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2008 - T. Rohlich
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak
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Books
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Articles
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Sites
| Cite
Sources
| Research
Skills Quiz
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FINDING
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Kyoto
& Japan
| Reference
Source |
Call
Number |
Historical
Dictionary of Osaka and Kyoto
|
ref
DS 897 .O814 R67 1999 |
| Kyoto
- Osaka: A Bilingual Atlas |
RESERVE
G 2359 .K98 K9 1992 |
Kodansha
Encyclopedia
|
ref
DS 805 .K633 1983
or click here |
| Japan:
An Illustrated Encyclopedia |
ref
DS 805 .J26 1993 |
| Japan
Encyclopedia |
ref
DS 821 .F7313 2002 |
| Companion to Japanese History |
click here |
Cambridge
History of Japan
|
DS
835 .C36 1988 |
Kyoto
Museum Guidebook
|
RESERVE x Rohlich Museums |
| Shrines
and Temples of Kyoto: An English Guidebook |
DS 897 .K8S38 2001
RESERVE
X Rohlich SHRINES |
Buddhism
| Reference
Source |
Call
Number |
| A
Dictionary of Buddhism |
ref
BQ 130 .K46 2003
or click
here |
| An
encyclopaedia of Buddhist deities, demigods, godlings, saints, and
demons with special focus on iconographic attributes |
ART
ref BQ 130 .B88 1994 |
A
dictionary of Japanese Buddhist terms
|
ref
BQ 130 .I53 1992 |
| A
concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism |
ref
BQ 128 .P69 2000 |
| Encyclopedia
of Buddhism |
ref
BQ 128 .E62 2004 |
| Historical
Dictionary of Shinto |
ref
BL 2216.1 .P53 2002 |
FINDING
BOOKS
Look
in the Five
College Library Catalog.
In
addition to searching under the SUBJECT HEADING Kyoto, try some of the
following subjects. Note that you can use Japan instead of Kyoto to find
books with sections devoted to Kyoto.
names
of specific buildings, temples, museums, or concepts - e.g. geisha
american literature japanese influences
americans japan fiction
art museums japan
gardens japan
japan guidebooks
japan history 19th (or 20th) century - or other periods if you like
museums japan (or kyoto)
silk industry japan
temples Buddhist japan (or Kyoto)
FINDING
PERIODICAL ARTICLES
Academic
Search Premier
Full-text scholarly journals
J-STOR
Full-text scholarly journals - but lacking the most recent 3 years for
most titles
Art
Abstracts (1984+)
Use for art or architecture articles
Historical
Abstracts (1956+)
Goes beyond J-STOR in indexing many more books and articles from history
journals
MLA
Bibliography (1963+)
Use for articles on Japanese literature
Bibliography
of Asian Studies (1971+)
Use for any topic relating to Japanese history or culture
WEB
SITES
Maps
Japanese
Historical Maps
Kyoto
(city) Map
Other
Sites
Kyoto
National Museum
Digital
Dictionary of Buddhism
Japanese
Architecture in Kyoto
Not too much information here - but the pictures are nice.
CITING
SOURCES
To
get help with using MLA Style visit the Smith College Libraries' Citation Guides & Style Manuals page.
TAKE
THE TWO REQUIRED QUIZZES
Please
connect to Moodle and log into
the Research Skills for Students class. Please take the two brief quizzes
on Research Skills and the Plagiarism Challenge. (If you wish you may
take these as many times as you like to get a perfect score).
WHAT
DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LIBRARY CLASS?
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us know your thoughts. Please fill out the brief Feedback
Form.
CONTACT
THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
Contact
Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu
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