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Research Tools for South Asian Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to South Asian Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Article Databases and Indexes
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Government Information Sources
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Library and Book Catalogs
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Organizations
Statistics and Numeric Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Article Databases and Indexes
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.
- Article Databases for South Asian Studies
- Print Indexes for South Asian Studies
- DEVINSA abstracts
Colombo, Sri Lanka : Committee on Studies for Cooperation in
Development in South Asia,
S/SE Asia DS331 .D48 REF;
3(1989)-
Abstracts from periodicals on social and economic conditions
in South Asia. Coordinated by the Marga Institute in conjunction
with Committee on Studies for Cooperation in Development in South
Asia and the Development Information Network for South Asia.
Continues DEVINSA abstracts annual
- Guide to Indian periodical
literature.
Gurgaon, Indian Documentation Service [etc.] S/SE Asia AJ3.G9
REF Library has: BOUND 1(1964)-
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Resources that provide maps or tools you can use to generate maps. Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries, giving information about cities, mountains, rivers, etc.
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Breton, Roland J. L.
Atlas of the languages and ethnic communities of South Asia
Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c1997.
S/SE Asia PK1541 .A1 1997 REF
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Dutt, Ashok K.
Atlas of South Asia : fully annotated
Boulder : Westview Press,1987.
Info Center DS335 D979
S/SE Asia G2260 .D8 1987 REF
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Kingsbury, Robert C.
South Asia in maps
Chicago : Denoyer-Geppert,1974
Main Stack G2280 .K5 1974
S/SE Asia G2280 .K5 1974 REF
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A historical atlas of South Asia
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.
S/SE Asia f G2261.S1 H5 1992 REF
Info Center f G2261.S1 H5 1992 Atlas Case
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Schmidt, Karl J., 1963-
An atlas and survey of South Asian history
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1995.
Map Room G2261.S1 S3 1995;
S/SE Asia G2261.S1 S3 1995 REF
Bibliographies and Subject
Guides
Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic.
- Online Resources
- South Asia Bibliographies and Web Guides
- South Asia Diaspora
Bibliographies
- Print Resources
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Bhatia, Kanta.
Reference sources on South Asia.
Philadelphia, South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania,
[1974?]
Main Stack DS335.A12 B5;
S/SE Asia DS335.A12 B5 REF
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Bibliography of Asian Studies.
[Ann Arbor, Mich.]: Association for Asian Studies, 1956-
Ref/Bibliog DS503.1.F3
S/SE Asia DS511.A12.B6
Published annually, the Bibliography of Asian Studies is a comprehensive
list of books and articles written in Western languages about South,
Southeast, and East Asia. Entries are arranged by subject with
an author index. BAS appeared from stdin1956-1968 as the Sept.
issue of the Journal of Asian Studies. It continues the Far Eastern
Bibliography that was published from 1941 to 1955. The last printed
issue of Bibliography of Asian Studies is 1991. Bibliography of
Asian Studies is continued by *Bibliography of Asian Studies Online*(UCB
ONLY)
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Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi.
Accessions List: South Asia
New Delhi: U.S. Library of Congress Office, 1981-
S/SE Asia Z3185.L52A
The Accessions List: South Asia is the definitive bibliography
for titles published in South Asia. It began publication in 1981
and includes monographs and serials published in India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Prior to
1981 most of the countries included had separate accessions lists,
which are listed briefly below. On Gladis you may see two records
for some of these titles because the titles changed slightly, but
the call numbers and volume numbering did not change. The South
Asia Accessions List ceased publication in 1996 and is continued
by South Asia Bibliographer listed below.
