Facts and Background Information Selected print and electronic encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc. Books Locate items in the library catalog and other libraries. Articles Use indexes to search for articles in journals, proceedings, etc. Websites Recommended academic, professional, and learned societies sites, and more. Contact a Librarian

Below are a few major, frequently used sources for the study of Asian Literature. See also the research guide to Humanities. Please consult with a reference librarian for directions to many more sources in your topic. Internet resources require a Tufts I.D. number for off-campus access (authorized users statement).

Facts and Background Information     [back to top]

Dictionary of Oriental Literatures
[PRINT. Tisch Reference PJ31 .D5]

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature
[PRINT. Tisch Reference PL2264.Z99 I53 1986]

Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature
[PRINT. Tisch Reference PL726.1 .M495 1985]

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These databases use Library of Congress subject headings:

Library Catalog

Boston Library Consortium Catalogs

Worldcat
Catalog records from thousands of North American libraries.

For more on how to find books, click here.

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Bibliography of Asian Studies
An index of Western-language articles, monographs, and book chapters published since 1971.

MLA International Bibliography 1963-
An international index to books and journals on the modern languages and literatures, including linguistics and folklore. Publications from 1921 to 1962 are covered in printed volumes at Tisch Reference Indexes.
[HUM] Z7006 .M64.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Provides author, subject and citation access to journal articles and book reviews in the arts and humanities. Coverage from 1974. Part of Web of Science.

Electronic journals

Periodicals are listed in the Library Catalog (how to use). Holdings in all formats are unified in one record, and most entries for journals held in electronic format contain a hyperlink to the source; searches in the web-based catalog enable one to follow these links directly. A complete list of electronic journals is on the Tisch homepage under Electronic journals.

Many humanities/social sciences journals held in digital format are parts of Project Muse or JSTOR. Although these databases include search engines for the journals they contain, the indexes listed above are the most comprehensive and authoritative sources for the literature of the discipline, and frequently link directly to our electronic journals.

For more on how to find articles, see Database Searching Tips (also available in PDF).

Websites     [back to top]

Tufts Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages & Literature

Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures (Other Than English) Page

Shodouka
This service allows pages containing Japanese characters to be viewed without requiring Japanese language support in one's browser or operating system.

For more on how to find and evaluate websites, see How to Evaluate Web Sources.

Contact a Librarian     [back to top]

Christopher Barbour. Contact for questions about library collections.
Chao Chen . Contact for reference questions and instruction requests.