Below is a copy of a handout from today’s bibliography session in History of Art 5002 (Art of Taiwan). I want to highlight one specialized bibliography (in addition to the general ones listed below) — What a great resource!
* Taiwan bibliography:
Chang, Yu-Chun; Wang, I-Chun; and Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven. “Bibliography for the Study of Cultural Discourse in Taiwan.” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (Library) (2010): http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweblibrary/taiwanculturebibliography
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Bibliography and Research Methods for Art of Taiwan
1. ROMANIZATION: Hint: Stay consistent in one system of romanization!
Japanese: Libraries use Modified Hepburn romanization,
LC’s hints: http://catalog.loc.gov/help/japanese-unicode.htm
Many systems are used to romanize Japanese. Search in multiple ways: https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Romanization
Chinese: Libraries use Pinyin romanization, but previously used Wade-Giles.
How to tell the difference? http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/difference.html
LC’s hints: http://catalog.loc.gov/help/chinese-unicode.htm
2. GENERAL:
Fine Arts Library: information on searching Art and History of Art:
http://library.osu.edu/find/subject/art-and-history-of-art/
Japanese Studies Library: wiki project includes Japanese art history information–
Overview:
http://library.osu.edu/wikis/library/index.php/Japanese_art_history
Topics:
http://library.osu.edu/wikis/library/index.php/List_of_East_Asian_art_history_topics
List of Journals:
Index of Nihon no Bijutsu: (monthly journal, with each issue on a particular topic)
http://library.osu.edu/wikis/library/index.php/Nihon_no_Bijutsu
Museums:
http://library.osu.edu/wikis/library/index.php/Japanese_Museums
3. ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES (Selected):
JAANUS Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (DS805 .K633 1983 – Thompson Lib Grand R Rm)
Online: in Japan Knowledge http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?Japan+Knowledge
Click “ENTER” button (upper R); uncheck all boxes except Encyclopedia of Japan
CD-ROM version available for check out: DS805 .E53 1999 Computer file
Encyclopedia of Religion.http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?Encyclopedia+of+Religion
4. RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND DBS (Selected):
* Catalogs:
Ohio State’s Library catalog: http://library.ohio-state.edu/
OhioLINK: http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/
OCLC Worldcat or http://www.worldcat.org/
http:/library.ohio-state.edu.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/record=e1000379
*OCLC statistics: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/default.asp
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/charts/languagecloud.htm
* Indexes:
Bibliography for Asian Studies
Online version covers 1971+ http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=e1000093
Use printed bibliographies for earlier years – for example:
Cumulative bibliography of Asian studies, 1966-1970
(THO Grand R Rm: Z3001.C83 1966 -1970 (author) + Z3001.C84 1966 -1970 (subject) )
Cumulative BAS, 1941-1965 (THO Grand R Rm: Z3001.C8 (author) + Z3001.C82 (subject) )
Cordier. Bibliotheca Sinica (China: 1904-1924) (THO Grand R Rm: Z3101 C8 1904A)
Lust. Index Sinicus. (China 1920-1955) (THO Grand R Rm: Z3101 L8)
Nachod (Japan: 1906-1937) (THO Grand R Rm: Z3301 .W462 + Z3301 .W463 )
Wenckstern (Japan: 1859-1906) (THO Grand R Rm: Z3301 .W46 1998)
Google Scholar— http://scholar.google.com/ indexes papers, not journals — follow citations to works of interest
Research databases list: http://library.ohio-state.edu/screens/databases.html
Web of Science Citation Databases General search + Cited reference search + Advanced search http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?Web+of+Science **tutorials available!
* Dissertations
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (Contains citations for dissertations and theses done at U.S., Canadian and some foreign institutions.) Free PDFs of all dissertations published since 1997 and select pre-1997 dissertations.)
http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?ProQuest+Dissertations