\n(Please click on the link<\/a> to see the list of databases.)<\/p>\n
BU’s Mugar Library<\/a> contains a collection of several thousand books and journals on Asian Studies in Western languages, as well as a small specialized collection on Japanese art history donated by Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, including materials in Japanese language.<\/p>\n Central Asian and Islamic Rare Book Collection at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n The Central Asian and Islamic Rare Book Collection at BU\u2019s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Library combines four\u00a0of the world\u2019s best private scholarly libraries that were created by renowned Western scholars of the region. Individually they include:<\/p>\n The Frye collection covers the countries of the Persian Empire from the Achaemenids to modern times. It is exceptionally strong in rare publications of the 19th and early 20th centuries covering the history, literature, religion, philosophy, and art and archaeology of Iran, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan from Achaemenid times to the 20th century, and also has important groups of publications on Armenia and Georgia. Within the library is contained an important collection of publications related to Zoroastrianism, mostly published in India in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. The library includes publications in some two dozen different languages.<\/p>\n The Menges collection represents one of the most comprehensive research collections devoted primarily to the languages of Central Asia and neighboring Turkish-speaking areas. It is particularly strong in publications in Central Asian languages published in the countries of Central Asia in the first half of the 20th century, in addition to publications in Western and Slavic languages (as well as Chinese, Japanese and Korean). A significant number of the former cannot be found in any American academic library. A strong focus of the Menges collection is the interrelationship between the literatures and languages of the Turkic-speaking peoples of Central Asia, always a focus of Menges\u2019 work. The collection also contains a good group of rare books of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.<\/p>\n The Jettmar collection is devoted to the cultures of the high mountain peoples of the Hindu Kush, Karakorum and Pamir Mountain areas, as well as adjacent areas of Eurasia. Its primary focus is on the archaeology and ethnography of the peoples of these regions, and is comprehensive in those subjects, with particularly strong holdings of scarce Russian monographs from the 1960s through 1980s. It contains significant concentrations of publications on the archaeology of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the peoples of Northern India. Of the three libraries, Jettmar\u2019s covers the largest geographical area, reaching from the Western borders of Eurasia to Xinjiang in China and from Siberia to the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n The library of Professor Mohsin Mahdi, James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic Emeritus at Harvard University, contains a large number of Islamic (mostly Arabic) texts and much secondary work on Islamic literature, philosophy, and civilization.<\/p>\n Although each library is significant and important on its own, the three libraries together\u2014due to their complementary character and the very small amount of internal duplication\u2014form a highly significant resource for the scholarly study of Central Asia and Iran. This amalgamated library of over 17,000 monographic volumes, and more than 200 complete periodical runs in over 8,500 volumes, as well as some 13,000 offprints, 2,500 slides and correspondence and manuscripts by the three scholars, rivals the holdings of virtually all major research institutions. Many of its volumes are currently unavailable anywhere else in the United States.<\/p>\n Visit the Islamic Book Collections website.<\/a><\/p>\n The Theology Library<\/a> focuses its attention on Christianity and its relationship with religions throughout the world. The library subscribes to journals dealing with Asian Christianity and purchases monographs which support the school’s work in missions, inter-religious dialogue, and Christianity in Asian culture. Journals dealing with Asian studies include publications in Western languages, Chinese and Korean.<\/p>\n The Frederick S. Pardee Management Library<\/a> provides research resources as well as a collection of books and journals in Asian business.<\/p>\n The collection, developed with the support of the Boston University Center for the Humanities by Prof. Zhu Hong to aid teaching, consists of about 2000 volumes, and includes Chinese-English and monolingual Chinese dictionaries; modern edited texts of the classics of Chinese literature; anthologies of 20th century writings; literary scholarship; Chinese scholarship on film history; and English translations of Chinese classics. A new grant from the Center for the Humanities\u00a0 administered by Professor Catherine Yeh is helping to further broaden the scope of the collection.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/p>\n The Geddes Language Center maintains a collection of about 300 video titles in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, most with subtitles. Approximately two-thirds are feature films, while the rest are documentaries and educational videos in Asian languages, history, music and cultural studies. The on-line catalog<\/a>\u00a0provides a short synopsis of the video and other details such as film length, director, and year produced. Videos may be viewed at the Center, either by individuals or groups.<\/p>\n Krasker Film\/Video Services provides instructional support to Boston University faculty, staff, and current students. The films and videos owned by Boston University are listed in an on-line catalog\u00a0at media.bu.edu<\/a>. The catalog is searchable by title, director, keyword, subject or series heading; a description of each title is included. The collection includes over 380 documentaries and feature films on Asia.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/p>\n BU students and faculty can access and borrow from vast combined collections of 19 libraries in Boston and New England through the\u00a0Boston Library Consortium borrowing card program<\/a>, and also obtain materials through interlibrary loan<\/a>. By special arrangement, faculty and graduate students associated with BU\u2019s School of Theology can obtain limited privileges through the Boston Theological Institute (BTI) Libraries Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Boston University Libraries Mugar Library Databases for Asian Studies (Please click on the link to see the list of databases.) 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School of Theology Library<\/h4>\n
The Frederick S. Pardee Management Library<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\nMore Resources<\/h3>\n
Chinese Literature Books at the World Languages & Literatures Department<\/h4>
Audiovisual Collections: Geddes Language Center and Krasker Film\/Video Services<\/h4>
Other Relevant Resources in Boston and New England<\/h4>