Questions for Electronic Resources in Japanese Studies

Accessing Electronic Resources in Japanese Studies
Wen-ling Liu
Librarian for East Asian Studies
Wells Library E860
Email: [email protected]
Tel.: 812-855-9695
Fax: 812-855-8068
10/20/2011
VPN Installation
VPN installation will configure your computer to connect to
the IU network from an off-campus or wireless network
connection.
• At your home computer, go to Iuware Online at
http://iuware.indiana.edu/Windows
• Select "Networking & Printing" at the right column
• Select “Windows 64-bit VPN Installer for IUB”
• Click on the box below “DOWNLOAD”
• Then, restart your computer.
Database Related to East Asian Studies at IUB
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Bibliographic citations
Dictionaries
Newspapers
Statistics and data – none focused on Japanese studies
Full-text journal articles
Full-text e-books
General Databases Related to Japanese Studies
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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
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BAS contains 787,165 records on all subjects pertaining to Asia published
worldwide from 1971 to the present
EBSCO eBook Collection – NetLibrary e-books
Databases for Japanese Studies
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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)
Japanknowledge+ -- Dictionaries
User 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, Nihon
kokugo 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) 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.
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） 2011.
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.
CiNii (National Institute of Informatics Scholarly
and Academic Information Navigator)
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3.2 million full text articles (PDF), 12 million 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.
Questions for
Electronic Resources in Japanese Studies
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Are there 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 Natsume Sōseki during the Meiji and
Taisho period.
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Answers
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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+
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Asahi Shinbun Kikuzo II
Search terms -- エヴァンゲリオン evangerion, アニメ, Miyazaki Hayao 宮崎駿
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BAS, JSTOR, Kikuzo II --禁書
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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
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雑誌記事索引集成データベース
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