OERuESP1/Course guide/Introduction

Study materials used in this course

 * Course guide: You are reading this. Your course guide introduces you to the course and includes the Study Schedule. It also contains assignment guidelines together with the marking rubrics for each assignment should you wish to complete the assessment requirements for the course.


 * StudyDesk – The StudyDesk is the primary website you select for accessing your course materials. The StudyDesk website may be prescribed by the OERu institution you select for assessment services.


 * The StudyDesk websites contain all of the Units you are to study each week, and the e-learning activities guiding you to select the substantial content of the course using Open Educational Resources online. Please refer to the individual Units and assigned e-learning activities for further information.

All required materials for this course will be provided on the Course Study Desk. Other materials will need to be accessed through Open Educational Resources online.

Open Access Online Journals
'''The following Open Access Online Journals are all searchable at the article level. Students can also browse for articles or other open access journals through the Directory of Open Access Journals '''http://www.doaj.org/.


 * Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15574660&genre=journal
 * Asian Social Science Journal http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=19112017&genre=journal
 * Australian Review of Public Affairs http://www.australianreview.net/
 * Borderlands e-Journal http://www.borderlands.net.au/issues/index.html
 * China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm
 * Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=18174604&genre=journal
 * Current Research Journal of Social Science http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=20413238&genre=journal
 * Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=14769158&genre=journal
 * Ethics and Global Politics http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=16544951&genre=journal
 * Globality Studies Journal: Global History, Society, Civilisation http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15570266&genre=journal
 * Hmong Studies Journal http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=10911774&genre=journal
 * Human Rights and Human Welfare http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15330834&genre=journal
 * International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies http://web.usm.my/ijaps/default.asp?tag=1&flag=5
 * Journal of Asia Pacific Studies http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=19480091&genre=journal
 * Journal of Current Chinese Affairs http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=18681026&genre=journal
 * Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=18681034&genre=journal
 * Journal of Indonesian and Social Sciences and Humanities http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=19798431&genre=journal
 * Journal of Social Sciences http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15493652&genre=journal
 * Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/publications/journals/nzjs/
 * MAI Review http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=11775904&genre=journal
 * Research Journal of International Studies http://www.eurojournals.com/international_studies.htm
 * South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal http://samaj.revues.org/
 * Vestnik: The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies http://samaj.revues.org/