Online access. Updated monthly. "Designed to cover the entire sweep of Asian history in its broadest definition, from prehistory to the present and into the future. Provides access to state-of-the-art research and also connects readers to the full range of internet resources for research and teaching, including audio, visual, video materials, digitized archives, and other primary sources."
Focuses on Asia in the modern world -- including Central Asia, the Middle East and the Far East -- and contemporary issues. Historical articles emphasize people, places, events and developments that have had a lasting influence on Asia.
This volume explores not only the close ties that link the cultures and musics of East and Northeast Asia, but also the distinctive features that separate them.
A large-scale collective reference work compiled by the most prominent scholars in the field, touching on all aspects of Islam from the time of the Prophet to the present day. Includes the Encyclopaedia of Islam Second Edition and the Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE
Reference resource covering fifteen subject areas across the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration on political and cultural history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, music and the arts.
Official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Back volumes are in process of digitization, with some searchable content available back to the 1950s and up to the mid-1970s, and links to browsable volumes since 1861. JMU has some volumes in print and/or on microform.
Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information, country and state profiles, tax information, biographies, and more.