Previously published as Accessions List: India, S/SE Asia Z3201.U54 published: 1(1962)-19(1980);
Accessions List: Pakistan, S/SE Asia Z3191.U53 published: 1(1962)-19(1980);
Accessions List: Bangladesh, S/SE Asia Z3191.U53.B1 published: 1(1972)-9(1980);
Accessions List: Afghanistan, S/SE Asia PN5449.A3 published: 1(1978)-2 (1979);
Accessions List: Nepal, S/SE Asia Z3207.N4.U5 published: 1(1966)-15 (1980);
Accessions List: Ceylon, S/SE Asia Z3211.U5, published: 1(1967)-6 (1972);
Accessions List: Sri Lanka. S/SE Asia Z3211.U5 published: 8(1974)-14 (1980);
Accessions List: India. Quinquennial Serials Cumulation, S/SE Asia Z3201.U542 published: 1976-1980;
Accessions List: South Asia. Serials Supplement, S/SE Asia Z3201.U542 published: 1981/83;
Accessions List: Pakistan, Cumulative List of Serials, S/SE Asia Z3191.U531 published: 1985
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Nelson, David N., 1951-
Bibliography of South Asia
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Main Stack DS335.A12 N45 1994;
S/SE Asia DS335.A12 N45 1994 REF
Picks up recently published titles and current subject. Includes
indexes
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Patterson, Maureen L. P.
South Asian Civilizations : a Bibliographic Synthesis.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Ref/Bibliog DS339.A12.P37 DESK
S/SE Asia DS339.A12.P37 REF
South Asian Civilizations is one of the most complete and most
useful of the South Asian bibliographies. This "bible" of
sources on South Asia covers major Western language publications.
The table of contents itself is invaluable as a chronology of South
Asian political, cultural, and social history. Entries are arranged
by time period and subject with an author/subject index.
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Scholberg, Henry.
Bibliography of South Asian bibliographies in the Ames Library
of South Asia : with a special section on Southeast Asia
[Minnesota? : s.n.,1970?]
S/SE Asia DS5.A12 S38 1970z REF
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The South Asian bibliographer : a list of current publications
compiled by the Library of Congress Office, New Delhi. New Delhi
; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1998- v. ; 24 cm.
Series title: South Asian bibliographer.
RELATED TITLES:
Continues: Library of Congress Office, New Delhi. Accessions list, South Asia.
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South Asia Library Group.
South Asian Bibliography: a Handbook and Guide.
Hassocks, Sussex : Harvester Press ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J.:
Humanities Press, 1979
Main Stack DS335.A12.S625
S/SE Asia DS335.A12.S625 REF
South Asian Bibliography includes both bibliographies and bibliographical
essays on South Asia reference sources.The first section deals
with unpublished material such as manuscripts, archives, and unpublished
theses. Printed material is treated is the three final sections;
one on special formats; one divided by subject category; and one
divided by region of treatment or publication.
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
- Biographical encyclopedia of Pakistan : millennium 2000. Ed. 2000-2001. Lahore : Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy, 2001.
Main Stack CT1512.B56 2001
- India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Who's who.
Govt Refe DS481.G33.A117 (Latest)
Main Stack DS434.A35 BOUND 1952(1)-1992(10)-
- India: who's who. New Delhi, INFA Publications.
S/SE Asia CT1506.I53 REF
Main Stack CT1506.I531 Latest in DREF Biographies
- Who's who of Indian writers, 1999 / ed. by K.C. Dutt. New Delhi: Sahitya
Akademi, 1999.
S/SE Asia PK2908.W495 1999 REF
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
General and subject-specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages [by] R. L Turner. London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
S/SE Asia PK175.T8 REF
- Hobson-Jobson : the Anglo-Indian dictionary / Henry Yule and A.C. Burnell. Ware : Wordsworth Reference, 1996.
S/SE Asia PE3501.Y78 1996 REF
- Oxford English Urdu dictionary / Shanulhaq Haqqi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
S/SE Asia PK1976.H36 2003 REF
- Oxford Hindi-English dictionary / edited by R.S. McGregor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
S/SE Asia PK1936.M34 1993 REF
Doe Refe PK1936.M34 1993 Dictionaries
- English-Punjabi dictionary / Balbir Singh Sandhu. Chandigarh : Punjab State Univ. Text-Book Board, 1982.
S/SE Asia PK2635.P75 1982 REF
- Sanskrit-English dictionary / Monier-Williams. Oxford: Clarendon, 1956.
