How can I find out what new dissertations have been completed about the Song period? A list of new journal articles would be nice also. But the latter may require more work than the thin staff can handle. Mike Hodas

Hi, Mike, Greetings from Taiwan. Saw your question on the Listserv. One place you can at least begin to search for dissertations on topics related to the Song (or anything else related to China) is the On-line Catalog of the National Central Library in Taiwan. You can access it (in Chinese or English) here: http://enwww.ncl.edu.tw/ As far as I can tell, the NCL has most or all USA doctoral dissertations on China through 2014. "Author name" and "dissertation title" searches work well. You can also do "topical" searches. As for dissertations and master theses in Taiwan and the Mainland, there are convenient databases available on line, many of which allow you to download PDF versions of the theses or dissertations. For instance, this one (which is free) is for theses and dissertations done in Taiwan: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dwebmge Most of the databases I know about for Mainland materials are subscription based and very expensive, so to access them you would probably need to be working at a Chinese language materials research library with subscriptions. If you have additional questions, let me know and I will try to help. Best wishes and good luck, Jim Hargett UAlbany-SUNY On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Mike Hodas <mikelaurieh2@gmail.com> wrote: > How can I find out what new dissertations have been completed about the > Song period? A list of new journal articles would be nice also. But the > latter may require more work than the thin staff can handle. > > Mike Hodas > > _______________________________________________ > Listserv mailing list > Listserv@mail.songyuan.org > http://mail.songyuan.org/mailman/listinfo/listserv_mail.songyuan.org > >

Dear Colleagues, Mike raises a good point: we used to have a section of the journal that described recently completed dissertations. (I think it depending on people reporting to the editor about the completed theses.) Worth bringing back? Michael From: Listserv [mailto:listserv-bounces@mail.songyuan.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hodas Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 7:00 PM To: listserv@mail.songyuan.org Subject: [Song-Yuan Listserv] Dissertations How can I find out what new dissertations have been completed about the Song period? A list of new journal articles would be nice also. But the latter may require more work than the thin staff can handle. Mike Hodas