Wikipedia

In Asia 101, Wikipedia is not an acceptable source for research for the papers (just look at their disclaimer, found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer, and you will see why). A much better source available for UBC students can be found here:
http://toby.library.ubc.ca/resources/infopage.cfm?id=672

This links to the online Oxford Reference library. In addition to a general encyclopedia there are a wide variety of other useful resources. Just click on the "connect via the web link".