Check out the Course Reserves.

Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime.
edited by Mark W. MacWilliam; foreword by Frederik l. Schodt.
NC1764.5.J3 J37 2008 

 

Living Japan: Essays on Everyday Life in Contemporary Japan.
ed. by Harumi Kimura; translated by Haruko Miyazaki, Yuriko Takahashi.
DS821 .L58 2009

 

Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture.
edited by Yoshio Sugimoto.
DS822.5 .C365 2009

 

Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation: Films, Themes, Artistry.
Helen McCarthy.
NC1766.J32 M5736 1999

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

Filmmakers

Miyazaki, Hayao (subject browse)

Kurosawa akira

Oshii, Mamoru

Disney, Walt

Genre

Animated films

Film Criticism--from broader to narrower focuses

Animated Films -- History And Criticism

Animated Films -- Japan -- History And Criticism.

Themes

Children in Motion Pictures (limit to books)

motion pictures and children

child* and s:(film*) (limited to books)
s: searches for words as subject headings

(film* or cinema or "motion pictures") and Japan* and child* (limted to books)

 

Tips: 1. Or and ( ) to search any or all of the words; 2. child* searches for child, children, childhood, etc.

 

Advance Keyword Search

On the topic of Japanese film and culture:

Any Field: And Any Field: And Any Field: And
Material Type:	All Books/Journals

A. Use the subject databases to find journal articles.

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

 

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings:

 

4. Film and Television Literature Index

5. Bibliography of Asian Studies

6. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

C. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

A. Current:

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (more international coverage)

B. Historical

Times Digital Archive  (1785 - 1985)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Movie Reviews vs Film Criticism (Timothy J. Corrigan.)

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

MLA Style (for citing sources)