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Japanese Studies Librarian and Associate Professor
Ann Marie Davis
she/her/hers
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Contact:
The Ohio State University Libraries
305K Thompson Library 1858 Neil Avenue
Columbus OH 43210-1286
1-614-292-3502
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Subjects:
International & Area Studies
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What are you looking for?
Refer to the catalog
Only about 1/4 of our East Asian Collections are housed in Thompson Library. The remaining materials are housed in other locations such as the Fine Arts Library, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and the Book Depository. Please, refer to the catalog for the specific location of any of the materials.
Dictionaries/reference books in Chinese/Japanese/Korean?
Thompson Library 2nd floor Grand Reading room balcony
Newer Books in Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean?
Thompson Library 3rd floor Mezzanine (3M)
1st Floor Current Periodicals Journals on East Asian topics?
Thompson Library 1st Floor library Current Periodicals area. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language materials have all been relocated to this 1st floor space.
Chinese Newspapers ( 世界日报, 橋报)?
Thompson Library 110 Leisure Reading area
Find Japanese graded readers at
Thompson Library 2nd floor Grand Reading room balcony
Japanese Studies Blogs
We maintain
two blogs in Japanese Studies
where we post news about new materials and resources such as eBook platforms, Special Collections, and other print and digital resources. Please check them out!
1. OSU Japanese Collection Blog
go.osu.edu/JapaneseCollection
2. Manga Blog:
go.osu.edu/Manga
Japan National Diet Library Digital Collections
The
National Diet Library (NDL) of Japan
has one of the world's most ambitious program digitizing materials and collecting new digitized Japanese materials. One of its main services providing access to digital materials is
the NDL digital collection
, a set of growing databases that includes Books, Periodicals, Rare Books and Old Materials, Doctoral Dissertations, Official Gazettes, Modern Japanese Political History Materials, Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan, online publications, and more. To access this extensive online collection, please visit
LC Call Number Outline
A -- General Works
B -- Philosophy.
Psychology.
Religion
C -- Auxiliary Sciences
Of
History
D -- World History
And
History Of
Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Etc.
E -- History
Of
The Americas
F -- History
Of
The Americas
G -- Geography.
Anthropology.
Recreation
H -- Social Sciences
J -- Political Science
K -- Law
L -- Education
M -- Music
And
Books On Music
N -- Fine Arts
P -- Language
And
Literature
Q -- Science
R -- Medicine
S -- Agriculture
T -- Technology
U -- Military Science
V -- Naval Science
Z -- Bibliography.
Library Science.
Information Resources (General)
Quick References
Have you ever wanted to look something up quickly online? Are you looking for sources that are more reputable than  Wikipedia? Here are a few trustworthy "quick reference" sources we recommend when searching for basic information about Japanese people, terms, concepts, and events:
In English:
Encyclopedia of Japan
Japan Wiki Corpus
Credo Reference
World Book
Advanced
JGuide (Stanford University)
In Japanese:
日本大百科全書
(via the JapanKnowledge database)
Japanese Romanization Standards
Most North American academic libraries follow the Library of Congress' Japanese romanization rules. Many Japanese libraries use either Modified Hepburn or Kunreishiki romanization. Please see the following links for more information on various romanization standards.
Library of Congress Romanization
Searching Japanese Materials in Library Catalogs (video)
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OhioLINK
WorldCat@OSU
SearchOhio
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The OSU Library Catalog searches for print, electronic and other formats in the OSU Libraries collections.
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The OhioLINK catalog allows searching and requesting of scholarly materials located in the 90+ college and university member libraries around Ohio, plus the State Library of Ohio.
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WorldCat@OSU searches across 7 key databases for books, articles, and more.
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What is this searching?
The SearchOhio Catalog allows searching and requesting of popular books, DVDs, CDs and other materials from 20+ public library systems throughout the state of Ohio.
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Japanese Calendrical Systems
Two number systems for years are commonly used in Japan:
Gregorian Calendar - the western calendar year system commonly used in US. e.g. 2015
Nengō
年号 - calendar year system based on the reigns of emperors.e.g. Heisei 27 or
平成二十七年
Japanese year converter
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ILLiad
ILLiad request system
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Place interlibrary loan or Article Express requests through our ILLiad request system.
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OSU Libraries Guide to Academic Research
Choosing & Using Sources presents a process for academic research and writing, from formulating your research question to selecting good information and using it effectively in your research assignments.
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