My LibGuides for Japanese Studies

I was asked about my LibGuides  for Japanese Studies by a protective Ph.D. student to Pitt.  So I upload the link for all three LibGuides I created to this blog instead of send her the link by email so that other researchers.

http://pitt.libguides.com/cat.php?cid=24454

My Libguides are,

Japanese Databases for Graduate Students and Researchers

Japanese Bibliographic Research Guide for New Graduate Students

Japanese Studies Resources for Undergraduate Students: Japanese Capstone

New Search Guide, RefShare-How to Get Books in the RefShare from Pitt Libraries, is up (PITT affliated users only)

In order to answer another question from a professor, I created another search gudie to tell you how to get books on the list of RefShare on my SEARCH GUIDES page.

https://nihonkenkyu.wordpress.com/search-guides/

Since the links from RefShare connect you to the Health Science Library OPAC, PITT affiliated users cannot request books from that page.  You need to do some more extra staps.  It is easy and only copy, paste and click.  I hope this guide will help you to get books more smoothly.

RefShare – How to Export records from RefShare to EndNote

I sent Japanese scholars and students a part of the monthly newly cataloged book lists by new format, RefShare, as a trial and I am glad that it becomes popular.
http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=045671184310000000/RWWS4A507117/Newly%20cataloged%209%2F08

There are many functions users can manipulate records of RefShare for their reference and bibliographic work. In order to response to a question, I posted a new guide, RefShare: How to Export records from RefShare to EndNote, at Search Guides page https://nihonkenkyu.wordpress.com/search-guides/.

RefWorks – Onine Bibliographic Reference Software

RefWorks is an online bibliographic reference software, you can collect bibliographic information, cite them in your paper and compile bibliography by your favorite style. Pitt affiliated users can create own account at http://www.refworks.com/.

Basic information how to use RefWorks are available at http://www.refworks.com/tutorial/ and http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/help/Refworks.htm#Quick_Start_Guide.htm.

I share book lists in different subjects by RefShare, one of the functions of Ref Works at Book List page.

Add New Page: Search Guides

I added a new page, Search Guides, to this blog. I will post PDF and powerpoit files of search guide I developed for instructions and presentations. In addition to three search guides I posted to this blog before, I post a new guide, RefWorks: How to Import Records from WorldCat with Japanese Characters.

Library Instruction for Japanese Int’l Students

From 11 am to 12 noon, Friday, August 15, I will have a library instruction for New Japanese international Students at the Hillman library. The following is a handout for the instruction. It might be interested in some of you.

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Video Games as Japanese Collection

Asian Library at the University of British Colombia starts collecting video games as a part of Japanese Collection.

Shirin Eshghi, Japanese Language Librarian at UBC, announced at her blog that the library now have 13 Japanese-language video games such as Nazotte oboeru otona no Kanji renshū, Yomesō de yomenai Kanji DS, and Utsukushii Nihongo no kakikata hanashikata DS.

PPT Slides of Recent Instructions: How to get Japanese articles and books & English resources in Japan Studies

NIHON KENKYU at PITT is a blog to update information on Japanese Studies collection at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), new electronic and print reference materials for Japanese Studies, and new electronic tools and websites to support Japanese Studies for members of Japanese Studies community at Pitt and beyond. I hope it will be useful for you and please send me your feedbacks.

As the first post, I uploaded two PPT slides of my recent instructions. If you want me to repeat the instructions or conduct new instructions on particular subject or database, please feel free to contact me any time at hng2@pitt.edu.

1. How to get Japanese Articles and Book
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2. English Resources for Japanese Studies
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