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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
Academic Search Premier    This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [ more information ][  Add To myLibrary!] |
| Asia-Studies Full-Text Main Service Asian-Pacific Social Sciences, Economic Development, Business and Industries, International Relations, Politics
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| GeNii Scholarly and Academic Information Portal (Japan National Institute of Information) [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| JSTOR Full text of academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR provides complete journal backruns from the date of initial publication. Note: It does NOT include the most recent 2 to 5 years.
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| MagazinePlus 雑誌記事索引 The largest searchable database in Japan with over 7 million records. In addition to the zasshi kiji sakuin (Japanese Periodicals Index) since 1975, this database includes a wide range of scholarly, general interest, business, and sports periodicals. The database permits searches by keyword, author, publication title, or publisher. It does not provide full-text access. NOTE: MagazinePlus requires that U of MN users sign a user's agreement with staff at Wilson Library. Please visit the Reference Desk on the first floor of Wilson Library to sign the agreement and get the URL for accessing MagazinePlus. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Project Muse Index to full-text collection of journals in literary theory, classics, history and cultural studies, philosophy, film, theater and performing arts, political science, and mathematics. From Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies
Bibliographies
| Japanese history and culture from ancient to modern times |
| Japanese women writers in English translation: an annotated bibliography [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs
| Academic Reserach Database Repository 学術研究データベース・リポジトリ (GeNII) [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
National Bibliographies
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources
| Japanese women: new feminist perspectives on the past, present, and future [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Country Studies
Directories
| Japanese studies in the United State [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dissertations and Theses
| Digital Dissertations (online) Coverage:
1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations) 1962 - present (Masters theses). Description: Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities. Doctoral dissertations are indexed for almost all North American graduate schools and many European universities. Masters theses from selected schools only. Provides bibliographic citations for older titles. Abstracts are included for dissertations since 1980 and for masters theses since 1988.
Some dissertations, beginning with 1997 publication dates, are available digitally.
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| Doctoral Dissertation Database 博士論文書誌データベース (National Institute of Informatics) [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Japan : an illustrated encyclopedia |
| JapanKnowledge Plus The database connects you to multiple resources including Japanese and English language dictionaries for modern and classical terms, historic chronology, general encyclopedias, news, Japanese names and biographies, business quarterly reports, law dictionaries, and multimedia. Searches can be done in English or Japanese with results in either language depending on what resources were searched. Advanced and multiple term searches are available.
-Keywords: search encyclopedias/dictionaries collectively with “onelook” option or search by pen name, derivative, title, index, or full text
-Display: tile of article in English and Japanese, source, excerpt, and option to read more
-False hits: will not provide accurate results if words are misspelled or suggest corrections, to narrow hits use feature to link terms together or choose which resources should be searched
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Guides
| Japanese American History: A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present Covering the history of this group, the book has three parts: An historical overview, chronology and dictionary of terms/issues.
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Multimedia Materials
Audio Resources
| Learning Japanese Online Learning Japanese Online (LJO) is designed to provide self-studying tools for Japanese language learners. With generous support from ALC Inc, the website was created with materials of Nihongo Journal, a monthly magazine for Japanese learners.
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Image Resources
| Propaganda through Popular Media: Film, Photograph, Poster, and Slide from China, Japan and Korea COMING SOON--The project aggregates a group of visual materials including film, photograph, poster, and slides, centered on the theme of propaganda and its promotion through popular media from China, Japan and Korea. These unique visual resources can be accessed online for authorized users.
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Videos and Films
| Japanese and Chinese Classic Films: Translation and Subtitling Project [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
Electronic Journal Titles
| Asian Ethnology Asian Ethnology is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the promotion of scholarly research on the peoples and cultures of Asia. It began in China as Folklore Studies in 1942 and is now published
semi-annually at Nanzan University in Japan
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News Sources
| Kikuzō II Visual: Asahi shinbun onrain kiji dētabēsu = 聞蔵IIビジュアル: 朝日新聞オンライン記事データべース A newspaper database for Asahi shinbun containing 8 million articles (as of January, 2009) published from 1945 to present. Also includes articles from the weekly magazines Aera and Shūkan Asahi, and from the annual new-word dictionary Chiezō.
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| PressDisplay Full-page digital archive updated daily with current news from 650 national and international newspapers. PressDisplay is a rolling 90-day archive. Newspapers are color reproductions with photographs with some featuring translation and audio.
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Primary Source Materials
Historical Documents
| Japanese Americans in Manzanar: 1942-1945 Manzanar Free Press is a newspaper published by Americans of Japanese descent interned in the Manzanar Relocation Center of Interned Pacific Coast Residents of Japanese Descent between 1942 and 1945.
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University of Minnesota
Related U of M Web Sites
| East Asian Library Web Page The East Asian Library contains books and periodicals in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages.
-- In addition to library information, this site includes links to selected journals and Internet Resources.
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Library Information
Primary Subject Location
Wilson Library
Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
Main URL: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/wilson/hours
Secondary Subject Location(s)
East Asian Library
A research library with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language materials.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: S-75 Wilson Library
Telephone: 612-624-9833
Main URL: http://eastasian.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/eastasian/hours
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