East Asian Studies 

Introduction

Databases

Newspapers & Dissertations

Primary Sources

E-Books

Reference Tools

Resources by Subjects

General Information about East Asian Countries

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Newspaper Databases:

• Access World News (NewsBank) - full text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources
• Ethnic NewsWatch - contains news, culture and history from 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press.
• Factiva - News from newspapers, magazines, newswires, and trade and industry journals.
• The Internet Public Library - Online Newspapers from around the world
• Lexis Nexis Academic - Full text for thousands of newspapers in the U.S. and around the world.
• Newslink - comprehensive list of links to papers worldwide
• World-Newspapers.com - World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English
• The Center for Research Libraries: Foreign Newspapers 

Current Newspapers & News Magazines:

• Asiaweek
• B.C. Asia Review
• China Daily
• Japan Echo
• Japan Times
• National Newspaper Index
• Nikkei Net Interactive
• South China Morning Post
• Taiwan Journal
• Taiwan's News.Net
• Time Asia

Dissertation Abstracts (1637-)    

Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.  UC dissertations in digital format published since 1997 are free to UC students.