Databases
|
FIRST STEPS for REMOTE RESEARCH
|
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)
|
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. For access to even more articles, Request from another library through ILL. |
Directions on signing up for ILL
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
Click on the link, then change Entire CBB Collection to E-Books. All of the subjects above are attached to at least one e-book.
CBBcat Author Searches:
E-Books are available in CBBcat for highlighted authors
EA 252
Lu Xun Park, Qingdao (Source: Wikicommons)
|
Librarian for East Asian Studies: Karen Gillum kjgillum@colby.edu Contact me at any time! |
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 left. 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
CBBcat - for readily available e-books
To look for E-Books, change Entire CBB Collection to E-Books.
A few examples:
The Cambridge history of Chinese literature. Vol. II
A concise history of Chinese literature, by Luo Yuming ; translated by Ye Yang
A new literary history of modern China, edited by David Der-wei Wang
Modern Chinese literature, Lin Shu and the Reformist movement: between classical and vernacular language, by César Guarde-Paz
Zhuangzi and modern Chinese literature, by Liu Jianmei
A companion to modern Chinese literature, edited by Yingjin Zhang
Ideological Transformation of 20th Century Chinese Literature, by Xie, Mian
Contested modernities in Chinese literature, edited by Charles A. Laughlin
Fiery cinema: the emergence of an affective medium in China, 1915-1945, by Weihong Bao
The lyrical in epic time: modern Chinese intellectuals and artists through the 1949 crisis, by David Der-wei Wang
Fragmenting modernisms: Chinese wartime literature, art, and film, 1937-49, by Carolyn FitzGerald
>> Renditions - back issues of this Chinese-English translation journal are available here
| Look for more books by searching CBBcat and changing Entire CBB Collection to E-Books. To find more in collections not listed in the catalog, consult this library guide on the many places to find good resources. |
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?