .G62

-- -- .  Doctoral Dissertations on China, 1971-1975: A Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages. Seattle: U of Washington P,1978. Ref. DS706.G62 1978

-- --.  Doctoral Dissertations on China And On Inner Asia, 1976-1990;  An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.  Ref. Z3106.G65 supplement 2

Skinner, George W. Modern Chinese Society: Analytical Bibliography. 3 vols. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1973. Ref. DS721.S55

Teng, Ssu-yu and Knight Biggerstaff. An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works. Cambridge:  Harvard UP, 1971.  Z1035.T32 1971

Tsein, Tsuen-hsuin, comp. China: An Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies. Boston: Hall, 1978. Ref. DS706.T79

United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Daily Report: People's Republic of China. Index Stamford, CT. NewsBank, 1971-1982. Closed Stacks, ask at Reference desk.

Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. The History of Imperial China: A Research Guide. Cambridge:  Harvard UP, 1973.  DS734.7.W5

Yuan, Tung-li. China in Western Literature:  A Continuation of Cordier's Bibliotheca Sinica. New Haven: Far Eastern Publications, Yale UP, 1958.  Ref. DS706.Y8

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Biographies and Directories

Association for Asian Studies. Ming Biographical History Project Committee. Ed. by L. Carrington Goodrich. Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644. 2 vols. New York: Columbia UP, 1976. Ref. DS753.5.A84 1976

Bartke, Wolfgang. Who's  Who in The People's Republic of China. 2nd ed. Munchen: Saur, 1987. Ref.  DS779.28.B37 1987

China Directory Tokyho: Raijo Puresu, 1979-.  Annual.  Ref.  JQ1507.C527 1996-1997, 1988-1995 in general Stacks

Franke, Herbert, ed. Sung Biographies. 4 vols. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1976. Ref. DS751.5.S96

Giles, Herbert Allen.  Chinese Biographical Dictionary. Taipei: Literature House, 1964. Ref. S734.G46 1964

Goodrich, L. Carrington. Dictionary of Ming BiographyNew York: Columbia UP, 1976. Ref. PL753.5.A84 1976 v.1- 2

Hummel, Arthur W. Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912). Taipei: Ch'eng Wen, 1970. DS734.U65x 1975

Library of Congress. Orientalia Division. Ed. by Arthur W. Hummel. 2 vols.  Eminent Chinese of the Ching Period 1644-1912. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943-44. Ref. DS734.U65

Mok, Ka-Ho. Intellectuals and the State in Post-Mao China. New York: St. Martins Press, 1998.  JQ1516 .M65 1998

Moule, Arthur Christopher. Rulers of China, 221 B.C.- A.D. 1949: Chronological Tables. London:  Routledge, 1957. Oversize DS733.M6 1975

Peterson, Narbara Bennett, He Fong Fei, eds.et al.  Notable Women of China:  Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century.  Armonk, NY:  M.E. Sharpe, 2000.  Ref. HQ1767.5.A3 N68 2000

Teng Ching-yuan Pien. Sui Shu Jen Ming So Yin.   Pei-ching: Chung-hua Shu Chu,1979. DS749.2.W442T46

Who's Who in China: Current Leaders. Beijing: Foreign Languages P,1989.  Ref. DS779.28.W46 1989

Yinshun. Taixu da Shi Nian Pu.  Taibei Shi: Zheng wen chu ban she, Min guo 8, 1992. BQ990.A387 Y56 1992

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Chronologies

Asia Source: Timelines & Chronologies

Chen, Yuan. Chung Hsi Hui Shih Jih li. Taipei: Wen,  1973.  Oversize CE37.C49 1973

Cheng, Peter. Chronology of The People's Republic of China from October 1,1949. Totowa, NJ:  Rowman, 1972.  DS777.55.C44567

Tung, Tso-pin. Chung-kuo Nien li Tsung Pu.Chronological Tables of Chinese History. 2 vols. Hsiang-kang: Hsiang-kang ta hsueh Shu pan she, 1960. DS733.T8 1960

Dictionaries
Ch`ien, Tien. Shuo wen chieh tzu chiao ch`üan: 7 chüan.  T`ai-pei, Wen hai ch`u pan she, Min kuo 51,1962. PL1281.H83 C5x 1962
       Reprint of Chia-ch`ing ting mao [1807] Chi chin yüeh shih chai k`an pen.

Chung wen ta tz`u tien pien tsuan wei yüan hui.  Chung wen ta tz`u tien pien tsuan wei yüan hui pien tsuan. The Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language. Yang-ming shan. T`ai-pei, Lien ho ch`u pan fu wu chung hsin tsung ching shou, 1962-68.  40 vols. PL1420.C57

De Francis, John, ed. ABC Chinese-English Dictionary. Honolulu: U Hawaii P,1966. Ref. PL1455.A24 1996

De Mente, Boye. NTC's Dictionary of China's Cultural Code Words. Lincolnville, ILL: NTC, 1966. Ref. DS721.D39 1996

Dougherty, Ching-yi, Sydney M. Lamb, and Samuel E. Martin.  Chinese Character Indexes. 5 vols.  Berkeley: UC Berkeley Press,1963. Ref.  PL1171.D6; & oversize 3East PL1171.D6

Eberhard, Wolfram. A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought. London: Routledge, 1986.  Ref. DS721.E32613 1986

Giles, Herbert A. Chinese-English Dictionary. 2 vols. 2nd ed., rev. & enl.  New York: Paragon, 1964. PL1455.G62 1972

Hadamitzky, Wolfgang. Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Surnames and How to Read Them. München: K.G. Saur, 1998. Ref. PL683.H33 1998

Hucker, Charles O. Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford, CA: Stanford UP, 1985.  JQ1512.Z13T574 1985

Jing xuan Ying Han, Han Ying ci dian = Concise English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary.   Hong Kong: Niujin da xue chu ban she, 1999.
Ref. PL1455.J56 1999

Karlgren, Bernhard. Analytic Dictionary of Chinese and Sino-Japanese. New York: Dover Publications, 1974.  PL1455 .K3 1974

Ku Han Yü Ch`ang Yung Tzu Tzu Tien.  Pei-ching: Shang wu yin shu kuan: Hsin hua shu tien Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing, 1979. Ref.  PL2244 .K8 1979

Kuo Yu Tzu Tien, Chung-kui ta Tzu Tien Pien Tsuan Chu Pien. 4 vols. Taipei: Tai-wan Shang Wu, Min Kuo 48,1959. PL1420.K85 1959

Li, Yang, ed. A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Writers. Compiled by the Modern Chinese Literary Archives. Beijing  New World Press: Distributed by China International Book Trading Corp., 1994. Ref. PL2277.B56 1994

Liang, Shih-chiu, ed. New Practical Chinese-English Dictionary. Taipei: Far East, 1973. PL1455.L59 1973

Matthews, R. H.  Mathews' Chinese-English dictionary : a Chinese-English dictionary / compiled for the China Inland Mission by R. H. Mathews. Shanghai: China Inland Mission and Presbyterian Mission Press, 1931.  Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1966 [1944].  Rev. American ed.
Ref. PL1455 .M34 1966

Morohashi, Tetsuji cho. Dai Kan-Wa jiten.  Tokyo: Taish¯ukan Shoten, Showa 30-35, 1955-60.  12 vols.  PL681.C5 M6

