Degrees offered: |
N/A |
Number of faculty: |
0 |
Number of majors in the program: |
N/A |
Faculty Liaison: |
Howard Campbell |
Library Subject Specialist: |
Juan A. Sandoval II |
Department Chair: |
N/A |
Program Description
There
are currently two courses offered. A survey course includes traditional
Chinese, Korean, and Japanese civilization, as well as their westernization and
modernization. An additional course on the history of Religion in the East
covers the Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist communities. Study is focused
on the Far East, concentrating on
Description
of Existing Collection
NCIP Code: 1a
LC
classification areas are concentrated in BL 1000-2422, BP, BQ, DS, JQ 1-1852,
PK 1-6996, PL 1-3207. English language predominates in the collection. Very few
items are in the Chinese, Japanese or other Asian alphabet. A total of eight
journals are designated as general Asian periodicals; four a currently
received. Ten are designated as East Asian; nine are currently received.
Access to materials using hardcopy and electronic resources is available. The main access point for UTEP Library monographs is the OPAC. Marcive records added to the catalog allow for searching of government publications. All journals titles are listed in the OPAC. Major topical indexes and the FirstSearch service are available. In addition, all students have access to the Internet and World Wide Web allowing the use of bibliographic and textual resources notionally and worldwide. The Library's ILL services provide materials (monographs & periodical articles) at a small service charge from around the country. The Reference Collection consists of general English language encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries and a number of multi-volume histories focused on Asian countries.
Current
Collection Intensity
NCIP Code: 1
Currently materials are being collected for the two courses offered as well as general works concerning Far Asian culture and biography. Reference materials acquired concentrate on encyclopedic and dictionary publications
Future
Collection Level
NCIP Code: 1
Collecting
will continue at the current level for the foreseeable future. No major or
minor program is currently
Last updated: March 20, 2003
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