LibGuides: East Asian Studies: EA 493 '20

Finding Books

Suggested Subject Terms in CBBcat & WorldCat

Links are to CBBcat, but the same terminology is used in WorldCat subjects

Particular books:

Long-Term Effects of Learning English: Experiences from Japanese Primary Schools, by Shigeo Uematsu
Ideology, Agency, and Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Stratified Look into EFL Education in Japan (2017)
Education in Japan: A Comprehensive Analysis of Education Reforms and Practices (2019)
Early Childhood Education in Three Cultures: China, Japan, and the United States (2015)
Foreign Language Education in Japan (2015)

Expand your search to include articles by using OneSearch

Extend your search to libraries worldwide with WorldCat

How to sign up for ILLiad NOTE: this semester ILL is available only for articles and book chapters, not for physical books

Think Strategically about Your Research

For background information or fast facts use Credo Reference or print dictionaries and encyclopedias
Use terminology and facts learned to search for articles in the Bibliography of Asian Studies, Academic Search Complete, and other databases. Articles present an argument on a particular aspect of a topic.
Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking.
Search for images in ArtStor and web sources.
Whenever you use web browsers, make sure to notice the url and consider what type of entity has created the web pages you are looking at. Try using Google Advanced Search, and Google Advanced Image Search.
Investigate the notes and bibliographies of every good source you find for leads to more
Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in

Databases and Useful Search Terms

General

Global Newsstream - US and international papers. Coverage varies from 30+ years to current year only.
Bibliography of Asian Studies - from 1971 to the present; likely to be useful for any research related to contemporary topics in East Asian Studies.
Credo - hundreds of encyclopedias, for factual reference and broad background
OneSearch - searches CBBcat together with all databases. Use when1) you have the exact title of an article 2) you are not finding good results for your cross-disciplinary topic in subject-specific databases

JSTOR - articles in scholarly journals across a broad range of humanistic disciplines; generally does not include the most recent 5 years
Project MUSE - scholarly articles in humanities and social science disciplines, up to date
Academic Search Complete - academic articles from journals and books, plus magazines and newspapers
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - ProQuest's collection of dissertations and theses, many available in full text, with international coverage from 1861 to the present.

Gay Marriage in Taiwan

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Global Newsstream "same-sex marriage"; restrict Location to Taiwan
search Twitter and other social media for Taiwan and "same-sex marriage"
LGBTQ+ Source
Gender Studies "LGBTQ+ couples" and Taiwan
AnthroSource
Gender / Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan -- website
Humanities International Index
Taiwan government general website: https://www.taiwan.gov.tw/
List of bills passed

Why Become A Hostess? (Japan)

Japanese General Social Survey, 2000 click Colby Access, sign in; click tab Data & Documentation, then English Download; choose Codebook, then click through 2 folders, and open Codebook pdf
Global Newsstream
Sociological Abstracts "Japanese hostess clubs"
Asahi Shimbun

Tourism in Rural China

China Data Online economic statistics of China; we have access to only a small portion of this database, but do explore the sections China Statistics and Free China Maps
UN Data
Sociological Abstracts
Anthropology Plus
Environment Complete
Scopus primarily a science database, but includes many citations on this topic

Government sites:

“中华人民共和国文化和旅游部,” 中华人民共和国文化和旅游部 (Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China), accessed September 12, 2020, https://www.mct.gov.cn/.
“China,” UNESCO, http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/CN.
“中国生态旅游网,” 中国生态旅游网, http://www.ecotourism.org.cn/.

Aging within China's Ethnic Minorities

Government sites:

黄瑶。“强引领夯根基聚合力积极应对人口老龄化——近年来我国老龄事业发展成就综述“。中华共和国政部。October 31, 2019. http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/xw/mtbd/201910/20191000020832.shtml
“云南省人民政府关于进一步加快老龄事业发展的实施意见”。云南省人民政府。August 27, 2018. http://www.yn.gov.cn/zwgk/zcwj/zxwj/201911/t20191101_184103.html
大理白族自治州人民政府，http://www.dali.gov.cn/dlrmzf/c101662/zwfw.shtml
湘西土家族苗族自治州人民政府， http://www.xxz.gov.cn/

Pre-School English Learning in Japan

Education Abstracts
PsycINFO (1872-Current)
search facebook and Instagram for pre-school English learning Japan; also Japanese social media

Government sites:

https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kokusai/gaikokugo/index.htm 外国語教育
National Curriculum Standards (2017-2018 Revision) https://www.mext.go.jp/en/policy/education/elsec/title02/detail02/1373859.htm
National curriculum standards (2008-2009 Revision) on “foreign language activities 小学校学習指導要領「外国語活動」英訳版（仮訳）https://www.mext.go.jp/component/english/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/03/17/1303755_011.pdf (MEXT)
Current conditions regarding English teaching in primary schools小学校における英語教育の現状と課題 https://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/chukyo/chukyo3/004/siryo/attach/1379938.htm
Statistics on ekaiwa (English conversation) classeshttps://www.meti.go.jp/statistics/toppage/report/minikaisetsu/hitokoto_kako/20190205hitokoto.html 外国語会話教室の動向 statistics on eikaiwa classes (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Haafu/Hafu and Mixed Race People in Japan

Global Newsstream
Sociological Abstracts
search Twitter and other social media for Hafu; Haafu will produce further results in a general web search

"Taiwan is Taiwan": Tracing the Evolution of Taiwanese National Identity