JAPAN 200B

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Japanese 200B: Proseminar in Classical Japanese Literature
Selected Information Sources (Winter 2009)

Contents 1 Basics 2 Book Reviews and Criticisms 2.1 Scholarly Journals and Magazines 2.2 Newspapers 2.3 Scholarly Books and Other Media 3 Biographical Information 4 Texts and Translations 5 Background 6 Further Assistance

Basics

• You can edit or add you own project page from this wiki page.

• Off-Campus Access

• To locate full-text article or request interlibrary loan, click on "UC e-links" or use Citation Linker

• Reference management: UCLA does not offer a campus wide license. There is a free web version (EndNote Web) with limited features You need to sign-up for an account. Make sure your off-campus access setup is enabled before you sign-up for an account. Consult various sources (such as Wikipedia or other publications to find the one that works for you.

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Book Reviews and Criticisms

Scholarly Journals and Magazines

• MLA International Bibliography
  Index to scholarly sources on literature, language, linguistics and folklore from 1920s to the present.

• Literature Resource Center
  Includes Gale Literary Index, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and other reference sources published by Gale.

• Literature Criticism Online
  A small percentage of full-text from this Gale publication is accessible within Literature Resource Center.

• JSTOR
  Search Tips: In the advanced search screen, there is an option to limit to review.

• Book Review Index plus
  A general index to book reviews from non-scholarly periodicals.

• Bibliography of Asian Studies
  This index covers scholarly sources in all subject areas on countries in Asia. The search option may not be very useful. You may need to use Browse the BAS by Country-Subject to locate the exact subject headings to find the sources you need. In place of UC-eLinks, you need to click on the "Find it @ Library Icon" to get access to UC-eLinks.

• FRANCIS
  This index is particularly strong in humanities and covers many sources published in Europe. Many entries are in French.

• IBZ (Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur/International Bibliography of Periodical Literature)
  A German index that includes European publications on and about East Asia.

• Periodicals Archive Online
  Supplemental index to selected earlier scholarly journals in Humanities and Social Sciences.

• MagazinePlus

• 論文情報ナビゲーター CiNii: Citation Information by NII
  Includes full-text for some fifteen hundred journals; CiNii is also available as a part of GeNii

• 雑誌記事索引 NDL Japanese Periodicals Index
  Search Tips: RSS feed is available from 雑誌記事索引採録誌一覧

• 占領期雑誌記事情報データベース
  Indexes to magazine and newspaper articles published between 1945 and 1949 held in the Prange Collection at the University of Maryland, which originally belonged to the Civil Censorship Detachment, a unit within GHQ.

• 明治・大正・昭和前期雑誌記事索引集成
  The database provides an author index to a print publication 明治・大正・昭和前期雑誌記事索引集成. 人文科学編, which reproduces periodical indexes.

• 国文学論文目録データベース
  A database of article citations from 『国文学年鑑』 by the National Institute of Japanese Literature since 1912.
  Search Tips: Limit by transcribed texts and reproductions is available in the detailed search screen.
• 図書新聞 (Need login ID/password for full text access)
  
• 明治新聞雑誌文庫所藏雑誌目次総覧 PRINT EDITION
  Reproduces tables of contents of the Japanese journals from the Meiji through Showa periods held by Meiji Shinbun Zasshi Bunko, University of Tokyo.
• 近代雑誌目次文庫. 国語・国文学編 PRINT EDITION
  

Search Tips: For searching book reviews in Japanese, you might want to include the word 書評 in the query; For more information about features of selected Japanese databases above, check Japanese Article Databases Summary

Newspapers

• LexisNexis Academic
  Search Tips: Developing A Search, particularly the section on Search Connectors and Commands

• Factiva
  Search Tips: consult various search options listed in Search Quick Reference Guide

• Yomiuri shinbun 読売新聞 1874-1970
  CD/DVD-ROM version is available on Japanese public computer in East Asian Library

• CD ASAX 50 yrs 1945-1995
  CD-ROM index to Asahi shinbun 朝日新聞 is available on Japanese public computer in East Asian Library

• Mainichi shinbun 毎日新聞 (Microfilm version is available for 1872-present; CD-ROM version is available for 1996-2006)
  

Search Tips: For availability of Japanese newspapers and indexes at UCLA Library, check Japanese Newspapers Summary

Scholarly Books and Other Media

• UCLA Library Catalog
• UC Library Union Catalog--Next-Generation Melyvl
• WorldCat
• Google Books
• NDL OPAC
  Search Tips: The database content is available 24/7 at Digital Archive Portal
• WebcatPlus
  Search Tips: The database is available also as a part of GeNii
• 日本古典籍総合目録
  A union catalog of Japanese old and rare books originally produced before 1868; includes 『国書総目録』 and 『古典籍総合目録』 and more.
• カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校所蔵日本古典籍目録 PRINT EDITION
• Book review guide b
• 千夜千冊マップ ( A map/index to 松岡正剛千夜千冊)
  

Search Tips: For more information about features of selected Japanese databases above, check Library Catalogs/Union Catalogs Summary; for Inter-library loan from libraries in Japan, follow instruction given in Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery from Japanese Libraries

Biographical Information

• Biiography Index: general index to articles that contain biographical information.
• Literature Resource Center
  Includes Dictionary of Literary Biography, and other reference sources published by Gale.

• Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature PRINT EDITION
• 国書人名辞典 PRINT EDITION
  Approximately 30,000 pre-modern Japanese writers are listed, based on Kokusho sōmokuroku. Provides index arranged by characters for various names, including real names, pennames, etc.
• 人物レファレンス事典: 古代, 中世, 近世編 PRINT EDITION
  With Jinbutsu refarensu jiten. Kodai, chūsei, kinsei hen. II (1996-2006) ([Ref.] CT1832 .J5632 2007, 2 vols.), the title lists over 88,000 pre-modern Japanese persons based on 81 biographical dictionaries, and provides citations; arranged by 50-on order.
• Japanese Biographical Archive (microfiche)
  Search Tips: use the online index for World Biographical Information System listed in the library record
• JapanKnowledge: Covers basic Japanese encyclopedias and dictionaries, including Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
• 古典学統合データベース（地下家伝・芳賀人名辞典データベース）
  Includes Nihon jinmei jiten (1914) by Haga Yaichi (1867-1917) and Jige kaden (1937-1938) by Mikami Kagefumi and Masamune Atsuo (1881-1958)
• 歴史人物画像データベース
  Includes images of historical figures dipicted in Japanese old and rare publications
• ReaD: Directory Database of Research and Development Activities 研究開発支援総合ディレクトリ
  Information on researchers in Japan is available; maintained by the Japan Science and Technology Agency

Texts and Translations

• 国文学研究資料館データベース: 本文データベース
  Full texts from Nihon koten bungaku taikei(Iwanami Shoten, 1957-67), Nijuichidaishu, Koji ruien, etc. are available
• 近代デジタルライブラリー
  Full-text works published during the Meiji period and owned by the National Diet Library
• 東洋文庫 (available via JapanKnowledge)
  Digitized version of the Heibonsha series Tōyō bunko in PDF format
• Japanese Text Initiative 日本語テキストイニシアチブ
  Texts of classical and modern literature; collaborative effort of the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library
• 東京大学史料編纂所データベース
  Databases including the index to Dai Nihon shiryō; full-text of Dai Nihon komonjo, Dai Nihon kokiroku, and Heian ibun, the Online Glossary of Japanese Historical Terms, etc.
• Premodern Japanese Texts and Translations
  Bibliography of translations and reviews of the literary works up to about 1600; includes works written in kanbun and Chinese
• Japanese Literature in Translation Search 日本文学翻訳書誌検索
  A database of translations of literary works into a variety of languages; maintained by the Japan Foundation
• Index Translationum
  A database of translations maintained by UNESCO
• Japanese Literature in Foreign Languages 1945-1995 PRINT EDITION
• list of titles related to Japanese Literature translations at UCLA Library
• 国文学複製翻刻書目総覧 PRINT EDITION
  A sequel ed. was published in 1989 and is available at [Ref.] Z3308.L5 I282 1989
• 古典文学全集・翻刻書・研究書総目録 PRINT EDITION
• 新編国歌大観
  CD-ROM version is available for use at the Reading Room of East Asian Library.
• 日本古典文學大系 PRINT EDITION
• 新日本古典文学大系
  Cataloged separately; search individual titles.
• 日本思想大系
  Cataloged separately; search individual titles.
• 日本古典文学全集 PRINT EDITION
  Provides modern Japanese translation.
• 新編日本古典文学全集 PRINT EDITION
  Provides modern Japanese translation.
• 新潮日本古典集成
  Cataloged separately; search individual titles.
• 群書類從 PRINT EDITION
  Sequel editions Zoku Gunsho ruijū, Zokuzoku Gunsho ruijū, etc., and annotation volumes Gunsho kaidai, Shinkō Gunsho ruijū kaidaishū also available.
• 新釈漢文大系 PRINT EDITION
• 稀書複製會叢書 PRINT EDITION

Background

• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan Online
  Japanese art, culture, and history covering from Paleolithic to the present. UCLA contract allows two concurrent users.
• Cambridge History of Japan PRINT EDITION
• JapanKnowledge
  Japanese reference sources including encyclopedias and dictionaries, as well as the full text of the monographic series Tōyō bunko (Heibonsha)
• 日本古典文学大辞典 PRINT EDITION
• 日本古典文学硏究史大事典 PRINT EDITION
• 上代文学研究事典 PRINT EDITION
• 近世文学研究事典 PRINT EDITION
• 國史大辭典 PRINT EDITION
• 日国 Online
  Online version of Nihon kokugo daijiten 日本国語大辞典 (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000-02)
• Rikai
  Program for learning Japanese, which also provides readings and definitions of Chinese characters in English; created by Todd David Rudick, a software engineer in Tokyo, utilizing the resources made available by Jim Breen and his EDICT Project
• 角川古語大辞典 PRINT EDITION
• Kaken
  A database of research projects funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology 文部科学省 and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 日本学術振興会; covers projects funded since 1965 and research results since 1985
• ReaD: Directory Database of Research and Development Activities 研究開発支援総合ディレクトリ
  Information on research institutes, researchers, research projects, and research resources in Japan; maintained by the Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Academic Society Home Village
  Links to homepages of academic societies in Japan; supported by the National Institute of Informatics
• Directory of North American Collections of Old and Rare Japanese Books, Other Print Materials, and Manuscripts
  Descriptions of and contact information for collections in North American academic libraries and museums
• テーマ別調べ方案内
  Guides to research in various subjects and special materials; provided by the National Diet Library
• Asian Literature Bibliography Series PRINT EDITION
• An introductory bibliography for Japanese studies PRINT EDITION

Further Assistance

Toshie Marra, Japanese Studies Librarian

• Email: Toshie Marra
• Phone: 310-825-2765

Joseph Yue, East Asian Studies (non-CJK) Librarian

• Email: Joseph Yue
• IM (AOL, Google, MSN, Yahoo!): referencej
• ICQ: 65390919
• Phone: 310-825-6151
• Office Hour: by appointment
• Reference Desk: most Tuesday evenings (5 - 7 p.m.) and Wednesday mornings (10 am - 12 noon)