| Main databases |
| Bibliography of Asian Studies online (1971 onwards) |
Contains more than 519,000 references to western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. The paper copy is at WBL Level 4: Per 905 (1969-1991). Formerly known as the Journal of Asian Studies, at WBL Level 4: Per 905 (1960-1968). |
| ASSIA (Applied social sciences index and abstracts) |
Covers the whole area of social sciences from 1987 to date. |
| IBSS via Proquest |
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. One of the largest social science databases in the world, it covers 2,600 international journals and around 6,000 books a year in economics, sociology, politics and anthropology. |
| Arts & humanities citation index (via Web of Knowledge) |
Articles indexed from 1981 to date. |
| Social sciences citation index (via Web of Knowledge) |
This is useful when you have found a good article and would like to see if other authors have quoted it. It may also be used for more conventional subject searching: beginners usually concentrate on searching by using author name and title words.
Formerly known as the Social sciences and humanities index, available at WBL B ABS 050 (1965-1974). |
| ATLA religion database |
Large index to all types of relevant literature on religions. |
| PsycINFO |
International literature in psychology, psychiatry and related fields. |
| ERIC |
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, reports and conference papers covering major educational and education-related topics. Coverage is mainly American. |
| China Academic Journals Web |
Searchable catalogue of Chinese academic journals, from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure. |
| Japan Knowledge Plus |
Multi-source reference database of Japanese history, society, language and culture. |
