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Library Course Guide for Graduate Seminar
Introduction
This guide is arranged in the order that one might work through the
research process. However, if you would like to go to a particular
area, choose from the alphabetical grouping below.
Academic Department
Contacts | Books | Citation Styles | Databases
| Internet Resources
| Journals, Periodicals | Library
Help & Contacts | Locating Library
Materials |
Other Library Materials | Reference
Materials | Research Process | Reserves
Reference Materials
Locate background information on your topic by using the Library Catalog. You can
do a search and restrict the search to reference materials:
There are a few reference books in English located on
the Main floor of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library:
UM/Ref.
Most are located in the East Asian Reference Room on the 22nd floo
of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library:
UM/East Asian Ref.
Books
Search for books in the Library Catalog.
Here is the link for the CJK (Chinese
Japanese Korean) display of the Library Catalog. Set the encoding
to UTF-8 for Unicode.
Subject search for Chinese
literature -- Indexes
Videos / DVDs
These are not easy to search for in the online catalog. Here are some
search strategies for you:
Subject search: Motion
pictures, Chinese
Drama
China
Motion
pictures, Japanese
Drama
Japan
THEN LIMIT MATERIAL TYPE TO VIDEOS, FILM, SLIDES
You can do the same thing with:
Subject search: Documentary films
Another option is: Keyword
search = (DVD OR VHS) AND (CHINESE OR CHINA) and limit by material type
Keyword
search = (DVD OR VHS) AND (JAPANESE OR JAPAN) and limit by material type
Search by subject for Documentary
films and/or Documentary television programs and then limit by subject
China and material type to VIDEOS, FILM, SLIDES
Databases
Locate citations, abstracts and/or full text of journal
articles, magazine articles, newspapers, dissertations, government
documents, and other information sources in your subject.
Please note: In some of our databases you may see the UMLinks
button - 
. Clicking on this button will take you directly to the full text of
your article, if available, or to other options for finding the article
if not available online. For more information, see Frequently
Asked Questions about UMLinks.
Journals, Periodicals
Specific to This Subject Area
The Library offers many journals in digital format. For a
listing, see the E-Journal
Locator (a link is always available at the top of the page.) A
selection of scholarly or academic journals follows:
Please note: The "Per" before the call number indicates an item is a periodical/journal.
Locating Materials within the Libraries
After you have the citation
for your material (from a database, library catalog etc.) find the call
number. If not available in the database or index you are using go
to the Library Catalog.
If this library doesn't own the material you want, try searching for an item from the Four College Catalog, or fill out an Interlibrary Loan Request Form with the appropriate citation information. Staff will attempt to locate and bring the material here for you to use.
Internet Resources
Please note: Keep in mind when you are researching
information on the Web that anyone can publish a web page. Read about
the advantages
and disadvantages of the "Free Web" and evaluate the
information you find.
The Research Process (an introduction)
Citation Styles
See Using
Citation Styles for examples and links to standard style formats.
Academic Department Contacts
Prepared for Sharon Domier, Feb. 2, 2004
Library guide by Sharon Domier, East Asian Studies Librarian
http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian/clsguides/CHIJPN691.html
Last updated: January 6, 2004
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