History and Area Studies Subject Heading Scope Note Selector E-Journal Only
         
  African Studies   Sam Dunlap  
         
  Australasian Studies     E-journal only
         
  Canadian Studies     E-journal only
         
  Caribbean Studies     E-journal only
         
  Central Asian Studies     E-journal only
         
  Classical Studies   Sam Dunlap  
         
  East Asian Studies Includes all aspects of multidisciplinary studies in social science and humanity pertaining to the region of the East Asia. Research emphasis is on contemporary China, Japan and Korea. Victoria Chu / Sanae Isozumi  
         
  European Studies   Sam Dunlap  
         
  History (General) Use for history journals that are broadly based and do not have any other appropriate tertiary headings   E-journal only
         
  History of Medicine History of medical specialties, earlier medical practices, and medical practices of other cultures, as well as histories of other health sciences such as nursing. Also look under discipline term--e.g., Nursing, Pharmacy, etc., --for histories of the discipline or practice. Look under Anthropology or the Ethnic Studies terms for traditional medicine of other cultures Jennifer Reiswig  
         
  History of Science   Sam Dunlap  
         
  Japanese Studies   Sanae Isozumi  
         
  Judaic Studies All aspects of the Jewish people, culture and religion worldwide, both historical and contemporary; similarly for the modern state of Israel and its predecessors. Special research emphasis on Hebrew bible Elliot Kanter  
         
  Latin American Studies Includes all areas of research relating to the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Americas and the Caribbean Karen Lindvall-Larson  
         
  Middle Eastern Studies A comparative study of the history, liteature and peoples of the Middle East (including North Aftrica). Sam Dunlap  
         
  Pacific Island Studies All aspects of Pacific Islands people and cultures. Area also known as Oceania, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. Excludes Australia. At UCSD, there is a special emphasis on the study of Melanesia (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji). Kathy Creely  
         
  South Asian Studies     E-journal only
         
  Southeastern Asian Studies     E-journal only
         
  United Kingdom History     E-journal only
         
  United States History History of the U.S. and its possessions in all periods, from first European settlement through roughly 20 years preceding current date. Double-post Ethnic Studies resources if historical treatment is significant. Elliot Kanter  
         
  United States-Mexico Border Studies   Alanna Aiko Moore / Michael Smith  
         

rev. 4/18/08
Elliot Kanter