Japanese Studies  

• Reference Universe
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
• Oxford Reference

Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. 9v

Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. 2v

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture

General/Interdisciplinary

• Academic Search Premier
• JSTOR
• Project MUSE

Subject-Specific

• ARDA (Religion)
• MLA (Literature)
• Historical Abstracts
• ProQuest Political Science

• Critical Asian Studies
• Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
• Journal of Japanese Studies
• Journal of Asian Studies
• Japan Echo
• Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
• Monumenta Nipponica
• Positions: Asia Critique
• Japan Forum
• Japanese Language and Literature (through JSTOR, most recent 3 years not available)
• Asian Theatre Journal (through JSTOR) and print copy

This web page provides information on electronic resources for searching for books; journal articles; electronic books; image data; statistics; library catalogs; and links to other academic and media electronic resources.

Japan: Country Studies - Library of Congress
This web page, created by the Library of Congress, provides general background information on a wide range of subjects, including Art, Politics, Economy, History, National Security and much more. Good place to learn basic facts or get background information.

Foreign Information by Country Guide
This guide, created by the University of Colorado at Boulder, provides links to government information, country profiles, articles and databases, diplomatic relations and more.

"Country" Research Guide
One of the UK Libraries' Research Guides; provides background and more detailed information on specific countries (by Rob Aken).

Webcast from the Japan Society Lecture series

Covers a wide range of topics.