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Guide to Asia-related Resources

Indexes and Bibliographies

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Printed indexes:

Printed indexes and bibliographies should be consulted as they often cover material not included in electronic resources. You can find relevant indexes and bibliographies by searching our Monash Voyager Catalogue, using the keywords "name of country bibliography".
In this section we have listed some general, country or subject specific printed bibliographies and indexes held in the Monash University Library. Also included are some monographs which have particularly useful bibliographies.

Electronic databases for Asian studies:

These databases contain information relevant to Asian studies. They can be accessed by Monash students and staff. Instructions for off-campus access is provided on the Monash University Library Databases and electronic resources page.

ABI Inform
AgeLine
Anthropology Plus
APAIS Australian Public Affairs Information Service

APECLit
The APEC Literature Database (APECLit), produced by the Australian APEC Study Centre (a consortium of Monash University and the University of New South Wales), is a bibliographic database containing indexed records of published and unpublished items dealing with Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and related topics. The database includes reference to monographs, journal articles, working papers and reports, conferences and conference papers with an emphasis on Australian material. Subject coverage includes economic cooperation, international trade, trade liberalisation, trade in particular products, trade law, industrial science and technology, human resource development, labour standards, energy resources, environment, telecommunications, transportation and tourism.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Australian Financial Review

BERITA - South East Asia Database via Informit
The Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database (BERITA), produced by the staff of the Southeast Asia Collection/Malaysian Resource Center, Ohio University, is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published and unpublished material that concern Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, or South-East Asia as a whole (when the foci countries are included). Also included are materials regarding the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Source documents are monographs, journal articles, articles in books and conference papers. Subject coverage includes Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Arts, Biography, Business, Children's Literature, Communications and Media, Demography, Economics, Education, Educational Texts, Environment, Gender Studies, Geography, History, Language and Linguistics, Literature, Law, Library and Information Science, Medicine and Health, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Government, Science and Technology, and Travel and Recreation. Most of the items listed in BERITA are available at the Ohio University Libraries or other South-East Asia studies centers in the United States. Articles which are less than three pages in length are not included. BERITA contains 10,191 records, dating from 1990 to November 1999.

Bibliography of Asian Studies
This on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. Through the 1991 printed version, the BAS included citations to western-language periodical articles, individually authored monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften, etc. Since 1992, newly published individual monographs are no longer being added to the database, and users seeking monographs are urged to consult other general resources and databases (such as RLIN, OCLC, etc.). The online BAS contains the full data of all printed editions of the BAS issued from 1971 up to the 1991 edition (published 1997), as well as thousands of entries compiled since. To quickly bridge the gap in coverage from 1991 to the present, the BAS staff have identified the most important 100+ periodicals in Asian Studies, and have given these high priority for indexing to make their coverage as up-to-date as possible.

BIPE - Indonesia Database via Informit
The Bibliography of Indonesian Politics and the Economy (BIPE) database, produced by the School of Asian Studies, University of Sydney, covers Indonesian politics, government, economy, political culture and demography. With over 12,700 records, the database includes references to books, chapters in books, journal articles and dissertations. The original source material is in English and Indonesian. Abstracts are provided for some records.

Business Review Weekly 1998 on CD-ROM

Chonggi Kanhaengmul kisa saegin = Index to Korean periodicals 1977-1999.
Available at ASRL office.

Contemporary Women's Issues via Direct Connect
ProQuest dissertations & theses
Econlit via Direct Connect
ERIC via CSA
Expanded Academic ASAP
FirstSearch
GEOBASE via Direct Connect
Historical Abstracts
Index to United Nations Documents & Publications 1975-1996 on CD-ROM
INDBIO - Indian Biography via Informit

INTAN-MAS - Indonesian Regions Database via Informit
INTAN MAS, produced by the Northern Territory University Library, contains references to the literature on the Eastern Indonesian provinces of Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Timor Timur (East Timor), Sulawesi, Maluku, and Irian Jaya. In addition, as a result of a Research Fellowship in 1994 at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, INTAN MAS now contains references to publications on Australia's relations with South-East Asia, ASEAN, and its member nations (Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam). The database facilitates the identification and location of source materials on this region. It comprises bibliographical references to books, periodical articles and dissertations. INTAN MAS currently holds 11,996 bibliographical references to the region.

LLBA - Linguistics & language behavior abstracts
MLA International bliography

Nichigai Associates, Journal Index.
Japanese language only. Password available at ASRL office.

NUS - National University Singapore Theses Collection via Informit
The NUS Theses Collection (THESES), produced by the National University of Singapore Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes theses submitted to the University of Singapore (NUS) and its predecessor institutions, and which are deposited with the Library. Source documents: Higher-degree theses and academic exercises submitted to the National University of Singapore and its predecessor institutions, namely, Raffles College, the University of Malaya, the University of Malaya (Singapore Division), the Nanyang University, and the University of Singapore. The earliest item in the collection dates back to 1947 and titles in Chinese are excluded. THESES contains 30,257 records, dating from 1947 to October 1999.

PAIS International

PERIND - Periodicals Index on Singapore, Brunei & ASEAN
Periodicals Index (PERIND), produced by the National University of Singapore Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes articles on Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN (as an entity). Source documents: Approximately 270 core journal titles published internationally and in Singapore. The journals are mainly in English with a small number in Malay. They include book reviews, review articles, editorials, letters, speeches, lectures, interviews, obituaries, panel discussions, commentaries, legislation notes, case notes and clinical case studies. The citations on medicine include also those authored by Singapore and Malaysian doctors regardless of geographical coverage. Most journals date from 1980, though medicine is covered from 1975 and law from 1932. Note that PERIND started as an index to periodical literature but beginning from mid-1997, it covers also book chapters and conference papers (both published and unpublished). Subject coverage: Humanities, social sciences, business, management, building, architecture, city planning, law and medicine. PERIND contains 83,662 records, dating from 1980 to October 1999.

Philosopher's Index via Direct Connect
Serials in Australian Libraries (SIAL)

Singapore Malaysia Collection (SMC)
The Singapore/Malaysia Collection (SMC), produced by the National University of Singapore Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts items from published and unpublished material relating to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN (as an entity).

Source documents: A good deal of the SMC source material consists of microfilmed items of public records, government documents, rare serials, newspapers and manuscripts. SMC also includes academic exercises and theses submitted to the National University of Singapore and its predecessor institutions as well as to universities abroad. Other valuable source items include company reports, current journals and directories. The items are mostly in English and bear imprint dates from as early as 1596.

Subject coverage: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN (as an entity). SMC is particularly strong in source material tracing the various aspects of the development of the Malay States, Singapore and the Bornean regions (excluding Indonesian Borneo); from their founding through the period of colonial government, up to independence and after.

Excluded from this database are Chinese titles and titles published in Singapore or Malaysia but the contents of which do not relate to this region.

Social Services Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
The Sydney Morning Herald 1999 on CD-ROM
Women's Studies databases
World Trade Online

Web Magazineplus. Nichigai Associates index to journal, magazine and newspapsers articles.
Access restricted to a single machine in the Asian Studies Research Collection (ASRC). Japanese language only.

Other Indexes to Asia-related material

Southeast Asian serials index


University of Melbourne

Chinese collection, East Asian Collection


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