Southeast Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies Librarian: Hao Phan
Founders Memorial 497
815-753-1809
hphan@niu.edu
University Libraries Southeast Asia Special Collections
The Hart Southeast Asia Collection is located on the 4th floor of the
Founders Memorial Library. Included in this major library collection are books,
documents, journals, newspapers, pamphlets, and other materials published in, or
concerning, the countries of Southeast Asia. Since its establishment in 1964,
the collection has acquired scholarly books and other publications in many
disciplines, with special emphasis on the social sciences, the humanities, and
the arts. Nearly all countries and ethnic groups of Southeast Asia are
represented in library holdings.
The collection consists of materials in English, in other Western languages,
and also in Thai, Burmese, Indonesian, Malay and other languages of the
Southeast Asian region. Areas of special collection strength include the Burma,
Thai, Philippine, Indonesian, and Malaysia/Singapore collections. Burma holdings
are extensive, and have been strengthened through a large Paul J. Bennett
bequest of books and pamphlets in Burmese and Western languages.
Reference assistance is available to Southeast Asia collection users, and a
separate (non-circulating) Southeast Asia reference collection is available to
assist researchers. Nearly all Southeast Asia Collection books and other
cataloged holdings can now be accessed through the library's online catalog and
the Internet.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies - - The bibliography of Asian Studies contains over 410,000 records on all fields of study (especially the social sciences and the humanities) relating to East, South and Southeast Asia published worldwide since 1971. Up to 1991, citations to western-language periodical articles, individual monographs, chapters in edited volumes, anthologies, memorial works and conference proceedings. A listing of the 100 most important periodicals in Asian studies is provided. Browsing is available by region, country, subject, and journal title. Abstracts Only.
- Human Relations Area Files: eHRAF World Cultures - - An annual publication of the Human Relations Area Files project at Yale, this electronic resource centers on original ethnographic writings on pre-industrial cultures planet wide and on North American immigrant groups. Subject codes are drawn from the Outline of Cultural Materials, (a detailed thesaurus used to construct HRAF) which is provided for ease in topical searching. All terms are fully defined and cross-referenced. Searching can be performed by keyword, culture, proximity of terms, and citation. A list of cultures available in eHRAF is a good starting point for any research topic. Each entry is introduced by an overview of the documents processed for the file and the time span they cover. Full Text.
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online - - An authoritative, dynamic online resource for students and faculty, the database brings together the best current scholarship in the field and promotes accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world.
This fully integrated resource features reference content and commentary by renowned scholars in the field and covers areas such as global Islamic history, the faith and concepts of Islam, the people, tenets and practices, politics, culture, and more. The site is regularly updated and will incorporate many newly commissioned essays.
- Sage eReference - - This database represents a collection of more than sixty recent reference works published by Sage. The volumes can be searched either individually or collectively. As a group the titles cover a wide swath of social science and allied health fields.
- Book Review Index Plus - - The database offers a comprehensive guide to book reviews that includes more than 5 million review citations from thousands of publications. Coverage is 1965 to the present.
- Chicago Manual of Style Online, 15th edition - - This new edition of the venerable guide to the preparation of manuscripts, articles, and papers has been thoroughly overhauled and updated to reflect the new realities of digital texts and electronic publishing.
- Chronicle of Higher Education - - The Chronicle provides well-researched and thoughtful analyses of current issues in higher education.
- ebrary Academic Complete - - This electronic book package includes more than 24,000 individual texts covering a broad array of academic disciplines. The database boasts a distinguished set of publishers including such university presses as Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Harvard, etc. The content of the database is well paired with an advanced set of tools that allows for expansive searching capabilities, and manipulation and storage of text.
- PolicyFile - - Focused on public policy analysis and research, this database of 32,000 abstracts draws upon the resources of both private and public think tanks, research
organizations, university research institutes, and publishers. Updates are provided weekly, with addresses for Web pages, electronic mail and full texts included when
available. Full Text.
- Sociological Abstracts - - Includes indexes and abstracts for articles in sociology and related disciplines in 20,000 journals in 30 different languages. Doctoral dissertations and book reviews are also included. Includes some full text. Coverage is 1963 to the present.
- Web of Science - - The database allows access to both the Science and Social Sciences Citation Indexes. One can locate not only specific articles, but more important explore how specific articles have been treated by the literature in their respective fields. The backfile extends to 1965.
- World Almanac - - World Almanac offers a fundamental reference source including biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics. There are over 6,000 records and the database
covers 1998 to the present. Full Text.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - - CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI/ Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. The serials list of the new database is actively under construction, with a focus on expanding international coverage. As of October 2001, approximately 1010 titles are being monitored for coverage; this list is expected to reach 1250 titles by 2002. Coverage 1975-present.
Web Resources
Major Collections in the USA
Major Collections in the World
Research Centers and Associations in the U.S.
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University
- Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
- Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Oregon
- Center for Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University
- Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of California-Berkeley
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA)
- The East Asia Center, University of East Virginia
- Pacific University Asian Studies
- Portal to Asian Internet Resources
- Program for Southeast Asian Studies, Arizona State University
- Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University
- Southeast Asian Studies, Yale
International Research Centers
