EA 116
Buddhism & Women In
Instructor Michihiro Ama
Summer Quarter 2007
Sheila Smyth
Religious Studies Librarian
Langson Library
(949) 824-47021
Daniel Tsang Ying Zhang
Asian Studies Librarian Asian Studies Librarian
Langson Library Langson
Library
(949) 824-4978 (949) 824 - 0489
Guides to the Literature, Encyclopedias, and Other
Reference Works
Guides, encyclopedias, and other reference works often provide the researcher with a basic introduction to a topic. They may be a useful first step in beginning research, helpful both in acquainting the researcher with key terminology, concepts and critical sources in the field. The lists below are just a sampling of titles available in the Reference Collection, Langson Library, first floor. Browse in these call number areas and/or search ANTPAC to identify other useful reference works for your topic.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedia of women and religion in
Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. 15 vols. Macmillan Reference
Ref: BL31.E46 2005
Encyclopedia of Buddhism. 2
vols.
Ref: BQ128
.E62 2004
Ref: DS524.S68 2004
Holy People of
the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. 3 vols. ABC-CLIO, 2004.
BL72.H65 2004
Religion and American cultures : an encyclopedia
of traditions, diversity, and popular expression. 3 vols. ABC-CLIO, 2003.
BL2525
.R448 2003
Ref: DS821
.F73 2002
A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Oneworld, 2000.
Ref: BQ128.P69 2000
Modern
Ref: DS805.M63 1998
Historical dictionary of Buddhism.
Ref: BQ130 .P74 1993
Other Reference Materials
Buddhist Text Translation Society's Buddhism A to Z.
Buddhism : the illustrated guide.
BQ4022.B83 2001
A Buried Past; An Annotated Bibliography Of The Japanese American Research
Project Collection. Berkeley,
Ref: Z1361.J2 B87
Finding Books
- ANTPAC --to locate books at UCI
- Melvyl -- to locate books at all the UC
Libraries. Expands your search. Use "Request" button
to have a book send to you at UCI.
- WorldCat -- to identify books which may not be in the UC system. Use the Interlibrary Loan Request Form on ANTPAC to request copies on ILL.
Search Tips
- Pick
a topic of interest on the subject of Buddhism and women.
- Write a brief Problem Statement,
define your topic and note “keywords” that describe the research question
of interest to you.
- Do
a keyword search.
- Combining
Search terms: Using
AND between term will give you a smaller set of retrievals,
while using OR will give you more retrievals.
- Display
the full records for relevant titles.
Look at the LCSH (Library of
Congress Subject Headings). This will help you
identify
specific subject headings used to describe the book. You can click on
those and
then this will create a new search with those words.
- Keep
a list of helpful keywords and subject headings.
- Diagram your topic: what? who? when? where?
even why?
- As
you read and find new terms, you may have to go back and do more searches
on the new terms. Beware that terms may have changed over time.
- If
you are searching ANTPAC each record will provide the UCI Libraries
location, call number and circulation status.
- Use
available search options to combine terms and/or limit terms (to date,
language, format, etc.). Use available output options e.g. , email? Download? print?
A Selection of Subject
Headings:
Women in Buddhism -- Sri Lanka
Women -- Religious life -- Buddhism
Buddhist nuns --
India -- Jammu and Kashmir
Monasticism and
religious orders for women, Buddhist
Zen literature -- History and criticism
Zen Buddhism --
Japan -- History
Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 1945-
Buddhism -- Missions -- History -- 20th century
Buddhist women -- United States -- Biography
Shinto --
Relations -- Buddhism
Feminism --
Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Buddhist women --
Social conditions
Japanese
literature -- Meiji period, 1868-1912
Japanese literature -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- History and criticism
Databases for Locating
Journal Articles
Many of the following resources
and more can be found on these two subject guides:
Religious Studies Subject Guide:
Asian Studies Subject Guide:
Citations in all scholarly fields
of religion: biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious
perspectives on social issues. More than one million
bibliographic records covering the research literature of religion in more than
34 languages. More than 350,000 article citations from
1,400 journals, more than 150,000 essay citations from 14,000 multi-author
works, and nearly 350,000 book review citations.
