Librarian
Asian Studies Librarian
Books / E-books
Where are the Books?
You can browse the Japanese history section under Call # DS800-899.9 (UP Location: Pattee Stacks 1).
Works on specific topics like women in Japan or religion in Japan may be shelved in other areas.
How to I Search for Books by Title or Topic?
- Catalog (Penn State University Libraries catalog) This link opens in a new windowfind books, videos, periodicals, maps, music, digitized works, microfilm titles, and other formats that are in the University Libraries' collections.
Note: you will not find articles from newspapers, magazines, or journals in The CAT. - LionSearch This link opens in a new windowan integrated search of books, e-books, research articles, newspaper articles, and other publications.
- Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD)If Penn State doesn't have what you need, consider using Interlibrary Loan to request the materials from another library and have them delivered to Penn State.
E-Books
Many historical books have been scanned and are available online. Two significant collections are:
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowa digital catalog and repository created by research libraries.
- Google Book SearchThis digital index to the contents of over 10 million books created from the contents of university libraries and others.