I. General Sources

II. Biographical Sources

III. Library Catalogs, National Bibliographies, and Union Catalogs

IV. Bibliographies

V. Periodicals

A. Guides and Bibliographies

B. Indexes

VI. Archives and Manuscripts

VII. Government Publications

VIII. Dissertations

South Asian Studies: Selected Reference Resources (PDF format): http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/sasiabib.pdf

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Yale University Library's South Asian Studies: A Research Guide: http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/sasia.html

Asia yearbook.

SML Stacks DS501 +F37

      Also: Southeast Asia Reference

 

Bhatia, Kanta. Reference sources on South Asia. Philadelphia : South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, c1978.

Reference Z3185 +B43 1978 (LC)

 

Cambridge encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives.

Reference DS334.9 +C36 1986

 

From Commonwealth to post-colonial. Ed. Anna Rutherford. Sydney: Dangaroo, c1992.

SML Stacks PR9080 F76 1989

 

A Guide to reference materials on India. Compiled and edited by N. N. Gidwani and K. Navalani. Jaipur : Saraswati Publications, 1974.

Reference Z3206 +G84 (LC)

 

Political and economic encyclopaedia of the Pacific. Ed. Gerald Segal. Chicago: St. James Press, 1989.

SML Stacks HN930.7 A9 P68 1989 (LC)

 

Sharma, H. D. Indian reference sources : an annotated guide to Indian reference material. 2nd ed. Varanasi : Indian Bibliographic Centre, 1988-1989.

Reference Z3206 S483X 1988 (LC)

 

Bio-Base. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1978

Reference Fiche S320

 

Biographical encyclopedia of Pakistan. [Lahore: Biographical Research Institute], 1955-1972.

SML Stacks DS381 B56

 

Biography and genealogy master index : a consolidated index to more than 3,200,000 biographical sketches in over 350 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Ed. Miranda C. Herbert, Barbara McNeil. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1980. 8 v.

Reference Z5305 U5 +B56 1980 (LC)

 

Biography and genealogy master index. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1985-

Reference Z5305 U5 +B562 (LC)

Also available online through

 

Biography index : a cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1946/49-

Reference Z5301 B56 (LC)

 

Buckland, Charles Edward. Dictionary of Indian biography. London: S. Sonnenschein, 1906.

Reference DS434 B8

 

Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction,Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television and Other Fields. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1962-

Reference Z1224 C65 (LC)

Also available online through GaleNet on the Library Research Workstation

 

India who's who. New Delhi: INFA Publications, 1969- .

Reference DS434 I53

 

Indian biographical archive [microform]. [Editor, Laureen Baillie]. Mu nchen : K.G. Saur Verlag, [1997?]- .

Reference Fiche B3945

 

Reference guide of India: who's who . . . . New Delhi: Premier Publishers (India), 1973- .

SML Stacks CT1502 R43 (LC)

 

Scholberg, Henry. South Asia biographical dictionary index. Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1987.

Reference Z5305 S65 K36 1987

 

Sen, Siba Pada. Dictionary of national biography. Calcutta: Institute of Historical Studies, 1972-74. 4 vols.

Reference CT1502 S46

      And 1986-1990 Supplement: Reference CT1502 S46 Suppl. 1986 (LC)

 

Wasti, Syed Razi. Biographical dictionary of South Asia. Lahore: Publishers United, 1980.

SML Stacks CT1499 W37 1980 (LC)

 

Who's who, Indian personages. New Delhi: Crystal Ship Pub., 1986- .

Reference ON ORDER

 

Books in print. New York: Bowker, 1948

SML stacks Z1215 +P97 (LC) [Latest edition at Catalog Reference Desk]

    Also: CCL Reference [Latest edition only]

Also available online from the Library Research workstation.

 

British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. General catalogue of printed books. Photolithographic edition to 1955. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1959-1966. 263vols.

Reference Z921 +B86 (LC)

      Supplements: 1956/65 (50v.); 1966/70 (26v.); 1971/75 (13v.)

 

British Library. General catalogue of printed books, 1976-1985. London: British Library, 1986.