Norman, Jerry.  A Concise Manchu-English Lexicon.  University of Washington Press, 1978.  Ref. PL476.N67

Soothill, William Edward and Lewis Hodous, comp. A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, with Sanskrit and English Equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali IndexNew York: Paragon, 1970. BL1403.S6 1970

Stary, Giovanni. A Dictionary of Manchu Names: A Name Index to the Manchu Version of the "Complete Genealogies of the Manchu Clans and Families of the Eight Banners" = Jak¯un g¯usai Manjusai muk¯un hala be uheri ejehe bithe = Baqi Manzhou shizu tongpu = Ba qiManzhou shi zu tong pu. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz in K., 2000. CS3050.M2 S73 2000

Tsang, Li-ho, et al.  Chung-kuo ku chin ti ming ta tz`u tien.  Shang-hai: Shang wu yin shu kuan, Min Kuo 19, 1930.   DS705 .C53 1930

Tzu Hai. 2 vols. Shanghai: Chung Hua Shu Shu, 1941. PL1420.T86 1941

Yale University. Institute of Far Eastern Languages.  Dictionary of Spoken Chinese. New Haven: Yale UP, 1966. Ref. PL1455.Y295

Wang, Yen-nung. Han Yu Chang Ung Tung Tzu ta pei Tzu Tien= A Collocational Dictionary of Common Chinese Verbs. Heidelberg: Groos, 1985.  PL1455.W36 1985

Wiseman, Nigel, and Feng Ye. A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine. Brookline, MA: Paradigm Publications, 1998.  Ref. R121.W566 1998b

-- --.    Ying Han Han Ying Chung i tz`u tien / Wei Nai-chieh = English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine.   Ch`ang-sha shih: Hu-nan k`o hsüeh chi shu ch`u pan she, 1995. R602 .W57 1995

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Encyclopedias

Ainslie T. Embree, Robin J. Lewis, & Richard W. Bulliet, eds. et al.  The Encyclopedia of Asian History.  New York, NY: Scribner; London: Collier Macmillan, 1988. 4 vols.  Ref. DS31.E53 1988

Blunden, Caroline, and Mark Elvin. Cultural Atlas of China. New York: Facts on File, 1983. Oversize DS721.B56 1983

Buswell, Robert E. Jr., ed. Encyclopedia of Buddhism.  New York : Macmillan Reference USA ; Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson/Gale, 2004.  Ref. BQ128 .E62 2004 2 vols.

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.  Information China:  The Comprehensive and Authoritative Reference Source of New China. 3 vols. Oxford: Pergamon, 1989. Ref. DS706.I5 1989

Chung-kuo ta pai k`o ch`üan shu.  Pei-ching: Chung-kuo ta pai k`o ch`üan shu ch`u pan she; Shanghai: Hsin hua shu tien Shang-hai fa hsing so fa hsing, 1980 - .  65 vols. + index.  AE17.C48

Cua, Antonio S., ed.  Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy.  New York:  Routledge, 2003.  Ref. B126.E496 2003

Hook, Brian, ed. Cambridge Encyclopedia of China. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1991. Ref. DS705.C35 1991

Kaplan, Frederick M., and Julian M. Sobin.  Encyclopedia of China Today. 3rd ed., rev. and exp.  New York:  Eurasia, 1982.  Ref. DS705.E541982

Ke-wen, Wang, ed. Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. New York:  Garland Publishing, 1998.  Ref. DS755.2.M63

Leiter, Samuel L., ed.  Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre.  Greenwood, 2007.  Ref. PN2860 .E53 2007

Levinson, David, Karen Christensen, eds.  Encyclopedia of Modern Asia.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.  Ref. DS4.E53 2002 6 vols.

Louis Frédéric. Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilizations.  Paris, France: Éditions Jean-Michel Place, 1977-1987. 11 vols.  Ref.  DS4.L68

Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. New York: Facts on File, 1999.  Ref. DS705.P47 1999

Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History: A Manual. Cambridge:  Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, distributed by Harvard UP, 2000. Ref. DS735.W695 2000

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Handbooks

Chen, Ming-Jer. Inside Chinese Business : A Guide for Managers Worldwide.  Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, 2001. 
HC427.92 .C3544 2001

Huot, Claire. China's New Cultural Scene: A Handbook of Changes. Durham  Duke UP, 2000. Ref.  DS779.23.H8613 2000

LaFleur, Robert Andre, et al.  China:  A Global Studies Handbook.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003.   Ref. DS706.C4893 2003

Li, Feng,  and Jing Li. Foreign Investment in China .  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.  HG5782 .L477 1999

Mackerras, Colin, and Amanda Yorke. The Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China. Cambridge:  Cambridge UP, 1991.  Ref. DS706.M24 1990

Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. Chinese History; A Manual. Cambridge, Mass.: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard Yenching Institute: Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2000. DS735.W695 2000


Histories

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. Cambridge Illustrated History of China. Cambridge UP, 1996.  Ref. DS706.E37 1999

Frankel, H. H.  Catalogue of Translations From the Chinese Dynastic Histories for the Period 220-960. Berkeley, U of California P, 1957.  DS741 .C5 Suppl. no.1

Gladney, Dru C. Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic. Cambridge, Mass.: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1991.  DS731.M87 G53 1991

Hua, Cai. A Society Without Fathers or Husbands: the Na of China.  Cambridge, Mass.: Distributed by The MIT Press, 2001.  DS731.N39 H8313 2001

Indices zum Daicing gurun-i fukjin doro neihe bodogon-i bithe und zum Huang Qing kaiguo fanglüe / erarbeitet von Jakhadai Chimeddorji; Eingeleitet von Michael Weiers. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz in K., 2000.  DS753.7.H83 I53 2000

Manchus -- History -- Indexes.; China -- History -- Tatar Conquest, 1643-1644 -- Indexes.
Institute of East Asiatic Studies, University of California. Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations = Chung ku shih i ts`ung. Berkeley,Calif.: U of California P, 1952-1968.  FOR TITLES OR VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES SEARCH UNDER TITLE, or, CALL NUMBER: DS 741.C5.

Leslie,Donald D., Colin Mackerras, and Wang Gungwu.  Essays on the Sources for Chinese History. Columbia: U of South Carolina P, 1975. DS734.7.E83 1975

Loewe, Michael, and Edward L. Shaughnessy. The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C. New York: Cambridge UP, 1999. DS741.5.C35 1999

O'Neill,Hugh B. Companion to Chinese History. New York: Facts on File,1987. Ref. DS705.O63 1987

Patten, Chris.  East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia. New York : Times Books, 1998.  DS796.H757 P39 1998

Shaughnessy, Edward L., ed. China: Empire and Civilization. New York: Oxford UP, 2000. Ref. DS706.C4945 2000

Teng Ching-yüan pien. Sui Shu Jen Ming So Yin. Index to People's Names in the History of the Sui Dynasty. Pei-ching:  Chung-hua shu chü, 1979.  DS749.2.W442 T46

Twitchett, Denis and John K. Fairbank. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1978-.  DS735.C3145

Vohra, Ranbir. China's Path to Modernization: A Historical Review From 1800 to the Present. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 3rd ed., 2000. DS755.V64 2000

Wang, Yün-wu. Pai na pen Erh shih ssu shih.  T'ai-pei:  T'ai-wan Shang wu yin shu kuan, 1968.  41 vols. DS735.E67

Yeh, Wen-hsin, ed. Cross-cultural Readings of Chineseness: Narratives, Images, and Interpretations of the 1990s.  Berkeley: Inst. of East Asian Studies, U. of Cal., 2000.  PL2303 .M625 2000

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Literature

Chen, Charles K.H. Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of Chinese Authors. Hangover, NH: Oriental Soc.,1971.  PL2277.B5

-- --.   Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of Chinese Authors. Supplement. 2 vols. Hangover, NH: Oriental Soc.,1976.  PL2277.B5 Suppl.

