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Conducting Library Research on "Confucianism in East Asia"

Finding Secondary Sources

A. Cambridge Histories Online Highly accalaimed scholarly work. Includes separate series on China and Japan. Print editions also available in the library.

B. Indexes:

Historical Abstracts. Major index/bibliography for finding English-language articles and books on post-1450 world history.

Philosopher's Index & ATLA Religion Database. For finding scholarly works in the field of philosophy and religion. 

C. Project Muse (current issues) and JSTOR (journal archives, with 3-5 year moving wall). Two full text article databases. Includes many important Asian studies journals.

D. Online Journals - see a preliminary list on next page.