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Suggested Websites
The following websites may be useful to you in your research. These links are external sites. As such, content may change frequently and they may contain ads. Per policy, the Library does not review links suggested via email.
- Asia for EducatorsIncludes timelines, primary sources, themes and key points.
- CIA World FactbookExcellent starting point for country research, with basic data, maps, flags, and more.
- MIT Visualizing CulturesFocusing on Japan in the modern world and early-modern China.
- Asian ArtWith articles and galleries.
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History [The Met]Includes many relevant sections relating to Asian art, including Central and North Asia, East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and West Asia. Explore the essays and chronologies.
- Korean Film ArchiveFull films from the 1930s to 1990s.
- Sidney D. Gamble PhotographsA collection of photographs in China from 1908 - 1932.
- The Virtual Museum of Japanese ArtsRequires Flash to access.
General
- The Treasury of Lives"A Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia, and the Himalaya"
China
- Chinese PostersPropaganda posters throughout Chinese history.
India
- Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Gangetic BiharDigitized book by Anand A. Yang (1999).
Japan
- Japan AtlasIncludes historic sites, architecture, traditional crafts, and more.
- Sketches of Japanese Manners and CustomsSketches by J. M. W. Silver.
Korea
- KoreanaCulture and arts.
- History of Corea, Ancient and Modern; with Description of Manners and Customs, Language and GeographyDigitized book by John Ross (1891).
- Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA): National ProfilesChoose a region or country within Asia for religious make-up and statistics.
- Indian PhilosophyFrom the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Internet Sacred Text Archive: Asian Traditional PeopleSee also traditional Asian religions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Shinto, and Taoism.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyMany Asian philosophical entries, including Chan Buddhism, Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy, Japanese Confucian Philosophy, Science and Chinese Philosophy, and more.
To explore more resources related to traditionally Asian religions, see the Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and Taoism pages of the World Religions subject guide.
- globalEDGE Country InsightsStatistics, historical, economic and political conditions.
- UN DataA portal searching through the data and statistics for countries within the United Nations.
- World Health Organization [WHO]: CountriesFor health and mortality statistics.