Reference Fiche B1221

 

________. General catalogue of printed books, 1976-1985 : Supplement, 1982-1985. London: British Library, 1986.

Reference Fiche B1223

 

Commonwealth Secretariat. Commonwealth national bibliographies: an annotated directory. Compiled by the IFLA International Office for UBC. 2nd ed. (rev.). London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1982.

Reference Z2000.9 +C66 1982 (LC)

 

Eureka [computer file]; the online database of the Research Libraries Group.

Eureka offers easy-to-use online access to a wide array of databases, including the Research Libraries Group's RLIN bibliographic database of more than 22 million titles. Eureka provides catalog records for books, journals, maps, sound recordings, musical scores, films, archives, and computer files held in research, corporate, and public libraries, as well as museums, archives and historical societies. Use Eureka to locate materials outside of Yale. All searches may be easily printed, downloaded or e-mailed directly to you. Use the REQUEST Button in Eureka to request items that Yale does not own through Interlibrary Loan.

 

WorldCat

WorldCat is an online "union catalog"; that is, a bibliographic database of over 39 million records of books and other materials held in thousands of academic, public, special and national libraries around the world. Use WorldCat to locate materials outside of Yale, in almost any area of study, or to locate items in specific libraries and research collections. WorldCat provides catalog records for books, maps, sound recordings, musical scores, films, archives, and computer files held in research, corporate, and public libraries, as well as museums, archives and historical societies. All searches may be easily printed, downloaded or e-mailed directly to you.

 

Indian books in print. Delhi, Indian Bureau of Bibliographies, 1969- .

Reference Z3201 +I54 (LC)

 

National union catalog. 1953/57- Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1958-

Reference Z881 A1 +N373 (LC)

      A comprehensive catalog of the holdings of over 800 research libraries in the United States and Canada. An author catalog, it contains records, with location information, for books published anywhere in the world before 1956 but now held in the United States or Canada.

 

Supplemented by:

 

The National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints: a cumulative author list representing Library of Congress printed cards and titles reported by other American libraries. London: Mansell, 1968-81. 754 v.

Reference Z881 A1 +N37 (LC)

 

And:

 

NUC. Books [microform]. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1983

Reference Fiche S122

 

Nineteenth century short-title catalogue. Teaneck, NJ: Distributed by Chadwyck-Healey, 1984- . Ser.1, phase 1: 1801-1815 (6 v.); ser.2, phase 1: 1816-1870 (14v.) In progress.

Reference Z2001 +N65 1984 (LC)

      Records extracted from the catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle and designed to provide a bibliographic record of British books published during thenineteenth century. This includes all books published in Britain, all books in English wherever published, and all translations wherever published.

 

The Pakistan national bibliography. Karachi: Govt. of Pakistan, Directorate ot Archives & Libraries, National Bibliographical Unit, 1962- .

Reference Z3191 +P33 (LC)

 

Besterman, Theodore. A world bibliography of bibliographies and of bibliographical catalogues, calendars, abstracts, digests, indexes and the like. 4th ed. Lausanne: Societas Bibliographica, 1965-66. 5 v.

Reference Z1002 +B47 1965 (LC)

 

Bibliographic index: a cumulative bibliography of bibliographies. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1937/42-

Reference Z1002 B53 (LC)

 

A Bibliography of Nepal. Compiled by Basil C. Hedrick [and others]. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1973.

Reference Z3207 N4 B53 (LC)

 

De Silva, Daya. Sri Lanka since independence: a reference guide to the literature. New Delhi: Navrang Booksellers and Publishers, 1992.

SML Stacks Z3211 D48X 1992 (LC)

 

Derbyshire, Ian. India. Rev. ed. Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, c1995.

Reference Z3206 G86 1995 (LC)

 

Dogra, R.C. Bhutan. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1990.

Reference Z3210.5 D64X 1990 (LC)

 

Goonetileke, H. A. I. A bibliography of Ceylon; a systematic guide to the literature on the land, people, history and culture published in Western languages from the sixteenth century to the present day. Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Co. [c1970-

Reference Z3211 G66 (LC)

 

Gupta, B. M. South Asia bibliography and documentation. New Delhi : Segment Books, 1994. 9 vols.