S/SE Asia PK933.M62 1956 REF
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
- An Alternative directory of nongovernmental organizations in South
Asia. Syracuse, N.Y. : Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University, c1990.
Main Stack AS408 .A48 1990;
S/SE Asia AS408 .A48 1990 REF
- Bookdealers in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka &c. : a directory
of dealers in secondhand and antiquarian books in the sub-continent
of South Western Asia. London : Sheppard Press,1977.
S/SE Asia Z448.4 .B66 REF
- The Far East and Australasia. London: Europa, 1969
Main Stack DS502.F2 Latest in DREF
S/SE Asia DS502.F2 REF
- Fax directory of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation)
: Bangladesh, Maldives, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
New Delhi : Sales Overseas, [1992?]
S/SE Asia HE8360.3 .A53 1992 REF
- Sheppard's book dealers in India and the Orient
: a directory of dealers in secondhand and antiquarian books, periodicals
and prints. Farnham, Surrey : Richard Joseph, 1993.
Hum/Area Z448.5 .S54 1993 Directories;
S/SE Asia Z448.5 .S54 1993 REF
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs and other collections of factual information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
General
- The Cambridge encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,1989.
Hum/Area DS334.9 .C36 1989 Reference Stack;
S/SE Asia DS334.9 .C36 1989 REF;
Info Center DS334.9 .C36 1989
Country-specific
- Banglapedia: national encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Dhaka : Asiatic Society
of Bangladesh, 2003.
S/SE Asia DS393.3.B385 2003 REF
- Nepal and Bangladesh: a global studies handbook / Nanda R. Shrestha. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, c2002.
Main Stack DS393.4.S55 2002
S/SE Asia DS393.4.S55 2002
- Pakistan Almanac (2001-2002) Essential Data on Pakistan. Karachi: Royal,
2002.
S/SE Asia DS376.F57 2001/2003M
Government Information Sources
Listings of publications and other information provided by government agencies. Many of these sources include the full text of the items. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
- Historical and cultural dictionary of Afghanistan / <1976>
Author: Hanifi, M. Jamil (Mohammed Jamil)
Published: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Location: MAIN: DS351 .H361; SSEA: DS351 .H36 REF
- Historical and cultural dictionary of India / <1976>
Author: Kurian, George Thomas.
Published: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Location: MAIN: DS405 .K871; Storage Info: B 4 300 571 SSEA: DS405
.K87 REF
- Historical and cultural dictionary of Nepal, <1972>
Author: Hedrick, Basil Calvin, 1932-
Published: Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1972.
Location: ANTH: DS485.N44 H41; MAIN: DS485.N44 H41; SSEA: DS485.N44
H4 REF
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
- Ames Library of South Asia.
Preliminary catalogue and bibliography of Ames Library of South
Asia.
St. Paul : The Library, 1949-1950.
S/SE Asia Z3185 .A5 REF; v.1-2 (1949-1959)
Vol. 2 also contains appendices A, B, and C to the preliminary
catalogue; and Bibliography of gazetteers, handbooks, memoirs and
manuals in the Ames Library of South Asia.
- Ames Library of South Asia.
Catalog of the Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minnesota
Boston : G. K. Hall, 1980
Main Stack f DS335.A12 .A4; v.1-16
Hum/Area f DS335.A12 .A4;
- Center for Research Libraries (U.S.)
SAMP Catalog : 1980 Cumulative Edition.
Chicago : The South Asia Microform Project and The Center for Research
Libraries,1980.
Main Stack DS335.A12 .C55 1980; Storage Info: C 2 978 138
The South Asian Microform Project (SAMP) exists to make available
in microform research materials related to the study of South Asia.
This catalog represents all SAMP materials cataloged through early
part of 1979. It supersedes all previously issued lists.
- Dogra, R. C.
Catalogue of the early printed books on South Asia : from 1586
to 1864, held in the Library of the School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London
New Delhi : Aditya Prakashan, 1988.
SSEA : Z3185 .D641 1988 REF
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
Statistics and Numeric Data
Resources that provide tables of numerical information, or listings indicating where such information can be found.
Web Gateways and
Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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