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Professor Gang Song Spring 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 Religion, 2nd ed. 15 vols.
Macmillan Reference
Ref: BL31.E46 2005
Ref: DS524.S68 2004
Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. 3 vols. ABC-CLIO, 2004.
BL72.H65 2004
Encyclopedia of food and culture. 3 vols.
Ref: GT2850 .E53 2003
New
Catholic encyclopedia.
15 vols.
Ref: BX841 .N44 2003
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. 2 vols. Macmillan Reference
2003.
Ref: BL240.3.E43 2003
Propaganda and mass persuasion :
a historical encyclopedia, 1500 to
the present. ABC-CLIO, 2003.
Ref: HM1231 .C85 2003
Encyclopedia of
Ref: DS705 .P47 1999
Other Reference Materials
Handbook of
Christianity in
Bibliography on East Asian
Religion and Philosophy. Mellen
Press, 2001.
The
Ref: BR95.O94 2000
Finding Books
Search Tips
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.
A Selection of Subject
Headings:
China -- Church history -- 19th century
China -- Church history -- 20th century
China -- Civilization -- Christian
influences
Christianity --
Christianity -- China -- History
China -- Religious life and customs
Christianity and other religions -- China
Christianity and other religions -- Chinese
Protestant
churches -- China -- History -- 20th century
Protestants -- China --
Hong Kong
China -- History -- Ming dynasty,
1368-1644
China -- History -- Qing
dynasty,
1644-1912
Chinese literature
-- Tang dynasty,
618-907
China -- History -- Sui
dynasty,
581-618
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.
Indexes periodicals from the humanities and social sciences. To search, enter the title of
the book in the "Article title keyword" field. N.B. this database
stops coverage in 1995.
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.
China
Academic Journals (CAJ 中国学术期刊网）
Developed by
Chinese Studies Online (CSO)
from Wanfang (万方数据)
Provide rich full-texts to policies and laws
of
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.
Culture & state in Chinese history
: conventions, accommodations, and critiques. Stanford Unversity
Press, 1997.
Langson
Special Collections: SCC-037
Sectarianism and
religious persecution in
Langson
Special Collections Gen: BL1801 .G7 1963
How to win the Chinese.
Langson
Special Collections: SCP-2792
Langson
Special Collections: DS709 .M465
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: 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:
Print/Microfilm;
E 184 O6 A84, and online.
Videos:
Videos at UCI are located in the Multimedia resource center across from
the reference desk on the first floor of the Langson
Library. Many videos located at other institutes can not be loaned to UCI due
to restrictions set by the producers. A simple way to locate films at UCI is to search
for your topic in the ANTPAC catalog
advanced search mode and limit your search to location: Langson - Multimedia resource center and/or Material type: film/video.
Center for Asian American Media:
Catalog of the National Asian American Telecommunications Association.
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 ohter institutions in
Asian Studies Network Information Center: At the
Association for
Asian Studies:
International Institute for
Asian Studies:
European Association of Chinese
Studies:
Asian Studies WWW Virtual
Library: