Contacts for library resources
Nawang Thokmey
Research Librarian for Tibetan Studies
Alderman Library 2nd Floor
nt5y@virginia.edu
434-924-4981
Philip McEldowney
Bibliographer
Alderman Library 2nd Floor
pm9k@virginia.edu
434-924-4987
Research Librarian for Tibetan Studies
Best Database Choices for Tibetan Studies
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Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center This link opens in a new windowFull text collection of Tibetan works for online reading. Covers not only Tibetan Buddhism, but also history, literature, science, law and other topics.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971-present) This link opens in a new windowLists journal articles and book chapters on all subjects related to Asia. Most articles are in western languages. Includes book reviews.
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WorldCat (OCLC) This link opens in a new windowOnline catalog of books and other materials in thousands of libraries in North America and some other countries.
All Tibetan Studies Databases
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLA SerialsLists 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.
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowFind articles about the history of the world from 1450 to the present, published in over 2,000 journals from many countries. Includes book reviews. Does not include articles about the US or Canada. For these see America: History & Life.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text backfiles of many scholarly journals, usually from the first issue to 3-5 years before the present. Humanities and social science articles are also listed in Periodicals Index Online and Periodicals Archive Online which add 400 similar journals.
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Web of Knowledge/Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIncludes Science Citation Index (1970-), Social Sciences Citation Index (1981-), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1981-), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present). Daily updates make it a good source for very recent information. Citations include number of times the article has been cited.