Chinese lit: 

Journey to the west

TIPS AND TRICKS

1) Consider your keywords when searching. Ex. Use "DAOISM or TAOISM"

2) Consider when the source is written; for primary or contemporary sources on various religions and historical events in China, look to adjust your dates in yours earch string or use the phrase "primary source" alongside your search when using Google

3) Searching off campus? You'll need to log into library databases. See our username and passwords here. Have questions? Reach out to Jenna at jwolf@csw.org

LIBRARY RESOURCES

BUDDHISM

RESEARCH STARTER: BUDDHISM

Johnson, Judy A. ..MTS. “Buddhism.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, Feb. 2022. EBSCOhost, https://research.ebsco.com/c/74mm6t/viewer/html/hgnhdwwly5.

EBOOK: BUDDHISM - THE BASICS 

Cathy Cantwell. Buddhism: The Basics. Routledge, 2010. EBSCOhost, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=df20f80d-e009-3764-b49a-370fbde0ab5f.

DAOISM

RESEARCH STARTER: DAOISM

Dippmann, Jeffrey. “Daoism.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, Sept. 2022. EBSCOhost, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=7ee0e1da-171d-3db3-ac58-630aaa8b779f.

EBOOK: INTRODUCING DAOISM

Kohn, Livia. Introducing Daoism. Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, 2009. EBSCOhost, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=eab40360-f788-35d0-a28b-43a384269458.

TANG DYNASTY

RESEARCH STARTER: FOUNDING OF THE TANG DYNASTY

Fitzgerald, Richard D. “Founding of the Tang Dynasty.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, Sept. 2022. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=0f3bd629-33f8-3521-ae8f-b98cb806f1ed.

REFERENCE: EMPEROR TAIZONG

Twitchett, Denis C.. "Taizong". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Taizong-emperor-of-Tang-dynasty. Accessed 31 January 2024.

EMPEROR TAIZONG, TANG DYNASTY *use the introduction

Hung, Hing Ming. Li Shi Min, Founding the Tang Dynasty : The Strategies That Made China the Greatest Empire in Asia. Algora Publishing, 2013. EBSCOhost, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=8aa826c4-81de-3121-bede-99ceb4296235.