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ASIAN PERIODICAL INDEXES IN ENGLISH

This is a listing of periodical indexes in English pertaining to Asia currently received by the Asia Collection. These indexes focus on the social sciences and humanities. General English language indexes are not available in the Asia Collection for the following countries: Bangladesh, Burma, Japan, Cambodia, Korea, Nepal, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The Bibliography of Asian Studies, however, indexes Western language publications for all of Asia. Online indexes available on the UHCARL main menu with substantive Asian coverage include: Expanded Academic Index, Uncover, ABI/Inform and ERIC. Citations on Asia may be found in most subject CD-ROM indexes. Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) and Predicast CD-ROM indexes are particularly good for references on Asia. CD-ROM indexes are located in the Reference Section on the first floor of Hamilton Library. The indexes listed below are located in the Asia Collection Reference Section, on the fourth floor of Hamilton Library.


Asia

Bibliography of Asian Studies. Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies.

Call Number:Asia Ref Z30001.B5
Languages:English and other Western languages
Frequency:Annual
Library Holdings:1936 -
Time Lag:6 years
Description:Previous titles were Bulletin of Far Eastern Bibliography and Far Eastern Bibliography. More than 1,000 journals indexed and 200 books are analyzed.

China


Bibliography of Chinese Studies. Hamburg: Institute of Asian Affairs and the Asia and South Pacific Section of the Overseas Documentation, German Overseas Institute.

Call Number:Asia Ref Z3106.B52
Language:Chinese, English and German
Frequency:Annual
Library Holdings:1982 -
Time Lag:1-2 years
Description:Covers China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. The collection of articles is based on the "Monthly Bibliography" of CHINA aktuell, a monthly publication. More than 60 periodicals available in the library of the Institute of Asian Affairs are indexed.

India


Guide to Indian Periodical Literature. Gurgaon: Indian Documentation Service.

Call Number:Asia Ref AI19.I4G9
Language:English
Frequency:Quarterly with annual cumulations
Library Holdings:1968 -
Time Lag:1 year
Description:Subject - author index to articles in over 500 journals published in India. Also includes articles from Times of India and Economic Times.

Index India: A Documentation List on India of Documents in English. Jaipur: Rajasthan University Library.

Call Number:Asia Ref Z3203.I5
Language:English
Frequency:Quarterly
Library Holdings:1967 - 1969, 1972 - 1974, 1984 -
Time Lag:3 years
Description:Includes publications from all over the world.

Indonesia


Excerpta Indonesica. Leiden: Modern Indonesia Department, Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology.

Call Number:Asia Ref Z3273.E83
Language:English, Dutch, Indonesian
Library Holdings:1970 -
Time Lag:1 - 2 years
Description:Abstracts articles and selected new books in all languages.

Malaysia


Indeks Majallah Malaysia. Malaysian Periodical Index. Kuala Lumpur: Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia.

Call Number:Asia Ref AI19.M3I53
Language:Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese, and Tamil
Frequency:Semi-annual
Library Holdings:1973 -
Time Lag:6 years
Description:Indexes selected Malayasian periodicals deposited at the National Library of Malaysia. Subject headings are in English. Citations are in the language of the article.

Philippines

Index to Philippine Periodicals. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Library.

Call Number:Asia Ref AI3.I63
Language:English
Frequency:Quarterly
Library Holdings:1955/56 - 1979, 1985/86 -
Time Lag:3 - 4 years
Description:More than 80 Philippine periodicals are indexed. Includes book and film reviews.

Singapore

Singapore Periodicals Index. Singapore: National Library.

Call Number:Asia Ref AI3.S57
Language:English, Malay, and Chinese
Frequency:Annual
Library Holdings:1969/70 -
Time Lag:2 years
Description:Covers approximately 150 periodicals published in Singapore.

Southeast Asia

Index to Periodical Articles Relating to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, ASEAN: Humanities and Social Sciences. Singapore: National University of Singapore Library.

Call Number:Asia Ref DS520.I523
Language:Malay, English and other Western Languages
Frequency:Annual
Library Holdings:1980 -
Time Lag:2 years
Description:Over 400 periodicals published inside and outside the region are covered. There is a separate book review section arranged by the author's name.