Begin your research by consulting an encyclopedia for a basic overview of a topic. General Encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia offer articles on a vast range of topics and often refer you to other useful sources and related topics.

See also: Japan: an Illustrated Encyclopedia R 952. 003 J35

Maps and Atlases

Cultural Atlas of Japan R 952 C697c
Japan: a bilingual Atlas R 915.2 J35
Japan Atlas

Japan Statistics
The Cambridge History of Japan R 952 C178
Modern Japan: A History in DocumentsR952.025 H889m

Resources Lists by Topic

The following lists are links to useful resources on various topics. If you find other links you would like to add to a list, or to comment on any source, you may do so from any LCJ Library computer. Open the link and click "post to del.icio.us" on the tool bar.

Relations with North Korea

Constitutional Revision

"Comfort Women"

News and Commentary

Japanese Studies Associations

Organizations provding useful resources over the web

The Association for Asian Studies

Center for Japanese Studies

Council for East Asian Libraries

NAJAS National Association for Japan America Societies

Japan Foundation

Japan Society

Japanese Text Initiative (historical Japanese texts)

JGuide Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources

WWW Sites Related to Japan

See “Finding Books” on the LCJ Library home page for several different book sources

LCJ Library has a good selection of titles on all aspects of Japanese society, politics, international relations, and culture. Search Easicat using the subject headings below. If you would like to browse the book stacks go to the Dewey Decimal numbers below. Also, there are usually several recently acquired titles on the Library's New Books shelf.

LCJ Library Books Collection

To search LCJ's collection use Easicat and limit your search to Lakeland College Japan. Search by keyword, author, or title, or for a subject area, find the correct subject heading in Library of Congress Subject Headings. Below is a list of some common subject headings for Japanese Studies.

Some Japanese Studies Subject Headings
Architecture -- Japan -- To 1868.
Art, Japanese
Folklore -- Japan
Gardens, Japanese
Japan -- Civilization -- 1868-
Japan -- Description and travel
Japan -- Religion
Japan -- Social life and customs
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Legends -- Japan
Mythology, Japanese.
Nationalism -- Japan
Popular culture -- Japan
Shinto
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)

Browsing for Books about Japan in LCJ Library's Book Stacks
303--306 Japanese Society and Culture
327.52 Japan's International Relations
330.952 Japanese Economics
338.47 Japanese Business
370.952 Japanese Education
709.52 Japanese Art
895.6 Japanese Literature
952 Japanese History

WebcatPlus is a catalog of over a million books and journals in Japanese academic libraries. Use it if you fail to find anything through our usual catalogs. If you identify a title you need, ask the librarian to arrange an interlibrary loan or permission to use the library owing the title.


Aozora Bunko Library a collection of out-of-copyright eBooks in Japanese


Finding Journal Articles
To find articles on Japanese topics use Proquest's Research Library and International module, Ebsco's Academic Search Elite, and JSTOR

Scholarly Journals

Some full-text Journal available in Proquest International Module

Asian Affairs 1992-
Asian Survey 2002-
Asian Theatre Journal 1998
Far Eastern Affairs 2002-
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 2001
Journal of Asian Studies 1988-
Journal of Contemporary Asia 1996-
Journal of International and Asian Studies, 2002-
Pacific Affairs, 1994-

Some full-text Journal available in Ebsco Academic Search Elite

East Asia: an International Quarterly, 1990-
Europe-Asia Studies, 1990-
Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 2004-
Journal of Contemporary Asia, 1999-
European Jouirnal of East Asia Studies, 2001-
Asian Journal of Political Science, 1999-
Journal of Northeast Asia Studies, 1990-

Some full-text Journal available in JSTOR

Asian Survey, 1961-2003
Far Eastern Survey 1935-1961
Memorandum (Institute of Pacific Relations) 1932-1934
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1940-2001
Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies 1917-1940
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 1936-2001
Journal of Asian Studies 1936-2001
Far Eastern Quarterly 1941-1956
Journal of Japanese Studies 1974-2001
Journal of the American Oriental Society 1834 2003
Modern Asian Studies 1967-2001
Monumenta Nipponica 1938-2001
Pacific Affairs 1928-2002

Some Recent Acquisitions

Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age 306.766 M164q
Japan Rising: The Resurgance of Japanese Power and Purpose 327.52 P996j
Gender and Japanese Management 331.40952 KI49g
Japan's International Relations 327.52 J35h
The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal [WWII Sexual Slavery] In Process
Zen Buddhism: A History: Vol. 2: Japan In Process
Obaku Zen In Process
Japan's Cultural Code Words In Process
JapanAmerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has invaded the U.S. In Process
A History of Showa Japan, 1926-1989 In Process
Foreign Correspondents in Japan In Process