Asian Films andAsian Films andMSU Subscribed DatabasesMSU Subscribed Databases

Chinese, Indian, Japanese and KoreanChinese, Indian, Japanese and Korean

Reference Librarians Meeting/TrainingMichigan State University Library

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Xian (shien) WuAsian Studies Bibliographer

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.

Increasing Need for Asian Resources

Asian FilmsAsian Films

Search for DVD movies documentary and feature films(example: “aftershock”)

Filmakers Library Online (alexanderstreet.com)

Indiastatis 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.

IndiastatSources 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.

IndiastatIndiastat

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 Data Online China Data Online 中国数据在线中国数据在线

China Academic Journals 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 +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 Englishexample: michigan state; east lansing; geisha

KRpia and DBpia (Korean)KRpia and DBpia (Korean)DBpia and KRpia databases by Nurimedia.co.krKRpia 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 1,247,438by 02/16/2012: journals 1,568; articles 1,399,086Can be accessed by smart phones English interface is available (food package; tranditional)

Questions?