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Language

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. (Clapp Ref PL535 .M34 1986)

Kanji Pict-O-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics. (Clapp Ref PL677.6 .R69 1992)

Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary. (Clapp Ref PL679 .K388 1980)

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. (Clapp Ref PL679 .K4 1974)

The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary. (Clapp Ref PL679 .N4)

The Oxford-Duden Pictorial English-Japanese Dictionary. (Clapp Ref PL679 .P29 1983)

General

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. (Clapp Ref DS805 .C36 1993)

Cultural Atlas of Japan. (Clapp Ref DS821 .C62 1988)

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. (Clapp Ref DS805 .K633 1983)

The MIT Encyclopedia of the Japanese Economy. (Clapp Ref HC462.9 .H73 1994)

Modern Japan: an Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. (Clapp Ref DS805 .M63 1998)

Taish¯u Bunka Jiten = Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. (Clapp Ref DS821 .T2344 1991)

Literature, Film, and Theater

Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature. (Clapp Ref PL723 .B5)

Japanese fiction writers, 1868-1945. (Clapp Ref PL747.55 .J36 1997)

Japanese Fiction Writers since World War II. (Clapp Ref PL747.8 .J36 1997)

Japanese Films: a Filmography and Commentary, 1921-1989. (Clapp Ref PN1993.5.J3 B78 1990)

Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993. (Clapp Ref PL723 .S354 1994)

Japanese Women Writers: a Bio-Critical Sourcebook. (Clapp Ref PL725 .J37 1994)

Medieval Japanese Writers. (Dictionary of Literary Biography; v. 203 ). (Clapp Ref PL726.3 .M43 1999)

The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature. (Clapp Ref PL726.1 .M495 1985)

Shinch¯o Nihon Bungaku Jiten. (Clapp Ref PL707 .S46 1988)

A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature. (Clapp Ref PL717 .R551 1988)

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Bibliography of Asian Studies ^WC 1971-
Use this for comprehensive searches on your topic. From 1971-1991, indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, & conference proceedings. After 1991, it cites articles published in the 100+ most-used journals in this field.

Ethnic NewsWatch ^WC- Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Use this to access articles from the Asian-American press in the United States.

Film Index International on CD-ROM. 1993-. (Clapp Reference CD-ROM workstations).
Use this to find film reviews and articles about directors, actors, and film production. It is not searchable by topic or genre.

Film Literature Index. 1973-. (Clapp Ref Z5784.M9 F45).
Use this to find articles about all aspects of film in all languages.

Historical Abstracts. ^WC 1954-.
Use this to find articles about Japanese history in all languages.

Humanities Full Text via WilsonWeb ^WC 1984-.
Use this to find English-language articles about Japanese literature, film, and theater.

MLA Bibliography. ^WC 1963-.
Use this to find articles about Japanese language, literature, film, and theater in all languages.

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Go to a Guide Tailored for Your Class

JPN 155: Exploring Solitude: Japanese Writers Across the Ages

JPN 251: Japanese Writers & Their Worlds

JPN352: Love and Liberation in Postwar Japanese Fiction

Internet links

Japanese Language and Computing

• Reading the Web in Japanese
  A concise overview of the issues involved in making a computer Japanese-capable. Includes links to platform-specific information.
• ISOFT
  Information on Japanese software for the PC and tips on using Japanese with an English platform. Shareware and freeware available.
• Jim Breen's Japanese Dictionary Server
  Offers access to EDICT, a Japanese-English dictionary file, KANJIDIC, a Kanji file, and ENAMDICT, a file of Japanese proper names. Also includes specialized glossaries for law, computing, etc.

   General

• Japanese Search Engines
• Japan, my Japan!
  A comprehensive and well organized guide to Internet links related to Japanese culture and language.

Media: News and Magazines

• Asahi Shimbun
  A major daily newspaper. English and Japanese.
• Mainichi Shimbun
  Headlines and short pieces. English and Japanese.
• Yomiuri Shimbun
  A daily newspaper. English and Japanese.
• Japan Echo
  Online version of poular translation journal offering essays, reviews, and interviews on topics of current interest in Japan. English only.
• Japan Times Online
  A daily newspaper in English.
• Saga Shinbun
  Newspapers in Japanese only.

Literature: Poetry and Prose

• Aozora (Blue Sky Collection)
  Online texts in Japanese.
• Nihon-Bungaku
  Files of online texts of Japanese literature, maintained by Fukui University. Japanese only.
• Japanese Text Initiative
  A collaborative effort by the University of Virginia and the University of Pittsburgh to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the web. File includes texts of Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Ise Monogatari, and Noh plays, among others.
• Shiki Internet Haiku Salon
  For writers of haiku.
• Bilingual Haiku Scroll
  A collection of poems on changes in nature and the self. English and Japanese.

Visual Resources: Art and Culture

• Japanese Movie Database
  Japanese only.
• Kinema Club
  Resources for the teaching and study of Japanese film developed by a group of American and Japanese scholars.
• The Kimono Collection
  A hypertext exhibit on kimono styles through history.
• Ukiyo-e Gallery
  Jim Breen's online collection, with links to other Ukiyo-e sites as well.
• Shunsen Art Museum
  Online galleries, including prints by Hiroshige, Buddhist art. English and Japanese.

  Contact the departmental Library liaison

For help with your research, or to schedule a library research session for your class, contact Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, library research liaison to Japanese.

The staff members above work together to support the needs of the Japanese department.   

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