Reference Z3185 G86X 1994 (LC)

 

Kalia, D. R. A bibliography of bibliographies on India. Delhi : Concept Pub. Co., 1975.

SML Stacks Z3201 A1 K34 (LC)

 

Kochukoshy, K. K. A bibliography of Indian bibliographies, 1961-1980. [Calcutta], India : Central Reference Library, Govt. of India, Dept. of Culture, 1985.

Reference Z3201 A1 K63X 1985 (LC)

 

Nelson, David N. Bibliography of South Asia. Metuchen, N.J. ; London : Scarecrow Press, c1994.

Reference Z3185 N45X 1994 (LC)

 

New, William H., comp. Critical Writings on Commonwealth Literatures. 1975.

SML Stacks Z2000.9 N48 (LC)

 

Reynolds, C. H. B. Maldives. Oxford, England : Denver, Colo. : Clio Press, c1993.

Reference Z349.49 R49 1993 (LC)

 

Samaraweera, Vijaya. Sri Lanka. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1987.

Reference Z3211 S26 (LC)

 

Tatla, Darshan Singh. Punjab. Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, c1995.

Reference Z3207 P8 T37X 1995 (LC)

 

Taylor, David D. Pakistan. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, c1990.

Reference Z3196 T39 1990 (LC)

 

Whelpton, John. Nepal. Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, c1990.

Reference Z3210 W44 1990 (LC)

 

Wood, Hugh B. Nepal bibliography. Eugene, Or., American-Nepal Education Foundation, 1959.

Reference Z3207 N4 W66 (LC)

 

Warwick, Ronald. Commonwealth literature periodicals: a bibliography, including periodicals of former Commonwealth countries, with locations in the United Kingdom. London: Mansell, 1979.

Reference Z2000.9 W37 (LC)

 

Union list of serials in libraries of the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1965.

Catalog Reference Desk Z6945 +U53 1965 (LC)

      Also: Reference

Bibliography of Asian studies. [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : Association for Asian Studies. Began in 1956.

Reference Z3001 B54 (LC)

Also available online.

 

Guide to Indian periodical literature. Gurgaon, Indian Documentation Service [etc.]. 1964- .

Reference Z6958 I4 G8 (LC)

 

Index India. Jaipur [India] : Rajasthan University Library, 1967- .

Reference Z3203 I54 (LC)

 

Index Islamicus. Cambridge, Eng. : W. Heffer & Sons, 1958- .

Reference Z3013 Q34 (LC)

 

Index to Commonwealth little magazines. 1964/65- . Troy, N.Y.: Whitston Pub. Co., 1965- .

Reference AI3 I48 (LC)

 

Historical abstracts. V. 1-16. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1955-1970.

Reference D1 +H48

 

Historical abstracts. Part A: modern history abstracts, 1450-1914. v.17- . Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1971- .

Reference D1 +H482

 

Historical abstracts. Part B: twentieth century abstracts, 1914- . v.17- . Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1971-

Reference D1 +H483

 

Historical abstracts [computer file]. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio.

Available online.

 

International index to periodicals. v.1- 1907/15-1965. New York: H.W. Wilson. Quarterly.

Reference AI1 S63 (LC)

 

Nineteenth century readers’ guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899, with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1944. 2v.

Reference AI3 +R43 (LC)

 

Periodicals contents index [computer file]. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1994-

      An electronic index to the tables of contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1993. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. Available through the Library Research Workstation on the "Databases" page. There is no print equivalent.

 

Poole’s Index to periodical literature. Rev. ed. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1891- . 6v. In 7

Reference AI3 P656 1938 (LC)

      Also: SML stacks, Beinecke Reference v.1: 1802-1880; v.2: 1892-1896; v.3: 1897-1891; v.4: 1892-1896; v.5: 1897-1901; v.6: 1902-1906

 

Supplemented by:

 

Wall, C. Edward. Cumulative author index for Poole’s Index to periodical literature, 1802-1906. Ann Arbor: Plerian Press, 1971.

Reference AI3 +P657 (LC)

 

And:

 

Poole’s Index: date and volume key. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1957.

Reference AI3 +P658 (LC)

 

PAIS international. New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Information Service, Inc..

