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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 -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Sources
Japan -- Economic Conditions -- To 1868
Japan
-- History -- 19th Century
Yoshida, Shōin, 1830-1859
East India Company
United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Britain -- Japan -- History -- 19th Century -- Sources
Japan --
Foreign Relations -- 1600-1868
Japan -- Foreign Relations -- To 1868
Japan
-- Politics and Government -- 1600-1868
Japan
-- Politics and Government -- 1600-1688 -- Sources
Japan -- Social Life and Customs -- 1600-1688
Japan
-- Ethics
Japan
-- Civilization
Japan
-- Description and Travel
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):
Periodical Indexes (Primary Sources):
Newspapers (Primary Sources):
New
York Times Historical Backfile (1851-2004)
North China Herald, 1850-1941
UMass Microfilm A 113
Collections (Primary Sources)
United States Congressional Serial Set
British Parliamentary Papers
Early English Books Online (Search: Japan Description and Travel; Jesuits Japan)
Consolidated Treaty Series
JX 120 P35
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
Internet East Asian History Sources - Japan (Fordham University)
Citing and Evaluation Websites
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.
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