Finding
Books
- The best way to find a book on your topic is to start
with a search in the Library
Catalog. Once you've found something of interest,
you should also browse the stacks in that particular area.
- Possible Subject Headings to use in the Library Catalog:
Sample Subject Headings:
China – History – Cultural
Revolution
China – History – May
Fourth Movement
China – History – 1949
China – History – 20th
Century
China – History – Republic,
1912-1949
China – History – Sources
China – Foreign
Relations
China – Politics
and Government – 20th Century
China – Politics
and Government – 1900
China – Politics
and Government – 1949
China
-- Social Conditions, 1912-1949 -- Sources
China – Biography
China – Description
and Travel
Taiwan
-- History
United
States -- Foreign Relations -- China
For primary sources, look for these subdivisions:
diaries, personal narratives, correspondence, sources.
Encyclopedias and Handbooks
Cambridge Encyclopedia of China
DS 705 C35 1991 REF
China: Facts and Figures Annual
DS 779.15 C48 REF
China Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the
People's Republic
DS 777.6 C49 2005 REF
A Chronology of the People’s Republic of China
DS 777.55 C44567 REF
Companion to Chinese History
DS 705 O63 1987 REF
Encyclopedia of Asian History
DS 31 E53 1988 REF
Dictionary of Chinese History
DS 733 D54 1979 REF
Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China
DS 740.2 H57 1992 REF
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
DS 4 L48 2002 REF
Biographical Sources
Biography
and Genealogy Master Index
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Communism
CT 1821 K55 REF
Biographical Dictionary of Republican China
CT 1826 B5 REF
Who’s Who in China, 1918-1950
DS 776 W48 1982 REF (Amherst)
Political Leaders of Modern China
DS 755.3 P64 2002 REF
Bibliographies
China in Western Literature
Z 3101 Y8 REF
Contemporary China: A Research Guide
Z 3006 B39
Modern Chinese Society: An Analytical Bibliography
Z 3101 S63 Folio
Western Language Periodicals on China
Z 3013 W35
Women in China:…annotated bibliography
Z 7964 C5 W44 1984 REF
Women in China: bibliography of available English language…
Z 7964 C5 C47 1984 REF
Searching for Articles
Periodical and Document Collections
(Primary Sources)
Late Qing (1895-1911)
China’s Response to the West: A Documentary
Survey
F 66ZQ +T248ch (Cutter Folio)
North China Herald, 1850-1941
UMass Microfilm A113
Republican Period (1912-1949)
Asiatic Review
DS 1 A7 (UMass Periodical)
China Year Book
DS 774 C48
Chinese Social and Political Science Review
UMass Microfilm A144
Communist Period
China Reconstructs
Five College Depository
China Today (1990-Present)
Periodical
China Yearbook
Five College Depository
Chinese Studies in History
DS 701 C72 (Smith Periodical)
Chinese Studies in Philosophy
B 1 C55 (Amherst Periodical)
Women of China
HQ 1736 A433 (Smith Sophia Smith Col.)
Periodical (Mount Holyoke, 1979-)
Selections from PRC Magazines 1966-1969
Microfilm 197 (Smith
Survey of the China Mainland Press 1966
Microfilm 196 (Smith)
New
York Times Historical Backfile (1851-1999)
Government Documents
Foreign
Relations of the United States
JX 233
Consolidated Treaty Series
JX 120 P
Records of the Department of State Relating
to Internal Affairs of China, 1910-192
Microfilm 3915-39
Diplomatic Instructions of the Department
of State, 1801-1906
UMass Microfilm D 222
US Intelligence Military Reports, China 1911-1941
Microfilm 0506-520
Searching the Web
Having trouble finding what you need? Go to LITS
and chat with a librarian
at the Reference Desk. Or, with advance notice, set up
an appointment to meet with Bryan
Goodwin, History liaison. We're here to help you with
your research!
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