This e-document aims at providing the basic bibliographical sources for Buddhist studies mainly approached from a philological viewpoint. It is, therefore, not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography of Buddhist studies in general but rather a systematic guide to bibliographical works on traditional Buddhist literature. In my survey, I have attempted to cover all relevant bibliographical sources regardless of their language and place of publication. Needless to say, however, the endeavor has been hampered by my limited knowledge of the field as well as of the spectrum of languages in which Buddhist studies have been undertaken. The development of Buddhist studies has resulted not only in an impressive expansion and subdivision of the entire field but also an increase in the number of books and articles in various languages of the world. It is thus increasingly difficult to know what works have been published, or are now being undertaken, on a particular text or topic. In this sense, electronic databases of articles like INBUDS[*] and SARDS[*] have been of great assistance in gathering bibliographical references on relevant studies. The former site, however, is limited as to the country of publication while the latter in respect to geographical area. Moreover, researchers also need bibliographical information about relevant books, chapters, and short notices which are found in a large array of publications.
