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 —
-
Keyword=videorecording
with a limit for Language = Japanese
(This search finds 253 titles on August 17, 2005) -
Keyword= dvd
with a limit for Language=Japanese
(This search finds 89 titles on August 17, 2005) -
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) —
- NHK DVD
- Criterion Collection DVDs — (series is not limited to Japanese films, so another step would be to limit it to language=Japanese)
Some series can be searched as KEYWORDs using “and videorecording” (when we also have books based on the series), for example:
- Project X — search as: Keyword =
Purojekuto X and videorecording
3) Other searches —
Note: Films can also be searched by title, director’s name (author), actor’s names, film company name, etc. For example:
