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A free online searchable database of jātakas in Indian texts and art.

A free online searchable database of jātakas in Indian texts and art.

A free online searchable database of jātakas in Indian texts and art.

"...a scholarly journal dedicated to the historical study of Chinese Buddhism in the premodern and modern periods."

Journal for the Society for the Study of Chinese Religions.

A publication of the International Association of Buddhist Studies.

Includes titles such as: The Journal of Asian Studies, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Numen, Inner Asia, and more. Non-UWest users can access certain articles in the Register and Read program.

Search JSTOR for journal articles and book chapters on a sustainability topic.

Non-UWest users may go directly to: https://www.jstor.org/sustainability/

This catalogue by Dr. Lewis Lancaster provides equivalent Buddhist canon titles in Sanskrit, Chinese, and Korean.

Scanned gallery exhibitions of rare materials, including books, illustrations, and historical documents.

This page is a digital, searchable research bibliography of all 49 texts in Mahāratnakūṭa Collection (MRK: Chinese Da baoji jing 大寶積經; Tibetan Dkon mchog brtsegs pa chen po). Find citations for translations and articles focusing on the different texts.

This page is a digital, searchable research bibliography of all 49 texts in Mahāratnakūṭa Collection (MRK: Chinese Da baoji jing 大寶積經; Tibetan Dkon mchog brtsegs pa chen po).

This page is a digital, searchable research bibliography of all 49 texts in Mahāratnakūṭa Collection (MRK: Chinese Da baoji jing 大寶積經; Tibetan Dkon mchog brtsegs pa chen po).

"With MARKUS you can upload a file in classical Chinese (and perhaps in the future other languages) and tag personal names, place names, temporal references, and bureaucratic offices automatically. You can also upload your own list of key terms for automated tagging. You can then read a document while checking a range of reference works at the same time, or compare passages in which the same names or keywords appear." Check its research blog examples of how the data extracted from this tool is used.

Lookup corresponding titles in Chinese, Sanskrit, Pali, English and Tibetan.

Palm-leaf manuscripts digitized from the U Po Thi Library.

Searches digital images and scans of Japanese books and periodicals.

Searches not just the National Diet Llibrary, but libraries, archives, museums, and academic institutions in Japan.

A general purpose Chinese text reader and Chinese-English dictionary with an emphasis on Buddhist terminology and canon.

A general purpose Chinese text reader and Chinese-English dictionary with an emphasis on Buddhist terminology.

A general purpose Chinese text reader and Chinese-English dictionary with an emphasis on Buddhist terminology.

Bibliography of topics in Buddhist studies.

"...an English-language interactive tool for teachers and students interested in incorporating the wonders of early Japan in teaching and learning across a range of subjects including history, geography, environment, cuisine and religious studies."

Introductory essays about Mahayana Buddhism written by D.T. Suzuki.

Provides concise overviews and annotated bibliographies for Buddhism related topics. Access the bibliographies by browsing through an alphabetical list, using the 'Jump To' shortcut, or searching with keywords.

An guide to the study of Buddhism and ecology, including bibliographies and related texts. 

"PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers."

This is a special issue of the journal The Journal of Management Development (2014, v.33, no.8/9).

This database provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought. Included are titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations. The resource reflects a wide spectrum of religious belief systems and supports the global study of religion.

This guide from Yale gives an overview of how to cite Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources in Chicago style.

This guide from Yale gives an overview of how to cite Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources in Chicago style.