Archive for the ‘Asian & Middle East Studies’ Category

Eastern Christian Art

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Eastern Christian Art

Eastern Christian Art is devoted to studies in Christian art and archaeology in the Middle East. Its aim is to present studies about the Christian material culture in countries of the Middle East within a broad, interdisciplinary context, including Late Antique, Byzantine, Islamic, and crusader elements.

Chinamaxx Digital Libraries

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Chinamaxx Digital Libraries

Northwestern University Library has purchased 2100 volumes of Chinese e-books covering a variety of subject areas.  The online publisher, SuperStar Digital Library, has an extensive collection of books published since 1949.   The database offers various search and browse options.

Individual records for each e-book will be put into the Library’s NUcat catalog.

Internet Explorer browser is required to use this product. 

China Data Online / Zhongguo Shu Ju Zai Xian

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

China Data Online / Zhongguo Shu Ju Zai Xian

Comprehensive online database focusing on economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. Includes monthly and yearly reports on China’s macroeconomic development, statistical databases about China’s population and economy at the provincial, county, and city level, and financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches. Also includes statistical yearbooks, industrial and marketing surveys, and an atlas of China.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur’anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam. Users can refine the rich array of content to search and browse by era, topic, and geographic region, filter to view a specific type of content, and make use of a variety of search forms to set criteria for locating biographical entries, bibliographic references, primary sources, terms in the Qur’an and Concordance, and much more.

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

Contains more than 5,000 searchable entries covering all aspects of Byzantine history and civilization from the 4th through the 15th centuries, with special depth in subjects such as bureaucratic titles and fiscal terms, urban life, and rural economy.

Symposium

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Symposium

Symposium is a quarterly journal of criticism in modern literatures originating in languages other than English.

eHRAF World Cultures

Friday, January 18th, 2008

eHRAF World Cultures

A collection of thousands of books and articles on cultures from all regions of the world; provides information on particular cultures, ethnic groups, or immigrant groups, their beliefs and superstitions, or subjects such as political structure, architecture, kinship units, or settlement patterns. The information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.

Formerly known as eHRAF Collection of Ethnography.  Has new provider and interface.

Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei

Digitized and fully-indexed version of the compendium of the Japanese historical gazetteer.

Japan Knowledge

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Japan Knowledge

Includes dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English); the Nihon daihyakka zensho (Nipponica), a full text 30 vol. encyclopedia; two dictionaries of current words: Imidas and Gendai yōgo no kiso chishiki; a dictionary of scientific terms: Kagaku gijutsu ryakugo jiten; a biographical dictionary: Nihon jinmei daijiten; the JK Who’s Who; the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan; a news database (NNA) that covers Asia and the European Union; a full-text journal: Shūkan ekonomisuto; Edo-Tōkyō kasane chizu (map); full-text of books in the Tōyō bunko series; chronologies (world history, Japan by period, Japan by prefecture, science, culture, society, daily life, social movements, economics and for individuals); a database of video (TV, news) recordings from 1908 to 2005; database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; URL database; books in print database; sound library; music library.