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Colonialism in Southeast Asia: Sources for Historical Analysis
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Background and Overview
ENCYCLOPEDIAS & DICTIONARIES:
Encyclopedia of Asian History. Reference DS31 .E53 1988
Historical dictionary of Singapore. Reference
DS610.4 .M85 1991
Historical dictionary of Vietnam.
Reference DS556.25 .D85 1989
With these historical dictionaries, be sure to use the index as well as the A-Z of entries. For instance, in the volume on Singapore, there is one article on "Women" and another for "Women's Charter" but there are nine entries in the Index under "Women." Also, check the appendices for useful information.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This online version of the Dictionary of National Biography (Reference DA28 .D472) has full-text search capabilities. Try a search on a colony, e.g., Singapore to find British subjects who were active there.
CQ Electronic Library Includes access to the Congressional Quarterly Almanac from 1945 to 2006 and Historic Documents from 1972 as well as other resources on the U.S. Congress.
Encyclopedia of war & American society Reference E181 .E634 2006
Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War. Reference DS557.7 .M64 2001
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Bibliography of Asian Studies. Reference Z3001 .B49 (1969-1991)
American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. Reference E183.7 .A43 2003 and online.
And So to Bed: A Bibliography of Diaries Published in English. Reference CT25 .H38 1987
Vietnam. General Collection DS556.3 .M37 1992
The Wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1945-1982. General Collection DS557.7 B875 1984
CHRONOLOGIES
Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. Reference DS33 .C63 2000
Finding Books and More
Randall Library Online Catalog: (Click on Search Catalog)
For access to materials in Randall Library: includes sophisticated search capabilities like limiting by language and format or combining subject headings. Also allows users to send search results to their email addresses.WorldCat is the union catalog of books, web resources, and other material located worldwide cataloged by OCLC member libraries (approximately 9,000 libraries.) Books in the catalog are generally available via Interlibrary Loan, and many of the websites are freely available.
Search Tips:
- Case does not matter. Punctuation marks are not needed.
- Keyword searches will likely retrieve something on your subject. This type of search looks in practically all parts of the catalog record, and is the only way to access the data in the Contents Notes field of records. However, if you are not using the terms catalogers use to identify a subject, keyword searches may actually retrieve fewer items than a subject search.
- Subject searches use a controlled vocabulary, bring more consistency to searches and organizing records by subtopics. Library of Congress Subject Headings are used in both the local catalog and in WorldCat. Useful Library of Congress Subject Headings include:
Imperialism (This term is used instead of Colonialism)
Southeast Asia -- History
[Colony] -- History Browse entries for chronological subheadings, which will vary by colony, e.g., Philippines -- History --1521-1898
[Colony] -- Foreign relations Note that place names may not be current country names, e.g., Indochina -- Foreign relations -- France
[Colonizing nation] -- Colonies e.g., Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- History
Other subheadings under colony names:
-- Diplomatic history
-- Foreign public opinion, Occidental
-- Politics and government
-- Social conditions
- Primary Source Subheadings: There are several subject subheadings used to identify books or other resources that are compilations of primary source material. Look for:
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*These subheadings are typically used under Subject Headings for individuals' names or terms describing groups of people, e.g., Soldiers.
Identify key participants and publications associated with your topic:
When looking at reference sources, pick out names of people, organizations, and governmental agencies that were participants, and any publications such as reports, newsletters, magazines, pamphlets, etc. that they produced in conjunction with the events or developments you are researching.Author searches for the key participants (individuals, organizations, agencies or other groups) will retrieve records for materials that were written or produced by them either at the time of the event or later will, in most cases, be primary sources. When searching personal names as author or subject, enter last name first.
Don't miss these documentary collections:
British Documents on the End of Empire. Call numbers vary. Each volume is cataloged separately.
Digital National Security Archive DNSA offers the most powerful research and teaching tool available in the area of U.S. foreign policy, intelligence and security issues since 1945. Over 55,000 of the most important, declassified primary documents – totaling more than 420,000 pages – are included in the database.
Foreign relations of the United States. US Documents S1.1 and online at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/FRUS
More on Subject Searching:
- Catalogers use the most precise subject heading to describe a publication.
- Just because an item's subject heading does not include "History" as a subdivision does not mean it has no history in it. In particular, look at the publication date. It may be a source contemporary to the period, i. e., a primary source.
- After finding some sources through searching the online catalog, be sure to browse the shelves near these times. The call numbers are devised to place materials on the same subject together on the shelf. In the catalog, the call number is presented as a link, so you can even browse the shelves when searching the catalog.
- You may also wish to browse the Reference Collection to see what special sources are available. A basic outline of the Library of Congress Classification scheme is also available.
Journal Databases & Indexes
Use these specialized databases and journal indexes to search for articles in journals and magazines. (Note: Databases offered by EbscoHost may be searched simultaneously.)
- America: History and Life Indexes and summarizes articles and reviews published since 1954 in over 2,000 history journals. (EbscoHost)
- Historical Abstracts Indexes and summarizes article and reviews about world history since 1450 published since 1954 in over 1, 700 journals. (EbscoHost)
- Humanities International Index Indexes journals and books in the humanities, published 1975-present. (EbscoHost)
- JSTOR Full-text searching of an archive of 62 history, 26 Asian studies, and 51 political science journals and many other disciplines. Typically excludes the latest 3-5 years of publication.
- Project MUSE Current, full-text access to over 300 journals in the humanities, arts and social sciences.
- Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS) International (1972-present) and PAIS Archive (1915-1976) contain references to monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics.
- Academic Search Premier is a general full-text and indexing periodicals database. (EbscoHost)
For religious topics, try:
Also consider anthropological databases:
FOR NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS PUBLISHED DURING THE PERIOD
- International Index to Periodical Literature (1907-1965) INDEX AI3 .R5
- New York Times Archive Full image online access to the NYT from 1851-2001.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective indexes over 200 popular U.S. magazines, 1890-1982.
- Palmer's Full Text Online contains the Index to The Times(London) from October 1790 to December 1905. The Full Text component spans the years from 1800 to 1870.
USEFUL FREE WEB SITES -- Asia & Cold War
East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources. This list of resources is maintained by Robert Eng, Professor of History, University of Redlands (CA).
Southeast Asia Guide From the University of Wisconsin, Madison, this website lists internet resources as well as print resources available at that campus. Check our catalog for the print resources to see if Randall Library owns them.
Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975 Provides and overview, extensive collection of primary documents and links to other Viet Nam websites. Developed by Robert Brigham, Vassar College.
Last Update: September 18, 2009
Page maintained by Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu