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East Asian Studies

Getting started

Welcome to the East Asian Studies Subject Guide!

This guide will help you find key sources of information for your chosen area of study. You will find print and electronic resources in Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK), and English.

I am here to help you with your research and assignments during your time here. You can find my contact information on the right. If you need immediate help, please Ask Us.

If you think the guide is missing something or you have feedback you would like to share, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Searching for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) resources

The East Asian Information Literacy project provides a serie of foundational video tutorials on searching for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) resources in library catalogues and databases, managing your research data, and more. For more information about searching for resources in each of these languages, please navigate to the corresponding tab. 

Databases in English for Asian Studies

Other databases with lots of Asia-related content:

Newspapers

English newspaper databases with Asia-related content (see also country specific pages):

Audio-visual (music, films, documentaries, etc)

See the Audio & Video subject guide for a variety of streaming film and video sources

Subject Librarian

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Cheng Yin Zhu
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