LibGuides: Subject Guide for Asian Studies: Databases and links collections

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ASEAN - Association of South-East Asian Nations "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN."
Asia Portal The AsiaPortal Electronic Resources Guide. Here you find databases and online journals. The databases are arranged according to geographical area covered, in the sections General Databases, East Asia and South and Southeast Asia. Asia Portal is created and maintained by NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
Asian Development Bank Founded in 1966, ADB has been driven by an inspiration and dedication to improving people’s lives in Asia and the Pacific.
Asian Dynamics Initiative "Asian Dynamics Initiative is a research priority area based at the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen."
DORISEA "DORISEA is a cooperative network of scholars from the Universities of Goettingen, Hamburg, Muenster, Heidelberg and Berlin (HU), whose research focuses on the connection between religion and modernity in Southeast Asia. "
Gapminder Professor Hans Rosling's project. You can create bubble charts and see statistics from all over Asia and compare to the rest of the world.
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"A non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels."
ILO - International Labour Organization "The ILO aims to ensure that it serves the needs of working women and men by bringing together governments, employers and workers to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes. The very structure of the ILO, where workers and employers together have an equal voice with governments in its deliberations, shows social dialogue in action. It ensures that the views of the social partners are closely reflected in ILO labour standards, policies and programmes."
OpenDOAR - Directory of Open Access Repositories Directory of Open Access Repositories managed by University of Nottingham, UK.
UNESCO's Creative Cities "Urban areas are today’s principal breeding grounds for the development of new strategies, policies and initiatives aimed at making culture and creativity a driving force for sustainable development and urban regeneration through the stimulation of growth and innovation and the promotion of social cohesion, citizen well-being and inter-cultural dialogue. In this way cities respond to the major challenges with which they are confronted, such as the economic crisis, environmental impacts, demographic growth and social tensions. "
United Nations - Asia and the Pacific "The main centre of United Nations activity in Asia and the Pacific is Bangkok, Thailand, home to the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. There are also many regional and country offices of UN system entities, and UN political offices in the Asia and Pacific region."
United Nations Statistics Division
World Bank Open Data "Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe."
World Development Indicators "The World Bank Group has two ambitious goals: End extreme poverty within a generation and boost shared prosperity."

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Academic Search Complete, ASC (EBSCOhost) Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary scholarly database that offers access to peer-reviewed academic journals, magazines, reports, books and monographs, trade publications and other resources. Subject areas include: Area Studies, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Ethnic and Multicultural Studies, Food Science and Technology, General Science, Geography, Geology, Language & Linguistics, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Religion & Theology, Women's Studies.
Asia Portal - E-resources "Here you can find databases, online journals, NIAS Press e-books , and the latest issues of a collection of Asian newspapers."
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCOhost) ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials offers indexing to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion combined with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) The Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) covers literature about East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. It contains more than 519,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences). The online BAS contains the full data of all printed editions of the BAS issued from 1971 up to the 1991 edition (published 1997), as well as thousands of entries compiled since. Since 1992, newly published individual monographs are no longer being added to the database, and users seeking monographs are urged to consult other general resources and databases (such as RLIN, OCLC, etc.)
Business Source Complete, BSC (EBSCOhost)
Climate change and Law collection "This comprehensive collection of climate change and law documents contains original source, non-edited and non-redacted “grey literature” (non-peer reviewed) in English, centered on climate change and the law. Incorporated in the category of ‘law’ is any discipline of law which addressed climate change, including corporate law, environmental law and human rights law. Materials in the collection originate from a wide range of organizations in the public and private sector, institutions, and/or individuals, world-wide."
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, IBSS The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) focuses mainly on the four core social science disciplines: anthropology, economics, politics and sociology. IBSS includes over 2.6 million references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters and is especially strong on international material with over 50% of journals published outside of the U.S. or United Kingdom. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and nearly 7,000 books are included each year. Abstracts are provided for over 80% of all current journal articles, and users can link to the full text of articles in journals subscribed to by their institution. Title Coverage List. Subject headings: Anthropology, Development Studies, Economics, Environment, Gender Studies, Human Geography, Politics, Sociology, Social Science.
Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO) Over 1400 qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods topics and terms. Over 500 books Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks. The entire "Little Green Book" (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) and "Little Blue Book" series A Major Work collating a selection of journal articles Newly commissioned videos
Urban Studies Abstracts (EBSCOhost) Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Web of Science & Social Science Citation Index Find articles in your subject and check the citations made to them.
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