• Books in Miller Library:
  
  
  • Reference:
    
    
    • Online:
      
      
      • CIA World Factbook
      • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
      • A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
      • The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World
        
        
    • Print:
      
      
      • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China
      • The New Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China
      • A Handbook of Korea
      • Korea Annual
      • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
      • Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
      • Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese Art
      • Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
      • Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre
      • Encyclopedia of World Cultures
      • The Far East and Australasia
        
        
• Books in the main collection:
  
  
  • Subject search
    
    
    • uses Library of Congress subject headings
    • Asia = DS's
    • start with major headings and then skim the subheadings, e.g.:
      
      
      • East Asia
      • China
      • Japan
      • Japan -- Civilization
        
      
      
      
  • keyWord search in the title, contents, series, etc., e.g.:
    
    
    • China (1914 entries found)
  
  

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  • For books not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan
    • free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks

• Academic Search Premier
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  • coverage 1985
  • mostly full-text
    
    
• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
  • comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs
  • includes working papers from univesity research institutes, occasional papers series from non-goverment organizations, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs
  • coverage from 1991+
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• JSTOR
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  • complete run of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years
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• PAIS International
  • Public Affairs Information Service, the premier global public policy resource database
  • indexes 3,600+ sources: periodicals, books, hearings, reports, government documents, internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries
  • primarily citation and abstracts only; some full-text
  • coverage from 1972+
  
  
  
• Project MUSE
  • 250+ scholarly journals, including political science & international studies
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• WilsonWeb
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  • two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega; Humanities & Social Sci Retro
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  • Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
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• Check journal titles in Journal Finder, the library's list of full-text electronic periodicals
  
  
• For articles not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan
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• Lexis-Nexis Academic
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• New York Times (1851-2001)
• the complete newspaper (text, graphs, photos, etc.) in digital form
  
  

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• Tokyo Stock Exchange Listed Company Directory
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook (sponsored by Fordham University)

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• Hacker Online
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