| HS 259: Approaching Japan
Dr. Mihalopoulos
Finding books:
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Worldwide,
use WorldCat (Note: To retrieve & view online theses
& dissertations, enter key words, click on "Internet Resources"
& change
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Reference Resources
Oxford Reference Online — Online full-text (some with illustrations) reference books. Includes Oxford Companion series and 22 History-related titles.
Britannica Online -- The Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Asia for Educators -- Subtitled "An initiative of the East Asian Curriculum Project and the Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum" this web site, hosted by Columbia University, gives a wealth of background information.
Bowring, Richard John, and Peter F. Kornicki. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
NMU Reference (LRC 2nd floor)
DS 805 .C36 1993
Paul Edwards, editor in chief.
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. New York: Macmillan [1967]. 8 volumes and one supplement.
NMU Reference Encyclopedia Cases (LRC 2nd floor)
B41 .E5.
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General Information
Scholarly & Popular Literature Databases
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Source
BR = includes book reviews
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Description/Notes |
Dates
Covered |
Literature Resource Center |
All
Gale biography-related resources including Contemporary Authors,
Dictionary of Literary Biography, etc. |
All
years |
| ACLS Humanities E-Book Project BR |
Collection of high-quality full-text books in all areas of history. These scholarly works are of major importance to historical studies which are frequently cited in the literature. |
1900 - present; 1,200+ works in full-image & full-text |
| AH Search [Arts & Humanities Search] BR |
Indexes
all areas of History, especially Ancient History; primarily used as a citator database.
Indexes 160+ History titles. |
As an index, articles
published 1980 - present; cites works from any time |
| ECO [Electronic Collections Online] BR |
120+
History titles indexed, 9 subscriptions full-image |
articles
published
1995 - present |
| Academic OneFile BR |
5,000+ total periodicals
FT/FI
Note: capitalize AND, OR |
articles
published
1980 - present |
| JSTOR BR |
39+
History titles, 14 Anthropology, & 11 Archaeology titles (all full-image) |
articles
published
19th century - present |
| Google Scholar [in beta] |
Indexes publisher & scholarly web sites & journals. Includes a citator feature & has links to library full-text holdings. |
recent articles |
| MLA [literature] BR |
Periodical
articles, books & book chapters |
works
published
1963 - present
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Information about Citing Sources
Chicago Style (based upon 15th ed., 2003) includes examples of how to cite materials in both paper and online formats.
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