Dear BAS subscribers,
We are pleased to announce that a new version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies will soon be launched, along with an upgrade having close to 800,000 entries. This new version offers a state-of-the-art discovery system with simplified searching and facet-based browsing. Refinements based upon such categories as Author, Subject, Country/Region, Journal, Publication date, or Type of publication are provided through facets, and can be easily combined; the number of entries in each category is provided. A new category, Language, has been added. In addition, all records have been converted to standard Unicode, which means that the diacritic-rich entries of the BAS are now accessible to any modern browser without any need for special settings on the part of the user; these can be easily copied, pasted and printed in standard programs and are compatible with all generally available Unicode fonts. Export to bibliographic management programs has also been improved and is provided through the RIS format.
The switchover will occur on Monday, September 12, 2011. Users will be automatically directed from the old URL to the new URL for a limited period. However, we recommend changing to the new URL that is given here as soon as possible after September 12, 2011: http://bmc.lib.umich.edu/bas
[SOAS staffs and students have full access to this website via their SOAS id and passwords]
Please contact the BAS editor, Frank Conlon (conlon@u.washington.
Thanks,
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