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Japanese Language and Culture

Explore library resources related to Japanese Language and Culture.

Multidisciplinary Databases

If you're looking for scholarly journal articles across subject areas, the following databases are your best bet.

Subject Databases

If you're looking for scholarly journal articles from a specific subject area, these databases are your best bet. 

Asian Studies

Listed here are databases that contain journal articles, books, and other resources pertaining to the field of Asian Studies. 

Searching in Scout

This video is an introduction to basic search functions in Scout, the University of Alabama Libraries' all-in-one discovery tool. Topics include what SCOUT searches, searching for keywords, navigating the results page, interpreting short and long records, saving searches and records, downloading resources, and using limiters to refine results.

This video covers some advanced search functions and concepts in Scout, UA Libraries' all-in-one discovery tool. Topic include search fields, boolean operators, controlled vocabulary, subject terms, search modes, smarttext searching, limiters, and using search history.

Interlibrary Loan

This video demonstrates how to use our Interlibrary Loan service when you need a book that is not in our collection, or an article from a journal we don't subscribe to.

Evaluating Journals

Want to know if the journal you're looking at is influential? Check out these advanced resources for comprehensive data on literature and social science journals.