Research Guide: East Asian Studies

This guide is intended for use by students in the East Asian Studies program at Johns Hopkins University. The guide highlights important resources that all East Asian Studies students would find useful regardless of specific interests within the field. Patrons are welcom to contact Yuan Zeng, librarian for East Asian Studies, with questions regarding this guide or use of the collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library.

How to Identify Useful Books on Asian Studies :

Tools and guides to point you to sources by topic

Tips on searching the JHU Libraries Catalog for English and Asian Language books

Tips in romanization
 

How to Find Articles:

Using indexes and databases to locate articles

Outside service for Asian languge material document delivery
 

How to Find Background Information:

Good "gateways" to websites about Asia

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

Websites of other East Asian libraries with research guides

Biographical Information
 
 
Specialized Internet Resources:                                                                                                     

Language learning and eletronic dictionaries

Asian nations: government information

Online Course Guides

Fall 2006--Political Science 190.320---Politics of East Asia

Fall 2006--History of Science and Technology 140.350---Japan and the Environment