Use
scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries, such as those below, for an
overview of your topic, definitions, a list of suggested readings, and
(sometimes) a lead on related primary source material.
Cambridge Histories OnlineOnline access to the complete suite of Cambridge histories, including the Cambridge History of China, Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge World History of Human Disease, the Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy, etc.
Cambridge Illustrated history of ChinaCall Number: reserve DS 706 .E37 1996
Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and CultureCall Number: ref DS 33 .C63 2000
Encyclopedia of Asian History (4 vols.)Call Number: ref DS 31 .E53 1988
Encyclopedia of Chinese PhilosophyCall Number: ref B 126 .E496 2003