Premier index to articles about the history of the world, except for
Multidisciplinary index to scholarly articles and publications. In addition to citation and
abstract, the bibliography of the cited articles is supplied, often with links to that article citation.
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected
scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography,
mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of
contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.
To
eventually provide full-text online access to all journals published by the
Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social
sciences, and mathematics. A brief bibliographic description of each title is
given.
Full text collection of journals
magazines newsletters regional publications books booklets and pamphlets
conference proceedings and governmental NGO and special reports devoted to womens and gender issues Contains materials dating back to
the 1970s.
Indexes periodicals from the humanities and social sciences. N.B. this database stops
coverage in 1995. Contains Japanese journals such
as Japan Quarterly, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies,
FRANCIS (humanities & social
sciences):
A multilingual multidisciplinary database indexing books and journal
articles in the humanities social sciences and economics. It is strong in religion, the
history of art, and literature with particular emphasis on current trends in
European and world literature. Most items have abstracts.
ProQuest Digital Dissertations:
Provides subject, title, and
author access to almost all American dissertations accepted at an
accredited institution since 1861. Masters theses have been selectively indexed since
1962. Abstracts are included for doctoral dissertation records from July 1980
to the present. In addition, the database serves to disseminate citations for
thousands of Canadian dissertations and an increasing number of papers accepted
in institutions abroad. Professional (e.g., M.D., LL.D.) and honorary degrees
are not included. UCI dissertations can be searched for in ANTPAC using LD
791.9 and the subsequent numbers relate to the main subject area of the thesis
and a table of these numbers is located on the Special Collections and Archives
page.
Search Tips
Combining Search terms: Using AND between term will give you a
smaller set of retrievals, while using OR will give you more retrievals.
Use
available search options to combine terms and/or limit terms (to date, language,
format, etc.). Use available output options e.g. ,
email? Download? print? .
If
necessary use any help screens to learn more about the features of a database.
To locate the Journal articles click on the UC-eLinks button. UC- eLinks – connects from the article citation to the UC holdings if UCI has access to a Fulltext copy of the article online.
ANTPAC catalog – Journal (print or electronic), if UCI owns it.
Interlibrary Loan - Journal article if not owned by UCI.
ASK a Librarian - for additional assistance.
Evaluate results. Mark the ones of interest. View marked items. Cite using appropriate style manual and e-mail articles to you. To create a bibliography or list of references use Refworks (http://www.refworks.com). Free and easy to set up an account. Works with most databases so you can easily import citations into Refworks and have this program format the citations in the appropriate style manual (e.g. MLA and APA).
Primary Resources
Primary
sources are firsthand testimony or direct
evidence concerning a topic under investigation. The nature and value of
a source cannot be determined without reference to the topic and questions it
is meant to answer. The same document, or other piece of evidence, may be
a primary source in one investigation and secondary in another. The
search for primary sources does not, therefore, automatically include or
exclude any format of research materials or type of records, documents, or
publications. Primary sources typically can include archives and manuscript
material, photographs, letters and diaries, scrapbooks, newspapers and
clippings, government publications, oral histories, magazines, published books,
printed ephemera, and video and audio recordings.
UCI Special Collections:
The
books that are in Special Collections ( 5th
floor Langson Library) can be located through your
searches of ANTPAC. The location would indicate Special
Collections. A keyword search under Jesuits with a limitation of location
to Special Collections would help identify these materials. They do not check
out and must be used in the Special Collections
Reading Room.
Regenerations
: oral history
project : rebuilding Japanese American families, communities, and civil rights
in the resettlement era. 4 vols.
Special Collections
James
Kobayashi: interviewed by William Gulley. Roy Kobayashi: interviewed by Don
Niemeyer.
