Guide to Asia-related Resources: Singapore -
Bibliographies and Indexes
Bibliographies and indexes list journal articles,
books, theses, conference papers, etc., on a particular subject.
Here we have selected electronic and printed bibliographies and indexes which may be useful for research on contemporary Singapore.
Included are general, country or subject specific bibliographies. All
are available in the Monash University Library.
This guide is divided into two parts: Electronic
Bibliographies and Indexes, and Printed Bibliographies and
Indexes.
You can find other relevant indexes and
bibliographies by searching the library catalogue using these keywords, "Singapore
bibliography".
Electronic resources
Electronic bibliographies and indexes should also be
consulted as they often cover material on Singapore not included in
printed resources.
Printed bibliographies
and indexes
General
Bibliography of Asian studies.
Ann Arbor, MI : Association for Asian Studies. 1971 -
Annual
This publication aims to provide a selective listing of scholarly
publications in Western languages. It covers the fields of humanities
and social sciences and is arranged by both geographic area and subject.
It includes periodical articles, monographs, articles within
festschriften, symposia and conference proceedings.
NOTE: An Internet-based version of this bibliography from 1971 on, is
available to Monash University staff and students. Bibliography
of Asian Studies online.
Cumulative bibliography of Asian studies.
1941 - 1970.
Boston : Association for Asian Studies, 1969.
An essential tool for keeping in touch with academic research on Asia.
It also provides an excellent means of identifying material published in
the 1940 -1970 time period. This index is not included in the online
Bibliography of Asian Studies listed above.
Caulfield Library Reference 950.016 BIB
Peninsula Library Reference 950.016 B582
Matheson Library Reference 016.915 B582
Electronic Resource Bibliography
of Asian Studies
Bibliography of official statistical sources
on Southeast Asia, 1750 - 1990.
Jennifer Brewster & Anne Booth (comps.)
Canberra : Economic History of Southeast Asia Project, Research School
of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1990.
A comprehensive listing of statistical sources for Southeast Asia. Ideal
for the librarian trying to identify available sources, or as a research
aid to those interested in the background to the economic development of
Southeast Asia. Includes bibliographies, statistical series, and many
other sources of important material.
Caulfield Library Reference 330.959016 BRE
Matheson Library Reference 016.330959 B848B
British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring
service. Summary of world broadcasts.
Caversham Park, UK : Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting
Corporation. 1939 -
Daily and weekly.
Invaluable resource for the researcher. The BBC set up its Monitoring
Service in 1939 to provide information from open-band foreign
broadcasts. The summaries, produced daily and weekly, cover a selection
of Asian home and foreign radio stations' broadcasts. Extracts from
press articles were included, as well as official war communiques,
speeches, propaganda trends, transcripts. Arrangements of the summaries
and broadcasts differed over the years. Asian material can be found
under section headings East (Far East), and for later years, Far
East. Larger Australian libraries hold sets of the Summary of World
Broadcasts. on microfiche and microfilm or paper.
Matheson Library Music Multimedia MICROFILM 3913
BOUND SERIALS: SER 327.05 B862S3
Details of Holdings: For information covering the period: 27 August 1939
to 15 April, 1959, see Microfilm 3913, reels 1-196, 211-216 and 348-388.
For information covering the period: January 1960 - December 1971,
Printed summaries in bound volumes can be found at SERIALS 327.05
B862S3.
Lacks: April, November 1961; August 1962; January, November, December
1963; June 1964.
For information covering the period: 1972 -1979, see MICROFICHE 100.
Foreign broadcast information service: daily
reports.
Washington : Foreign Radio Broadcasts. 1947 -
Daily
A similar service to the BBC World Summary Broadcasts. (see above), is
also provided by the United States. Each day's broadcasts of news are
indexed by country originating the broadcast but not by the subject of
the broadcast. At the end of 1996 FBIS will no longer be published in
hard copy.
Caulfield Library Serials 951.0505 US
Matheson Library Music Multimedia MICROFILM 2342, 1947-1964
Matheson Library Music Multimedia MICROFICHE 2468, 1976-1986
A guide to sources on Australia-Asia
relations.
Deborah J. McNamara
Nathan, Queensland : Griffith University, 1990.
Comprehensive coverage of articles from Australian sources on politics,
economics, business. Provides bibliographical details of books,
monographs, journal articles published between 1975-1990. Sources are
widely available. While most of this information can now be supplied by
a search on APAIS on CD-ROM, this handy guide is still of use to
students and researchers for coverage of the 1980's. Two earlier guides
in this series complement this publication, A guide to sources on
Australia-Asia relations, 1976-1979. by Angela Ham, and, A guide
to sources on Australia-Asia relations, 1976-1985. by Anne Platt.
Matheson Library Reference 016. 3279405 M169G
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.3279405 M169G
A select bibliography of Australia's foreign
relations, 1975-1992.
Pauline Kerr, David Sullivan & Robin Ward (jt. comp.)
Canberra : Australian Foreign Policy Publications, ANU, 1994.
A most useful bibliography because it is the result of consulting a wide
range of sources. It represents a very convenient starting point for
research in this area.
