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Japanese Studies

Welcome to the UCLA Library Guide for Japanese Studies. This guide presents both introductory and in-depth information for Japan-related research.

Current Journals in Literature

RSS feed is available from 雑誌記事索引採録誌一覧.

Core Journals (Western Languages)

Here is a list of major journals in Japanese literary studies and Japanese aesthetics:

Library Catalogs of Books and Journals

Here is a short list of useful library catalogs for Japanese studies. Use the gold "UC-eLinks" button to do an automated search to find the full text or citation linker, or search for the book or journal title in the UCLA Library Catalog

Catalogs of Old Japanese Books

Western Language Sources

To locate full-text article in print or online format (including those in JSTOR and other journal archive we have access to) or type in the citation into Citation Linker, click on UC-eLinks icon unless noted otherwise.

Journal and Magazine Articles

Here is a short list of useful articles databases for Japanese studies. Note that many of these sources only index journal articles—they don't actually have the full text. Use the gold "UC-eLinks" button to do an automated search to find the full text or citation linker, or search for the journal title in the UCLA Library Catalog

Newspaper Articles

Here is a short list of useful newspaper article databases and indexes for Japanese studies. Note that many of these sources only index newspaper articles -- they don't actually have the full text. Use the gold "UC-eLinks" button to do an automated search to find the full text or citation linker, or search for the newspaper title in the UCLA Library Catalog

Texts and Translations