Chi, Pang-yuan and David Der-wei Wang, eds.  Chinese Literature in the Second Half of a Modern Century: A Critical Survey.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000.  PL2303 .C42646 2000

Chu, Pao liang.  Twentieth-Century Chinese Writers and Their Pen Names .  Boston : G. K. Hall, 1977.  Ref. PL2277 .C577

Chung-kuo Hsien tai Tso Chia ta Tzu Tien. A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Chinese WritersCompiled by the Modern Chinese Literary Archives. Beijing: New World Press, 1994. Ref. PL2277.B56 1994

Classical Chinese Poetry  Web site

Dolezelová-Velingerová, Milena. A Selective Guide to Chinese Literature 1900-1949; Volume 1:  The Novel.  New York: E.J. Brill, 1988. Ref. PL2302.S45 1988 v.1

Idema, Wilt, and Lloyd Haft. A Guide to Chinese Literature. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1997. Ref. PL2271.I3413 1997

Li, Yang, ed. A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Writers. Compiled by the Modern Chinese Literary Archives. Beijing: New World Press: Distributed by China International Book Trading Corp., 1994. Ref. PL2277.B56 1994

Mair, Victor.  The Columbia History of Chinese Literature.  New York:  Columbia UP, 2001.  Ref. PL2265.C65 2001

Nienhauser, William H., ed. The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature.  Bloomington:  Indiana UP, 1986.  Ref. PL2264.I5 1986  2 vols.

A Selective Guide to Chinese Literature, 1900-1949. New York:  E.J. Brill, 1988.  4 Vols. Ref. PL2302.S45 1988

Yeh, Wen-hsin, ed.  Cross-Cultural Readings of Chineseness:  Narratives, Images, and Interpretations of the 1990's.  Berkeley, Ca:  Inst. of East Asian Studies, U of Cal, 2000.  PL2303.M625 2000

Primary Sources

Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series. Taipei: Distributed by Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, 1947-1966. Ref. PL2257 .H34 (Index) FOR VOLUMES (42) IN THIS SERIES WITH DISTINCTIVE TITLES SEARCH IN THE TITLE INDEX: Yin de; or CALL NUMBER: PL 2257 H34.

Lau, D.C. Confucius. The Analects (Lun yü). Translated by Dim Cheuk Lau. New York: Penguin Books, 1979. PL2478 .L5 1979

-- -- . Mencius. Translated from the Chinese with an introduction by D. C. Lau.  Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1970. B128.M33 E59 1970

Legge, James, and Tso-ch`iu, Ming. Tso chuan.  The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and  copious indexes.  Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1893-95. 2d ed., rev. PL2461 .R43 1893

Shih Ching. The Book of Songs. Translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley.  London: Allen & Unwin, 1937. PL2478 .F85 1937

Takakusu Junjir¯o., and Ono Gemmy¯o.   Taish¯o shinsh¯u Daiz¯oky¯o zuz¯o.  T¯oky¯o : Taish¯o Shinsh¯u Da¯iz¯oky¯o Kank¯okai, 1976-1978. Reprint. Originally published: 1933-1934. 12 vols.
Special Collections - Rare Books  BQ1211.T35 1976

Research Guides
Berton, Peter and Eugene Wu. Contemporary China: A Research Guide. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, 1967. DS777.55.B47

Franke, Wolfgang. An Introduction to the Sources of Ming History. Kuala Lumpur: U of Malaya P, 1968. Ref. DS753.F72 1968

Schoppa, R. Keith. The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. New York: Columbia U Press, 2000. Reference  DS755.S635 2000

Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. The History of Imperial China: A Research Guide. Cambridge:  Harvard UP, 1973.  DS734.7.W5

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Statistics

China Statistical Abstract. New York:  Praeger, 1988-.  Annual.  DS779.15.C48

Yearbooks

Republic of China Yearbook. Taipei: Kwang Hwa, annual.  Ref. DS777.53.C459 annual
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JAPAN
Almanacs Atlases Bibliographies Biographies/Directories
Chronologies Dictionaries Encyclopedias Research Guides
Handbooks Histories Literature Japanese Language Videos
Statistics Yearbooks    

BOOKS

Library of Congress Classifications for large concentrations of materials in Wilson Library are as follows:

BL 1000-2370 Asian Religions  (excluding Judaism (BM), Islam (BP), and Buddhism (BQ)
BL2200-2228      Japan (Shintoism, BL2216-2227.8)
BQ 1100-9800     Buddhism (formerly BL1400-1499)
DS1-35.2            Asia, General
DS800-899          Japan
GR265-349          Asian Folklore
PL500-699          Japanese Language
PL700-899          Japanese Literature


Almanacs

Collcutt, Martin, Marius Jansen, and Isao Kumakura. Cultural Atlas of Japan.  New York: Facts on File, 1988. Oversize  DS821.C62 1988
Japan Economic Almanac. Tokyo: The Japan Economic Journal, 1989, 1991, 1995. HC461.I6
Atlases
Collcutt, Martin, Marius Jansen, and Isao Kumakura.  Cultural Atlas of Japan. New York: Facts on File, 1988.  Oversize DS821.C62 1988
Bibliographies
Beauchamp, Edward R. and Richard Rubinger.  Education in Japan;  A Sourcebook. New York: Garland, 1989.  LA1311.B42 1989

Boger, Karl. Postwar Industrial Policy in Japan: An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.:  Scarecrow Press, 1988. HD3616.J33 B64 1988

Borton, Hugh, comp. Selected List of Books and Articles On Japan In English, French, and German. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1954.  DS806.B67

Chin, Teruko Kyuma. Japanese Economy and Politics: Selected Serial Titles In Japanese and English.  Seattle: University of Washington Libraries, 1980.  HC462.A12.U56 1980

Coleman, Rex, and John Owen Haley, comp.    An Index to Japanese Law : A Bibliography of Western Language Materials, 1867-1973.Tokyo: Japanese American Society for Legal Studies, 1975.  KQP38 .C6

De Bary, Wm. Theodore, with William Bodiford, et al. Sources of Japanese Tradition. New York: Columbia University Press, 2nd. ed. 2001. Reference DS821.S68 2001 v.1

Domon, Sh¯uhei. Japanese Military History:  A Guide to the Literature.  New York:  Garland, 1984.  DS838.D6 1984

Dower, John W., and Timothy George.  Japanese History and Culture From Ancient To Modern Times:  Seven Basic Bibliographies. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 1995, 2nd ed. Ref. DS835.D69 1995

Fukuda, Naomi. Union Catalog of Books On Japan In Western Languages.  DS806.K57 1968

A Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies = Nihon Kenkyu No Tame No Sanko Tosho.  Tokyo:  International House of Japan Library, 1989.  DS806.G85 1989

A Guide to the Japanese Library Collections of Western North America. Western Regional Japanese Library Conference, 1989.  Z688.J29 G84X

Gibson, Robert W., and Barbara K. Kunkel. Japanese Scientific and Technical Literature; A Subject Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981. Oversize Z699.5.S3.G5 1981

Hall, John Whitney. Japanese History: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials.  Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1954.  DS835.H233

Harayama, Akira. Gencho Hishi Kankei Bunken Mokuroku. Tokyo: Nihon Monguro Gakkai. DS19.Y8 H22 1978

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, ed.  The Library Catalogs of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, Catalog of the Japanese Collection. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1969.
Oversize DS 803.H66 1969  7 vols.

