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Finding Books on China
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Selected Reference Sources
Use reference sources to choose a topic, locate background information, and identify good search terms.
- Historical dictionary of the People's Republic of China
- Companion to Chinese history
- Encyclopedia of China : the essential reference to China, its history and culture
- The Cambridge encyclopedia of China
- Historical dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture
- China today : an encyclopedia of life in the People's Republic
- Modern China : a guide to a century of change
- Modern China : An encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism
- The new Cambridge handbook of contemporary China
- The Cambridge handbook of contemporary China
- The State of China atlas
- Cultural atlas of China
- China : a provincial atlas
- Atlas of China
- Atlas of the People's Republic of China
- The Contemporary atlas of China
- Great literature of the Eastern World
- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY R 103 E56 2005
- DICTIONARY OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: EASTERN AND WESTERN THOUGHT R103 R329d
- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION R 203 E56 2005
- RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD R 291 R382
- GUIDE TO THE GODS R 291.211 L434g
- COUNTRIES AND THEIR CULTURES R 306.03 C855
- ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MANKIND R 306.03 I29
- TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS R 394.26 R888tr
- GODS, GODDESSES, AND MYTHOLOGY R 398.03 G559
- FACTS ON FILE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY AND LEGEND R 398.03 M553f
- LAROUSSE WORLD MYTHOLOGY R 398.09 G861la
- WORLD MYTHOLOGY R 398.09 W927
- HANDBOOK OF CHINESE MYTHOLOGY R 398.0951 Y22ha
- MYTHOLOGY: A VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA R 398.2 F745my
- MILESTONES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R 509 M928a
- WORLD OF INVENTION R 609 W927
- DICTIONARY OF ART R 703 D554tu
- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD ART R 703 E56
- GREAT LITERATURE OF THE EASTERN WORLD R 895 G786
- COLUMBIA CHRONOLOGIES OF ASIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE R 950 C726
- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN HISTORY R 950 E56
Finding Books in the Online Catalog
- Books accumulate and synthesize information from various sources
- Identify appropriate terms to use for keyword and subject searches in the catalog
- Common subheadings such as Economic Conditions, History, Politics and Government, Social Life and Customs are used after the names of countries
- Words used in subject headings and subheadings are always excellent search terms
Books on the history of China are located in 951 in the circulating collection. Recommended subject heading: CHINA - HISTORY - 20th CENTURY
- Try a Keyword Search using China and another concept to narrow to a book about a specific topic using Boolean Logic, or
- Use the Advanced Search and search China as a subject and another concept as a keyword
- Example: China and economic conditions
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