Selected Resources for: Japanese Studies

Abstracts and 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 nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

GeNii Scholarly and Academic Information Portal (Japan National Institute of Information) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

JSTOR Index to JSTOR, full text academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR provides complete journal backruns from the date of initial publication up to a date defined, on a publisher by publisher basis, by a "moving wall". The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue and the date of the most recent issues available in JSTOR. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff, and faculty [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

MagazinePlus 雑誌記事索引 The largest searchable database in Japan with over seven million records. In addition to containing 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. In addition, you can limit your search by month and year. It does not provide full-text access. Contact the East Asian Library at (612-624-9833) or suchen@umn.edu for access. [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. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Catalogs and Bibliographies

Japanese history and culture from ancient to modern times Seven basic bibliographies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Japanese women writers in English translation: an annotated bibliography [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

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!]

Japanese Film Collection in East Asian Library [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

New Books on East Asian Studies Newly cataloged Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English books on East Asian Studies in MNCAT. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

WebCat Plus Japanese and English books [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

National Diet Library 国立国会図書館 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

General Reference Sources

Japanese women: new feminist perspectives on the past, present, and future [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

A Country Study: Japan [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Japanese studies in the United State [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Doctoral Dissertation Database 博士論文書誌データベース (National Institute of Informatics) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Doctorial Dissertation Database (University of Tokyo) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Kyushu University Doctorial Dissertation Database [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Japan : an illustrated encyclopedia 1st ed. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

JapanKnowledge A portal to Japanese encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan 講談社 日本百科事典 A fully updated online resource for society of modern Japan including Japanese politics,government, economics and corporate behavior as well as Japanese art, culture, and history. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

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. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Internet Resources

EAS Blog [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Multimedia Materials

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. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

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. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Japanese and Chinese Classic Films: Translation and Subtitling Project [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions

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 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

Journal of the Japan Statistical Society [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

PressDisplay Full-page digital archive updated daily with current news from 650 national and international newspapers. Rolling 90-day archive. A number of newspapers feature translation, audio and more (example: Le Figaro). Tip: Quickly browse sources using the Select Title-dropdown in the upper right corner. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

University of Minnesota

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. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!]

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