  - - - -    . The Library Catalogs of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, Catalog of the Japanese Collection Supplement. Microform. Boston: G.K. Hall,1972 & 1977.  Microfilm Z H789i Suppl.  2 Reels.

Japanese Art Exhibitions With Catalogue in the United States of America 1893-1981.  New York:  Japan Society, 1981.  Oversize N7350.J34

Kerlen, H,  Catalogue of Pre-Meiji Japanese Books and Maps In Public Collections in the Netherlands. Amsterdam:  Gieben, 1996.  Ref.  Z3306.K46 1996

Kerner, Robert Joseph. Northeastern Asia, a Selected Bibliography; contributions to the bibliography of the relations of china, Russia, and Japan, with special interest to Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, and eastern Siberia, in Oriental and European languages.  New York:  B. Franklin, 1968, 2 vols.  DS504.5.K38 1968

Kokusai Bunka Kaikan. Modern Japanese Literature In Western Translation; A Bibliography.  Tokyo: International House of Japan Library, 1972.  Ref. PL726.55.K64

Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai. A Classified List of Books In Western Languages Relating to Japan.  Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press,1965.  DS806.K58

Kokusai Koryu Kikin, ed. Catalogue of Books on Japan Translated From the Japanese Into English 1945-1981 = Eiyaku Nihon Kandei Hobun Tosho Mokuroku, 1945-1981. Tokyo: Japan Foundation, 1988.  Ref. DS806.C37199 1988

- - - - .  Catalogue of Books in English on Japan, 1945-1981. Tokyo: Japan Foundation, 1986. Ref. DS806.C37 1986

Kornhauser, David Henry. Studies Of Japan In Western Languages Of Special Interest To Geographers. Tokyo: Kokon-Shoin, 1984.  DS806.K67 1984

Library of Congress. Japanese Government Documents and Censored Publications:  A Checklist of the Microfilm Collection. Washington DC: Library of Congress: U.S. GPO, 1992.
Government Information LC17.9:J 27/2

- - - - .  Japanese National Government Publications in the Library of Congress:  A Bibliography.  Washington DC: Library of Congress: U.S. GPO, 1981.  Ref. J674.L5

Makino, Yasuko,and Mihoko Miki.  Japan And The Japanese: A Bibliographic Guide to Reference Sources. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Ref. DS835.M33 1996

Mass, Jeffery P. The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study In Documents. Stanford,Calif.:  Stanford University Press, 1976.  DS859.M24

Matsui, Masato. Russo-Japanese Frontier Region: Japanese Source Materials. Honolulu,Hawaii:  Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Council for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1984.  DS894.218.M35 1984

Meiroku Zasshi:Journal of the Japanese Enlightenment. Cambridge: Harvard U.P., 1976. DS882.5 .M4 1976

Nagao, Philip M., comp. Japanese Local Histories in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography.  Washington: Library of Congress: U.S. GPO, 1981.  Government Information LC17.9:J27

Nishoika, Takao. Japanese Legal Periodicals;  A Checklist of Holdings.  Washington D.C.:  Law Library, Library of Congress, 1982.  Government Information LC42.9:J 27

Nunn, G. Raymond. Japanese Periodicals and Newspapers In Western Languages: An International Union List. London: Mansell, 1979. Oversize PN5407.P4 N85

Passin, Herbert. Japanese Education: A Bibliography of Materials in the English Language. New York: Teachers College Press, 1970. LA1311.P34

Recent Trends In Japanese Historiography: Bibliographical Essays; Japan at the XIIIth International Congress of Historical Sciences in Moscow. Japanese National Committee of Historical Sciences, ed. Tokyo: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1970. D3.A2 1970 2 vols.

Shulman, Frank Joseph, ed. and comp. Doctoral Dissertations on Japan and Korea, 1969-1974: A Classified Bibliographical Listing of International Research. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1976.  DS806.S54

Shulman, Frank Joseph. Japan. Santa Barbara: Clio, 1989.  Ref. DS806.S58 1989

Shulman, Frank Joseph, ed. and comp.  Japan and Korea: An Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations in Western Languages, 1877-1969Chicago: ALA, 1970. DS834.95 S54

Silberman, Bernard S. Japan and Korea: A Critical Bibliography. Tucson: U of Arizona P,1962. Ref. DS835.S46

Talbot, Dawn E. Japan's High Technology; An Annotated Guide to English-Language Information Sources.  Phoenix, AZ:  Oryx Press, 1991.  Ref. T27.J3.T35 1990

Ward, Robert Edward. The Allied  Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952: An Annotated Bibliography of Western Language Materials.  Chicago: American Library Association, 1974. DS889.15.W37

Webb, Herschel. Research in Japanese Sources, A Guide.   New York, Published for the East Asian Institute, Columbia University, by Columbia University Press, 1965.  DS806.W42

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Biographies and Directories

Czarra, Fred R. The Japan Database:  Resources on Japan for K-12 Education. Washington D.C.:  Council of Chief Statae School Officeers, 1986.  Ref. DS834.95.C93 1986

A Guide to the Japanese Library Collections of Western North America.  Compiled by the Western Regional Japanese Library Conference, Berkeley, Calif.: Western Regional Japanese Library, 1989.  Z688.J29 G84x

Iwao, Seiichi, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1982. DS834.B56 1982

Japan Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Japan Biographical Research Dept., Rengo,1961.
DS834.JJ7 vols. 1 and 3

Japan Information Resources in the United States, 1990.  Tokyo, Japan:  Keizai Koho Center, 1990.  DS834.95.J32 1990

Japanese Studies in the United States. Part II. Directory of Japan Specialists and Japanese Studies Institutions in the United States and Canada. 2 vols. Tokyo: Japan Foundation,1989.  DS8834.95.J346 1988

Roberts, Laurence P. Robert's Guide to Japanese Museums. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978. N3735.R62 1978

Tsurumi, Yoshi. Japanese Business: A Research Guide With Annotated Bibliography.  New York: Praeger, 1978. HD70.J3 T8
 

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Chronologies
Aoki, Koji. Hyakusho Ikki Sogo Nenpyo. Tokyo: San'ichi Shobo,1971. DS836.A68

Asia Source: Timelines & Chronologies

Isumo, Takashi. Kamakura Buke Jiten. Tokyo: Seiabo, Showa 47,1972.  DS859.I98 1972

Japan Timeline

1940-Nendai Ajia Sogo Nenpyo [Chronology of Asia in the 1940s]. Minoo-shi: Osaka Gaikokugo Daigaku Ajia Kenkyukai, 1995. Oversize DS31.S46 1995

Shinsen Nihon Shi Zuhyo: Nenpyo, Chizu, Shiryo. Tokyo: Daichi Gakushusha, 1989. DS833.S55x 1989

