Japan Studies: Library Resources

Keyword Search

Searchable using either Japanese or Latin characters. All the computers in Davis Library are able to input Japanese scripts.

• Use Advanced Search for more precise results
• If your item is not available at UNC, broaden your search to regional universities at TRLN (Triangle Research Libraries Network)

LC Subject Heading Search

• Japanese language -- textbooks
• Japanese language -- grammar -- textbooks
• Japanese language -- dictionaries
• Japan -- culture
• Japan -- social life and customs

The East Asian Collections at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) benefit from longstanding cooperative collection development programs with nearby Duke University. In the mid-1960s the two universities agreed to share the responsibility for the collection of East Asian material. The UNC-Chapel Hill henceforth concentrated its collecting efforts on Chinese materials, while Duke University focused on Japanese materials. Both universities purchase materials to support language teaching on their own campuses and accept gifts in both languages, but responsibility for research materials is divided between the two campuses by country. Although this precise division of responsibility has been revised in response to changing needs on both campuses, continued cooperation is expected. Each library purchases materials requested by faculty from the other institution and arrangements for special research loans can be made.

If you have questions about borrowing books from UNC-Chapel Hill or Duke, about arranging special research loans or ordering a title, please contact staff at UNC-Chapel Hill or the librarians at Duke.

Japan Club at UNC-Chapel Hill       

The Japan Club at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides students with the chance to learn about and experience Japanese culture.

The romanization of Japanese is the application of the Latin script to write the Japanese language.

• Library of Congress Japanese Romanization System (standard system used by libraries in North America)
• Kunrei-shiki Romanization 訓令式ローマ字　(standard system used by Japanese institutions)

Learning Japanese

Teaching Japanese

Explore the UNC-Chapel Hill filmography searchable database.

Below is an incomplete list of some examples of the Japanese films available in the UNC Chapel Hill libraries. To see if there is an online version, search for the film with the title you see on the list.