LOCATING RESOURCES ON JAPAN IN WORLD AFFAIRS: IR 163

 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ON THE WEB
     http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/foreign.html
    Comprehensive gateway to foreign government sites and other sources of
    foreign government information. Good starting point for links to embassy pages,
    official government sites, background information, statistical information and news
    resources.

ASIAN STUDIES WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY
    http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
    A global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext form to networked scholarly documents, recources and infrormation systems concerned  with or  relevant to Asian Studies. Contains searchable links to National and Regional resources.

  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK INFORMATION
    CENTER  http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic.html
    Web site designed to assist Asianists in finding information on the internet
     regarding Asian and Asian Studies programs.

COUNCIL ON EAST ASIAN LIBRARIES, INFORMATION GUIDES
    http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~felsing/ceal/welcome.html
    Collections of links to web sites on East Asian Nations.

J GUIDE: STANFORD GUIDE TO JAPAN INFORMATION RESOURCES
    http://Fuji.Stanford.EDU/jguide/
    A topically arranged directory of Internet-based Japan internet resources.

JAPAN: A COUNTRY STUDY
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jptoc.html
    One of a series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of
    Congress under the Country Studies/ Area Handbook program sponsored by the
    U.S. Department of the Army. Describes and analyzes its political, economic, social,
    and   national security systems and institutions, and examines the  interrelationships
    of those systems and the ways they are  shaped by cultural factors.

JAPAN INFORMATION NETWORK
   http://jin.jcic.or.jp/
   Contains links to web sites covering all aspects of Japanese culture, politics,
   government, history and society.

JAPAN WINDOW
  http://www.jwindow.net/index.html
    Japan Window is operated as an information source for Worldwide businesses and
    consumers.  Japan Window provides a "window" into Japanese business practices,
    culture, education and  industry through the World Wide Web.
 

WAR, PEACE AND SECURITY GUIDE
   http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca:80/links/index.html
    A Canadian produced site with focus on international relations, armed forces,
    contemporary conflicts, peace and disarmament. Good coverage of East Asian
    countries and issues.

Criteria for Evaluating Information on the Internet

Accuracy

• Are facts and statistics documented?
• Is information properly cited?
• Is the site well researched?

• Can the author or sponsor be identified?
• What are the credentials or qualifications of the author or sponsor?
• What is the institutional affiliation?
• Is contact information provided?

• Are there biases in the document? Is it designed to sway opinion?
• Are the aims or goals of the author/sponsor clearly stated?

• When was the site or information last updated?
• Are the links up-to-date?

• How does the information compare with other sources available on the topic?
• How in-depth is the material?

Additional Readings on this topic:
 Evaluating Web-Based Information  (Follow all "next" links)
 Evaluating Internet Information
 Evaluating Internet Research Resources

 Guide for Citing Electronic Information
 Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web
 Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information

The following databases are all available from the Lehigh Virtual Library's
     Article Indexes and Abstracts Listing. You must provide your Lehigh AFS account
     and password.

ABI/Inform (Proquest)
Academic Index (Infotrac)
Econlit
Historical Abstracts
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
PAIS -Public Affairs Information Service
Social Sciences Index

Also, for locating U.S. Government Publications - GPO Monthly Catalog

Asian Political Dictionary. Lawrence Ziring and C.I.E. Kim. ABC-CLIO, 1985
    FM-1-REF 320.95 Z81a
Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Compiled by Janet Hunter. U. of
    California Press, 1984.  LIND-REF  952.03 H945c
Dictionary of the modern politics of South-East Asia. Michael Leifer. Routledge, 1995.
    FM-1-REF 320.959 L527di
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 1997.United Nations.
    FM-DOC-R    330.95.U582ea
Encyclopedia of Asian History. Ainslie T. Embree, ed. Scribner, 1988. LIND-REF
    950 E56
Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 1998. LIND-REF 914 E89a
Far East and Australasia. Europa Publications. 1998  LIND-FEF  915.03 F219
Japan Economic Almanac. Japan Economic Journal, 1998. FM-1-REF  330.952 J356
Japan: an illustrated encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993.  LIND-REF  952.013 J35
Japan: an international comparison. Keizai Kohoe Center, 1997. FM-1-REF
     330.95002 J35
Japan Statistical Yearbook. Japan Statistics Bureau, 1998. FM-1-REF  315.2 J35
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Kodansha Ltd, 1983. LIND-REF  952.003 K67
Political and Economic Encyclopedia of the Pacific. Gerald Segal, ed. St. James Press
    1989.  FM-1-REF  320.91823 P769
World Economic and Social Survey. United Nations, 1997. F-DOC-R 330.9 U575wa
 

For further assistance contact:
Roseann Bowerman
Social Sciences Librarian
Lehigh University Information Resources
758-3053
rb04@lehigh.edu

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