Resources for East Asian Studies

Electronic Texts and Maps

East Asia Virtual Library -- Religions, journals, libraries, instututes, resources.
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) -- Digital database of Japan's historical records testifying to its pre-war relations with the Asian countries. It is an ongoing project archiving official documents of the Cabinet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Army and Navy, dating from the Meiji era through 1945.
Japanese Historical Maps -- From the East Asian Library, UC Berkeley. Contains about 2,300 early maps of Japan and the World.
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center -- Contains bibliographies of mostly English-language materials on modern Chinese literature, film, art, and culture and more; from Ohio State.
Yahoo: Social Science: Asian Studies -- Large collection of internet sites.
Japanese Text Initiative -- Classical Japanese Literature.

Internet Directories and Guides

East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources -- This annotated directory serves as a window on Internet resources for the political units of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and Mongolia) and Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam).

Libraries

Council on East Asian Libraries -- Contains links to resources by country.
East Asian Librarianship -- Articles, essays, and documents.
EA Libraries Co-op WWW -- Good collection of electronic resources and web-based information services from Ohio State.
China Libraries -- Links to over 100 Chinese libraries.
Japan Library Association -- Includes links to public and academic libraries in Japan.
Korea Libraries -- Links to national, public, academic and research libraries in Korea.

Miscellaneous China Links

China the Beautiful -- Classical Chinese art, calligraphy, poetry, history, literature, painting and philosophy.
Chinese Biographical Database -- Contains 3,500 biographies. The database that is not for downloading but for utilization and expansion online. From Eastern Oregon University.
Chinese Language Information Page -- Comprehensive navigational tool pointing to Chinese language related resources.
East Asian Gateway Service for Chinese Academic Journal Publications -- This Digital Document Delivery Center provides free delivery of full-text copies of Chinese language academic journal articles to rsearchers.
A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization -- Purpose of this site is to illustrate the history of Chinese civilization through images rather than texts.

Organizations and Institutions

AsiaSource -- Comprehensive online resource from the Asia Society, covering the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia.
Asiatic Society of Japan -- Homepage of the society. Links to Japan and Asia sites.
The Association for Asian Studies -- Homepage of the largest society of its kind in the world.
Programs & Centers for East Asian Studies -- Studies in the United States, Australia and Europe, from Duke University.
Government Information Office, Republic of China -- Comprehensive and searchable official webpage.
Human Rights in China (HRIC) -- Monitors the implementation of human rights standards in the People's Republic of China.
Japanese Studies Resources--Duke University East Asian Collection -- Describes Duke's EAS collection, plus links to other resources.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) Home Page -- Good collection of links to government agencies in Japan.
University of California Berkeley - Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures -- One of the largest in the country.
University of Texas Asian Studies Network Information Center -- Large collection of links to all areas of Asia.
The University of Tokyo -- In English and Japanese.