Finding Books

• The best way to find a book on your topic is to start with a search in the Library Catalog. Once you've found something of interest, you should also browse the stacks in that particular area.
• Possible Subject Headings to use in the Library Catalog:
  

  Sample Subject Headings:

Japan -- History Meiji Period -- 1868-1912
Japan -- History Meiji Period -- 1868-1912 -- Sources

Japan -- History -- 19th Century
Japan -- History -- 20th Century

Japan-- Foreign Relations -- 1868-1912
Japan -- Foreign Relations -- [Country]

Japan -- Politics and Government -- 1868-1912
Japan -- Politics and Government -- 1868-1912 -- Sources

Japan -- Social Life and Customs

Japan -- Ethics

Japan -- Civilization

Japan -- Description and Travel

Korea -- History

Taiwan -- History

United States -- Foreign Relations -- [Date] -- Sources

For primary sources, look for these subdivisions: diaries, personal narratives, correspondence, sources.
Also look at the Series, Japan in English, in the Library Catalog

Searching for Articles using E-Resources A - Z

Periodical Indexes (Secondary Sources):

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Historical Abstracts

Social Sciences Citation Index

Periodical Indexes (Primary Sources):

Periodical Contents Index (1770-1991)

Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890 -1982)

Poole's Plus (1802-1906)

PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service (1915 - 1970s)
Main Periodicals Stack

International Index (1907-1974)
AI 3 R49 REF

Newspapers (Primary Sources):

New York Times Historical Backfile (1851-2004)

Los Angeles Times (1881-1985)

North China Herald, 1850-1941
UMass Microfilm A 113

 

Collections (Primary Sources)

United States Congressional Serial Set

British Parliamentary Papers

Foreign Relations of the United States
Official US State Department Documents.
JX 233 A3

Consolidated Treaty Series
JX 120 P35

Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between the United States and Japan, 1910-1929
UMass Microfilm D 19

Despatches from US Ministers to Japan, 1855-1906
UMass Microfilm D 140

Diplomatic Instructions of the Department of State, 1801-1906
UMass Microfilm D 222

University of Virginia Subject Guides History

Citing and Evaluation Websites

Getting Started On Research MHC Guide

Guides for Citing Sources

Evaluating Web Sites

Having trouble finding what you need? Go to LITS and chat with a librarian at the Reference Desk. Or, with advance notice, set up an appointment to meet with Bryan Goodwin, History liaison.