Library Guides: HIST 586: Modern Japan: Books / E-Books

Librarian

Eric Novotny

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W321 Pattee Library

814-865-1014

Subjects: African American History, Campus: University Park, History, Languages, Middle East Studies, News Sources

Agricultural Sciences Librarian

Helen Smith

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Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural and Extension Education, Agriculture, Animal Science, Campus: University Park, Environmental Science and Resource Management, Food Science, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

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 window
find 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.
This is the online catalog of materials owned by Penn State Libraries. All formats (books, journals, audiovisuals, maps, recordings, etc.) are included. Circulation status for individual items is also provided. Coverage: Presently contains about 7 million records. Updates: Continuous up-to-the-minute as new records are added.
LionSearch This link opens in a new window
an 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 window
a digital catalog and repository created by research libraries.
Sponsored by the libraries of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the University of California, and other partners, HathiTrust is a repository of digitized materials in all disciplines. Its content--primarily scanned books and journals-- may be searched via authors, titles, subjects, and other data elements.

Google Book Search
This digital index to the contents of over 10 million books created from the contents of university libraries and others.