Asian Studies: Guide

Digitalised atlas - historical maps

Online bavarian library

The online bibliography contains all entries of the printed version Epic and Puranic Bibliography (up to 1985) annotated and with indexes.

Big online library for South Asian studies

Online, quantitative encyclopedia of religious history

The collection of the Danish Royal Library

Great for finding Chinese fiction and literature

Chinese equivalent to Google Scholar

Banned texts/works and 'forgotten' chapters in Chinese history.

Extensive Chinese database with academic journal articles (access through CrossAsia)

Our acccess to a whole range of licensed Asian databases (previously AsiaPortal)

Great search engine for finding academic literature.

Aaudio books in Chinese. Good for supplementing reading. Some of their programs need to be installed in order to listen.

Great source to find statistical data

Legal regulations and court proceedings, also those no longer effective (access through CrossAsia)

Great site with translations of intellectual works, sorted by themes, and including introductions

Useful for general statistics about China's population and development.

A platform for Chinese intellectual thought where you can search by themes and Chinese researchers

An online Japanese Library with free Japanese novels available

A huge digital database with many open access databases, created by Paula R. Curtis.

Great for comparing statistics

Archive to search for Japanese articles. Webpage is both available in English and in Japanese.

A collection linking to different databases.

Archive for articles, also has a good amount of Japanese open access articles

A database with different mon (crests), has sources if you click in on each picture

Database collecting and linking to a lot of other databases - many having to do with art/visual culture

Archive to search for Japanese articles. Webpage is both available in English and in Japanese.

Database with material for Japanese language teachers. A lot of inspiration for different exercises available

They speak in native speed Japanese, but it's directed towards children and young people, so the language is not overly complicated. A lot of videos have subtitles.

Statistics. You can easily make your own tables/figures.

Archive for articles

A database on Shinto religion with term explanations operated by Kokugakuin University in Japan

Great source for statistical data

Digital library where you have access to pre-modern Chinese texts

Articles in Korean, used for teaching, good for finding articles on for students

Digital reference tool for Buddhism.

Free access to original books + translations in multiple languages. Sign in can take some time.

Articles in Korean, used for teaching, good for finding articles on for students

Portal that directs you to different sites related to korean studies

Articles in Korean, used for teaching, good for finding articles for students, may be slow but it's useful

Database for events related to korean studies

Library that provides access to many articles, projects, etc. from Korea

Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty. Chronological Records of the Joseon Dynasty

To simplify complex texts and summarize.

Good for source search, help with problem formulation and ideas, image generator to visualize descriptions.

Good for typical AI tasks and especially in Chinese, precise source references (better than copilot because it is trained on Chinese material). Good for asking about issues and getting references to where you can read more about it in Chinese texts. Explanation of Chinese concepts and terms. Title generator for articles. Electronic sparring partner.