Sogo Nihon Shi:  Shiryo, Shashin, Chizu, Zukai, Nenpyo.  Tokyo: Tokyo Horei Shuppan, 1987.  DS835.S64x 1987

Tokoro, Rikio. Shinpen Nihon Shi Shiryo: Nenpyo, Chizu, Zuhyo. Tokyo: Hitotsubashi Shuppan, Showa 56,1981.  DS833.S546 1981

Torao, Toshiya, and Delmar Brown, eds.  Chronology of Japan. Tokyo: Business Intercommunications, Asuka Shobo; Distributor: Yohan, 1987. DS833.C48 1987

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Dictionaries

Asakura, Haruhiko. Meiji Kansei Jiten. Tokyo: Tokyodo Shuppan, Showa 44,1969. JQ1605.A8

Bukkyo Shuha Jiten.  Tokyo: Tokyodo Shuppan, Showa 49,1974.  BQ7030.K36

Goedertier, Joseph M. Dictionary of Japanese History. New York: Weatherhill, 1968.
Ref. DS833.G6

Hadamitzky, Wolfgang. Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Surnames and How to Read Them. München: K.G. Saur, 1998. Ref. PL683.H33 1998

Haig, John H.  The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary - Shinpan neruson Kan-Ei jiten: based on the classic edition by Andrew Nelson.  Rutland, VT.:  C.E. Tuttle co., 1997.  Ref. PL679.H33 1997

Hsu, Robert C. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Japanese Economy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999. Reference HC462.9.H73 1999

Hunter, Janet. Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Berkeley: University of California P,1984.  Reference DS881.9.H86 1984

Inagaki, Hisio. A Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Terms: Based on References in Japanese Literature. Kyoto: Nagata Bunshodo, 1984. Reference BQ130.I53 1984

Iwamoto, Yutaka. Nihon Bukkyogo Jiten. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1988. BQ130.I94 1988

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary. Tokyo: Daito Shuppansha,1965. BQ130.J37

Japanes Fiction Writers Since World War II.  Edited by Van C. Gessel.  Detroit, Mich:  Gale Research, 1997. Ref.PN451.D54 Dictionary of Literary Biography v. 182, 1997.

Koine, Yoshio, ed. Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary. 5th ed. Tokyo: Kenkyusha,1982. Ref. PL679.K388 1984

Leiter, Samuel L. Kabuki Encyclopedia:  An English-Language Adaption of Kabuki Jiten. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979. PN2924.5.K3 L44

Mae, Hisao. Bukkyo doto jiten. Tokyo: Tokyo Bijutsu, Sh¯owa 54,1979.  NA6050 .M33x 1979

Masuda, Koh. Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. Tokyo:  Kenkyusha, 1974. Ref. PL 679.K4 1974

Murakami, Shigeyoshi. Nihon Shukyo Jiten.   Tokyo: Kodansha, Showa 53,1978. BL2202 .M83 1978

Morohashi, Tetsuji. Dai Kan-Wa Jiten / Morohashi Tetsuji Cho. 12 vols. Tokyo: Taishukan Shoten,1955-60.  PL681.C5M6

Nakamura, Hajime, et al. Iwanami Bukkyo Jiten.  Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1989. BQ130.I95 1989

Nelson, Andrew Nathaniel. Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary = Saishin Kan-Ei Jiten 2nd rev. ed. Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1974.  Ref. PL679.N4 1974

Nihon Minzokugaku Kyokai. Nihon Shakai Minzoku Jiten. Tokyo: Seibundo Shinosha, Show 27-35, 1952-1960. DS821.N679

O'Neill, P.G.  Japanese Names; A Comprehensive Index by Characters and Readings. New York:  Weatherhill, 1972.  Catalog Department PL683.O5 (ask at the Circulation desk)

Osaka Shiritsu Daigaku. Keizaigaku Jiten. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1979. HB61.08 1979

Papinot, Edmond. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. 2 vols. New York: Ungar, 1972.  Ref. DS833.P3 1972

Pheby, Joan, and Akito Miyamoto, eds. Oxford-Duden Pictorial English-Japanese Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford UP,1983. PL679.P29 1983

Sato, Seitaro. Ecclesiastical Japanese.  Tokyo: Hara Shobo, 1959-1960. BX841.S24

Shinmura, Izuru. Kojien. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1983. PL675.S49 1983

Stockwin, J.A.A. Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan / New York:  Routledge Curzon, 2003.  Ref. JQ1605.S86 2003

Suzuki, Tozo. Koji Kotowaza Jiten. Tokyo: Tokyodo, Showa 32,1957. PN6519.J3 S8

Tömötogoo, D. et al.  A Modern Mongolian-English-Japanese Dictionary = Gendai Mo-Ei-Nichi Jiten. Tokyo: Shoin, 1979. Ref. PL406.M58

Tung, Louise Watanabe. Japanese/English, English/Japanese Glossary of Scientific and Technical Terms. New York: Wiley, 1993.  Ref. Q123.T844 1993

Yamaguchi, Momoo and Kojjima, Setsusko, eds. Cultural Dictionary of Japan=Wa-Ei Nihon Bunka Jiten. Tokyo: Japan Times, 1979.  Ref. DS821.C85 1979

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Encyclopedias

Bowring, Richard and Peter Kornicki.  The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. New York: Cambridge UP, 1993.
Ref. DS805.C36 1993

Huffman, James L. Modern Japan:  An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism.  New York;  Garland Pub., 1998.  Ref. DS805.M63 1998

Japan:  An Illustrated Encyclopedia.  Tokyo:  Kodansha, 1993.  Ref. DS805.J38 1993

Japan: Profile of a Nation. Tokyo:  Kodansha Intanashonaru, 1999.  Ref. DS806.J228 1999

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan.  9 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1983 Ref. DS805.K633 1983

A Look into Japan: Illustrated
. Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1984.  DS822.5 .L66 1984

Levinson, David, Karen Christensen, eds.  Encyclopedia of Modern Asia.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.  Ref. DS4.E53 2002 6 vols.

Nihon Bijutsu Meiho Jiten. Tokyo: Shogakkan, Showa 46,1971. N7353.N54x 1971

Rubin, Don, ed. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre  v.5;  Asia/Pacific. New york:  Routledge, 1994.  Ref. PN2189.W7 v.5

Schilling, Mark. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture.  New York: Weatherhill, 1997. DS822.5.S3 1997

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Handbooks

Nannichi, Gimyo. Butsuji Gishiki Zensho: Kigen, Yurai, Densetsu, Girei.  Osaka: Bunshindo, Showa 58, 1983. BQ676 .N37x
Buddhist rites and ceremonies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Zusetsu Rekishi Sanpo Jiten. Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1980.  DS805.2.Z87x 1980


Histories

Goedertier, Joseph M. Dictionary of Japanese History. New York: Weatherhill, 1968.
Ref. DS833.G6

Hall, John W., et al., ds. The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1988-. DS835.C36 1988

Huffman, James L.  Modern Japan:  A History in Documents. New York:  Oxford University Press 2004.  Ref. DS881.H85 2004

Ikeda, Kazuhide. Nihon No Rekishi = A History of Japan. Tokyo: Kenshu Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, 197--.  Oversize DS835.I5 v.5

Jansen, Marius B., ed. Warrior Rule in Japan.  New York: Cambridge U.P., 1995. DS857 .W27 1995

Mass, Jeffrey P. The Development of Kamakura Rule, 1180-1250: A History With Documents.  Stanford, Calif.: Stanford UP, 1979.  DS859.M236

- - -, eds. et al. The Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford UP, 1985. JQ1624.B35 1985

Nihon Shi Jiten. Tokyo: Tokyo Sogensha, Showa 50,1975.  DS833.N548 1975

Nihon Gaiko Nempyo Narabini Shuyo Bunsho.Tokyo: Hara Shobo, Showa 47-48, 1972-1973. DS881.9 .A5  2 vols.
Japan-foreign relations; includes treaties entered into by Japan.

