Social Movements in South Asia:
Finding Print Resources
Finding books or journals
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Here is a list of standard Library
of Congress subject headings on social movements to help get you started. Add the
country or group you are interested in to make them more specific.
Periodical and Newspaper Indexes
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go to Electronic
Abstracts & Indexes. Most databases are restricted to UCB or UC
students, faculty, staff and on-campus users.
For help using the databases, visit a Library reference desk, or take one of the free training sessions the Library provides. Some of the most useful periodical databases for finding information on South Asian social movements are:
Alternative
Press Index -- UCB Only
The most complete guide to North American alternative and radical
media, this includes citations of articles, reviews, speeches, editorials,
etc., since 1991. The print version of this index goes back to 1969 (it
can be found at HM101.A12 A55 Humanities/Area Studies, Main Library).
Bibliography
of Asian Studies -- UC Only
A very comprehensive database of academic publications (monographs, articles and
book chapters) in western languages on all parts of Asia published since 1971.
Historical
Abstracts -- UC Only
A bibliographic database containing citations to articles on the history
of the world from 1450 to the present, covering over 2,000 journals.
Indian Guide to Periodical Literature
-- PRINT ONLY
An excellent index of periodicals published in India in English
since 1964. Available in the South/Southeast Asia Library, AJ3.G9 Reference
1964- )
MAGS
(Magazine and Journal Articles) - UC Only
Citations for articles from over 1,500 core academic journals and popular
magazines in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, business, and
law published since 1988. Contains some abstracts and some full-text.
Sociological
Abstracts -- UC Only
Citations from nearly 2000 academic sociology journals, books, book chapters,
and reviews published since 1963.
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