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Area Studies
This subcategory consists of libraries devoted to Area Studies, the scholarly study of broad cultural groups. By nature area studies is interdisciplinary and encompasses a variety of humanities and social sciences, including art, history, literature, philosophy, political science, anthropology, archaeology, and demographics. Collections may focus on a geographic area, such as Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, or North and South America, or on an ethnic group assiciated with one of these continents.
Sites in Area Studies
University of California at Berkeley South/Southeast Asia Library
Resources, both print and electronic, for South Asia and Southeast Asia, including Afghanistan, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Duke University East Asian Collection
Print and electronic resources for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Asian-American Studies, with resources for elementary and secondary school teachers.
Library of Congress Asian Reading Room
Recent publications, links, and a bibliography of Korean works. Collections are particularly strong in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, and southeast Asian materials.
University of California at Berkeley Digital Chinese Library
Supports the Center for Chinese Studies with an online reference desk containing selected Internet resources on China, and other resources.
Rutgers University East Asian Library
Library and collections information and a research guide for East Asian Studies that includes print and electronic resources.
Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room
Contains general reference guides, specific guides for Puerto Rico, Spain and the United States, and an events calendar.
California Cooperative Latin American Collection Development Group (CALAFIA)
A consortium of primarily academic California libraries, designed to bring together disparate collections in Latin American Studies.
Tulane University Latin American Library
Focuses on archaeology, anthropology, history, linguistics, art, architecture, film, women's studies, and economics of Middle America, with limited digitized images from the collection, indexes to other images not available online, and textual print and electronic resources.
University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library
Access to the Digital China Information Center, the Japan Information Center, an index of Chinese journals, and Internet links to library catalogs and academic resources.
Schoharie County Historical Society Library
Historical and genealogical materials for Schoharie County, New York and vicinity. Library information and search engine.
University of Kansas East Asian Library
Information about the library, Internet links of interest, and special projects, including the Mid-America Chinese Resource Guide.
University of Texas at Austin Benson Latin American Collection
Includes collection information, online resources and guides, and online exhibits, with versions in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
University of Michigan Asia Library
Specializes in literature and information from Korea, China, and Japan, with online and print resources and guides.
Nordic Africa Institute Library
The Nordic Africa Institute Library in Uppsala, Sweden specializes in contemporary Africa. The holdings cover the entire continent with emphasis on social sciences.
Latweb
Online access to indexes, catalogs, full-text retrieval, organizations, languages, and media links for Latin American studies from Ohio State University.
University of Notre Dame Kellogg/Kroc Information Center
Resources in Latin American and International Area Studies, including a virtual reference desk with major electronic research sources. |
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