Turnbull, Stephen. The Samurai Sourcebook.  London: Arm and Armour Press, 1998. Ref. DS827.S3 T876 1998
 

 Original Documents - Primary Sources in Translation
Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser, eds.  The Bakufu in Japanese History.Stanford: Stanford UP, 1985. JQ1624 .B35 1985

-- -- . The Development of Kamakura Rule, 1180-1250 : A History With Documents. Stanford, : Stanford UP, 1979. DS859 .M236

-- -- . The Kamakura Bakufu: A study in Documents.  Stanford, : Stanford UP, 1976.  DS859 .M24
 

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Literature

Carter, Steven D., ed. Medieval Japanese Writers. Dictionary of Literary Biography; v.203, Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Ref.  PN451.D54 v.203

Konishi, Jin'ichi. Trans. by Aileen Gatten and Nicholas Teele; Earl Miner, ed. A History of Japanese Literature. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton U P,1984, 3 vols. Ref. PL716 .K6213 1984

Medieval Japanese Writers.  Dictionary of Literary Biography, v. 203.  Edited by Steven D. Carter.  Ref. PN451.D54 v. 203

Miner, Earl Roy, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell. The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature.  Princeton, N.J.:  Princeton University Press, 1985.  Ref. PL726.1.M495

Rubin, Jay, ed.  Modern Japanese Writers.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.  Ref. PL723.M563 2001

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Research Guides

Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History.  New York:  Columbia UP, 1999. Ref. DS881.9.A75 1999

Beauchamp, Edward R., and Richard Rubinger.   Education in Japan: A Source Book. New York:  Garland, 1989.  LA1311.B42 1989

Bisignani, J.D. Japan HandbookChico,CA: Moon, 1986. DS805.2.B57x 1983

Dilworth, David A. and Valdo Viglielmo. Sourcebook for Modern Japanese Philosophy: Selected Documents.  Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998.  Ref. B5241.S68 1998

Domon, Shuhei. Japanese Military History: A Guide to the Literature.  New York: Garland Pub. 1984.  DS838.D6 1984

Fodor's Japan. New York: Fodor's, 1982-. DS811.F6 1990

Hall, Robert Burnett. Japanese Geography: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials.  Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1956.  GB322.H34

Nihon no Sanko Tosho Henshu Linkai, comp. Guide to Japanese Reference Books = Nihon no Sanko Tosho. Chicago: ALA, 1966. Z1035.8.J3 N5513 1966

Tsurumi, Yoshi. Japanese Business; A Research Guide With Annotated Bibliography. New York:  Praeger, 1978.  HD70.J3 T8

Ward, Robert Edward. Japanese Political Science; A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1961. JQ1631.W3 1961

Webb, Herschel. Research in Japanese Sources, A Guide. New York: Columbia UP, 1965. DS806.W42

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Statistics

Japan Statistical Yearbook = Nihon Tokei Nenkan. Tokyo: Sorifu, 1949-.  HA1832.J36

Statistical Handbook of Japan. Tokyo: Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, 1971-.  HA1832.S75 1989

Yano, Tsuneta and Shirasaki, Kyoichi. Nippon, A Charted Survey of Japan. Tokyo: Kokysei-sha, 1936-.  DS801.N43 1961, 1989/90


Yearbooks

U.S. - Japan Economic Relations Yearbook. Washington DC: Japan Economic Institute of America. HF1456.5.J3Y4 1984/85
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Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, & Other
Almanacs Atlases Bibliographies Biographies/Directories
Dictionaries Encyclopedias Handbooks Histories
Literature Research Guides Statistics Yearbooks

Books - Library of Congress Subject Headings

BL2230-2240 Korea
Other  (Mongol religion, BL2370.M7, Asian Shamanism, BL2370.S5, Tungusic religions, BL2370.T8, Turkic religions, BL1400-1499)
BQ 1100-9800 Buddhism
    BQ1100-3340   Canonical Literature
    BQ4911-5720   Practice of Buddhism
    BQ7001-9800   Modifications, Schools, etc. (Tibetan Buddhism/Lamaism, BQ7430-795 Tantric Buddhism, BQ8900-9099,Zen, BQ9250-9519)
DS900-939          Korea
PL900-949          Korean Language
PL950-999          Korean Literature
PL3601-3775      Tibetan Language and
                                       Literature 
DS327-329 Central Asia, General
(formerly included in DS785-786, for the former Soviet Central Asia/West Turkestan see DK845-949)
PJ1-489          Oriental Languages and
                              Literature, General
PL1-9              Altaic Languages, General (includes works combining Uralic and Altaic)
PL21-399        Turkic Languages and
                                 Literatures
PL400-431       Mongolian Languages and
                                                Literatures
PL450-481       Tungus-Manchu Languages
                                          and Literatures
PL490-494       Far Eastern Languages and
                                  Literatures, General


Almanacs

Cook, Chris. The Facts on File Asian Political  Almanac. New York: Facts on File,1994.
Ref. DS35.2.C69 1994

Nanji, Azim A.,editor. The Muslim Almanac: A Reference Work On the History, Faith, Culture, and Peoples of Islam. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1996. Oversize BP40.M83 1996

Atlases
Hsü, Kenneth J. (Kenneth Jinghwa). Geologic Atlas of China: An Application of the Tectonic Facies Concept to the Geology of China. (Includes Tibet)  New York: Elsevier, 1999.  Oversize  G2306.C5 G4 1999

Times Atlas of the World. 9th ed. New York: Times Books. Ref. G1021.J67 1992

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Bibliographies

Academy of Korean Studies.  Selected Bibliography of Korean Studies.  Seoul:  Korea Foundation, 1995.  Ref. DS917.7.S44 1995

Baldaev, R. L. (Rodion Lazarevich).  Bibliografiia Mongolskoi Narodnoi Respubliki: Knigi i Stati na Russkom Iazyke 1951-1961.   Moskva: Izd-vo vostochnoi lit-ry, 1963. Haggard 3 -Catalog Dept  Ask at Loan desk  Z3121 .B35 1963

Bibliografiia Rabot po Mongolii / Gosudarstvennaia Publichnaia Biblioteka MNR.Ulan-bator: Shuakh, 1962-<1986>.Haggard 3 -Catalog Dept  Ask at Loan desk  Z3121 .B5

 Bibliography of the Mongolian People's Republic. Prepared by Far Eastern and Russian Institute, University of Washington for Human Relations Area Files: New Haven, Conn. : HRAF, 1956. DS798 .B53 1956a

Cumulative Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1941-1965: Subject Bibliography; and Cumulative Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1966-1970: Subject Bibliography.  Boston, Mass., G. K. Hall
Ref.  DS32.8 .B52 1941-65; 1966-1970

