Resources
Other Helpful Pages
For even more resources, check out these Colby Library Guides:
- Chinese Literature
- (Includes a Guide to Using Artstor)
- Citations in Brief
- Citing resources in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese - from Yale University
- Researching and Reading
For instructions on other Library Resources:
Books in the Catalog
- The Indiana companion to traditional Chinese literature byCall Number: PL2264 .I534 1998ISBN: 025333456XPublication Date: 1998
Worldly Stage - Theatricality in seventeenth-century China by Call Number: PN2872 .V65 2011ISBN: 9780674021440Publication Date: 2011-05-02
Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction In Dream of the Red Chamber, Anthony C. Yu, 1997. See Chapter III, "Stone," which connects story, philosophy and novel. "The opening five chapters deftly weave a triple frame (mythic, realistic, narrativistic) wherein to introduce the setting and characters of the tale.." (122).
Men and Women in Qing China : Gender in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Louise P. Edwards, 1994. See chapter V., "Wang Xifeng : Young Women and Power," section one: "The absence of a victim" (pages 68-70) and chapter VI, "Domesticating the Women Warrior : Comparisons with Jinghua yua" (pages 87 - 111).
Steps in Your Research
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Research
Steps in Your Research
- Read your initial text attentively, considering what information would put the writing in context and give you a fuller understanding of it.
- Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in
- Look up background information in the reference materials, e.g., Credo Reference, encyclopedias, atlases and histories, etc.
- Use terminology and facts learned from background sources to search for articles in periodical databases.
- Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking
- Leverage the power of the index to navigate within books (Remember to check various translations and Romanizations of Chinese names and titles - Jia / Chia, Pao yu / Bao yu, Cao / Tsao, Chin Ko-ching / Qin Keqing, Hsi-feng / Xifeng, etc.)
- Use the bibliography in every useful source you find to lead you to more
Tips for Catalogue Searching
- Use quotes to glue a phrase together. E.g., "Chinese fiction"
- Use an asterisk as a wild card to cover word variations. E.g., Liter* (for Literature, Literary)
- Broaden your search by using OR with parentheses. E.g., (Mansions OR Chamber). Results can contain either term.
- Narrow your search by using AND. E.g., Qing AND novel. Results must contain both terms.
- Remember to try various translations and Romanizations of Chinese names and titles
- Find one good item? Click on a record's Subject Headings to find similar material.
- Expand your reach, sign up for ILLiad, our Interlibrary loan service.
- Order directly from within WorldCat by clicking on Request through ILLiad@Colby.
- Ask your librarian! kjgillum@colby.edu
Find Books and Media
CBBcat Subject Headings
Click on these links to find similar items. CBBcat uses Library of Congress Subject Headings. Unfortunately, these headings sometimes use outdated terminology, but once identified they can often provide much more precise search results than using keywords. Examples of LOC Subject Headings:
A scene from the novel, painted by Xu Baozhuan (1810–1873)