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I have already chosen the title by the name of “South-East Asians Short Stories”. With reference to “South-East Asians Short Stories”, I selected 20 items. They are as follows.
1.       Myanmar short stories
2.       Burmese Short Stories
3.       Bagan Short Stories
4.       Brunei Short Stories
5.       Cambodian Short Stories
6.       Khmer Short Stories
7.       Indonesian Short Stories
8.       Java short stories
9.       Malaysian Short Stories (Borneo)
10.     Malaysian Short Stories (Sabah)
11.     Lao Short Stories
12.     Thailand Short Stories
13.     Singaporean Short Stories
14.     Philippi no Short Stories
15.     Vietnamese Short Stories
16.     East Timor Short Stories
17.     Mekong Short Stories
18.     Indo-China Short stories
19.     Golden Triangle Short stories
20.     Southeast Asian Short Stories

I used the State Library Catalogue, Google Search, Fiction Connection, Amazon, Novelist, National library of Australia, and Trove Database.


(1) Myanmar Short Stories
I chose the State Library Catalogue because many English books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this catalogue, I used Advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Burmese Short Stories OR Myanmar Short Stories” by limiting the only English language. At that time, two items were found. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings. I then limited my search to those items “Short Stories, Burmese--Translations” as LCSH .
(2) Burmese Short Stories
I chose Trove because many English novel books, journals, e-recourses can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Trove, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed
Short stories, Burmese (English).
(3) Bagan Short Stories

I used the Google Search and searched only one item. That is Bagan Short Stories. The keyword for it is Short Stories Bagan.

(4) Brunei Short Stories
I chose Novelist because many English novel books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Novelist, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Short Stories Brunei” by limiting the only English language. At that time, two items were found. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings and choose this novel.
(5) Cambodian Short Stories

I chose Fiction Connection because many English novel books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Fiction Connection, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Cambodian short stories”. At that time, five items were found. I then choose this novel.
(6) Khmer Short Stories

I used National library of Australia and Khmer Short Stories subject:"Short stories, Khmer."
(7) Indonesian Short Stories

I chose Trove because many English novel books, journals, e-recourses can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Trove, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Indonesian short stories”. At that time, a lot of  items were found. I then choose this novel.
(8) Malaysian Short Stories (Borneo)

I chose the State Library Catalogue because many English books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this catalogue, I used Advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Malaysia Short Stories or Borneo short stories” by limiting the only English language. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings. I then limited my search to those items “Short stories, Malaysian (English) -- Borneo” as LCSH .
(9) Malaysian Short Stories (Sabah)

In this catalogue, I used Advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Malaysia Short Stories or Sabah short stories” by limiting the only English language. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings. I then limited my search to those items “Short stories, Malaysian (English) -- Sabah” as LCSH .
(10) Lao Short Stories

In searching the Lao short stories, I used the Amazon website and the keyword is Short stories, lao.
(11) Thailand Short Stories

I chose Novelist because many English novel books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Novelist, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Short Stories Thailand” by limiting the only English language. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings and choose this novel. The subject is short stories, Thailand.
(12) Singaporean Short Stories

I chose Trove because many English novel books, journals, e-recourses can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Trove, I used advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Singaporean short stories”. At that time, a lot of items were found. I then choose a subject. That is "Short stories, Singaporean (English)"
(13) Philippi no Short Stories

I chose Novelist because many English novel books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Novelist, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Filippino Short Stories” by limiting the only English language. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings and choose this novel. The subject is Short stories, Philippine.
(14) Vietnamese Short Stories

I used the Google book and searched only one item. That is Vietnam Short Stories. The keyword for it is Short Stories Vietnam.

(15) East Timor Short Stories

I chose the State Library Catalogue because many English books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this catalogue, I used Advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Timor Short Stories”. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings.
(16) Southeast Asian Short Stories

I chose the State Library Catalogue because many English books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this catalogue, I used Advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Southeast Asian Short Stories” by limiting the only English language. At that time, many items were found. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings. I then limited my search to those items “Southeast Asian fiction -- 20th century” as LCSH .
(17) Mekong Short Stories

I chose Trove because many English novel books, journals, e-recourses can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Trove, I used advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Mekong short stories”. At that time, a lot of items were found. Of them, I choose it.
(18) Indo-China Short Stories

I used National library of Australia and Khmer Short Stories subject:"Short stories, Indo-china."

