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Related library guides which may be helpful:
Asian Studies in General China Japan
Starting points
Handbooks, Encyclopedias and DictionariesWhen you need to define your topic and/or get some background reading try consulting a speicialised dictionary or encyclopedia such as the following: World factbook
Provides information about countries, including:
geography, people, economy and government
Dictionary of the modern politics of South-East Asia (2001) Encylopedia of modern Asia (2002)
Pacific Islands, an encyclopedia (2000)
Supporting CD-ROM which allows searching of the encyclopedia Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific (2008) Finding Books Using The Library CatalogueBooks can be found by searching the library catalogue. Keyword searching is probably the best way of identifying material, and your results will be maximised by using keyword searching techniques such as truncation and Boolean searching, and by incorporating subject headings into your search where appropriate. Here are some examples on how to construct searches: use the Guided keyword option and search
for all of these in subject heading
Australia relations Asia (or Pacific)
or
Australia relations
in the top box and
any of these in the second box
Asia China Japan Indonesia Malaysia
(or whichever countries/region you need) Australia Economic relations Asia
Australia Foreign relations Asia
Australia Commerce Asia...or individual countries
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Organization) To search for foreign aid, use the subject headings:
Economic assistance.....which can be subdivided by country
Economic development projects Terrorism Asia
National security Pacific Area Politics and government....
or use names of individual countries e.g.
Solomon Islands Politics and government Government Departments, Documents, reports etc Advancing the National Interest: Australia’s Foreign and Trade Policy White Paper, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. February 2003 (Archived copy) Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
See Publications - Trade: Composition of Trade
See International issues Jayasuriya, Laksiri. ‘The Australia-Asian Connection: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard’, ASARC Working Paper 2006. AusAid
The Australian Government's overseas aid program Strengthening Australia-Japan Economic Relations, Department of Foreign Affairs andTrade Report Finding Journal Articles Using Databases & BibliographiesAPA-FT Australian public affairs
An essential source of references to Australian journal articles, conferece papers etc. many of which are not covered in the international databases
Bibliography of Asian studies 1971-
Print version 1941- Academic Onefile 1980-
Contains more than 12,000 academic journals, the majority peer-reviewed and in full text. Coverage 1980- Academic Search Premier 1985-
Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,300 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles Business source premier which covers business and economic affairs.
Many records have full text attached Guide to sources on Australia-Asia relations (1990) Security, arms control, and conflict reduction in East Asia and the Pacific: a bibliography (1993) Useful journals Asian-Pacific economic literature 1997-
Older print copies also available here Asian recorder 1955-1999
Digest of Asian events with index Asian news digest 2000-
Information on governance, economy, development, human rights and environment Web resourcesASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations Asia Society Asia observer Asian studies WWW virtual library from the ANU Asia Times online AustralianPolitics.com has a good section on Foreign Policy East and Southeast Asia: an annotated directory of internet resources International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter ( IIAS Newsletter) (archive) Online mediaABC - Foreign Correspondent
ABC - Lateline
SBS - Dateline Some Pacific materials are in the Pacific Collection, Special Collections, Level 4. They are open 1-4pm Monday to Friday.
If this is a problem, call them on 83035334 to make alternative arrangements. Last update: 21 July 2009 Helen Attar | 
