Japanese Language Resources 

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Hello. This guide will introduce you to general Japanese Language resources available in The Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University.  It includes information on how to locate:

• Books, Audio & Video Recordings
  
• Journal Articles
• Key Japanese Language & Culture Information Sources 

Search Ames Catalog (box at left) for books & other materials owned by IWU.

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• If IWU owns the item you may check it out.
• If IWU does not own the item, use I-Share to check other CARLI libraries to see if it is available. If so, you may request the item. If not, search World Cat option below.

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Browse the Shelves:

History: General and Old World

DS 801-897 Japan

Languages and Literature

PL 501-889 Japanese

The Ames Library uses Library of Congress Classification.

Use Quicklinks A-Z Journals to access holdings information about specific journal titles at the Ames Library

Use Quicklinks A-Z Databases to access of list of journal databases available at the Ames Library

Key  Journal Article Databases:

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index:  Arts & Humanities Citation Index. 1980 to Present.

• Academic Search Premier: 1990 to Present. Offers full-text infomation in nearly every area of academic study.

• Essay and General Literature Index (print) 1900 - 1992  A13.E752 

• Essay and General Literature: 1985 to Present

• Humanities Abstracts:  1984 to Present.

• Humanities Index (print) 1974 - 1993 A13.H85

• JStor:  Offers full-text access to back files of 47 core scholarly journals in Religion. Year of coverage vary.

• MLA Bibliography: 1926 to Present.  Modern Language Association bibliography of literature, languages, linguistics from journals worldwide.

• Project Muse:  1993 to Present. Offers full-text access to over 160 scholarly journals.

• Selected Western European News & Newspapers:  Links to major online news sources in Western Europe.

The following electronic and print resources provide scholarly information on all aspects of Japanese language studies. Titles with Ref. Library of Congress call numbers are located in the Reference Collection on the entry level of The Ames Library. 

Dictionaries:

Encyclopedias:

Duke University Libraries: Japanese Studies Resources

Encyclopedia of World Literature, 20th Century:  Ref. PN771.E5 1999

Internet Public Library Online: Literary Criticism:  Links to websites on western & non-western literary criticism. Organized by author, title of work studied and by literary period within a national tradition.

Japan Culture Plaza:  Provides information about Japanese culture and society. Maintained by the Japanese Association for Cultural Exchange.

J-Guide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources

Japan Information Network:  Provides information about Japanese culture and society. Maintained by the Japanese Center for Inter-cultural Comminications.

Literature Research Guide: Ref. PR83.H376 2008

Modern Japanese Authors:  Ref. PL723.M563 2001

Reference Guide to World Literature:  Ref. PN524.R44 2003

Yamada Language Center: Japanese Language Resources