LibGuides: History 195: Decolonization in Asia -- Jalal: Background Info

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Specialized subject encyclopedias are a great way to get an overview of your topic, perhaps get citations to relevant works to get you started looking for books.

These are just some of the most relevant for this class. Be sure to browse the shelves in the Reference Collection. You can also find some online, be sure to add (encyclopedia* or dictionar*) to your keyword search!

Specialized Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilizations
Print: 10 vols. Ref DS 4 .L68 1987
The Encyclopedia of Asian History
Print: 4 vols. Ref DS 31 .E53 1987
Encyclopaedia of India
Print: 31 vols. Ref DS 405 .E53 1992
Encyclopaedia of Indian Culture
Print: Ref DS 423 .S218 1981
India, a Reference Annual
Print: Ref DS 405 .I64. Older vols. in the Stacks
Historical Dictionary of India
Print: Ref DS 405 .M27 2006
Historical Dictionary of Pakistan
Print: DS 382 .B87 1999
Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka
Print: Ref DS 489.5 .S33 1998

Search Across Multiple Encyclopedias

Credo Reference
Online reference resources from numerous publishers. This reference resource can be searched by individual title, broad subject headings, cross-references, audio and images. Use its research mapper to search for terms and topics that are interconnected and displayed in (a) visual form. Examples of titles are: Bloomsbury Guide to Art, Bridgeman Art Library Archive, Columbia Encyclopedia, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Harvard Dictionary of Music, and the Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. The complete list of titles is available on the CREDO Reference site.
Oxford Reference
Provides web access to more than 100 major Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in the humanities, social sciences, foreign languages, science, technology and medicine, the performing arts, and religion. Works can be searched separately or across the entire databases. Includes over 1.5 million entries.