Best Database Choices for South Asia Studies
South Asia Studies Databases
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
Lists articles on all aspects of religious studies from journals in many disciplines. Includes citations to book chapters and to book reviews. ATLASerials adds the full text of many journals. - Bibliography of Asian Studies 1971-present
Lists journal articles and book chapters on all subjects related to Asia. Most articles are in western languages. Includes book reviews. - Digital South Asia Library
South Asia reference resources, images, maps, statistics, etc. from University of Chicago. - Dissertations & Theses: Full Text 1861-present
Full text (PDF) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. - Encyclopaedia of Islam
Comprehensive encyclopedia of Islamic religion and of the culture and history of the Islamic regions. Click on "Login" to enter. Requires special fonts that can be downloaded from the site. - Historical Abstracts 1954-present
Indexes articles written on the history of the world from 1450 to the present, covering articles published in over 2,000 journals published throughout the world. For articles about the US or Canada, see the database, America: History and Life. - Index Islamicus
Search for books and articles in periodicals about Islam and the Muslim world. Also includes reviews. - JSTOR Journal Storage Project
Full-text backfiles of many important scholarly journals. Coverage is usually from the first issue to 3-5 years before the present. - LexisNexis Academic
News and business information from sources around the world; book reviews, biographical, and other reference sources; U.S. Code, constitution, and court cases. Includes many newspapers. Most entries are full-text, some updated daily. - Periodicals Index Online: PIO 1665-present
Search for articles and book reviews in over 4000 international humanities and social sciences journals published 1770-1990s. Includes links to full text of articles in Periodicals Archive Online and in humanities and social science titles at JSTOR. - Web of Knowledege / Web of Science 1981-present
Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information. - WorldCat
Online catalog of books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide as catalogued by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
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