Ann Marie L. Davis
Japanese Studies Librarian, Associate Professor
305K Thompson Library, The Ohio State University Libraries
davis.5257@osu.edu
Our other blog is about Ohio State’s japanese collection
The Ohio State University has one of the world’s largest collections of manga and manga-related materials outside of Japan! With some 30,000 volumes of manga and ephemera — including advertisements, posters, and original art — our world-class collection celebrates print manga dating back to the Edo Period (1603-1868) to the present. While contemporary and popular manga titles are available for circulation in our general collections, many of our historical and rare manga are held at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. For help locating and accessing specific titles or manga art, please visit our manga library resource guide or contact Japanese Studies Librarian and Curator of Manga, Dr. Ann Marie Davis.
Finding Manga in Ohio State's library catalog:
Use a mangaka's name or manga title in a catalog search
Use manga as a keyword + limit to to language=English in a catalog search
Select a genre term from the list and use in a keyword search. Also, limit by location, language, etc

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