GE Cluster 25:  Politics, Society and Urban Culture in East Asia

• The Cambridge History of China.  New York: Cambridge UP, 1987.

Description:"A source of information about all aspects of Chinese civilization, traditional and contemporary" (from the Preface). This 15 volume set covers the history of China by time period. For assignment 2, volume 14 ("The People's Republic, Part I: The Emergence of Revolutionary China 1949-1965) and volume 15 (The People's Republic, Part II: Revolutions within the Chinese Revolution, 1966-1982) may help.
Location: Wall DS 735 C144

• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. ONLINE & IN PRINT

Description: Covers the life, culture, history, etc. of Japan. It includes "a wealth of hard data on Japanese politics, government, economics and corporate behavior; a treasury of Japanese art, culture, and history; a guide to the more subtle traditions that have shaped Japanese life and thought throughout the centuries" (from the introduction).
Location: ONLINE. Find this in the UCLA Library Catalog , then click on the "online access." Restricted to UCLA students, faculty and staff. If you would like to access this resources from off campus, you must use the BOL Proxy Server. How do I do that?
Also available in print at College Library, DS805. J263 1993.

• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia.  New York: Scribner's, 2002.

Description: Explores the "economics, religion, technology, politics, education, the family, the arts, environmental issues, international relations, scientific advances, and other vital aspects of the Asian experience that will shape the twenty-first century" (xi). Entries are followed by "further readings" lists.
Location: Wall DS 4 L48 2002

• Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History.  Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
ONLINE & IN PRINT

Description: Covers the military, social, and political aspects of the Vietnam War. Entries are followed by bibliographies for futher reading. Volume 3 includes mainly documents that "pertain to the period of American involvement in Vietnam," most of which are U.S. documents as they "have been made available in the publication of the so-called Pentagon Papers and under the Freedom of Information Act" (xix). The documents are in their original, unedited forms.
Location: ONLINE, Find this in the UCLA Library Catalog , then click on the "online access." You must be using the BOL proxy server to access this online encyclopedia if you are off campus and UCLA is not your ISP. (How do I do that?)
Also available in print in the College Library Main Reading Room, Wall DS557.7 E532 1998

• International Handbook on Gender Roles.  Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.

Description: Thiry-one chapters, each devoted to a country. Each chapter follows the same format: "an introduction; an overview; comparisons of life cycles between men's and women's gender roles: (1) infancy and early childhood, (2) school years, (3) young adulthood, (4) adulthood, and (5) old age; and a summary and conclusions" (from the introduction).
Location: Wall HQ1075. I58 1993

• The Korean War.  New York: Garland, 1995.

Description: Covers historical, military and political aspects of the Korean War. Includes maps, timeline, and images. Most entries are followed by a bibliography.
Location: Wall DS 918 K5645 1995

figuring out search terms

Finding useful search terms is sometimes tricky. Often, the language the database uses to describe a subject is not the language that most people would immediately think of to describe their topics. For example, if you do a subject search in the Library Catalog using "Vietnam War," you will find 115 items. If you do a subject search using the official subject words, "Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975," you would find 2694 items.

A few ways to investigate the language of the database:
• start with a keyword search, find a title that looks like it's on target, look at the full record for that title, then look at the words in the "subject" or "descriptor" section
• use the database thesaurus or subject guide if available to identify effective search terms quickly
• try multiple search terms--like, "gender roles" or "sex roles" or "gender" or "masculinity" etc....
• identify useful dates (e.g., 1961-1975 for the Vietnamese Conflict)

The symbols vary from database to database, so investigate the "help" screens.

• use the advanced search screens--they give you more control over your search
• learn how to dissect a database
• use "quotation marks" if you want to search an exact phrase
• use connectors (boolean operators) like "and" "or" and "not" to construct effective searches
• use multiple search boxes to add more variables to your search

• email citations to yourself
• if the full-text of the article is available online, email it to yourself
• if you use full-text online articles, record when you accessed it--you'll need that info when you write your bibliography
• if you're not emailing citations to yourself, be sure to write them down someplace
• if you photocopy journal articles, write the citation down on your photocopy, or photocopy the page that has the publication info
• if you photocopy portions of books, photocopy the page that has the publication info (place of publication, publisher, year, etc.)

for more info on keeping track of your research, see "avoiding disaster" from Bruin Success with Less Stress

American Psychological Assocation (APA)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. 2001

Modern Language Association (MLA)

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. 2003.

• College Library, LB2369.G53 2003 (reference—2nd floor, bookcase behind reference desk)

• MLA Official Site
• Purdue University Writing Lab

Chicago

Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed, 2003.

• Young Research Library, Z253 .U69 2003 (reference)