Research Guides: HIST 285: Modern Japan: Recommended Resources

Recommended Resources

JSTOR
Scholarly, academic journal articles, books, and book chapters.
Historical Abstracts
Scholarly journals, magazines, and books covering the history of the world from 1400 to the present.
ProQuest Central
Multi-disciplinary database with scholarly journals, news sources, magazines, and more!

Library OneSearch
Find books, articles and more available through K Library Advanced Search

Access World News
International & US newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, journals, videos, blogs, and Acceda Noticias in Spanish. Coverage dates range from five years ago to thirty years ago, depending on the title.
Historical Newspapers
Full-text content from U.S. & international newspapers from the 19th century to the late 20th century. In addition to news stories, includes editorials, cartoons, classifieds, and obituaries.
See title list of over 400 historical newspapers.

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
Index to popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes Time, Newsweek, US & World News Report, National Geographic, Harpers, The New Yorker, and many more.

National Diet Library, Japan
Amazing resources and digitized collections, many available in English.

Foreign Relations of the United States
Official documentation and historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity that have been declassified and edited for publication, going back to 1861. Produced by the Department of State's Office of the Historian.

JSTOR
Scholarly, academic journal articles, books, and book chapters.
Historical Abstracts
Find academic articles covering the history of the world from 1400 to the present.
ProQuest Central
Multi-disciplinary database with scholarly journals, news sources, magazines, and more!

Library OneSearch
Find books, articles and more available through K Library Advanced Search

Access World News
International & US newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, journals, videos, blogs, and Acceda Noticias in Spanish. Coverage dates range from five years ago to thirty years ago, depending on the title.
Historical Newspapers
Full-text content from U.S. & international newspapers from the 19th century to the late 20th century. In addition to news stories, includes editorials, cartoons, classifieds, and obituaries.
See title list of over 400 historical newspapers.

National Diet Library, Japan
Amazing resources and digitized collections, many available in English.

Foreign Relations of the United States
Official documentation and historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity that have been declassified and edited for publication, going back to 1861. Produced by the Department of State's Office of the Historian.
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, periodicals, movies, images, music, websites, and more.
“Books in this collection may be borrowed by logged in patrons for a period of two weeks. You may read the books online in your browser, or download them into Adobe Digital Editions, a free piece of software used for managing loans.”
Some books have long waiting lists (and maybe a single issue to lend)