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Reference Works
Reference sources such as encyclopedias are a great source of background information about a topic, they point you to other scholarly material, and can provide additional keywords to further your research.
Using Catalyst, you can do a simple keyword search for your topic and narrow down your results to "reference entries" on the left hand side, after you have run a search. This will allow you to discover reference articles by name and the encyclopedias where those can be found.
- Oxford Reference Encyclopdias: Asian HistoryComprehensive, scholarly, in-depth, and peer-reviewed summaries on Asian history.
- Cambridge History of ChinaThe largest and most comprehensive history of China in the English language. Covers Chinese history from the 3rd century BC to the death of Mao Tse-tung.
- Flora of ChinaScientific descriptions of thousands of rare, medicinal, and economically important plants of China.
- Arts of China ConsortiumHundreds of links to reference works, research websites, image collections, and museums focused on history of the arts in China.
