Databases

The following links give access to bibliographic databases of interest for anyone searching for information and literature on Asia.

Asia specific

Asia Intelligence Service (AsiaInt)
an online source for current updates on Asian political and economic information. Asia Intelligence Service can be used by visitors in the library.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)
"referencing western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971". (Please note, since 1992, newly published individual monographs are no longer being added to the database.)
Restricted access. Only within campus.

China Academic Journals (CAJ)
A fulltext database for articles from Chinese language journals (1994-) within the areas:
- Literature/History/Philosophy (950.000 articles)
- Economics/Politics/Law (2,4 million articles)
- Education/Social sciences (760.000 articles)

From NIAS you can access directly through the website of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: Click on the link "European Access to China Academic Journals Database" to the right under "Online Zugang".
Searches are made in Chinese, but there is a small number of articles which can be found using pinyin.

To view the results you can choose between using pdf-format och the CAJViewer. The CAJViewer programme can be downloaded on the start page of the database. Just click on the link.

Please note: Don't forget to logout when you finish using the database, or other users are blocked from access for 15 minutes!

Restricted access. Only within campus.

The Chinese Cultural Revolution Database
This searchable Chinese database contains a large number of documents and consists of 6 sections:

1. CCP documents and directives
2. texts by Mao Zedong
3. speeches, directives and writings by Lin Biao
4. central party leaders´ speeches
5. newspaper editorials and signed articles
6. this section is devoted to the Red Guards

CiiNii - Citation Information by National Institute of Informatics (Nii), Japan.
CiiNii incorporates a number of databases, providing search facilities for academic periodicals published by universities, academic societies etc, with citation links to 900,000 natural science records and full text access to 240.000 of the 9.6 million records in CiiNii .

City University of Hong Kong Theses Online (CityUTO)
provides online access to the abstracts and tables of contents of CityU research postgraduate theses and taught postgraduate dissertations available in the Library, dating back to 1990. Browsing CityUTO: Theses and dissertations covered can be browsed by title, degree and department.

DACHS - Digital Archive for Chinese Studies
is archiving and making accessible Internet resouces relevant for Chinese Studies, with special emphasis given on social and political discourse as reflected by articulations on the Chinese Internet.

Hong Kong University Thesis Online
The Hong Kong University Theses Collection holds 12,475
titles of theses and dissertations submitted for higher degrees to the
University of Hong Kong since 1941. The first recorded thesis was dated 1928, though all theses prior to 1941 were lost during the occupation of WWII. HKUTO includes works in the arts, humanities, education and the social, medical and natural sciences. Many of them deal entirely with or focus on subjects relating to Hong Kong. The collection is primarily in English, with some in English and Chinese, and others in Chinese only.

Asia Observer
"Start page for observers of news and developments in East and Southeast Asia . ""The emphasis is on news, discussions, politics, economy and general background."

AsiaSource
"An online resource developed by the Asia Society to meet the need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia."

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."

Pantun Baba Cina:

Malaysian catalogue and database on Baba pantun, syair and gurindan on the Internet

Koleksi N.A. Halim:

Malay architecure from N.A. Halim

Sari Online: Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu:

Malaysain: All articles from SARI since Vol. 1 1983

SARDS 2 is an electronic database containing bibliographic references to South Asia research articles published in journals, collective volumes, conference proceedings, Festschriften, etc. SARDS 2 is a project of the Centre for Research in the Historiography and Intellectual Culture of Kashmir (adwm.indologie.uni-halle.de), hosted by the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and headed by the Halle Chair in Indology. The focus of SARDS 2 is on the humanities and social sciences. To date, over 56.000 citations are electronically searchable, covering the period from 1786 until 2000.

General

Dialog Profound - online resource for market research, with more than 201,000 market reserach reports, company briefings and industry briefings from leading analysts at more than 400 investment banks and brokerage houses.
For more information on Dialog Profound, please contact the librarian.

ELEKTRA - Electronic resources, mainly journals and databases, available through the Royal Library of Denmark.
Restricted access. Only within campus.

Ingenta - Combines the UnCover, ingenta and CatchWord databases and offers search and browse fascilities for over 25,000 publications within a wide range of disciplines. Linked to 4,500 electronic full-text articles, together with other articles deliverable by fax or Ariel fax, available for payment.
Restricted access. Only within campus.

The following databases do not need a subscription and are available for free over the Internet, i.e. they are not restricted to the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

ELDIS - Gateway to development information. Includes links to country specific news, maps, statistics, Governmental bodies, Country profile (CIA), IMF country profile, Industrial profile (UNIDO), Trade policy review (WTO), Human rights record (Amnesty), Environmental profile (UNEP), Environmental profile (WRI/World Bank), Advice for visitors well as full text material arranged according to subjects.

World Affairs Online (Internationale Bezeihungen und Ländekunde) - includes material from a wide range of sources on international relations and area studies. International politics, international conflicts, international organisations, international security, defence and domestic security, arms control, national and international economics, foreign policy, national political systems, societal development, environmental policy, structural domestic problems. Both current events and historical reviews are presented.
Articles are selected from about 1,000 international journals, and books, reports and government publications from around the world are also included. About 50% of WAOL's sources are in English, 30% in German, 8% in French and 12% in other languages
Produced by Fachinformationsverbund Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde, c/o Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin.

Bibliotek.dk - The Union catalogue of Danish libraries.

Libris.se - The Union catalogue of Swedish libraries.

Sambok - Norwegian Union catalogue of monographs.

Danmarks Elektroniske Forskningsbibliotek (DEFF) - Danish research libraries website. DEF provides access to subject portals of internet resources within 26 different subjects, electronic journals and Danish library websites and catalogues.

Librarian's Index to the Internet
General subject guide

Open Directory Project
General subject guide

SOSIG - Social Science Information Gateway
"The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) is a freely available Internet service which aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law."

U-land.dk - A Danish web portal to information on developing countries and development aid organizations and projects maintained by 30 Danish development aid organizations. It includes e.g. links to Danish and international development aid and human rights organizations, country specific information, educational material, lecturers, travel guides, news etc.