Databases
Find scholarly articles and contemporary news:
- MLA International Bibliography
- JSTOR
- Academic Search Complete
A mix of news, popular magazines, academic journals - Historical Abstracts
World history from 1450 to the present - ATLA Religion Database
Religious and theological literature, including world religions and social issues. Articles from 1949 to the present. - Political Handbook of the World
- Screen Studies Collection
- ARTstor
For a focus specifically on Asia:
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
Coverage of East, Southeast, and South Asia works in western languages; focus on the humanities and the social sciences. - Asia Country Studies (Library of Congress)
- South China Morning Post (Historical)
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Articles in academic journals reflect current scholarly conversation on a given topic. Look for a sidebar in databases that will allow you to limit your results to scholarly journals, set date ranges, etc. |
CBBcat
CBBcat Subject Searches:
- Chinese Literature History And Criticism
- Chinese Literature 20th Century History And Criticism
- Chinese Fiction 20th Century History And Criticism
- Chinese Fiction 20th Century Translations Into English
- China History 20th Century
- Modernism (Literature) - China
- Lu Xun 1881 1936 Criticism And Interpretation
- Mao Dun 1896 1981 Criticism And Interpretation
CBBcat Author Searches:
EA 252
Lu Xun Park, Qingdao (Source: Wikicommons)
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Construct your research strategically.
- For background information, use Credo Reference or print dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Use terminology and facts learned from the background information to search for articles in the Bibliography of Asian Studies, Academic Search Complete, and other databases at right. Articles present an argument on a particular aspect of a topic, not facts alone.
- Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking. The longer form of a book provides greater breadth of general information or greater depth of argument.
- 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
Look for background on Chinese literary theory in -- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
on Chinese history in -- Cambridge History of China
on Chinese art in -- Oxford/Grove Art Online
on Chinese film in -- Oxford Bibliography of Chinese Film
Use catalogs to find books
.....using subjects at left
CBBcat - for readily available books
WorldCat - search catalogs of libraries worldwide
Directions on signing up for ILL
A few examples:
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A Guide to Chinese Literature byISBN: 0892640995Publication Date: 1997-01-01A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to the present day. After an introductory section discussing the concept of literature and other features of traditional Chinese society crucial to understanding its writings, the second part is broken into five major time periods (earliest times to 100 c.e.; 100-1000; 1000-1875; 1875-1915; and 1915 to the present) corresponding to changes in book production. The development of the major literary genres is traced in each of these periods.
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Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976 byISBN: 0313264570Publication Date: 1992-03-17Articles 2-3 pages long on important people, events, concepts, such as a Hundred Flowers, the Long March, Peng Te-Huai. In English.
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Witness against history : literature, film, and public discourse in twentieth-century China byISBN: 080474792XPublication Date: 2003Witness against History offers fresh readings of milestones in twentieth-century Chinese literature and cinema. The book reveals how these texts and films, which seem to proclaim faith in modernity, nevertheless doubt the possibility of changing the course of history. The witness against history is ultimately a critique of witnessing itself.
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The literature of China in the twentieth century byISBN: 0231110847Publication Date: 1997A comprehensive, integrated survey of twentieth-century Chinese literature, from the Boxer Rebellion, when the strains of Western influence first emerged, to the Tiananmen Massacre, when dissident poets, such as Bei Dao, earned international acclaim and indefinite exile from the mainland.
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The Columbia History of Chinese Literature
by ISBN: 0231109849Publication Date: 2002-03-19The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive guide to China's vast literary traditions. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women. The History traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends.
Research Practice
1. Where would you look for a relatively brief explanation of Marxist or modernist literary theory? What is the title of the article you found?
2. Name two sources in which you could look for scholarly journal articles on Xiao Hong's writing. Give the title of one article and the title of the journal it is published in.
3. What is the title of a book about (not by) Ding Ling? What is its call number? Which of the CBB schools has a student thesis related to Ding Ling in their Special Collections?