Japanese Studies Resources
Encylopedias
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
Kodansha, 1983. 9 vols.
Call# DS805 .K633 1983 Oversize, Davis
The Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan is available directly online
and through Japan Knowledge
Japan: an Illustrated Encyclopedia
Kodansha, 1993. 2 vols.
Call# DS805 .J263 1993 Oversize, Davis Reference, UL Reference
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan
Cambridge University Press, 1993. 1 vol.
Call# DS805 .C36 1993 Oversize, Davis Reference, UL Reference
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
Routledge, 2002. 1 vol.
Call# DS822.5 .E516 2002 , Davis Reference
This encyclopedia is also available as an online book.
Dictionaries
Kenkyusha's New Japanese- English Dictionary
Kenkyusha, 1974
Call# PL679 .K4 1974 , Davis
Note that the 4th edition (1974) uses alphabetic ordering, while
the 5th edition (2003) follows Japanese gojuon order.
Ei-Wa konpyuta yogo daijiten = English-Japanese
dictionary of computer / Konpyuta Yogo Jiten Henshu Iinkai hen.
Call# QA76.15 .E3 1989 Davis
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
C.E. Tuttle Co., 1997
Call# PL679 .H35 1997 Davis
Japanese Character Dictionary with Compound Lookup
via any Kanji
Nichigai Asoshie-tsu, 1989 1 vol.
Call# PL677.5 .J36 1989 Davis
This dictionary is particularly useful when you can’t read the
first character in a compound.
Ko-jien ( 広辞苑 )
5th edition. Iwanami Shoten, 1998
Call# PL675 .S49 1998 Davis
Nihon kokugo daijiten ( 日本国語大辞典 )
Sho-gakkan, 20 v.
Call# PL675 .N46 1976 Davis Folio
Nihongo daijiten ( 日本語大辞典 )
Ko-dansha
Call# PL675 .N465 1989, Davis
Japanese<->English
online dictionary ( Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary
)
This website allows user to search a Japanese-English dictionary
with either a Japanese term or an English term.
Periodical
Indexes for Japanese Studies
Zasshi kiji sakuin ( 雑誌記事索引 )
The Zasshi kiji sakuin is a searchable database of over 15,000
general interest, academic, and medical titles from the National
Diet Library’s collection of periodicals. Zasshi Kiji Sakuin covers
from 1948 to the present, while MagazinePlus includes data only
back to 1975.
Web Oya
The Oya So-ichi Bunko is known for its strong collection of popular
weekly, general interest, and women’s magazines. Web Oya lets
you search about 400 different titles from 1988 to 1995. For wider
coverage from 1868 to 1995, consult their print version in the
Japanese Reference Collection.
NACSIS-IR
This collection of searchable databases from the National Institute
of Informatics brings together a wide range of scholarly information.
Most notably, you can use this resource to
1. search for academic theses written on a particular topic since
1957 (gakui ronbun sakuin de-tabe-su, GAKUI),
2. search Japanese academic journals (sometimes with full text
available, in the gakujutsu zasshi mokuji sokuho- detabe-su, SOKUHO),
3. search for journal articles since 1948 (zasshi kiji sakuin,
ZASSAKU)
NACSIS-ELS
This database provides the full-text of academic and conference
publications in many disciplines, but is strong in the sciences,
engineering, and medicine. A special viewer must be downloaded
to view articles. The viewer is already installed in the East
Asia Reading Room.
Library
Catalogs for Japanese Studies
Japan
NDL - OPAC
National Diet Library Online Catalog
NACSIS
Webcat
Online catalog of academic libraries in Japan
Japan
OPAC (Online Public Access Cataloging) lists
Lists of the entire online catalog that are currently available
on the Internet.
Academic
Libraries in Japan
Lists of all libraries in Japan. Access is categorized by prefectures.
United States
UNC Library
Catalog
OCLC
First Search , Union catalogs of libraries in the United
States
Japanese
Collections by Size; Notable Strengths by Duke East Asian
library.
