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CHINA 中文

  1. Biographical dictionary and analysis of China's party leadership 1922-1988
    Bartke, Wolfgang
    CT1826.B31 1990 Q
  2. The Cambridge encyclopedia of China
    Hook, Brian
    DS705.C35 1991 (REF-ITEM)
  3. China: a historical and cultural dictionary 
    Dillon, Michael
    DS733.C58523 1998 (REF-ITEM)
  4. China bibliography : a research guide to reference works about China past and present
    Zurndorfer, Harriet T.
    DS706.Z87 1995
  5. China Directory (year book)
    DS705.C47
  6. Chinese filmographyfilmography : the 2444 feature films produced by studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995
    Marion, Donald J.
    PN1993.5.C4M37 1997 (REF-ITEM)
  7. Directory of officials and organizations in China : a quarter-century guide
    Lamb, Malcolm
    JQ1507.L36 1994 (REF-ITEM)
  8. Encyclopedia of China : the essential reference to China, its history and culture
    Dorothy Perkins
    DS705.P47 1999 (REF-ITEM)
  9. Encyclopedia of Chinese film
    Zhang, Yingjin Xiao, Zhiwei
    PN1993.5.C4Z53 1998 (REF-ITEM)
  10. Ethnic groups in China
    Du, Ruofu
    DS730.D8 1993 (REF-ITEM)
  11. Great thinkers of the Eastern world: the major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea, and the world of Islam
    McGreal, Ian Philip
    B5005.G74 1995 (REF-ITEM)
  12. A Handbook of Tibetan culture : a guide to Tibetan centres and resources throughout the world
    Coleman, Graham
    DS786.H327 1994 (REF-ITEM)
  13. Hong Kong filmography, 1977-1997 : a complete reference to 1,100 films produced by British Hong Kong studios
    Charles, John
    PN1993.5.C4C425 2000 (REF-ITEM)
  14. An illustrated dictionary of Chinese medicinal herbs
    Wee, Yeow Chin
    RM666.H33W38 1992
  15. The Indiana companion to traditional Chinese literature 
    Nienhauser, William H.
    Z3108.L5I53 1998 (REF-ITEM)
  16. The new Cambridge handbook of contemporary China 
    Mackerras, Colin
    DS706.M24 2001 (REF-ITEM)
  17. The Republic of China yearbook
    DS777.53.C45902 1999 (REF-ITEM)
  18. Who was who in the People's Republic of China : with more than 3100 portraits
    Bartke, Wolfgang
    DS778.A1B328 1997 (REF-ITEM)


Chinese

  1. Zhongguo wen xue da ci dian   中國文學大辭典
    Ma, Liangchun
    PL2257.C56 1991
  2. Xin bian wen shi di ci dian = Xinbian wenshidi cidian 、新編文史地詞典
    Wang, Jialiang; Zhang, Jiding
    PN41.X55 2001 (REF-ITEM)
  3. Zhongguo dang dai ming ren lu 中國當代名人錄
    Zhong wai ming ren yan jiu zhong xin
    DS734.C65 1991
  4. Zhonghua fa xue da ci dian. Fa li xue juan 中華法學大辭典， 法理學卷
    Sun, Guohua
    K204.C48 1997
  5. Zhonghua si xiang da ci dian 中華思想大辞典
    Zhang, Dainian<
    B5231.C595 1991
  6. Zhonghua wen hua ren wu ci dian 中華文化人物辞典
    Shi, Zhongwen; Hu, Xiaolin
    DS721.C573 1998
  7. Zhongguo li chao shi dian 中國歷朝事典 
    Cao Yuzhang
    DS735.C5268 1997
  8. Zhongguo xian dai liu bai zuo jia xiao zhuan 中國現代六百作家小傳
    Li, Liming
    PL2277.L524 1977
  9. Zhongguo huang di quan shu 中國皇帝全書
    Lin, Li.
    DS734.C619935 1997 (REF-ITEM)
  10. Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo di ming da ci dian 中華人民共和國地名大辭典
    Cui, Naifu
    DS705.C515 1998 (REF-ITEM)
  11. Shanghai bai ke quan shu = Shanghai encyclopaedia 上海百科全書
    DS796.S25S53 1999 (REF-ITEM)
  12. Zhongguo da bai ke quan shu jian ming ban 中国大百科全书简明版
    AE17.C48 1998 (REF-ITEM)

