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Organization of Subject/Subdivision Terms

The following terms are used to catalog educational media materials found in the AEMS database. These categories are orginally based on the classification system of the Bibliography of Asian Studies, but have been altered to reflect common themes found in media about Asia.



Region/Country
Asia General no subregions
East/West Relations
no subregions
East Asia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Macao
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea
Taiwan
Tibet
Immigrants/Diaspora no subregions
South Asia Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sikkim
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia Brunei
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar (Burma)
Philippines
Singapore
South Pacific Islands
Thailand
Vietnam


General Subjects and Subtopics
Anthropology
& Sociology
Aging
Agriculture
Archaeology & Prehistory
Caste
Children & Youth
Community Development
Confucianism
Crime
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Discrimination & Racism
Drug Trade
Economic Conditions
Ethnic Groups
Expatriates
Family
Folk Medicine
Folklore
Food
Gender Roles
Homosexuality
Human Rights
Identity
Immigrant Communities
Linguistics
Marriage
Men
Military Conflict
Popular Culture
Poverty
Prostitution
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Change
Social Conditions
Social Customs
Social Problems
Social Protest
Social Relations
Social Structure
Social Work
Terrorism
Urban Conditions
Urban Development
Women
Arts Architecture
Art History
Artists & Craftsmen
Bronzes
Calligraphy
Ceramics
Children & Youth
Cinema
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Dance
Fine Arts
Folk Arts
Gardens
Music
Painting
Performing Arts
Photography
Sculpture
Tea Ceremony
Textile Arts
Theater
Biography Buddha
Confucius
Dalai Lama
Deng Xiaoping
Gandhi
Genghis Khan
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Tse-tung
Mother Teresa
Other Biography
Description
& Travel
Architecture
Environment
Nature
Transportation
Diaspora
& Ethnicity
Discrimination & Racism
Ethnic Groups
Identity
Expatriates
Immigrant Communities
Overseas Communites
Population
Poverty
Social Conditions
Social Problems
Urban Conditions  
Also under this subject term:

Japanese
Korean
Laotian
Cambodian
Vietnamese
Chinese
Indian
Filipino
Bangladeshi
Pakistani
Thai
Tibetan
Bhutanese
Burmese
Indonesian
Malaysian
Mongolian
Nepalese
Sri Lankan
Singaporean
Ecology
& Environment
Agriculture
Environmental Policy
Geology
Industry
Land Development
Military Conflict
Nature
Population
Rural Development
Economics
& Business
Agriculture
Corporations
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Economic Conditions
Economic Demography
Economic Development
Economic History
Economic Policy
Economic Theory
International Economics
Environment
Expatriates
Human Rights
Industry Labor
Land Development
Poverty
Rural Development
Transportation
Urban Development
Education Children & Youth
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Elementary Education
Higher Education
Secondary Education
Students
Teachers & Teaching
Feature Film
- Action
Children & Youth
Crime
Dance
Family
Fiction
History, Early
   (Before 17th Century)
History, Early Modern
    (17th-19th Century)
History, Modern
   (19th-20th Century)
History, 1900-1950
History, 1951-1980
Marriage
Martial Arts
Military Conflict
Poverty
Social Commentary
Sports
Sword Fighting
Technology
Women
Writers
WWII
Feature Film
- Comedy
Children & Youth
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Crime
Family
Fiction
Gender Roles
History, Early
   (Before 17th Century)
History, Early Modern
   (17th-19th Century)
History, Modern
   (19th-20th Century)
History, 1900-1950
History, 1951-1980
Marriage
Martial Arts
Military Conflict
Poverty
Social Commentary
Sword Fighting
Teachers & Teaching
Technology
Women
Writers
WWII
Feature Film
- Drama
Aging
Artists & Craftsmen
Buddhism
Children & Youth
Cinema
Civil Service
Crime
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Cultural Revolution
Discrimination & Racism
Economic Conditions
Education
Emigration and Immigration
Environment
Ethnic Groups
Family
Fiction
Folklore
Food
Gender Roles
Hinduism
History, Early
   (Before 17th Century)
History, Early Modern
   (17th-19th Century)
History, Modern
   (19th-20th Century)

History, 1900-1950
History, 1951-1980
Homosexuality
Human Rights
Identity
Immigrant Communities
Marriage
Martial Arts
Military Conflict
Music
Poverty
Prostitution
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Change
Social Commentary
Social Conditions
Social Problems
Sword Fighting
Teachers & Teaching
Technology
Urban Conditions
Urban Development
Women
Writers
WWII
Geography Economic Demography
Food
Geology
Population
Regions
History Archaeology & Prehistory
Architecture
Art History
Atomic Bomb
Cultural Revolution
Economic Conditions
Economic Development
Economic History
History, Early
   (Before 17th Century)
History, Early Modern
   (17th-19th Century)
History, Modern
   (19th-20th Century)
History, 1900-1950
History, 1951-1980
Japanese Internment
Military Conflict
Pearl Harbor
Social Change
WWII
Language Linguistics
Leisure
& Recreation
Children & Youth
Games
Martial Arts
Popular Culture
Sports
Literature Fiction
Folklore
Poetry
Writers
Media Studies Cinema
Human Rights
Identity
Television
Philosophy
& Religion
Buddhism
Caste
Christianity
Communism
Confucianism
Folk Religion
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
Political Theory
Shintoism
Sikhism
Social Customs
Taoism
Politics
& Government
Atomic Bomb
Center-Regional Relations
Civil Service
Communism
Community Development
Constitution
Corruption
Courts & Judiciary
Cross-Cultural Exchange
Cultural Revolution
Defenses
Democracy
Drug Trade
Economic Policy
Elections
Environmental Policy
Government Business
   Enterprise
Human Rights
International Economics
International Relations
Japanese Internment
Local Government
Military Conflict
National Government
Political Parties
Political Theory
Population
Poverty
Public Policy
Regional Government
Regionalism
Social Change
Social Conditions
Social Policy
Social Problems
Social Protest
Social Work
Terrorism
Psychology Atomic Bomb
Identity
Japanese Internment
Military Conflict
Science
& Technology
Engineering
Environment
Environmental Policy
Geology
Medicine
Nature
Public Health
Science
Technology
Women's Studies Family
Gender Roles
Marriage
Prostitution
Social Commentary


Content
Documentary Film Music
Feature Film Other


Included Media Types
Audio Cassette DVD
Audio Compact Disk Slides
CD-Rom/VCD
Videocassette
Curriculum Unit  


Intended Audience
Elementary Education Higher Education
Secondary Education Professional Development
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