Japan Research Guide
Useful related guides:
To find books in Japanese in the Harold B. Lee Library
- Catalog searches by author, title, or keyword
- Use Romanization
- Limit by location
- Browse the Japanese books in the Asian Collection by subject area
- AC-AE Collections, encyclopedias
- BL 1900 Daoism
- BQ Buddhism
- BR-BX Christianity
- DS East Asian history
- DS 800-899 Japan
- G 1019-2357 Maps
- GR 335-340 Fables, myths, legends, folk literature
- GR 342-GT Customs
- GV 1100-1400 Martial arts, games
- HC 427-470 Economic conditions
- HN-HQ Society
- J Politics and government
- K Law
- M Music
- N Art
- PL Languages and Literatures of East Asia
- PL 501-845 Japanese
- Q Science
- R Medicine
- S Agriculture
- T Technology
- U Military science
- Z Libraries
Dictionaries
- Print
- Japanese-English/English-Japanese Asian Reference PL 679
- Nelson's Japanese-English Character Dictionary Asian Ref PL 679 .N4
- Online
Encyclopedias
- Japanese
- Heibonsha daihyakkajiten 平凡社 大 百科事典 Asian Ref AE 35.2 .H44
- Dai Nihon hyakkajiten 大 日本百科事典 Asian Ref AE 35.2 .D3
- Kodansha Bilingual Encyclopedia of Japan . Asian Ref DS 805 .K6323 1998
- English
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan Soc Sci Ref DS 805 .K633 1983
- Japan Encyclopedia. Soc Sci Ref DS 821 .F73 2002
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. Soc Sci Ref DS 822.5 .E516
- Modern Japan : An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Soc Sci Ref DS 805 .M63 1998
Articles
- General Indexes
- Academic Search Premier: Index to articles in social sciences, humanities, general science, and education journals, many in full text
- Research Library (Proquest): Social sciences, humanities, and business; many articles in full text; newspapers
- Bibliography of Asian Studies: Western-language articles, monographs, book chapters on all parts of Asia in all disciplines; 1971 →
- LexisNexis Academic: Full-text of national & international newspapers, magazines, transcripts of TV and radio news broadcasts
- Indexes by Subject
- History
- All periods – Bibliography of Asian Studies
- After 1450 – Historical Abstracts
- Humanities (Literature, Language, Arts, Culture)
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- MLA International Bibliography
- Religion
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- ATLA Religion Database
- Politics, government, economics
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- PAIS
- Business
To find articles in Japanese
Look at the Japanese magazines and journals in the Asian Collection
- General
- Shūkan asahi 週刊朝日 AP95 .J2S57
- Bungei shunjū 文芸春秋 AP95 .J2B843
- Chūō kōron 中央公論 AP95 .J2C562
- Nihongo Journal 日本語ジャアナル PL519 .N53
- Scholarly journals
- Mikkyō bunka 密教文化 BQ8900 .M64x
- Shigaku zasshi 史学雑誌 DS501 .S53x
- Nihonshi kenkyū 日本史研究 D S801 .N419
- Nihon rekishi 日本歴史 DS801 .N65x
- Ongaku gaku ML5 .O5 音楽 学
- Kokugogaku 国語学 PL501 .K69
- Nihongo kyōiku 日本語教育 PL539.3 .N27
- Kokugo to kokubungaku 国語と国文学 PL700 .K66
- Literary magazines
- Bungakukai 文学界 PL700 .B83x
- Gunzō 群像 PL700 .G85x
- Shinchō 新潮 PL700 .S334x
- Newspapers
Use indexes to Japanese articles:
- Current Contents of Academic Journals in Japan AsianRef AI19 .J3C85
- Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies (Tōyōgaku bunken mokuroku 東洋学文献目録 ) AsianRef DS5 .X1A52
Databases
JapanKnowledge is a full-text electronic text database of various Japanese reference tools, including Japanese-English dictionaries, the Nipponica Encyclopedia of Japan, a biographical dictionary and other specialized dictionaries, the current annual issue of Gendai Nihon Kisoku Chishiki, maps, chronologies, articles from The Economist, and more.
Selected Web Sites