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306 Culture and institutions
- 306.09 Biography and history
306.0951 China & Korea
306.0952 Japan
306.0959 Southeast Asia
320 Political science
- 320.9 Political situation and conditions
320.95193 North Korea
320.95195 South Korea
320.952 Japan
320.959 Southeast Asia
327 International relations
- 327.51 China & Korea
327.512 Japan
327.5193 North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
327.5195 South Korea (Republic of Korea)
330 Economics
- 330.9 Economic geography and history
330.951 China & Korea
330.952 Japan
330.959 Southeast Asia - 338.9 Economic development and growth
338.951 China & Korea
338.952 Japan
338.959 Southeast Asia
900 History and geography
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72 Geography
MT 7226 Asia and Oceania
- Far East
NT1 Hong Kong
NT1 Japan
NT1 South Korea
NT1 North Korea
NT1 Taiwan
NT1 China
eBook collections
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Cambridge Core Books
- China (keyword)
- Japan (keyword)
- Korea (keyword)
- Southeast Asian Affairs (series)
Oxford Scholarship Online
Perlego
SpringerLink eBooks
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Scopus
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Search journals by Decimal Dewey Classification
327 International relations
- 327.51 China & Korea
330 Economics
- 330.9 Economic geography and history
330.951 China & Korea
330.952 Japan
330.959 Southeast Asia - 338.9 Economic development and growth
338.951 China & Korea
900 History and geography
- 951 Asia - China and region
951.9 Korean peninsula - 952 Asia - Japan
eJournal collections
Some subscription portals let you browse content through curated topic lists or search by subject.
Here are a few examples of subscriptions in Political and Social Sciences:
Among the largest collections:
Cambridge Core Journals
- Asian Journal of Comparative Law
- Asian Journal of Law and Society
- Early China
- International Journal of Asian Studies
- Japanese Journal of Political Science
- Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊
- Journal of East Asian Studies
- Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
- Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
- Modern Asian Studies
- Politics and International Relations (browse by subject)
- The China Quarterly
- TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
Elsevier ScienceDirect
- Sociology and Political science (browse by subject)
- Asia Pacific Management Review
- Asian Journal of Psychiatry
- Asian Journal of Social Science
- China Population, Resources and Environment
- Japan and the World Economy
- Journal of Asian Economics
- Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
Emerald eJournals Premier
- Political sociology, policy & social change (browse by subject)
- China Accounting and Finance Review
- China Agricultural Economic Review
- China Economic Review
- China Finance Review International
- China Political Economy
- Chinese Management Studies
- Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies
- Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship
- Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management
- Journal of Knowledge-based Innovation in China
- Journal of Science and Technology Policy in China
- Journal of Technology Management in China
- Social Transformations in Chinese Societies
SAGE Journals
- Politics & International relations (browse by subject)
- Regional studies (browse by subject)
SpringerLink
- Chinese (keyword)
- East Asia
- East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal
- Journal of East Asian Linguistics
- Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
- Korean Social Science Journal
- Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
- Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
- Journal of the Korean Physical Society
- Political Science and International Relations (browse by subject)
- The Journal of East Asian Philosophy
Wiley Online Library
- Asian politics (browse by subject)
- International relations (browse by subject)
On June 15, 2018, Luiss, Renmin University of China and The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China signed a trilateral agreement for the establishment of the Chinese Collection.
The initiative aims to create a cultural center dedicated to the promotion and development of multilateral relations. More specifically, its objectives are:
- To promote and facilitate intercultural exchange between China and Italy by encouraging dialogue, spreading knowledge, and fostering integration between the Luiss community and the Asian world.
- To establish a physical space that promotes cultural connections between the two countries.
- To develop both print and digital collections that support research and cultural activities.
The collections have been curated in line with the following subject areas: Culture and Art, Literature, Language, and Social Sciences.
Free online portals and Institutional websites
- Asia Society
- Bank of Japan Statistics
- Directory of Open Access Books
- H-Japan
- Journal of Korean studies
- Korea.net (The official webpage of the Republic of Korea)
- Korean Bibliography
- Korean History On-line
- KOrean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS)
- National Bureau of Statistics of China
- National Institution of Research Advancement (NIRA)
- Open Book Publishers - Asian studies
- Statistics Korea
- The Commissioner of the Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) - Statistics Korea
- The National Library of Korea