Subject Specific Research Guide

• Chinese History / Local Gazetters
• Chinese Statistic Information
• Japanese History

Guide on Basic Chinese Reference Materials at the East Asian Library

• How to Find Chinese Characters
• How to Locate Citations of Classical Chinese Books
• How to Find Chinese Books
• How to Locate Materials in Newspapers and Periodicals
• How to Locate Biographical Materials
• How to Find Geographical Information
• How to Convert Chinese and Western Time
• How to Find Statistic Information

Guide on Basic Japanese Reference Materials at the East Asian Library

• JAPANESE LANGUAGE SOURCES     
  • How to read Chinese characters in Japanese
  • How to find the meaning of Japanese words
• BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE
  • How to locate bibliographic information on books
  • How to find bibliographic information on special types of materials
  • How to locate articles in newspapers and journals: Indexes
• GENERAL REFERENCE SOURCES      
  • Encyclopedias       
  • Biographical information
  • Geographical information
  • Calendars and Chronologies
  • Statistics and Yearbooks
• SELECTED SUBJECT DICTIONARIES