Accessing Electronic Resources in Japanese Studies

1. Accessing Electronic Resources in Japanese Studies Wen-ling Liu Librarian for East Asian Studies Wells Library E860 Email: wliu@indiana.edu Tel.: 812-855-9695 Fax: 812-855-8068 09/20/2012

2. Database Related to East Asian Studies at IUB • Bibliographic citations • Dictionaries • Newspapers • Statistics and data – none focused on Japanese studies • Full-text journal articles • Full-text e-books

3. http://libraries.iub.edu/

4. General Databases Related to Japanese Studies IUCAT WorldCat OneSearch@IU Bibliography of Asian Studies ** JSTOR Ebsco eBook Collection** New York Times (1857-2006) – ProQuest Historical Newspapers Brill E-Books Collection Google Books HathiTrust Digital Library Factiva

6. BAS contains 787,165 records on all subjects pertaining to Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present

9. EBSCO eBook Collection – NetLibrary e-books

12. East Asian Studies http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1000026

13. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1002987

14. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1000825

15. Databases for Japanese Studies • Yomidas Rekishikan ヨミダズ歴史館(Trial ends on October 15) • Asahi Shinbun, Kikuzo II 聞蔵 II  Online newspapers,journal articles • JapanKnowledge++ Dictionaries, e-books • Zasshi kiji sakuin shusei DB   雑誌記事索引集成データベース Bibliographic citations • CiNii (National Institute of Informatics Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator)

16. Japanknowledge+ -- DictionariesUser Guide: http://www.japanknowledge.com/contents/intro_e/cont_toyo.html A large online collection of Japanese dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other Japanese reference works, including Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, Nihonkokugo daijiten日本国語大辞典, Nihon rekishi chimei taikei日本歴史地名大系, Nihon jinmei daijiten日本人名大辞典, Kokushi daijiten 國史大辭典  , etc. Contains full-text coverage of Tōyō Bunko東洋文庫 (692 volumes), 新編 日本古典文学全集 (incomplete) ,and Shūkan Ekonomisuto (Weekly Economist (contains contents from the previous year and the current year. maximum of two years) Includes collection of video clips, maps, and many other links. With one search, you can search all the databases.

18. Asahi Shinbun Kikuzo II – Japanese newspaper Asahi Shinbun (1985- ) and its regional news from 1985 on. Shūkan Asahi週刊朝日 (2000- ), AERA (1988- ) Asahi Shinbun Shukusatsuban, Shōwa-hen, Senzen, Senｇo 朝日新聞縮刷版昭和編　戦前 (1879-1984), 戦後 (1945-1984）　 歴史写真　アーカイブ(Historical Photo Archive) with around 10,000 pieces of historical photos of the period between the 1930s and 1945. Chiezo (知恵蔵） 2012.

22. 雑誌記事索引集成データベース 明治から現在まで総合雑誌から地誌まで The complete database for Japanese magazines and periodicals from the Meiji era to the present Coverage from 1868 onwards.  Index to periodical articles published in Japanese, including those in former Japanese colonies, and including local periodicals not present in many other indexes.

23. http://zassaku-plus.com/

24. CiNii (National Institute of Informatics Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) • 3.7 million full text articles (PDF) from 15 million article records • Growing number of research bulletins of universities • Includes Japanese Periodical Index of NDL • 70% of records are from natural science journals • Some articles are charged fee, fixed or pay per article.

27. ヨミダズ歴史館https://database.yomiuri.co.jp/rekishikantrial ends October 15 • Yomidas Rekishikan includes 11 million articles from the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper since its first issue in 1874. • The database has four parts: the Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras section contains high-quality scans of the articles as they appeared in the original print editions during these periods. • The Heisei Era section presents articles in text view, and for articles since December 2008 there is a clipping view of the original article. • The Daily Yomiuri section catalogues articles which have appeared in our English publication. • The Contemporary Who's Who retrieves biographical data of individuals as well as articles which pertain to them.

28. ヨミダズ歴史館https://database.yomiuri.co.jp/rekishikan/ヨミダズ歴史館https://database.yomiuri.co.jp/rekishikan/

30. Questions forElectronic Resources in Japanese Studies • Japanese translation of “Da Tang xiyu ji 大唐西域記” in the IUB library? • Newspaper articles about animation (アニメ)：What kind of animation (アニメ) was popular in Japan in the 90s • News articles on the banned books 禁書についての新聞記事 • Articles and news about the food (食糧) situation toward the end of the war (終戦). • Works by and about 夏目漱石 during the Meiji and Taisho period. • Fashion in the Japanese Wedding Industry • The Relationship between Modernization and Imperialism in the Early Twentieth-century  • Protagonists in 村上春樹 • Approaches to Special Education in Elementary and Middle Schools  -- Special education-Japan

31. Answers • a. We can’t find a Japanese translation of “Da Tang xiyu ji” in IUCAT, but, in WorldCat, we found that Daito seiikiki大唐西域記is included in Tōyō bunko 東洋文庫. b. JapanKnowledge+ • Asahi Shinbun Kikuzo II Search terms -- エヴァンゲリオン evangerion, アニメ, Miyazaki Hayao 宮崎駿 3. BAS, JSTOR, Kikuzo II --禁書 • BAS, EBSCO, New York Times historical, JSTOR Asahi shinbun shukusatsuban --終戦 shūsen &食糧 shokuryō Asahi shinbun rekishi shashin archive--食糧 &残留 (zanryū), 救民配給米 5. 雑誌記事索引集成データベース

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33. Questions? Wen-ling Liu (wliu@indiana.edu)