Matheson Library Reference 016.32794 K41S
A select bibliography of materials relating
to the study of Islam in South East Asia available in Australia.
Patricia Woodcroft-Lee
Townsville : James Cook University of North Queensland, 1991.
A great deal of English language material has been included. All items
listed are available in Australia. Designed to meet the needs of school
and undergraduate students, and those new to Islamic studies. The
excellent introduction offers invaluable advice on accessing further
material.
Matheson Library Reference 016.2970959 W886S
South East Asia: a guide to reference
material.
Andrew Dalby
London : Hans Zell Publishers, 1993. [Regional Reference Guides, 2.]
Excellent annotated bibliography covering a wide range of reference
sources for Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. Includes material in
Asian languages and Western languages.
Matheson Library Reference 016.959 D137S
South-East Asia: languages and literatures :
a select guide.
Patricia Herbert & Anthony Miller (eds.) & South-East Asia
Library Group.
Whiting Bay, Arran, Scotland : Kiscadale Publications, 1989.
This excellent guide offers an introduction to the languages and
literary genres of Southeast Asia. Arrangement is by country. The
introduction to each section gives an overview of the literature of the
country, the history of its literature, the languages and scripts, the
development of the press. References are included and a bibliography is
provided at the end of each country section. Librarians will find this a
very useful reference guide.
Gippsland General Collection 409.59 SOU
Matheson Library Main Collection 409.59 H537S
UNDOC current index: United Nations
documents.
New York : United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library. 1979 -
Quarterly
An index to U.N. publications by subject, name and title. Many of the
publications are primary documents useful for the study of Asia. The
publications include U.N. letters, agreements, statistics and special
reports. U.N. publications can be ordered individually or as microfiche
sets (annual cumulations). A title listing (but not indexed) of the most
recent U.N. documents is on the Internet.
URL: http://www.un.org/doc/
Matheson Library Reference 016.34123 U58.2U/C
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Singapore
Bibliography of Malaysia and Singapore.
R.S. Karni
Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya Press, 1980.
This bibliography is an exhaustive listing of works about Malaysia and
Singapore published in European languages, and published up to 1967.
Unfortunately it does not have an author or title index, although the
subject arrangement is very detailed.
Caulfield Reference Collection REF 959.5016 KAR
Matheson Library Reference 016.9595 K18B
Books about Singapore.
Rev. ed. Singapore : National Library, 1996.
Useful for the librarian needing to find books about Singapore which
provide basic and topical information on a wide range of subjects. This
is a selective annotated bibliography which is updated every two or
three years. Only English language books are included.
Matheson Library Serials 1996 Shelved at: Matheson Library Reference
016.9595 B724
Celebrations: Singapore creative writing in
English: a bibliography.
Gene Tan (ed.)
Singapore : Reference Services Division, National Library, 1994.
Contains works of creative writing in English published by Singaporean
writers up to 1994. Arranged by kinds of work with an introductory
chapter on literary history and criticism. Accompanied by an author
index and a title index.
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.808 S617C
A new checklist of English-language fiction
relating to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
Lewis Hill
2nd. ed. Hull, U.K. : Centre for South-East Asian Studies, University of
Hull, 1991.
This useful checklist provides short bibliographic entries for each item
and adds a statement of literary form, historical period, and location
of the novel/story. The material listed generally cannot be found in
other English language source guides.
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.823 H646N
A Sense of history : a select bibliography
on the history of Singapore.
Tim Yap Fuan, editor; compilers, Tim Yap Fuan ... [et al.]
Singapore : National University of Singapore Library, 1998.
Lists primary and secondary sources on the history of Singapore from its
earliest times through the period of British rule, Japanese occupation,
to independence.
Location: Matheson Library Main Collection 016.95957 T582S
Electronic version: A
Sense of History
Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei newspapers:
an international union list.
P. Lim Pui Huen (comp.)
Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1992.
A most useful union list of newspapers known to have been published in
Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Holdings in Australian libraries are
also noted. Entries are arranged by country, language and title. For
further Australian holdings of newspapers of the region check Serials
in Australian Libraries, (SIAL).
Matheson Library Reference 016.0795957 L732S
Singapore national bibliography.
Singapore : Singapore National Library. 1967 -
Annual
Lists all works published in Singapore and deposited with the National
Library. Includes an author and title index for English language
publications. Also lists Mandarin and Tamil publications. Publication of
the printed version ceased in 1993. CD-ROM version is now available.
Archive Disc cumulates from 1967 to 1991
Matheson Library Store: M Collections 015.5957 S617 (1967 to 1993).
CD-ROM version available at the Matheson Library Information Desk.
Singapore periodicals index.
Singapore : Singapore National Library. 1969 -
Annual
This index covers periodicals published in Singapore in English, Malay
and Chinese. Excellent arrangement.
Matheson Library Reference 016.915952 S617
See also: PERIND, an index to periodical literature relating to
Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN, 1980 - , and Singapore
Malaysia Collection (SMC) National University of Singapore Library databases.
Access to these electronic databases can be found at this Library site: Monash
University Library Databases
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