UBC Japanese Library Resources Blog

As of April 1, we will have full access to the online version of the kanji dictionary Jitsu　(字通).

To use the dictionary, click on the link in the Jitsu information page, then click on ログイン.You can also access this resource from within JapanKnowledge by clicking on the 字通 icon at the top of the page.

Also, our subscription to JapanKnowledge will now allow for two concurrent users (previously a maximum of one user could access the database at any point in time).

Check out the following newly-arrived publications. For more new titles by subject, go to the Japanese Studies Resources page under “New Japanese Materials”.

Anthropology
Nihonjin no jiten （日本人の辞典）

Art & Architecture

Eiri shunga ehon mokuroku （絵入春画艶本目錄）

Oedo zukan : buke hen （大江戸図鑑 : 武家編）

Kyoto no oji koji （京都の大路小路）

Senso to bijutsu 1937-1945　（戦争と美術 1937-1945）

Nihon bijutsu zukai jiten　（日本美術図解事典）

Nihon shoga kantei daijiten　（日本書畫鑑定大亊典）

Economics & Industry
Ei-Wa Wa-Ei sangyo gijutsu yogo jiten （英和・和英産業技術用語辞典）

Nikkei keizai Eigo Wa-Ei daijiten （日経経済英語和英大辞典）

History
Edo shiseki jiten （江戸史跡事典）

Edo no egoyomi （江戸の絵暦）

Dai Nihon komonjo iewake : Mori-ke monjo & Shimazu-ke monjo
（大日本古文書家わけ – 毛利家文書、島津家文書）

Chosen shakai jigyo : zasshi (朝鮮社會事業 : 雑誌)

Language & Literature
Kazoekata no jiten （数え方の辞典）

Gendaigo kara kogo o hiku jiten （現代語から古語を引く辞典）

Giongo gitaigo 4500, Nihongo onomatope jiten （擬音語・擬態語 4500, 日本語オノマトペ辞典）

Shincho Nihongo kanji jiten （新潮日本語漢字辞典）

Suteppu appu komonjo no yomitokikata （ステップアップ古文書の読み解き方）

Nihon gogen daijiten （日本語源大辞典）

Nihon nankun nango daijiten （日本難訓難語大辞典）

Nihongo ruigi hyogen tsukaiwake jiten （日本語類義表現使い分け辞典）

Nihongogaku kenkyu jiten （日本語学研究辞典）

Manga
Gendai manga hakubutsukan, 1945-2005 （現代漫画博物館, 1945-2005）

Media no naka no manga （メディアのなかのマンガ）

Religion & Ideology

Taikei shinshu shiryo （大系真宗史料）

Bushido Zensho （武士道全書）

Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian Allan Cho and I will be presenting a workshop on finding journal articles through Japanese and English-language sources. See below for more details.

Scholarly Searching for Japanese Studies
March 28 (Fri)
2 – 2:25pm – English-language print and electronic journals
2:25 – 3pm – Japanese-language print and electronic journals
Koerner Library, Room 217

Want to learn more about how to access databases, electronic journals, print journals, and newspaper sources for Japanese Studies? Come to this session, and explore the variety of materials in both Japanese and English language sources.

Register
Note: Although registration is for the full hour, participants are welcome to attend only the parts that are of interest to them.

We are conducting a trial of the Nihon rekishi chimei taikei （日本歴史地名大系）database (an added component to the JapanKnowledge subscription database). This Japanese place name database includes over 200 000 entries and allows for both title keyword and full-text searching.

To access the database:
– go to the information page: link
– click on the link provided
– once in the database page, click on ログイン

Trial end date:
April 30 2008

After trying out the database, please complete the short feedback form on the information page. Your comments will help me determine whether or not to purchase this resource.