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Library
Course Guide for Classical Japanese
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. Please
use the CJK
Catalog and set your encoding to UTF-8 so that you can see the
Japanese characters. You can
do a search and restrict the search to reference materials:
To find a kogo jiten (古語辞典） do a subject search: Japanese
language to 1868 dictionaries
Some are located in the East
Asian Reference Room (located on the 22nd floor
of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library):
for example: Benesse zen’yaku kogo jiten / Nakamura
Yukihiro hen. UM/East Asian Ref. PL682
.B46 1996
ベﾈｯｾ全訳古語辞典 / 中村幸弘編.
While others are available to be checked out from the East Asian Collection (located on
the 21st floor of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
for example: Zen̓yaku kogo
reikai jiten / Kitahara Yasuo hen. UM/East
Asian PL682
.Z4 1994
全訳古語例解辞典 /
北原保雄編.
You will also need to refer to a dictionary that will help
you to read Japanese calligraphy.
To find them, do a subject
search: Japanese
language cursive writing
for example:
Kuzushiji kaidoku jiten / Kodama Kōta hen. UM/East
Asian PL528
.K6 1979
くずし字解読字典 / 児玉幸多編.
To find research in Japanese about the title or author you are
reading:
Nihon bungaku kenkyū bunken yōran. Koten
bungaku
UM/East Asian Ref.
PL711.5
.N43
日本文学硏究文献要覧. 古典文学
To find out bibliographical information about the title you
are reading:
Kokusho
sōmokuroku. UM/East Asian
Ref. Z3301
.K822
國書總目錄.
Please note: The "REF" before the call number indicates an item in the Reference Collection.
Books
Search for books in the Library Catalog.
Subject searches:
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:
Kinsei
bungei 近世文芸 UM/W.E.B. Du Bois
Per PL700.K56
Kokubungaku
kaishaku to kanshō 国文学解釈と鑑賞 UM/W.E.B. Du Bois
Per PL700.K58
Monumenta Nipponica UM/W.E.B. Du
Bois
Per DS821.A1M6 Also available online through JSTOR
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.
KanaCLASSIC [interactive multimedia] : an electronic guide to
learning classical Japanese
kana writing / author, X. Jie Yang ; co-authors, Sadako Ohki, Sonja
Arntzen ; calligrapher, E-mei Wang ; programmer, X. Jie Yang.
UM/Media CD-ROM
20
Kokuhō
Chōjū giga maki. UM / RESERVE
ND1059.6.C46
C46 1980z
国宝鳥獣戯画卷. note: this is a reproduction of 4
scrolls
Kokuhō Genji monogatari emaki (Gotō-bon).
UM / RESERVE
ND1059.6.G46
K64 1980z
国宝源氏物語絵卷 (五島本). note: this is a
reproduction of a scroll
Internet Resources & Online Texts
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.
Reserves
Reserves
department homepage
The Research Process (an introduction)
Citation Styles
See Using
Citation Styles for examples and links to standard style formats.
Academic Department Contacts
Prepared for JPN 556/557,
Feb. 4th, 2004
Library guide by Sharon Domier, East
Asian Studies Librarian
http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian/clsguides/JPN556.html
Last updated: January 6, 2004
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