(19)Java Short Stories

I chose Trove because many English novel books, journals, e-recourses can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information.
 In this Trove, I used advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Java short stories”. At that time, a lot of items were found. Of them, I choose it.
(20)  Golden Triangle Short Stories
I chose Fiction Connection because many English novel books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information. In this Fiction Connection, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “golden triangle short stories”. At that time, many items were found. I then choose this novel.


Describing usefulness of this annotated bibliography to the target audience and how it will promote this aspect of literature to chosen audience

(a)     Relevance of items included and why

My title is Southeast Asian Short Stories. There are eleven countries in this Southeast Asia. They are Myanmar, Lao, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, East Timor, Philippine, and Brunei. So, I choose the subject terms based on eleven countries. Every country has their own stories with their own languages. But every story is not translated into English from their languages. 

By this title, South-East Asia adult migrants in Australia are targeted. In this Fairfield area, South-East Asian community is the second largest community and they are generally migrants. Of them, it includes not only skilled but also non-skilled migrants. The books that I have already searched, will give the difference knowledge for the skilled migrants and non-skilled migrants can learn the English Language through South-East Asian cultures.  South-East Asians Short Stories will also be interested in the adult migrants from other communities. Therefore, this title is chosen.

(b)     Promotional qualities of the blog format I have chosen

I have already chosen the following for my  blog.

In template, I chose the customise. For my blog, adjust widths are 860px. The background colour is chuwy.  Time New Roman is used as page text. Font size is 14 and font's colour is black.

The main background colour is #68b440 and blog title colour is #ff0094 (pink).

Tabs background is also pink. Impact font size 22 is used as post title's font size.

 Date header's colour is write and the colour for links is red.

(c)      Items excluded and why 

The following item is excluded because this book is so narrowed area.

Eggers, Paul, How the water feels : Stories, Southern Methodist University Press, 2002.
I chose Fiction Connection because many English novel books can be searched and it provides substantial and detailed information. In this Fiction Connection, I used basic Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Southeast Asian short stories”. At that time, many items were found. I then choose this novel. 
Eggers, Paul, How the water feels : Stories, Southern Methodist University Press, 2002.

It was written by Paul Eggers who is the author of a novel, and a short story collection and who is a former nationally ranked chess player in Africa. This fiction was about vietnamese literal refugees among Vietnan war. Genre is Collection, Fiction, and Psychological. It based on 20th century time frame. 

So, it did not include the whole short stories of Southeast Asia. 




 In State Library Catalogue, I used Advanced Search. When I typed general keyword, I typed “Southeast Asian Short Stories” by limiting the only English language. At that time, many items were found. I then looked at their records to view the correct Library of Congress Subject Headings. I then limited my search to those items “Southeast Asian fiction -- 20th century” as LCSH .

At that time, I chose one item. That is

Virtual lotus: modern fiction of Southeast Asia, editted by
Shaffer Yamada. It contained each short story from all Southeast Asian countries.

It was edited by Professor Yamada. With this book, she won award of Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2002. Her book Virtual Lotus has also received several outstanding reviews. This was collections of the well-known short stories of writers through Southeast Asia during the 20th century. It can be called as anthology.

There were many short stories in it including "Thadun," of Ne Win Myint, "Clean, Clear Water," of U Win Pe, "An Umbrella," of Ma Sandar, and "An Unanswerable Question" of Daw Ohn Khin in Burma.

It provides a outline of the Southeast Asian each country's literary history including snapshots of cultures at a specific historical moment and the telling the interaction between individual writers and their socio-political situations. Many of the stories are ethnographic and provide. Reflect gender balance, diversity of style, and quality of literary expression can be read. It includes bibliographical references. It will be suitable for the Adults.

Therefore,  the book, How the water feels : Stories, written by Paul Eggers, is excluded.

 

 

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