Continued by: Bibliography of Asian Studies. Ann Arbor, MI: Assn. for Asian Studies, Ref.  DS32.8 .B52 1971-1991; Bibliography of Asian Studies Online 1971 to the present.
Doctoral Dissertations on AsiaAnn Arbor, MI: Assn. for Asian Studies, 1975-. Semiannual. DS32.8.D6 1975-1976/77, 1980-1993

Henthorn, William E. A Guide to Reference and Research Materials on Korean History; An Annotated Bibliogaphy.  Honolulu:  Research Publications & Translations, East-West Center, 1968.  DS902.H43 1968

Himalayan Art Resources

Huffman, Franklin E. Bibliography and Index of Mainland Southeast Asian Languages and Linguistics.  New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 1986. Ref. PL3501.H8 1986

Iakovleva, E. N. (Ekaterina Nilovna). Bibliografiia Mongolskoi Narodnoi Respubliki: Sistematicheskii  Ukazatel Knig i Zhurnalnykh Statei na Russkom Iazyke. Moskva: Izd. Nauchno-issledovatelskoi Assotsiatsii po Izucheniiu Natsionalnykh i Kolonialnykh Problem, 1935. Z3121.I156 1935

Jagau, Axel. Mongolische Volksrepublik: (Auswahlbibliographie) = Mongolian People's Republic : A Selected Bibliography. Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut, Übersee-Dokumentation, Referat Asien und Südpazifik, 1985. Oversize DS798.J34 1985

Kang, Chu-jin. Han'guk Kwan'gye Oeguk Nonmun Kisa Ch`ongmongnok = A List of Articles on Korea in the Western Languages, 1800-1964.  Seoul T`ukpyol-si : T`amgudang, 1967. DS902 .K35

Kerner, Robert Joseph. Northeastern Asia, A Selected Bibliography; Contributions to the Bibliography of the Relations of China, Russia, and Japan, With Special Reference to Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Eastern Siberia, in Oriental and European Languages.  New York: B. Franklin, 1968. DS504.5.K38 1968 2 vols.

Kim, Hong N.  Scholar's Guide to Washington D.C. for East Asian Studies:  China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia.  Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. DS504.5.K54 1979

Kim, Tai-jin.  A Bibliographic Guide to Traditional Korean Sources=Han'guk Kojon Haeje.  Seoul: Asiatic Research Center, Korea University, 1976.  DS902.B52

Koh, Hesung Chun.  Korea; An Analytical Guide to Bibliographies.  New Haven:  Human Relations Area Files Press, 1971.  DS902.K5

Koryo Taehakkyo. Bibliography of Korean Studies; A Bibliographical Guide to Korean Publication on Korean Studies Appearing from 1945-1958.  Seoul: Asiatic Research Center, Korea University, 1961.  DS905.9.K67

McCune, Shannon Boyd-Bailey. Bibliography of Western Language Materials on Korea.  New York:  international Secretariat, Institute of Pacific relations, 1950.  DS902.M22

Nordby, Judith. Mongolia. Santa Barbara, CA: Clio Press, 1993. Ref. DS798.N67 1993

Nunn, G. Raymond. Asia, Reference Works: A Select Annotated Guide London: Mansell, 1980. DS35.N8 1980

Schwarz, Henry G. Bibliotheca Mongolica. Bellingham: Western Washington University, 1978- . Ref. DS1 .S35 ; Haggard 3  DS19 .S35

Selected Bibliography of Korean Studies = Han'guk Yon'gu Toso Mongnok. Compiled by the Academy of Korean Studies. Seoul: Korea Foundation, 1995. Ref. DS917.7 .S44 1995

Silberman, Bernard S. Japan and Korea: A Critical Bibliography. Tucson: U of Arizona P,1962. Ref. DS835.S46

Svanberg, Ingvar, & Eva-Charlotte Ekström. Mongolica Suecana: A Bibliography of Swedish Books and Articles on Mongolia . Uppsala: Committee for Multiethnic Research, Uppsala University, Faculty of Arts, 1984.  DS798 .S87 1984
 

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Biographies and Directories

Mongolian Heros of the Twentieth Century.  New York:  AMS Press, 1976.  DS798.76.A2.M66 1976

Saccone, Richard.  Koreans to Remember:  Fifty Famous People Who Helped Shape Korea.  Elizabeth, N.J.: Hollym International, 1993.  DS905.S23 1993


Dictionaries

Cho, Song-sik, Byung Jo Chung, Pong Shik Kang, eds.  New English-Korean Dictionary. [Seoul] : Hak Won Pub. Co., 1987.  Ref. PL937.E5 N4 1987

Hadamitzky, Wolfgang. Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Surnames and How to Read Them. München: K.G. Saur, 1998. Ref. PL683.H33 1998

Hangin, John G.  Anggli Monggol tobci toli / Qanggin-u Gombojab; Mang. Moren uyigurjin Monggol usug-tu bagulgaba = A Concise English-Mongolian Dictionary. Ref. PL406 .H341 1986

Song, Ki Joong, compiler. Basic Glossary of Korean Studies = Han'gukhak Kibon Yongojip. Seoul: Korea Foundation, 1993.  Ref.  PL937.E5 B38 1993

Stary, Giovanni.  A Dictionary of Manchu Names: A Name Index to the Manchu Version of the "Complete Genealogies of the Manchu Clans and Families of the Eight Banners" = Jak¯un g¯usai Manjusai muk¯un hala be uheri ejehe bithe = Baqi Manzhou shizu tongpu = Ba qi Manzhou shi zu tong pu.  Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz in K., 2000.  CS3050.M2 S73 2000
 

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Encyclopedias

Embree, Ainslie T., ed. Encyclopedia of Asian History. 4 vols. New York: Scribner, 1988. Ref. DS31.E53 1988

Carr, Brian, and Indira Mahalingham, eds. Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. New York:  Routledge, 1997.  Ref. B121.C66 1997

Levinson, David, Karen Christensen, eds.  Encyclopedia of Modern Asia.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.  Ref. DS4.E53 2002 6 vols.

Louis-Frederic. Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilizations 11 vols. Paris: Jean-Michel Place, 1977-1987.  Ref. DS4.L68

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 18 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1991.  Ref. H40.A2I5

Mallory, J.P. and D.Q. Adams, eds. Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Ref. CB201.E53 1997
 

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Handbooks

A Handbook of Korea.  Seoul: Korean Overseas Information Service, Ministry of Culture and Information, 1959 - .  DS901.H2864

A Handbook on North Korea. Chong Bong-uk, managing editor.  Seoul, Korea: Naewoe Press, 1998.  DS932 .H353 1998

An, Tai Sung.  North Korea: A Political Handbook. Wilmington, Del : Scholarly Resources Inc., 1983. DS932 .A76 1983

North Korea Handbook.  Yonhap News Agency, Seoul ; translated by Monterey Interpretation and Translation Services.  Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2003.  Ref. DS932 .N6658 2003

"Includes special update (through October 2002) regarding recent developments in the North Korean nuclear weapons program."


