Japanese History |
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General Reference Books
Primary Sources
CD-ROMs
Electronic Resources
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General Reference Books
General Bibliographic Sources for Japanese Studies
- A Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies EA REF Z3306 G34 1997
A comprehensive annotated bibliography for reference books.
- A Student Guide to Japanese Sources in the Humanities EA REF Z3301 M32 1994
- An Introductory Bibliography for Japanese Studies EA REF Z3306 I57
An English language evaluative and selective bibliography of Japanese scholarship. Excellent essays which survey the fields written by experts. Part I covers the humanities and Part II covers the social sciences.
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Bibliographic Sources for Japanese History
- Bunken res¯achi, Nihon Kin-gendaishi. 文献リサーチ日本近現代史 EA REF Z3108 A4S28
A Japanese bibliography covers modern and contemporary history. It provides the tables of contents for individual volumes of many large sets.
- Journals for up-to-date surveys of current research:
- Shigaku Zasshi. 史学雑誌 The May issue summaries the previous year’s scholarship, discussing trends.
- Rekishigaku kenky¯u 歴史学研究 publishes an annual meeting report that is a useful guide to current scholarship.
- Nihon rekishi 日本歴史 lists new books and articles; some books are annotated.
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Historical Dictionaries
- Kokushi daijiten. 國史大辭典 15 v. EA REF DS833 K64
- Nihon rekishi daijiten. 日本歴史大辞典 4 v. EA REF DS833 N514 2000
- Nihon shi daijiten. 日本史大辞典 7 v. EA REF DS833 N529 1992
- Edogaku jiten. 江戸学事典 EA REF DS822.2 E39 1993
- Sengoshi daijiten = Encyclopedia of Postwar Japan 1945-1990. . 戦後史大事典 DS889 S4545 1991
- Taish¯u bunka jiten. 大衆文化事典 EA REF DS821 T2344 1991
- Kadokawa Nihon chimei daijiten 48 v. 角川日本地名大辞典 EA REF DS805 K27 1978.
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Chronologies for Japanese History
- Nenpyo Nishon rekishi. 年表日本歴史 6 v. EA JPN DS833 N445 1980
- Nihon shi nenpy¯o. 日本史年表 EA REF DS833 .R4 1971
- Bairingaru Nihon shi nenpy¯o = chronology of Japanese history. EA DS833 B34 1999
- Kindai Nihon s¯og¯o nenpy¯o 近代日本総合年表 EA REF DS881.9 K484 2001
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Survey Histories of Japan Japanese history: a guide to survey histories. 日本史文献解題 EA REF qZ3306 F83 1984
Iwanami koza Nihon ts¯ushi. 25 v. 岩波講座日本通史 JPN DS835 I895 1993.
Iwamani k¯oza Nihon rekishi. 26 v. 岩波講座日本歴史 JPN DS835 I89 1975.
Nihon no kinsei. 18 v. 日本の近世 JPN DS870.3 N53 1991.
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Primary Sources |
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Government documents Examples:
- Gaimush¯o shitsumu h¯okoku T¯oashoku.6 v. 外務省執務報告 東亜局 JPN DS849 E 18G35 1993.
Reports of the Foreign Ministry, China Department in 1930s.
- Sengo fujin r¯od¯o seikatsu ch¯osa shiry¯osh¯u. R¯od¯o seikatsu hen. 18 v.
戦後婦人労働･生活調査資料集 労働篇･生活篇 JPN HD6197 S49 1991.
Government survey reports on women’s labor and living from 1957 to 1975.
- J¯ugonen sens¯o gokuhi shiry¯osh¯u . 十五年戦争極秘資料集 JPN D777 J842 1987.
Top secret documents during the 15 years war that from Manchurian Incident in 1931 to the end of WWII in1945.
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Kankei monjo 関係文書 , Shiryo shusei 史料集成 and Nikki 日記 Examples:
- ¯Okuma Shigenobu kankei monjo. 6 v. 大隈重信関係文書 JPN DS884 O4 O38 1970.
Letters, memos and other documents by ¯Okuma, a judge, and a politician during Meiji and Taisho era.
- Sh¯owa shakai keizai shiry¯o sh¯usei. 昭和社会経済史料集成 JPN DS888.2 S513 1978.
Government documents and related memos during Showa era focused on society and economics.
- Ishibashi Tanzan nikki : Sh¯owa 20--31-nen. 2 v. 石橋湛山日記 昭和20－31年 JPN DS885.5 I75A3 1989.
Diary of Ishibashi Tanzan, a politician, between 1945 and 1956.
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Shashi 社史
- Mitsubishi Sh¯oji shashi. 三菱商事社史 JPN HD2756.2 J3M58 1986.
Company History books edited by companies to commemorate their anniversaries such as 50th or 80th. Good primary recourses for economic history of not only companies but also industries.
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Newspapers and periodicals
- Shinbun sh¯usei Meiji hennenshi 15 v. 新聞集成明治編年史 EA REF DS881.987 S55 1968.
Reprint of newspaper articles by chronological order. It has detailed indexes by subjects.
- Jiji shinp¯o. 20 v. in 116 時事新報 AP95 J2J55.
Reprint of a newspaper edited by Keio Gijuku Shuppansha from 1882 to 1901. |
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Japanese CD-ROM Standalone Workstation
More than 62 CD-ROM titles have been installed into the Japanese CD-ROM Standalone Workstation located at the East Asian Library Reference Desk area. The workstation is available for use during hours when the Reference Desk is open and staffed, i.e, 10-12, 1-5pm, Monday to Friday. Please contact the staff at the Reference Desk for log on information. You may always ask the staff at the Desk or in office 207 for assistance in using the CD-ROM workstation.
The following are just a few of the titles that have been installed into the standalone workstation. Please refer to the User Manual for details on how to access each title, save, print, and for a complete list of CD-ROM titles that have been installed into the standalone workstation. |
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- 戦後50年朝日新聞見出しデータベース
- 講談社日本人名大辞典
- 幕末明治期海外渡航者来日外国人
- 幕末明治期海外渡航者人物情報辞典
- 明治の読売新聞
- 大正の読売新聞
- 昭和の読売新聞
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Electronic Resources |
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Searching for Articles |
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- CiNii: Citation Information by NII, provides full text and citation information of articles published by academic institutions and academic societies.
- Japanese Periodicals Index (雑誌記事索引)
- Search Index of Japanese periodical articles that owned by National Diet Library.
- JSTOR: Search JSTOR for English articles on Japanese history.
- Early Modern Japan Network / Journal
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Searching for Books |
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E-resources for pre-modern and modern Japan
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Others ( Reference tools) |
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