      Continues: PAIS bulletin

Reference Z7163 +P834 (LC)

      Also: SSL

      Also available online from the Library Research Workstation "Databases" page. PAIS International covers the literature of public affairs including political, economic and social issues. It contains references to articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, research reports, conference reports and publications of international agencies. Publications from more than 60 countries are included. Materials indexed are in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Print volumes go back to 1915, and online coverage begins in 1974.

 

ArchivesUSA. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.

      Integrates three resources: The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMUC), The Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the US (DARMUS), and The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS). Researchers can search descriptions of manuscript collections in the United States, link to information about the repositories, and locate the finding aids in NIDS, a microfiche collection in the Microtext Center of SML.

 

Directory of archives and manuscript repositories in the United States. 2nd ed. Phoenix: Oryx, 1988.

Reference CD3020 +D49 1988 (LC)

 

The National union catalog of manuscript collections. Washington, DC: Library of Congress [etc.], 1959/61-

Reference Z6620 U5 +N37 (LC)

 

Index to personal names in The National union catalog of manuscript collections, 1959-1984. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988.

Reference Z6620 U5 +I53 1988 (LC)

 

Index to subjects and corporate names in The National union catalog of manuscript collections, 1959-1984. 3 vols. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1994.

Reference Z6620 U5 +N36 1994 (LC)

 

National inventory of documentary sources in the United States [microform]. Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, 1983-

Microform Fiche B1333

 

National inventory of documentary sources in the United Kingdom & Ireland [microform]. Cambridge, Eng.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988- .

Microform Reading Room Fiche B2262

 

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Sessional papers. [London: H.M.S.O.], 1786- .

Mudd O7301 +K6 [to 1921]

Mudd O7301 K6 [1922-1976/77]

SML Microform Reading Room Fiche S84 [1801-1953/54, 1975/76- ]

     (Indexes within the microfiche are indicated by a red dot)

      The Sessional Papers contain several subsets of material: (1) bills (2) reports from committees of the House and from secretaries or ministers to Parliament (Command Papers), and (3) reports non-Parliamentary in nature (from committees and commissions, annual reports of government departments and bodies, treaties, diplomatic correspondence, census reports, statistical information, etc.).

 

Index to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Cambridge, England : Chadwyck-Healey, 1992- .

SML Microform Reading Room CD-ROM

      Indexes the Sessional Papers from 1801 to the present (more or less).

 

Cockton, Peter. Subject catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1801-1900. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988. 5 vol.

Reference Z2019 C63 (LC)

 

Moir, Martin. A general guide to the India Office Records. London : British Library, 1988

SML Stacks Z792 I6 M65 1988 (LC)

 

India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Debates.

Mudd O7500 K25

 

India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. The journal of parliamentary information. New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1955- .

Mudd Ota17 A4 ; Ota17 +A4

 

Pakistan. Parliament. National Assembly. Debates: official report. Karachi, 1956- .

Mudd O7578 H23

SML Stacks J577 K25 (LC)

 

Pakistan. Parliament. Senate. Senate of Pakistan debates. Karachi, 1973- .

SML Stacks J577 J25 (LC)

 

Sims, J. M. A list and index of parliamentary papers relating to India, 1908-1947. London : India Office Library and Records, 1981.

SML Stacks Z3208 A5 +S55 1981 (LC)

 

Singh, Amar Kaur Jasbir. A guide to source materials in the India Office Library and Records for the history of Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan 1765-1950. London : British Library, 1988.

SML Stacks Z3107 T5 S5611 1988 (LC)

 

The Transfer of power 1942-7. Editor-in-chief Nicholas Mansergh, assistant editor E. W. R. Lumby. London, H.M.S.O., 1970-1987. 12 vols.

SML Stacks DS480.83 T73

 

Anwar, Mumtaz A. Doctoral research on Pakistan : a bibliography of dissertations accepted by foreign universities up to 1971. 1st ed. Lahore: Pak Book Corp., 1976.

SML Stacks Z3196 A64 (LC)

 

Dissertation Abstracts online. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International.

 

Programs and dissertations in southern Asian studies at the University of Chicago. Chicago : University of Chicago, Committee on Southern Asian Studies, 1977.

SML Stacks DS335 P76