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Newspapers:
Print newspapers:
The Library subscribes to the following current newspapers in print:
Banglaesh Observer (Dacca)
Dawn (Karachi)
India Abroad (New York/Chicago)
Jang (Karachi)
Times of India (New Delhi)
In addition, the Library maintains microfilm collections
for the following newspapers:
Bangladesh Observer (Dacca), 1962-
Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1838-1859)
Bombay Times and Standard (1860-1861)
Ceylon Times (See Times of Ceylon)
Daily News (Colombo), 1981-
Dawn (Karachi), 1966-
Deccan Herald (Bangalore), 1965-
Eastern Times (Cuttack), 1965-1966
Gujarata Samachara (Ahmedabad), 1966-1971
Hindu (Madras/Chennai), 1951-
Hindustan Times (Delhi), 1965-
Imroz (Lahore), 1966-1970
Indian Nation (Patna), 1965-1973, 1979
Jang (Karachi), 1966-1971
Kaiser-i-Hind (Bombay), 1967-1969
Leader (Allahabad), 1965-1967
Morning News (Dacca), 1966-1973
Mumbai Samacara (Bombay), 1966-1971
Pakistan Times (Lahore), 1965-
Sanmarga (Varanasi), 1966-1970
Statesman (Calcutta), 1915-1941,1987-
Statesman (Delhi), 1963-1986,1991
Times of Ceylon, 1941-1954,1957,1967-1973
Times of India (Bombay), 1861
Times of India (New Delhi), 1963-1991
Click
here for a list of all newspapers available in the Library.
Online newspapers:
The University
of Pennsylvania has developed an extensive list of online newspapers
from South Asia, both in English and in the regional languages. Samachar.com
is also a good place to find online newspapers.
U of M users may want to note that The Hindu and The Statesman are
available online in full-text through ProQuest.
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Journals and magazines:
Print journals:
The South Asia Division receives a large number of periodicals directly
from South Asia. Click here to see a list of periodicals and their
library locations from: Bangladesh,
India,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Sri
Lanka.
Click
here to see a select list of periodicals related to South Asia.
Online journals and magazines:
The University of Pennsylvania has an extensive list of South
Asian magazines available online, including some in regional languages,
but it does not seem to cover scholarly journals.
A select list of scholarly journals available online include:
Users at the University of Michigan should remember to check ProQuest,
Lexis-Nexis,
Project
Muse and JSTOR
as other possible venues to find online information about South Asia
in full-text (all access restricted). All of the online journals that
U of M subscribes to are cataloged and accessible through MIRLYN.
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Governmental Information:
Governments
on the WWW provides comprehensive lists of websites from South Asian
governments:
Ready reference type information from the United States government can
be found in the CIA Factbooks and the Library of Congress' Country
Studies. The Factbooks provide quick, basic facts about geography,
population, transportation, governmental structure, some basic statistics
and the like. They also have general maps of the country. While providing
much of the same information, the Country Studies give more context
and detail and are good for broad essays on history, economics, society
and culture, etc. The Country Studies also provide bibliographies.
CIA Factbooks: Afghanistan,
Bhutan,
India,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Sri
Lanka.
LC Country Studies: Bhutan,
India,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Sri
Lanka.
The U.S. State Department has recently released the 1999 Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices. For information on South Asian countries and
human rights, click
here.
See also the SARAI
page for a considerable amount of South Asian governmental information.
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Electronic texts:
The University
of California Press has recently converted many of its titles into
electronic texts. Included among those are a number of South Asia related
titles. These texts unique as they are scholarly publications which are
both free of charge and fully searchable.
NetLibrary conatins a considerable number of South Asia
related titles. Click
here to get information about how to access the titles that the Library
subscribes to. All NetLibrary titles are cataloged and accessible through
MIRLYN.
A significant number of Panjabi works (in Shahmukhi, Gurmukhi,
romanization and translated into English) can be found on the Academy
of the Punjab of North America website.
Texts in a variety of Indian languages (Sanskrit, Pali,
Tamil, etc.) can be found at the Gottingen
Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages website.
The Muktabodha
Indological Research Institute has digitized a number of important
indological texts (for example, the multi-volumed Kashmir Series of Texts
and Studies) with plans to digitize many more in the future. One must
register (free) and have both the DjVu and Adobe Acrobat readers to access
the texts.
Finally, many digital books have been indexed and are linked
from the Digital
Book Index.
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Online exhibitions:
Afghanistan:
the Harrison Forman Collection
Ames
Library Exhibitions
Armchair
Travel in India c.1900: the stereoscopic experience
Art
of Tibet
Artists
of Nathadwara
Beneath
the Banyan Tree: An Exhibit of Indian Art and Paintings
Echoes
of Freedom: South Asian Pioneers in California, 1899-1965
Huntington
Archive of Buddhist and Related Art
Jamini
Roy: Bengali Artist of Modern India
India:
Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900
Looking
Behind Mud Walls: the Village of Karimpur, 1925-1998
Meeting
God: Elements of Hindu Devotion
Mirrors
of the Heart-Mind
Madhubani
Painting
Mughal
India
Pluralism
Project Images
Pre-1947
Images
Rickshaw
Arts of Bangladesh
Silicon
Raj: Making a Difference to America's Future
Truck Painting in Pakistan
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