History of Modern Japan

Books

• The Library's online catalog
  

  subject search: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
  subject search: (Russia OR soviet) AND Japan AND "foreign relations"
  keyword search: "Treaty of Portsmouth"

  Examples of primary sources from the Library's print collection:
  

  Sakurai, Tadayoshi. Human Bullets: a Soldier's Story of Port Arthur. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.
  Solov?ev, L. Z. Actual Experiences In War: Battle Action of the Infantry; Impressions of a Company Commander. Washington: G.P.O., 1906. 
  Slattery, Peter. Reporting the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5: Lionel James's First Wireless Transmissions to the Times. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental, 2004.
  Reports of Military Observers Attached to the Armies In Manchuria During the Russo-Japanese War. Washington: GPO, 1906-07.

• WorldCat
  A catalog of library holdings worldwide. WorldCat will indicate any local library holdings and also offers an inter-library loan request option. WorldCat uses the same Library of Congress subjects as the Library's catalog.
• Cambridge Histories Online
  Includes the Cambridge History of Japan (6 vols.), the Cambridge History of Russia (3 vols.), and the Cambridge Histoy of China (12 vols.). Browse the table of contents or search the full text.
• Dissertations & Theses Full Text
  A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses included from around the world. Mostly full text from 1997 on.
  

  Matsusaka, Yoshihisa Tak (1993).  Japanese imperialism and the South Manchuria Railway Company, 1904-1914. Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University.
  Habecker, David Eugene (2003).  Ruling the East: Russian urban administration and the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese in Vladivostok, 1884--1922. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park.

• E-Z Borrow and Interlibrary Loan
  Interlibrary loan is available for books and journals that are not owned by Falvey. EZ-Borrow is usually faster than interlibrary loan, since the books come from a local library network. EZ-Borrow can be used for books that the Library owns, but that are currently checked out by somebody else.

Journal Articles

• Historical Abstracts (1955-)
  Available online.  An annotated research index to the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.  Includes references to journal articles, book reviews and dissertations.
• America: History & Life (1964-)
  Available online. An annotated research index to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes references to journal articles, dissertations, and book and media reviews.
• Humanities Full Text
  Available online. Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 300 periodicals in archaeology, art , classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history and world literature.
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984)
  Available online. A bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals.
• Arts & Humanities Search
  Available online. Citation index to articles in more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Includes cited references for all entries as well as a cited author and cited work search feature.
• PAIS International (1915-)
  Covers global public policy and social issues. Indexes periodical articles, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, and other English-language materials published around the world..

For further indexes please consult E-Resources by Subject – History on the Library’s homepage or ask for advice.

Encyclopedias

• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
  9 vols. [REF DS805.K633 1983]
• Japan Encyclopedia
  [REF DS821 .F73 2002]
• Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia.
  2 vols. [REF DS805.J263 1993]
• Historical Dictionary of United States-Japan Relations
  [REF E183.8.J3 V36 2007]
• Encyclopedia of Japanese American History.
  [REF E184.J3 E53 2001]
• A Companion to Japanese History. 
  [2nd floor:  DS835 .C65 2007]

Book Reviews

Please note that the indexes listed under Journal Articles all include book reviews and that you can limit your searches to book reviews only.

• Book Review Digest Plus (1983-)
• Book Review Digest Retrospective, 1905-1982
• Book Review Index Online (1965-)

Selected Primary Resources

Newspapers and Magazines

• New York Times Historical (1851-)
  Archive of the entire historical run of The New York Times. Complete coverage from 1851 to the present with the exception of the most current two years. Includes classified ads, comics and cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc., editorials and commentary.
• The Times Archives (1785-1985)
  Archive of the entire historical run of the London Times. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
• Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
  Provides citations to the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America..
• American Periodicals Series Online (1741-1941)
  200 years of American history as recorded in magazines, journals and newspapers.  Covers the fields of religion, science, political science, history as well as related disciplines. 
• British Periodicals Collection I
  The database consists of more than 160 journals spanning the late 17th through early 20th centuries, and covering a range of topics such as literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences.
• OpinionArchives
  Provides an accessible and invaluable source of information of electronic archives to leading journals of opinion. Search the full text of Harpers Magazine, The New Republic, The Nation, Commentary, Scientific American, NACLA, Commonweal, American Spectator, National Review and The New York Review of Books.
  Note: The full text links in this database only work on campus. You can access The Nation, The New Republic and The National Review through the Historical Abstracts interface via the Choose Database link to access the full text from off-campus locations. Likewise you can access the full text of Harper's and the New Yorker through the Library's catalog from off campus. Please ask for assistance if you encounter any problems.
• Philadelphis Inquirer (1981-)
  Contains the complete text of articles covered beginning with 1981.
  An online archive of the years 1860-1920 of the Philadelphia Inquirer is available through America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922. All other years are available on microfilm only.
• Japan Focus
  An Asia Pacific e-Journal
• The Japan Times Online (English edition)
  (Center)
• The Asahi-Shimbun - English edition
  (Center-left)
• Daily Yomiuri Online - English edition
  (Right)
• Mainichi Daily News - English edition
  (Center-right)

Maps and Images

• Maps of Japan, contemporary and historical
  from the Perry Castaneda Library at the University of Texas
• Japanese Historical Maps
  from the East Asian Library at the University of California at Berkeley
• Old photos dating from the mid to late 19th century
  from the Nagasaki University Library Collection

Selected Web Sites

• Asia for Educators
  An initiative of the East Asian Curriculum Project and the Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum (Columbia University)
• AskAsia.org
  Curriculum aids and in-depth information about Asian societies, languages and cultures, including Japan.
• Japan Society
  Calendar of Events, information about Japanese culture.
• Digital Museum: The Comfort Women Issue and the Asian Women's Fund
  One perspective on the comfort women issue.

Style Guides

• The Chicago Manual of Style.
  15th edition. A print copy is available at the Information Desk in the Library. Call number: Z253.U69 2003
• Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide
  Made available free online by Chicago University Press.
• Research and Documentation Online.
  Guide to the major documentation styles

Citation Software

• Refworks
  Never type a bibliography again! RefWorks will help you easily gather, manage, and store bibliographic citations for all types of information, as well as generate footnotes and bibliographies.

• EndNote
  EndNote is a database program for managing bibliographic citations. It can automate much of the work of organizing and formatting citations and bibliographies in your writing. EndNote can be used to manage data downloaded from Falvey Library's subscription databases and to format papers, dissertations, and other types of writing according to  over 1,000 different bibliographic styles.