F868.O6
K59 1998.
Special Collections
Postage due to
love : romance postcards from Palmapodoca
Press.
Special Collections
Mitsuye Yamada papers, 1942-1998 (bulk 1975-1991).
Special Collections
Finding Aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/oac/uci/spcoll/r71
East
Asian Collection: Established in 1990 to serve the teaching and
research needs of the faculty in East Asian studies, the East Asian Collection
contains the UCI Libraries’ resources of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language
materials. From a core collection of some 8,000 volumes in Chinese, acquired
from a noted historian in
Microforms:
There are microfilms
having to do with Buddhism on the first floor in the Microfilm area. There is a
finding aid on the shelves near these microfilm drawers. There is also a
microform reader near the microform drawers from which you can burn articles on
a CD or print them out. If you need help with microforms go to the reference
desk on the first floor Langson Library. A simple way to locate microfilms at UCI is to search for your topic in the
ANTPAC catalog advanced search mode and limit your search to location: Langson Microforms.
Newspapers:
Access
World News from NewsBank provides full text
information and perspectives from over 600 U S and over 700 international
sources each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on
local regional and world issues Date coverage varies with individual newspaper.
Asianweek: UCI
has current in print (E 184 O6 A84) in CPR (Current Periodical Room, 2nd
floor; Langson Library), Microfilm (S 000536)
(1979) - December 2006, and
Online: 1) http://uclibs.org/PID/54500
v.4:no.19(1983):Jan)-v.11:no:20(1989:Dec.).
2) http://uclibs.org/PID/34902
v.10:no.33(1989:Mar.)-
present.
Websites
Beware
make sure the information you find on the internet is authoritative.
Library of
Congress finding aids:
A search interface to find all the finding
aids at the Library of Congress.
Center for Research Libraries:
Gives access to various good collections in
religious studies.
National Archives and Records Administration:
Has the online catalog of
Provides online access to over 50 million historical electronic records
organized in over 350 databases created by some 20 Federal agencies.
Information in the databases covers a wide variety of topics.
Repositories of Primary Resources:
A listing of over 5000 websites describing
holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and
other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have been tested for
correctness and appropriateness.
Links added or revised within the last thirty days or so are marked {New}.
Please use this form or e-mail to add entries, provide corrections, or make
comments on its utility. Those who have recently submitted new and revised
entries are acknowledged. Guidelines for the inclusion of sites on this list
are available.
Online Archive of California:
This archive covers all UC special collection
archives plus those of many other institutions in
Asian Studies Network Information Center: At the
Association for
Asian Studies:
International Institute for
Asian Studies:
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library:
University of Hawaii Japan
Collection:
To locate a book using the UCI ANTPAC catalog. When looking at a record you need the call number (e.g. BQ6160.T28 C44 2007 ) listed in the middle to find the book on the shelf.
To find Journal Articles (ATLA Religion Database, JSTOR, Web of
Science, and Historical Abstracts etc.)
ATLA Religion Database
To locate this database go to the library homepage (http://lib.uci.edu) and then click on the Subject Guides link and scroll down to the Religious Studies Guide or go to the E-Resources Locator and type the name of this database in the search box.
Example search: On first
line enter the three terms “wom?n”
or “female” or “nun*”, 2nd
line enter Buddhism, and 3rd
line enter
On the results page you can limit the results to display only the articles in the “Peer-Reviewed Journals”.
Display and Mark the articles of interest. Evaluate results. Locate the articles via UC e-links.
UC- eLinks – connects from the article or book citation to the UC holdings of the item,
Full Text Articles - copy of the article online
ANTPAC catalog – Journal (print or electronic), if UCI owns it.
Interlibrary Loan - Journal article if not owned by UCI
ASK a Librarian - for additional assistance.
View marked items. Email marked items to yourself ; use the citation style of choice.
Creating citations use QuikBib which several
databases have or export into Refworks
(refworks.com).
