Collection of Western perspectives on China from the 1650s through 1990s, including accounts from traders, missionaries, and diplomats. Essential for studying colonial attitudes and cross-cultural encounters.
Specialist bibliography with 65,000+ records covering South and Southeast Asian art, architecture, archaeology, inscriptions, and coins. Compiled by international experts since 1928, updated quarterly. Covers 22 countries in 19 languages.
Hub for Critical African Studies with 700+ scholarly works across multiple journals including ProudFlesh, JENDa, and West Africa Review. Also hosts the Kiswahili Story Database, African Music Database, and Biafran War Database.
Open-access library of 10,000+ African policy papers on governance, health, climate, and economics. Curated by African research institutes with real-time analysis of continental issues.
Full-text Arabic database with 15,000+ books, journals, and dissertations. All content is searchable in Arabic with advanced linguistic tools. Covers literature, Islamic studies, social sciences, and more.