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Library Database Resources

GALE Student Resources (search "Japan")

EBSCO: History Reference Center

History Reference Center collects full-text articles from Magazines, Academic Journals, Reference Books and more. (you may want to limit your search to Reference Sources... how would you do that?)

eLibrary (ProQuest)

Also see this list of History of Japan topics
Don't forget to "expand your Research Topic" if you have one, and try other
eLibrary is a good choice for general background on a topic, as well as current news and periodicals, and Primary documents.

Books in the Library

Japan by W. Scott Morton; Charlton Lewis; J. Kenneth Olenik
Call Number: 952 MOR
ISBN: 0071412808
Publication Date: 2004-08-30
Cool Japan by Sumiko Kajiyama
Call Number: 215.2 KAJ
ISBN: 0984633456
Publication Date: 2013-11-01
Through Japanese Eyes by Richard H. Minear; Leon E. Clark (Editor)
Call Number: 952 THR
ISBN: 0938960040
Publication Date: 1987-01-01
Among Samurai and Shoguns by Time-Life Books Editors (Editor)
Call Number: 952 WHA
ISBN: 0783554621
Publication Date: 1999-06-01

Web Resources

History of Japan (Podcast Series)
Japan Timetable Chronological - World Atlas
A basic timeline of Japanese history. Mostly useful for identifying terms for additional deeper research.
Tokyo National Museum
collects, houses, and displays a comprehensive collection of art works and antiquities from Japan as well as other Asian countries. The museum also conducts research and investigations concerning its collection of books, rubbings, and photographs, related to fine art, and makes these items available to scholars.
National Museum of Japanese History - Rekihaku
a general museum of Japanese history that houses and displays some 200,000 artifacts of historical importance and cultural value that together help to tell the story of Japan's past.
About Japan : History (Japan Society)

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