A journal is a regular publication (monthly, yearly, etc.) in which you will find academic and research articles. The articles present current research and are critiqued by experts before publication, so you can be confident of their quality. The majority of journals held by the Bodleian Libraries in both physical and electronic formats can be searched via SOLO, as can the individual articles within ejournals.
On this page you will find recommended journals and guidance on how to search for and access print and ejournals.
Journal:
A regular publication of academic and research articles.
Serial:
A broad term that refers to items published in a series but the items are separate and standalone. Examples include indexes, yearbooks and some journals.
Periodical:
A regular publication that includes articles, stories and other text. Magazines and newspapers are examples of these.
Conference proceedings:
The published record of a conference.
Full-text:
This means you can read the item in full from beginning to end, not just the abstract or summary.
Platform:
This refers to the site on which you can find and access the journal.
Ejournals are digital versions of select types of serial publications. Broadly speaking they come in two forms: they are either 'born digital' or are digital reproductions of physical works.
The tabs at the top of this section list key ejournals, ejournal collections and free online resources relevant to the Japanese studies.
Members of Oxford University can use ejournals that the Bodleian Libraries have purchased for free. Search for them on SOLO. They can be read on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, e-reader or mobile phone; you just need your Oxford Single Sign On to access them. Individually purchased ejournals are all searchable on SOLO, but not all purchased ejournal collections are, so it is important to visit the websites of ejournal collections too. Look at the 'ejournal collections' tab above.
Note, some ejournals have restrictive access and usage terms, for example they can only be read by one person at a time.
Some books are acquired via 'electronic Legal Deposit'. These must be read on a library desktop computer in one of the Bodleian Libraries. Further information on how to identify and access electronic Legal Deposit items on SOLO is at the link below.
The links below are provided for those wishing to learn more about ejournals.
Information on accessing Bodleian Libraries content remotely.
The e-resources team use this blog to help keep you informed of news and changes in the world of ejournals and databases.
Below you will find some of the key journals for the Japanese studies.
Depending on the journal provider, you may need to use your Oxford Single Sign On to access materials.
The journal is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary forum for communicating new
information, interpretations, and research on Japan.
The journal is an English-language peer-reviewed journal that publishes outstanding
research and translations as well as book reviews.
The journal contains the full texts of selected papers presented at meetings, as well as
other papers submitted for publication.
The journal promotes scholarly exchange on social, cultural, political, and economic issues
related to gender and Japan.
The journal publishes original reports of research devoted to academic analyses of
the Japanese economy.
The following is a list of ejournal collections and journal indexing services applicable to Japanese studies at Oxford. Not all ejournal collections are available on SOLO, so it is important to visit ejournal collection websites to expand your search.
The platforms that host ejournal collections allow you to browse and search across all ejournals on their site and encounter titles of interest you may not have otherwise found. Unlike search engines, such as Google, these platforms allow you to effectively refine your search. You can be confident content is credible as it has been collated by the platform editors. It is clear where articles can be read for free through the Bodleian Libraries' subscriptions.
The ejournal collections have been selected by the Bodleian Libraries and you are able to access them for free because of institutional subscriptions. You will need your Oxford Single Sign On to access the ebooks if you are not on the University network.
The following is a list of ejournal collections applicable to Japanese studies at Oxford and freely available on the web.
You do not need your Oxford Single Sign On to access these collections. Note, they are different to the ejournals subscribed to by the Bodleian Libraries for which you need your Single Sign On for access.
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), operated by Bielefel University Library, is one of the world's most voluminous search engines for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 150 million documents from more than 7,000 sources. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free.
CORE (COnnecting REpositories) is supported by the Open University and JISC. Its mission is to aggregate all Open Access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public.
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Used to search for scholarly literature including articles, theses, abstracts and books from a variety of publishers.
JSTOR's collection of OA journals offers broad coverage in the field of humanities as well as other subject areas. You can create an account to access further content.
OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held. Try it out for yourself:
ORA provides a single point of public access to electronic copies of peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings by Oxford authors and Oxford research theses.
The tabs at the top of this section list Oxford University libraries with print journals of interest to the students and the researchers of Japanese studies. A lot of journals are available online but some are still in print, especially those published before the introduction of computers and online journals, and they have not all been digitised.
For those wishing to learn more about searching for journals in Oxford, we recommend the following guide:
A guide for students and researchers at the University of Oxford, or those visiting, who seek support in using the Bodleian Libraries resource discovery tool, SOLO.
The Bodleian Japanese Library is the University's principal collections on Japan. It offers access to many journals related to Japanese studies. The journals are stored offsite and can be requested to any Bodleian reading rooms via SOLO.
You can find below some of the key journals stored offsite.
Home to a number of titles concerning Far East Theology and Religion.
Holds a number of works on Judaism.
For titles on Oriental Theology and Religion.
The Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library is one of the Bodleian Libraries’ principal research libraries, with collections focusing on the study of Archaeology and the Ancient World, Art and Architectural History.
One of the University of Oxford's busiest lending and reference libraries, supporting staff and students in the Social Sciences Division.
The Taylor Institution Library (commonly known as the Taylorian) is the University's centre for the study of Modern European languages and literatures, other than English.
If the Bodleian Libraries don't have the journal or article you are looking for, you can make a recommendation by completing the form below (Oxford Single-Sign On required).
If the Bodleian Libraries don't have the journal you are looking for, we may be able to source it through Oxford's inter-library loan service.
Use this form to request material not held by the Bodleian Libraries. Please check Oxford collections on SOLO and ensure that the item is not in stock, either in print or electronically.
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