East Asian Canadians/Americans

Here a few suggestions to help you locate information on East Asian Canadians/Americans

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias which contain information on East Asians in North America include:

• DS 805 K64 1983 (2LB-REF) Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan - 9 vols. + supplement
• The Canadian Encyclopedia - see articles "Chinese" "Japanese Canadians" "Koreans" etc.
• E 184 A1 B574 2000 (2LB-REF) Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics
  - vol. 1 African Americans and Asian Americans
• FC 104 E63 1999 (2LB-REF) Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples

Biographical sources for East Asia include:

Bibliographies listing books and articles on Asians in America include:

• BL 1055 F44 1995 (2LB-REF) South Asian Religions in the Americas: an annotated bibliography of immigrant religious traditions
• BL 1802 T545 1985 (2LB-REF) Chinese Religion in Western Languages: a comprehensive and classified bibliography of publications in English, French and German through 1980
  - see Part II section 41 "Overseas Chinese" and Part III section 20 "Taiwan and overseas"
  - updated by:
  Chinese Religions: 1981-1990 (BL 1802 T5452 1993 (2LB-REF))
  Chinese Religions Volume 3: 1991-1995 (BL 1802 T5453 1998 (2LB-REF))
  Bibliography of Western Language Publications on Chinese Popular Religion (1995 to present)
• BL 2018 R34 1989 (2LB-REF) Sikhism and the Sikhs : an annotated bibliography
  - see chapter "Sikhs Abroad"
• CD 3622 A2 N86 1999 v.1-2 (2LB-REF) Canada and Asia: guide to archive and manuscript sources in Canada
• E 184 O6 A85 1989 (2LB-REF) Asian American Studies : an annotated bibliography and research guide
• FC 104 G697 1996 (2LB-REF) A bibliography of Canada's peoples 1980 - 1989
  - see Supplement volume for listing of works by ethnic group
• FC 104 G72 1972 (2LB -REF) Canadian ethnic groups bibliography
• PR 9699 A52 1981 (2LB-REF) Asian Literature in English : a guide to information sources
• PS 8089.5 M5 M572 1990 (2LB-REF) Ethnic and native Canadian literature: a bibliography
• Comprehensive bibliography of Overseas Chinese studies
• Japanese Canadian Timeline and bibliography - from the Japanese Canadian National Museum

Periodical Articles about Asians in North America can also be found by using INDEXES such as the following titles:

• American History and Life - major index to articles on American and Canadian history
• Arts and Humanities Search - index to over 1300 of the leading Arts and Humanities journals
• ATLA Religion Database
• Bibliography of Asian Studies - major index to Asian studies journals from 1971 to the present.
• Biography and Genealogy Master Index - guide to locating sources of biographical information
• Canadian Periodical Index - indexes Canadian and international periodicals with an emphasis on mainstream and academic titles
• CBCA Complete (Canadian Business and Current Affairs Databases) - comprehensive coverage of all subject areas with a Canadian focus
• Humanities Abstracts - indexes over 400 English Language journals in the Humanities
• MLA International Bibliography - literature and folklore material 1963 to date
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) - indexes political, economic and social issues in current debate. Full-text is provided for approximately 15% of articles indexed
• Social Sciences Abstracts - indexes of 400 English-language journals in the Social Sciences
• Sociological Abstracts - sociological articles published 1974 to date
• Web of Science - includes Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index from 1990 to date

Full-Text Sources (available to University of Calgary students, faculty and staff)

• Academic Search Premier - full-text for over 2,600 scholarly journals; indexes over 4,300 journals.
• Early Canadiana Online - full-text resource of primary documents for Canadian History including government documents, books and pamphlets.
• Ebrary - over 20,000 books full-text
• Electronic HRAF - Updates the microform HRAF (Human Relations Area Files) collection. Each year, the Electronic HRAF is enhanced with the conversion of selected full-text files from the microform collection. The microfilm collection contains a wealth of material for Asia; over 19,000 pages of text for China, over 6,000 for Korea. Eventually all microform files will be converted to electronic format. Currently the Electronic HRAF contains the full-text of documents for approximately 40 cultures, including Chinese Canadians (6 documents), Chinese Americans (16 documents) and Korean Americans (17 documents).
• Factiva - full text of newspapers from around the world
• JSTOR - full-text searchable archive of over 242 journals, coverage begins at the start of each journal and stops with 3-5 years of the present.
• Sociological Collection - full-text of 600 journals covering all aspects of Sociology.
• World News Connection - index and full-text of world news from non-US sources. Includes translations and analyses of information found in the news, periodicals and goverment statements.

Internet Resources for East Asian Studies

Web sites

• Across the Generations: A History of the Chinese in Canada
• Asian Canadian
• The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection - "In making a generous gift of this unique and extensive research collection, Dr. Chung gives back to Canada something of what he and his family have gained since his grandfather came from China to settle in Victoria more than 100 years ago."
• Asian Film Connections
• Asian Resources - produced by UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
• Canadian Race Relations Foundations
• Canadian Concentration Camps
• Chinese Canadian Historical Photo Exhibit
• Chinese Hand Laundry - exhibit from the Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Chinese Canadian National Council
• Chinese in Canada: Past and Present - slide show produced by the Federation of Chinese Canadians in Scarborough
• Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples - "Capturing and preserving first-hand accounts of first generation immigrants who share their early Canadian experience. Digitizing and providing enhanced access to culturally significant materials in all mediums."

• Gateway to Asian Studies
• Historical Chinese Language Materials in British Columbia: an electronic inventory - includes some material in English on Chinese in British Columbia
• Japanese Canadian Internment
• Korean Studies Web Resources
• Multicultural Canada -
• National Association of Japanese Canadians
• Our future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project - Full-text for Alberta Newspapers, local histories, folkfore and art
• Society of Korean and American Scholars
• South Asia Diaspora
• WWW Virtual Library - China
• WWW Virtual Library - East Asia
• WWW Virtual Library - Japan - JGuide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
• Yahoo Guide

Guides to books and journals articles

• Population Index - provides author, subject and geographic access to journals and books on all aspects of population studies (fertility, migration etc.) Covers works published from 1986 to 2000.
• SASI: The Southeast Asian Serials Index
• Ingenta - Table of contents service providing key word searching for over 27,000 journals, covers from 1997 on.