Library Catalogs
For books and e-books offered by the UC Berkeley Library, consult the Library's Find Books and E-Books page first. In the U.S.-based catalogs such as OskiCat, Japanese language materials can be searched either using original Japanese scripts (ひらがな, カタカナ, 漢字) or the modified Hepburn Romanization (transliteration) system. LC (Library of Congress) and ALA (American Library Association) Romanization Table for Japanese offers detailed explanation of the guidelines that most U.S. libraries follow when romanizing Japanese materials.
In Melvyl, WorldCat, etc., click on the REQUEST or UC-eLinks button for Inter-library loan requests. UC Berkeley faculty, registered graduate students, and staffs can also borrow materials from Stanford University Library through Research Library Cooperative Program (RLCP). For requesting materials from Stanford University Library, please use RLCP Borrowing Request forms.
For books held by libraries in Japan, use the following databases to locate materials:
- Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Sāchi 国立国会図書館サーチ: Covers holdings of the National Diet Library (NDL) and other libraries, museums, and archives in Japan, including digital archives. For searching NDL's digitized holdings only, use Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Dejitaruka Shiryō 国立国会図書館デジタル化資料. Use Kindai Degitaru Raiburarī 近代デジタルライブラリー (Digital Library from the Meiji Era) for those available on Internet only.
- WebcatPlus: Covers holdings of university libraries in Japan. Also available as a part of GeNii, an Integrated search system, consisting of CiNii, WebcatPlus, Kaken, Academic Research Database Repository, and JAIRO.
Possible Starting Points
Eiga no hon no hon 映画の本の本. Call No.: East Asian PN1995 .S488 2002
Eiga, ongaku, geinō no hon zenjōhō 映画・音楽・芸能の本全情報 2000-2004. Call No.: East Asian Ref. PN2921 .E44 2005
Engeki eiga tosho sōmokuroku 演劇・映画 図書 総目録. Call No.: East Asian PL734.A12 E5
Jiten eiga no tosho 事典映画の図書. Call No.: East Asian Ref. Z5784.M9 T75 1989
Kawakita Kinen Eiga Bunka Zaidan dētabēsu 川喜多記念映画文化財団 データベース検索: Database covers books and journals held by the institue; searchable by keywords from table of contents
Research guide to Japanese film studies / Abé Mark Nornes and Aaron Gerow. Call No.: Main (Gardner) Stacks PN1993.5.J3 N67 2009
Tōkyō Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan tosho kensaku 東京国立近代美術館 図書検索: Database covers the holdings of the National Film Center.