Asian Films and
MSU Subscribed Databases
Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Korean
Reference Librarians Meeting/Training
Michigan State University Library
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Xian (shien) Wu
Asian Studies Bibliographer
Increasing Need for Asian Resources
Increased Asian related researches and
instructions in many areas: global urban studies,
history, English, criminal justice and Lyman Briggs College
New faculty hiring (Indian and Chinese)
Chinese studies majors and minors;
Japanese studies majors and minors;
Korean languages and cultures programs
In fall 2011, 5,898 international students,
mostly Chinese, Koreans and Indians;
more than 1,000 visiting scholars.
Asian Films
Search for DVD movies
documentary and feature films
(example: “aftershock”)
Filmakers Library Online
(alexanderstreet.com)
Indiastat
Indiastat
is run by Datanet India. The indiastat.com is
its first web site started in November 2000.
It was inaugurated by the Dept. of Statistics of
India Gov. in New Delhi.
Indiastat
Sources include reports, statistical
publications, policies, releases of various
ministries of Indian Govt. and its states,
autonomous and trade bodies, parliament
questions and answers.
New statistics every week, easy to view.
China Data Online 中国数据在线
Running by China Data Center at UM
Having national to city level statistics
Having statistical yearbooks
Simple dictionary of definitions
example: Beijing population census data
Pros: one of its kind; Cons: data not complete
Warning: using CDC data with caution
(at own risk)
China Academic Journals (CAJ)
Running from East View & Tongfang Knowledge
Network Technology by the name of China National
Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) 中国知网
China Academic Journals (CAJ) -- 9,337 journal
titles, 30,735,210 articles, 1994 to present (06/2011)
Century Journals Project (CJP) -- 3,900 journal
titles, 1915-1993 (Comprehensive collection)
(data from “about resources”)
MSU subscribes to sections of the database
(Contact Xian for articles MSU has no access)
JapanKnowledge +
知識探索サイト
Includes dictionaries; encyclopedia; a news
database (NNA) covering Asia; full-text
journals; chronologies (Japan by period and
prefectures); Japan Who’s Who; dissertations
from the humanities departments of six
universities in Japan; full-text Japanese literary
works
Some information can be searched in English
example: michigan state; east lansing; geisha
KRpia and DBpia (Korean)
DBpia and KRpia databases by Nurimedia.co.kr
KRpia Online Library is a dictionary and book
database with full-text books, and/or abstracts
(search 지봉유설 『芝峰類說』 1614 book)
DBpia full text journal database with Korean
scholarly journals in 12 different fields such as
literature, business, medicine, law, arts, engineering,
natural science, and education, etc.
by 03/2011: journals 1,366; articles 1,247,438
by 02/16/2012: journals 1,568; articles 1,399,086
Can be accessed by smart phones
English interface is available (food package; tranditional)
Questions?