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Chinese 108 : Introduction to Classical Chinese — Library Research Guide
Off Campus Access - To access the library research databases referenced on this guide from off campus, you will need to login to OCA.
Make use of the library's Subject guides - particularly useful for this assignment are:
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Background Information
- Use the resources listed below to get an overview of your topic. Encyclopedias, bibliographies, and scholarly web pages are a good starting point for any research project. See How to Evaluate Information on the Web for help with assessing web pages.
- Look for a bibliography and make use of it.
- Look up (in cruzcat) the titles of journals and books referenced in the encyclopedias, bibliographies or web pages and see if we own them at UCSC.
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McHenry Reference Print Sources
The list below represents a sample of options, use Cruzcat to find more.
Dictionaries
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Selected Web Sites
How to Evaluate Information on the Web
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English Language Databases
Chinese Language Databases
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Images
Note: the East Asian Studies Collection is split between both library buildings. Items in translation are located in McHenry and items in Chinese are located in the Science & Engineering Library East Asian Collection. Pay attention to the location listed in Cruzcat to help find items.
Romanization: Cruzcat uses PinYin but will cross-reference names in the Wade-Giles romanization.
- Start with a keyword search in cruzcat.
- Use the keywords you gathered through searching in the encyclopedias and web pages in cruzcat.
- Make note of the subjects cruzcat uses to describe your topic; link from the subject headings
- Use the modify or limit/sort button to focus your search
- Send successful searches to your email account - put the keywords you used in the message line to remind yourself of how you found the item
Try the subject heading : Chinese Poetry Translations into English
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Updated 4/2009
Contact: Kerry Scott
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