Japanese
Names
Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Surnames and How to
Read Them: 125,947 Japanese, 594 Chinese, and 259 Korean Surnames
Written with Kanji as They Appear in Japanese Texts.
Saur, 1998. 2 vols in 3.
Call# CS2950 .H33 1998 Davis
Jim
Breen's Electronic Name Dictionary
Waseda's
Online Catalog
This is a useful university catalog because it gives Romanized
readings of titles and authors. You can conduct searches in romaji,
kana, or kanji.
Newspaper
UNC holdings
Japan Times Weekly ( Tokyo) East Asian Area
Nikkei Weekly, Microform section, Call# Davis 1-1202
Yomiuri Shinbun (New York, NY) Newspaper Area
Translation
Modern Japanese Literature in Translation: a Bibliography
Call# Z3308.L5 K66 1979 Davis
Japanese Literature in Foreign Languages, 1945-1995
Japan P.E.N. Club, c1997.
Call# PL781 .J36 1997 Davis
Japanese Women Writers in English Translation: an
Annotated Bibliography.
Garland, 1989 Call# Z3308.L5 M34 1989 Davis
Modern Japanese Literature in Translation: a Bibliography.
Compiled by the International House of Japan Library.
Ko-dansha International, 1979.
Call# Z3308.L5 K66 1979 Davis
Japanese
Maps and Place Names
How to read place names
Japan
Post Office ゆうびんホームページ郵便番号検索
This site provides address information and readings for prefectures,
wards, towns and districts in Japan. Search by place name or zip
code.
Dictionaries for place names
Web
Japan: Gateway for all Japanese Information
Information on regions, prefectures, cities, and districts and
their official homepages.
Japan
Atlas
Provides visual presentations on local characteristics to those
interested in nature, local traditions, and current social trends
in Japan.
Historical Maps
Japanese
Historical Maps - University of California, Berkeley
"More than 200 images from about 100 early maps of Japan,
including examples of especially rare woodblock print maps of
the city of Edo (now Tokyo), from the library's Japanese Historical
Map Collection are in the online collection."
Web
Portals in Japan
Portals
to the World: Japan
Selected internet resources on Japan compiled by Library of Congress
subject experts.
Duke
University Japanese Studies Site
Good guide to reference materials and websites for Japan studies.
Has detailed explanations of usage for each resource.
Portal
to Asian Internet Resources
"provides a user-friendly, searchable catalog through which
scholars, students and the general public have quick and easy
access to high quality Web resources originating in Asia identified,
evaluated, selected and cataloged by area library specialists."
J Guide: Stanford
Guide to Japan Information Resources
"Topically arranged directory of online information resources
in and about Japan, with focus on resources about Japan in the
English language."
Web Japan
Gateway to general information about Japan with useful online
maps, statistics and region / city home pages.
Statistics
for Japanese Studies
Statistical
materials for learning about Japan
An English-language guide to statistical information about Japan.
It introduces major statistical materials on Japan written in
English, or in both Japanese and English, in the form of printed
publications and Internet information.
Guide
to official statistics in Japan
Complied by the Statistics Bureau of Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications. Provides explanation of government statistical
system in Japan and detailed explanations of statistical resources
(their purpose, contents, major topics and internet sites if available).
Statistics
Bureau - Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 総務省統計局ホームページ
Provide downloadable statistical information from the Statistics
Bureau and other statistical sources such as the Nihon to-kei
nenkan in EXCEL format. This site also offers keyword searches
of statistics available in Japan.
Nihon
to-kei nenkan = Japan statistical yearbook日本統計年鑑
Exhaustive and systematic statistical resource. Contains around
750 types of statistical data in 27 categories and 50 charts and
graphs. Each chapter provides both the original source for the
statistics and the methodology fof the surveys. Excel and PDF
versions can be downloaded. Categories are in English and Japanese.
Library has the paper version from 1945 to the present.
Web
Japan: Gateway for all Japanese information Updated monthly.
Provides basic statistical information in English in a number
of categories such as education, financial affairs, and vital
statistics.
Other
Internet Resouces
Online
Resources at East Asian Collections
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