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EAST B264/HIST B260 : Human Rights in China (BMC)
Guides, Encyclopedias and Biographical Directories:
The Cambridge history of China
Publisher: Cambridge [Eng.] ; Cambridge University Press, 1978-
Multi-volume work on the history of China, containting lengthy chapters written by leading scholars. An excellent starting point for overview essays and essential bibliography on most topics.
Chinese history
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : 1998.
A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the basic problems encountered in researching traditional Chinese civilization and history, with discussions of over 2,500 primary sources and reference works and a selection of 500 of the most outstanding contributions of modern scholarship.
Finding Books:
For locating books, journals, videos, and electronic resources held at Tri-College libraries. You can mark and then email or print records for multiple items. Use the request option to ask for items from Haverford or Swarthmore. Delivery is usually within one or two days.
Useful subject searches include:
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WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.
Interlibrary Loan and E-ZBorrow
The books and articles you need for your research may not be available from a Tri-College library. We have two systems to help you retrieve the materials you need. See this page to place your requests.
Journal Articles:
JSTOR
Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
Bibliography of Asian studies
Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festshriften on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers 1971-present. Complete citations end with the 1991 records. Since 1992, newly published books are no longer being added.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
PAIS international
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, intergovernmental, and private organizations reports. Areas covered include political, economic, social and public policy issues. Covers 1915-present.
Worldwide political science abstracts
Provider: CSA
Provides citations and abstracts of journals in political science and related fields including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Covers 1975-present.
LexisNexis academic
Provider: LN
Full-text of thousands of newspapers, magazines, news transcripts, reference works, and legal materials. Includes NY Times (1980-current)
PolicyFile
Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
Provides online access to abstracts and full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Coverage varies.
Columbia International Affairs Online
Offers full-text journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, non-governmental organization papers, and conference proceedings that focus on theory and research in international affairs. Covers 1991-present.
Historical abstracts
Provider: EBSCO
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book reviews and dissertations that cover world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada which are covered in "America: History and Life"). Includes publications from 1953-present.
Primary Sources: Government Documents:
U. S. Government Publications and Documents
U.S. Congressional serial set
Provider: Readex
This online resource contains nearly all of the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Provides primary source material on all aspects of American history, including relations with China. Complete through 1962, and will eventually go to 1980.
GPO monthly catalog
Includes citations of U.S. government documents, including: Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by departments in the Executive branch including the departments of Defense, State and Labor. Covers 1976-present.
Primary Sources: Newspapers and Periodicals:
China daily (North American edition)
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1997-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1997-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1997-present.
Publisher: New York, NY : China Daily Distribution Corp.,
The library also receives current issues in paper form.
The New York times on the Web
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1851-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1851-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1851-present.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : New York Times.
[Select the link for your college, then select ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
Contains nearly all articles that have appeared in the New York Times since its inception in 1851.
Contains nearly all articles that have appeared in the New York Times since its inception in 1851.
Washington post (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1877-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1877-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1877-present.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The Washington Post Co.,
[Select the link for your college, then Proquest Historical Newspapers]
Contains nearly all articles that have appeared in the Washington Post since 1877.
Web Sites:
Chinese Human Rights Web
"Welcome to the Chinese Human Rights Web, a site devoted to informed discussion of both historical and contemporary human rights issues, particuarly as they pertain to China. The site is maintained by Stephen C. Angle and Marina Svensson, the coeditors of The Chinese Human Rights Reader: Documents and Commentary, 1900-2000 (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001)." [from the website]
Human Rights in China
"Founded by Chinese students and scholars in March 1989, Human Rights in China (HRIC) is an international, Chinese, non-governmental organization with a mission to promote international human rights and advance the institutional protection of these rights in the People’s Republic of China (China)." [from the HRIC website]
Human Rights Watch
"Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. Each year, Human Rights Watch publishes more than 100 reports and briefings on human rights conditions in some 80 countries, generating extensive coverage in local and international media." [from the HRW website]
Amnesty International
China section of AI's website.
Internet guide for China studies
Comprehensive metasite for information on China and East Asia. Besides information on politics and international relations the site links to web resources on social, cultural, environmental and economic topics with a Chinese or Asian focus.
Asian studies WWW virtual library
A global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies.
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