Japanese Studies Research Guides
- IUCAT This link opens in a new window
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The Indiana University online catalog.
- CiNii BooksOpen access database to book holdings in Japanese Libraries
- Worldcat.org
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WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world.
- H-JapanProvides scholars, graduate students and professionals a free daily forum to discuss Japanese history, culture, religion, and society, including contemporary political, diplomatic, security, and economic issues.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
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Western-language bibliographical database for research on East, Southeast and South Asia. Published by the Association for Asian Studies, it covers all subjects with special focus on the humanities and social sciences.
- Brill Online Books and Journals
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An index to journals and e-books published by Brill with full text access to content licensed by Indiana University, Bloomington Libraries. Subject areas include the humanities, international law, and biology.
- CiNii ArticlesOpen access database of articles published in Japanese.
- Academic Search (EBSCO)
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Provides full-text coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles for most academic disciplines.
- JSTOR
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Provides searchable full-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business.
- Japanese Studies Current Periodical SubscriptionsA comprehensive list of all of the periodicals in Japanese that IU currently subscribes to and is in the collection
- Japanese Studies - Selected E-Journals in EnglishA comprehensive list of journals pertaining to Japanese Studies in English.
- Project Muse
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Provides full text access and indexing for e-journals and e-books from a variety of scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
- Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) National Clearinghouse for U.S. - Japan StudiesContains internet guides to websites about Japan arranged by topic as well as links to bibliographies of books, periodicals, websites, and multimedia materials on topics of Japanese culture, society, history, and U.S.-Japan relations.
- Zasshi kiji sakuin shusei dētabēsu
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Index to periodical articles published in Japanese, including those in former Japanese colonies.
- JapanKnowledge Lib
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Consists of fully searchable and browseable databases including English-Japanese and Japanese-English encyclopedias and dictionaries, and Toyo Bunko collection.
- Online Glossary of Japanese Historical Terms (日本史用語翻訳グロッサリー・データベース)Project created in 2021 by the University of Tokyo's Historiographical Institute. New terms can be added from newly published works and interface includes a search function.
- Tangorin Japanese Dictionary 単語林和英辞書Online Japanese-English dictionary with example sentences as well as other additional features.
- Weblio 国語辞典 DictionaryJapanese-Japanese online dictionary
- Weblio 古語辞典 Weblio Kobun JitenJapanese-Japanese Online Dictionary of Classical Literary Japanese
- Japanese Romanization TableRomanization guidelines set by ALA-LC and Library of Congress in 2012
- Japanese Romanization GuidelinesProposed changes to Japanese romanization system by the ALA-LC in 2018.
- Romanization Guide for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Languages: JapaneseCreated by Yale University Library
- Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search
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The newspaper is used by researchers interested in issues related to Japanese culture, politics, economy, and society.
- Japan Times Archive
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Archival content from The Japan Times, Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. Note: see Japan Times (current) for access to content 1 year - present.
- Nikkei Telecom 21 日経テレコン
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Select “Click here for Nikkei Telecom login” to access the resource. Includes full text of major Japanese newspapers for the past 30 years, as well as profiles of 1.2 million public and private companies. - Yomidas (Yomiura Database Service)
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Includes access to the full-text of Yomiuri Shinbun from the inaugural issue on Nov. 2, 1874 to the present, and the English paper, The Daily Yomiuri, from September 1989 to the present. Also includes Regional Sections of the Showa Era, and a Biographical dictionary Who’s who of 26,000 modern Japanese figures.
- 国立国語研究所: ことばに関する新聞記事 検索Database that allows you to search for newspaper articles based on the words in the article
Statistics Databases
- 国立国語研究所 National Institute for Japanese Language (NINJAL)Maintains data on all linguistic research done on Japanese, and contains planning and research for Japanese language education.