Asian Films and MSU Subscribed Databases Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Korean

1. Asian Films andMSU Subscribed DatabasesChinese, Indian, Japanese and Korean Reference Librarians Meeting/Training Michigan State University Library Thursday, March 1, 2012 Xian (shien) Wu Asian Studies Bibliographer

2. Increasing Need for Asian Resources • Increased Asian related researches and instructions in many areas: global urban studies, history, English, criminal justice and Lyman Briggs College • New faculty hiring (Indian and Chinese) • Chinese studies majors and minors; Japanese studies majors and minors; Korean languages and cultures programs • In fall 2011, 5,898 international students, mostly Chinese, Koreans and Indians; more than 1,000 visiting scholars.

3. Asian Films • Search for DVD movies documentary and feature films(example: “aftershock”) Filmakers Library Online (alexanderstreet.com)

4. Indiastat • Indiastat is run by Datanet India. The indiastat.com is its first web site started in November 2000. It was inaugurated by the Dept. of Statistics of India Gov. in New Delhi. • Indiastat Sources include reports, statistical publications, policies, releases of various ministries of Indian Govt. and its states, autonomous and trade bodies, parliament questions and answers. New statistics every week, easy to view.

5. China Data Online 中国数据在线 • Running by China Data Center at UM • Having national to city level statistics • Having statistical yearbooks • Simple dictionary of definitions example: Beijing population census data Pros: one of its kind; Cons: data not complete Warning: using CDC data with caution (at own risk)

6. China Academic Journals (CAJ) • Running from East View & Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology by the name of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)中国知网 China Academic Journals (CAJ) -- 9,337 journal titles, 30,735,210 articles, 1994 to present (06/2011)Century Journals Project (CJP) -- 3,900 journal titles, 1915-1993 (Comprehensive collection) (data from “about resources”) MSU subscribes to sections of the database(Contact Xian for articles MSU has no access)

7. JapanKnowledge +知識探索サイト • Includes dictionaries; encyclopedia; a news database (NNA) covering Asia; full-text journals; chronologies (Japan by period and prefectures); Japan Who’s Who; dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; full-text Japanese literary works • Some information can be searched in Englishexample: michigan state; east lansing; geisha

8. KRpia and DBpia (Korean) • DBpia and KRpia databases by Nurimedia.co.kr • KRpia Online Library is a dictionary and book database with full-text books, and/or abstracts (search 지봉유설 『芝峰類說』 1614 book) • DBpia full text journal database with Korean scholarly journals in 12 different fields such as literature, business, medicine, law, arts, engineering, natural science, and education, etc.by 03/2011: journals 1,366; articles 1,247,438 by 02/16/2012: journals 1,568; articles 1,399,086 • Can be accessed by smart phones English interface is available (food package; tranditional)

9. Questions?