In the past few years I have been purchasing many Japanese films for the library collections. Here are some hints on finding them:
Search OSCAR — http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/X — for:
1) Keyword searches –
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Keyword=videorecording
with a limit for Language = Japanese
(This search finds 253 titles on August 17, 2005)
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Keyword= dvd
with a limit for Language=Japanese
(This search finds 89 titles on August 17, 2005)
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Keyword=vhs
with a limit for Language=Japanese
(This search finds 149 titles on August 17, 2005)
Note: To find other kinds of media in the Japanese collections, the same technique can be used with keywords such as “sound recording” or “cd-rom.”
2) Series searches —
I have been purchasing films/TV shows in the following series (which can be searched as a TITLE) –
Some series can be searched as KEYWORDs using “and videorecording” (when we also have books based on the series), for example:
3) Other searches –
Note: Films can also be searched by title, director’s name (author), actor’s names, film company name, etc. For example:
August 17th, 2005
OhioLINK’s Digital Media Center includes digitized versions of educational films relevant to Japanese studies. These are available for use by people at OhioLINK institutions (85 colleges and universities in Ohio). Here is a list of what I found that had relevance to Japan –
The Age of the Shoguns (1600-1868) (51 min)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1839749
Buddha in the land of the kami
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1840733
Buddhism: the great wheel of being
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1852983
Changing lifestyles (1994)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1843051
The Coming of the Barbarians (1540-1650) (52 min)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1840030
The Essence of Being Japanese (48 min.)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1841014
The future of the countryside (Japan 2000 Video)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1844243
Geisha (1999)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1845436
Great disasters — Japan in the modern age
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1844946
Hinduism and Buddhism (1996)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2794759
Japan - the taboo of failure
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/3971225
Japanese dance: succession of a kyomai (2000)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1853824
Life of the Buddha (2003)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/4716956
The Meiji Period (1868-1912) (52 min)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1838766
Samurai Japan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/4412092
A Separate Peace: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shintoism
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2787759
Tale of Genji
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2779855
W. Edwards Deming (1992)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2786256
Windows on Asia-Pacific (1997)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2789141
July 22nd, 2005
