Index of materials for EAS205: East Asian Research and Bibliographic Methods

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I. Introductory materials

• Required/Recommended Dictionaries for Japanese Language Students
• Required/Recommended Dictionaries for Chinese Language Students
• Required/Recommended Dictionaries for Korean Language Students

Online Dictionaries

JAPANESE	CHINESE	KOREAN
Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server	Chinese Characters Dictionary Web	Yahoo Korea
Jeffrey’s Japanese-English Dictionary Server	Babylon Bilingual Dictionary	Naver (Korean)
GOO (Japanese-English, English-Japanese, Japanese-Japanese)	Zhongwen.com	Hanja Dictionary
Pacific Software Online Dictionary	Chirkin’s English-Chinese Dictionary	BlueDic Net Project
Denshi Jisho – Online Japanese Dictionary	Mandarin Tools
Space ALC	Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage
Yahoo Japan Online Dictionary	Guoyu Cidian
Big Globe Search	CCDICT
Sanseido Web Dictionary	Kangxi Zidian

Language Resources

JAPANESE	CHINESE	KOREAN
Rikai	Chinese Annotation Tool
Hiragana Megane	Internet Guide for Chinese Studies

II. General Bibliographies and WWW Resources

• UAlbany Library page on East Asian Studies
• Selected Resources for Research in East Asian Studies
• Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
• Umass Amherst Online Resources for Japanese Studies
• University of Hawaii: General Bibliographies for Korean Studies

III. Using the University Libraries

• Virtual Tour
• Minerva Tutorial
• International Students’ Guide

IV. Word Processing

• Word Processing Basics I
• Word Processing Basics II (Word processing in Chinese-Japanese-Korean)
1. Declan’s Guide to Installing Korean IME in Windows XP
2. Declan’s Guide to Installing Japanese IME in Windows XP

• Installing CJK IME in Windows Vista

• The Korean Keyboard

V. JSTOR, Project Muse, BAS, OCLC, NACSIS

• UAlbany Off-Campus Access to Databases and Online Journals—University at Albany Users Only
• Course guide to using JSTOR and BAS
• BAS general searching help
• JSTOR general searching help
• First Search and InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
• Library guide to Boolean searching
• NACSIS
• GENII

VI. Radicals of (Chinese) Characters (漢字)

• How to use a Chinese Dictionary
• About Kanji – web page with useful information about Japanese
• On-yomi and Kun-yomi handout
• The 214 Radicals (for Sinologists)
• The 214 Radicals (for Japanologists)

• The 214 Radicals (for Koreanists)
• Hanja with multiple readings (Korean)

VII. CJK Romanization

VIII. Simplification

• Timeline for language reform
• Class handout on “History of Chinese characters and simplification”
• Information on the old Japanese orthography (旧仮名遣い)
• Chart comparing simplifications between Chinese and Japanese
• Simplified hanja (Korean)

IX. Calligraphy

• Course material on calligraphy
• Semi-cursive and cursive forms in Japanese
• Variant kana forms

X. Morohashi’s 大漢和辞典

• Information sheet on Morohashi’s dictionary
• Example of entry from Chinese version of the 大漢和辞典

XI. Citation/Plagiarism

• Course materials on citation in CJK
• East Asian Studies Style Guide
• Plagiarism 101—from the SUNY Albany Libraries
• MLA Style Guide

XII. Annotated Bibliographies

• Course materials on annotated bibliography and bibliography assignment
• Sample Annotated Bibliography
• UAlbany Library page on annotating a bibliography
• Writing an Annotated Bibliography (from San Diego State University)

XIII. Research Papers

• UAlbany Library site on sources for writing a term paper

XIV. Chronology/Telling Time

• Course material on dates in Chinese history
• A Practical Guide to Chinese Date Conversion
• Computing Cyclical Characters for Specific Days using the Sino-Western Calendar

XV. Eras

• Course materials on historical eras in East Asia
• History of the Japanese Calendar
• Reign Chart of Japan
• Reign Chart of Korea
• CJK Reign chart 1881-1920
• Korean Guide to CJK Reign chart 1881-1920
• CJK Periodization chart
• English Periodization Chart
• Japanese Periodization Chart (From Nelson’s Dictionary)
• The YES English Guide to Reigns, Eras & Dynasties (Comparing Europe, China, Korea, and Japan 501 A.D. to the present)

XVI. Units of Measure, Statistics, etc.

• CJK Cardinal/Ordinal systems
• CJK weights and measures
• Japanese measurement conversion charts
• Chinese Numbers

XVII. Names/Biographical Resources

• Class handout on names
• Sample dictionary entry of Zhu Xi
• List of “name” kanji (人名用漢字別表) as designated by the Japanese government
• Online Biographical Dictionary (オンライン人名辞典)
• Public Domain Data Library 人名辞典 (Japanese language only)
• Chinese Biographical Database
• Korean Surnames

XVIII. Ranks

• Course handout on Ranks

Rank Charts

• Structure of Central Administration, Late Chosôn to Early Colonial Periods (Korea)
• Rank chart of classical Japan
• Chart of Japanese military and business ranks
• Rank charts of China, from A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China

Chou (1122-256 BC)

Ch’in (221-206 BC)

Han (202 BC-220 AD)

Era of North-South Division (220-589)

Sui (581-618)

T’ang (618-907)

Sung (960-1279)

Yüan (1264-1368)

Ming (1368-1644)

Ch’ing (1644-1912)

XIX. Historical Resources

• East Asian Historical Research

• Chinese Historical Sources
• Japanese Historical Resources
• Korean Historical Resources
• Examples of pages from the Dictionary of Japanese History

• English terms of Korean History

• Korean History: a Bibliography
• Introduction to Classical Chinese Historiography (Princeton)
• Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912
• H-JAPAN (an academic discussion list with logs)
• H-ASIA (an academic discussion list with logs)
• H-NEAsia (an academic discussion list with logs)

XX. Literature Resources

• Course material on literature resources
• Japanese Literature in Translation
• Virginia Japanese Text Initiative
• Aozora Bunko 青空文庫
• National Diet Library of Japan
• Bibliography of works on Korean literature
• Downloadable texts of Classical Korean Literature
• World-wide web library of resources on Chinese literature

XXI. Geographical Resources

• Course Materials on East Asian Geography (pdf file—smaller, but you can’t zoom in on the maps)
• Course Materials on East Asian Geography (Word file—larger, but you can zoom in on the maps)
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library Links to Chinese Geography
• Bibliography of Materials concerning Chinese Historical Geography
• Japanese Historical Maps from the East Asian Library at the University of California, Berkeley
• Chart of Chinese provinces, capital cities, and alternate names (in Japanese)

XXII. Religion/Philosophy Resources

• Course Materials on East Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Digital Buddhist Library and Museum
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library Links to Chinese Philosophy
• Stanford Jguide to Japanese Religions
• Buddhist Studies - Buddhism/Buddhist Electronic Newsletters & Journals
• H-Buddhism (an academic discussion list with logs)
• Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
• East Asian Buddhist Studies: A Reference Guide