Research Guides: Southeast Asian History: Books

Book Catalogues

SMU Libraries Catalogue
Use this search to discover books, articles, DVDs and more at SMU Libraries. Notes that our book collection is mostly electronic - and this search is the only way to access more than 450,000 titles!
WorldCat
WorldCat is essentially the library catalogue of the world. Use this to discover resources that may not be available at SMU. Pay attention to 'subject headings' listed in the records of good books. If you click on a heading, you'll see all the relevant books in that subject area!
National Library Board (NLB) Catalogue
For books unavailable at SMU, always search the NLB Catalogue to determine availability. The Lee Kong Chian Reference Library on Victoria Street (a 5-minute walk from Li Ka Shing Library) holds an incredible collection of books related to Southeast Asian history.
Google Books
Google Books allows you to search the full text of millions of books. If you find a title you want to see more of, look the title up in SMU Libraries catalogue - or even NLB catalogue.

ACLS Humanities E-book This link opens in a new window
Humanities E-Book is a digital collection of over 5,800 full-text high-quality titles which are fully searchable. Titles focus on the Humanities, comparative and world studies, history, philosophy, political science, area studies on Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East, United States of America. The years of publication range from 1880s to present. The collection is offered by the American Council of Learned Societies in collaboration with other learned societies and publishers.

The Institute of Southeast Asia Studies (ISEAS) Collection
The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) eBook Collection consists of more than 400 book titles published by ISEAS from 1980 to present, with titles covering the socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Singapore, Southeast Asia, and Asia Pacific.

BooksSG
A digital collection of Singapore and Southeast's Asia print heritage
HathiTrust Digital Library
Collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries. SMU access is either search preview or view online.

Southeast Asia by Ooi Keat Gin (Editor)
Call Number: Li Ka Shing Library Books Level 4 DS524 .S68 2004
ISBN: 9781576077702
Publication Date: 2004-10-13
An in-depth, historical encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, with coverage from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region. *
Colonialism by Melvin E. Page (Editor); James D. Ciment (Editor); Penny Sonnenberg
Call Number: Li Ka Shing Library Books Level 3 JV22 .C65 2003
ISBN: 9781576073353
Publication Date: 2003-09-16
The most exhaustive reference work available on this critical subject in world history, focusing on the politics, economy, culture, and society of both colonizers and colonized.
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Call Number: Li Ka Shing Library Books Level 4 DS4 .L48 2002
ISBN: 0684806177
Publication Date: 2002-11-27
Provides 6,000 articles on Modern Asia from a global perspective. The comparative, cross-cultural approach allows students and researchers to identify the similarities and differences among Asian nations and religions.