JAPAN 日文

  1. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Japan
    Richard John Bowring
    DS805.C36 1993 (REF-ITEM)
  2. A dictionary of Japanese culture
    Kojima, Setsuko
    DS805.K655 1989 (REF-ITEM)
  3. Encyclopedia of contemporary Japanese culture
    Buckley, Sandra
    DS822.5.E516 2002 (REF-ITEM)
  4. Encyclopedia of Japanese American history : an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present
    Niiya, Brian
    E184.J3E53 2001 (REF-ITEM)
  5. The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture
    Schilling, Mark
    DS822.5.S3 1997 (REF-ITEM)
  6. Giants of Japan : the lives of Japan's greatest men and women 
    Weston, Mark
    CT1833.W47 1999
  7. Japan : profile of a nation = Eibun Nihon sh¯ojiten
    K¯odansha Int¯anashonaru Kabushiki Kaisha
    DS806.J228 1999
  8. The Japanese filmography : a complete reference to 209 filmmakers and the over 1250 films released in the United States, 1900 through 1994
    Galbraith, Stuart
    PN1993.5.J3G35 1996 (REF-ITEM)
  9. Japan : an illustrated encyclopedia
    K¯odansha
  10. DS805.J262 1993 (REF-ITEM)
  11. Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993
    Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata
    PL723.S354 1994
  12. Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan
    DS805.K633 1983 (REF-ITEM)
  13. Modern Japan : an encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism
    James L. Huffman
    DS805.M63 1998 (REF-ITEM)
  14. Modern Japanese writers
    Rubin, Jay
    PL723.M563 2001 (REF-ITEM)
  15. The Princeton companion to classical Japanese literature 
    Miner, Earl
    PL726.1.M495 1985 (REF-ITEM)
  16. A reader's guide to Japanese literature
    Rimer, J. Thomas
    PL717.R5 1999 (REF-ITEM)


Japanese

  1. Asahi jinbutsu jiten : gendai Nihon 　朝日人物辞典:現代日本
    Asahi Shinbunsha
    CT1836.A77 1990
  2. Gendai josei bungaku jiten : tsuketari gendai josei bungaku ryakunenhy¯o 　現代女性文学辞典
    Muramatsu, Sadataka
    PL725.G46 1990
  3. Japan : profile of a nation = Eibun Nihon sh¯ojiten 　英文日本小辞典
    K¯odansha Int¯anashonaru Kabushiki Kaisha<
    DS806.J228 1999
  4. Kokushi daijiten 国史大辞典 
    Yoshikawa K¯obunkan
    DS833.K64　　 (REF-ITEM)
  5. Nihon eiga no tanj¯o 　日本映画の誕生
    Imamura, Sh¯ohei
    PN1993.5.J3N517 1985
  6. Nihon eigashi 　日本映画史
    Sat¯o, Tadao
    PN1993.5.J3S264 1995 
  7. Taiyaku Nihon jiten = the Kodansha bilingual encyclopedia of Japan 　
    K¯odansha Int¯anashonaru Kabushiki Kaisha
    DS806.T35 1998　　(REF-ITEM)
  8. Zusetsu Nihon bunka no rekishi   
    Akiyama, Ken
    DS821.Z79　　(REF-ITEM)　　
  9. KOREA

KOREA

  1. Encyclopedia of the Korean War: a political, social, and military history
    Tucker, Spencer
    DS918.E53 2000 (REF-ITEM)
  2. Korea Annual
    DS901.K67 2001
  3. Korea, a historical and cultural dictionary
    Pratt, Keith L.
    DS904.P7 1999 (REF-ITEM)