Histories

Eckert, Carter J., et al.  Korea, Old and New.  Seoul:  Published for the Korea Institiute, Harvard University Press, 1990.  DS907.18 K6655 1990

Gale, James Scarth. History of the Korean People.  Seoul:  Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, 1972.  DS907.G33 1972

Henthorn, William E. A History of Korea.  New York:  Free Press, 1971. DS907.H45 1971 c.2

Hoare, James.  Conflict In Korea: An Encyclopedia.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1999. Ref. DS919.H62 1999

Isaacson, Jason F. and Colin Rubenstein, eds.  Islam In Asia: Changing Political Realities.  New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2002. BP63.A38 I85 2002

Lee, Kenneth B.  Korea and East Asia:  The Story of the Phoenix.  Westport, Conn.:  Praeger, 1997.  DS907.18.L44 1997

The Mongols in World History  http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/

Nahm, Andrew C.  Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993.
Ref.  DS909 .N34 1993

Nahm, Andrew C.  Korea:  Tradition & Transformation: A History of the Korean People. Elizabeth, N.J.:  Hollym International Corp, 1988.  DS907.18.N33 1988

Oberdorfer, Don. The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History.  Reading, Mass. : Basic Books, 1997.  DS922.2 .O25 1997b

Sanders, Alan J. K. Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1996. Ref. DS798.5 .S36 1996

Stuart-Fox, Martin. Historical Dictionary of Laos.  Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2001.  2nd ed.  Ref. DS555.5 .S78 2001

Tucker, Spencer C., ed. Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 2000. 3 vols.
Ref. DS918.E53 2000

Yu, Hong-nyol. Han'guksa Taesajon = The Encyclopedia of Korean History. Taegu: Koryo Ch`ulp`ansa, 1996.   Ref. DS904.8 .H367 1996


Literature

Gompertz, G.St. G.M. (Godfrey St. George Montague). The First Sections of a Revised and Annotated Bibliography of Western Literature on Korea From Earliest Times Until 1950, based of Horace G. Underwood's Partial bibliography of Occidental literature on Korea. Seoul, Korea : Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, 1963. DS901 .R69 v.40

Kim, Hung-gyu,  Han'guk Munhak Ponyok Kumgo, Koryo Taehakkyo, Minjok Munhwa Yon'guwon. Han'guk Munhak Ponyok Soji Mongnok.  Soul T`ukpyolsi : Han'guk Munhak Ponyok Kumgo : Koryodae Minjok Munhwa Yon'guwon, 1998.
Ref. PL984.A1 H36 1998

Bibliographies of Korean literature in foreign languages.

 

Research Guides

Asian Studies Indexed Journal Reference Guide. Pittsburgh, PA.: University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1975. Periodical Index DS1.A75

Book of Korean Studies.  Seoul:  Yekyong Publications Co., 1986.  DS917.7.B66 1986

Henthorn, William E. A Guide to Reference and Research Materials on Korean History;  An Annotated Bibliography.  Honolulu;  Research Publications & Translations East-West Center, 1968.  DS902.H43 1968

Lee, Thomas H. A Guide To East Asian Collections In North America. Bibliographies and Indexes in World History no.25. New York: Greenwood, 1992. Ref. DS504.5.L44 1992

The Mongols in World HistoryOnline curriculum.

Yang, Teresa Shu-yi Chin. East Asian Resources In American Libraries. New York: Paragon, 1977. DS504.5.Y35

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Statistics

Asian Development Bank. Asian Development Handbook. Oxford: Oxford UP, annual. Ref. C411.A17

Mitchel, B.S. International Historical Statistics: Africa & Asia. New York: New York UP, 1982.  Ref. HA4675.M55 1982


Yearbooks

Hanguk Choggyo Yongam - Yearbook of Korean Religions. Soul Tukpyolsi: Hanguk Choggyo Sahoe Yonguso, 1993.  BL2233.5.H36 1993

Hanguk Yongam - Korean Yearbook. Soul Tukpyolsi: Hanguk Yongamsa, 1997. DS902.H29 1997


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Periodicals & Indexes
Selected Indexes and Databases to Periodical Literature:
Begin your search for periodical literature
by using either an index or an abstract, in print or online.


America:  History and Life (1964 - ) is a bibliographic database indexing scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. The scope includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, as well as book and media reviews.

Art Index online  1984- .
Art Index provides international indexing for contemporary art, art history, architecture, archaeology, computers in art, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, photography, textiles, and related fields. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as a selection of periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. Reproductions of works of art appearing in periodicals are also indexed.  In print, (1929-1994) located in Periodicals Wilson 1E N1.A59.

ATLA (1946- )  (American Theological Library Association) Religion  Online
An index to religious and theological literature, containing thousands of citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three print indexes: Religion Index One, Religion Index Two, and Index to Book Reviews in Religion. Includes topics such as anthropology, philosophy, psychology, history, religion, law, sociology, and theology.  Indexes such titles as Acta Orientalia, Ancient Philosophy, Asia Journal of Theology, Asian Affairs, Asian Folklore Studies, Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies,  Asian Religious Studies Information, Asian Survey, etc.

Bibliography of the History of Art  (1973 - )
The Bibliography of the History of Art covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present, indexing and abstracting art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. The Bibliography of the History of Art includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art). Updated quarterly.

Bibliography of Asian Studies Online  (1971-) online, and Ref. DS32.8 .B52
Cumulates part of a succession of publications begun ca. 1934 as Lists by the American Council of Learned Societies Devoted to Humanistic Studies' Committee on Far Eastern Studies, continued 1936-40 as the council's Bulletin of Far Eastern bibliography, and CD-ROM 1941 issued in the Journal of Asian studies (until 1956 Far Eastern quarterly) under titles: Far Eastern bibliography (until 1956), and Bibliography of Asian studies (after 1956).

Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides full-text access to global, interdisciplinary information on women, located within  journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit, governmental, and international agencies.

Digital Dissertations
Indexes UMI's Dissertations Abstracts International.

Historical Abstracts (1954-) includes abstracts and bibliographic citations of books, journal articles, and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. All branches of world history are included: political, diplomatic, economic, religious, social, cultural, and intellectual history, as well as the history of science, technology, and medicine.

Global NewsBank
News articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services,
newspapers, magazines and government documents."

Index to Southeast Asian Journals. 1960-1974: A Guide to Articles, Book Reviews, and Composite Works  Wilson 1 East Periodicals DS501.J64 1960-74

LLBA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts  - LLBA indexes and abstracts journal articles, book chapters and dissertations in subject areas dealing with the nature and use of language, including language variation and change, bilingualism, phonetics, communications, artificial intelligence, anthropology, and psychology.

MLA Bibliography (1963-) produced by the Modern Language Association, contains analytical bibliographic citations to sources on literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, journalism, communications, film, media, and theater.  MLA indexes journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, and bibliographies.

PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin  PAIS International (1972-) contains over 400,000 references to and in many cases abstracts of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories. Includes: PAIS Bulletin (1976-90), PAIS Foreign Language Index (1972-90), PAIS International In Print (1991-), and Directory of Periodicals/Publishers (1990). Ref. HB1.A1 P822

ProQuest accesses databases covering a wide range of subject areas and disciplines using a common search interface. All available databases can be searched simultaneously, or a specific database may be selected. ProQuest Research Library provides access to academic quality journals, including full text and images.

Sociological Abstracts Provides indexing with abstracts of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines.

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Periodicals at Western include:

Please check the Library Catalog to verify journal locations. Shelved as periodicals, location variations are noted.