Research Guides: Japan Studies: Find Articles

GW-subscribed Electronic Journals (GW ID holders only)

A list of some selected journals:

Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
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Asian Perspective
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Asian Survey
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British Journal of Sociology
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China Perspectives
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Also available in Open Edition
East Asia
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International Journal of Public Administration
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International Journal of Public Opinion Research
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The International Journal of Press/Politics
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Japanese Journal of Political Science
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Journal of Asian Public Policy
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Journal of East Asian Studies
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Journal of Japanese Studies
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Korean Journal of Defense Analysis
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Print (1989-2004) also available in the Global Resources Center
Pacific Affairs
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Political Studies
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Washington Quarterly
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Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

Citation Style Guides
Please note that citation styles for books and articles differ. You just need to get used to it.

RefWorks
RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool. Is is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
Zotero
Zotero is a free research and citation management tool that helps you collect and organize citations and sources. Zotero works online and with word processors to recognize and capture information and generate citations.

Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus
Peer-reviewed online publication in multidisciplinary fields such as international relations,
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economics, history, and culture in all Asia regions.
Association of Japanese Institute of Strategic Studies (AJISS)
Present a variety of Japanese views on international relations.
Council on Foreign Relations
Independent and nonpartisan organization. Under 'Topics' you can read full-text on Defense and Security, Peace, Conflict and
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Human Rights, Politics and Strategy,Development, Economics, Energy and Environment, Global Governance, Health, Society and Culture, Technology and Science, and Terrorism.
East Asian Strategic Review
Flagship publication of the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)/防衛省防衛研究所.
Foreign Affairs
Magazines for US foreign policy and international relations. The website publishes daily.
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Available online 1922 - present. (GW ID holders only)
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National Bureau of Asian Research
Includes Strategic Asia Database which tracks key indicators related to the strategic environment in the Asia Pacific.

Search Japanese articles by using the following online databases. To access GWU databases, you are required to login.

Looking for newspaper articles? Go to Japan Studies: Newspapers.

CiNii (サイニィ)
- Searchable in English
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- Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator, CiNii (pronounced like "sigh-knee") enables searching of information on academic articles published in academic journals, university research bulletins, or articles included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database. Access to full text documents is possible with 3.2 million of the 12 million articles currently available.
Kikanshi Net / キカンシネット
Available to browse the table of contents of journals, in-house magazines and newsletters published by public agencies.
Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei Databesu ( 雑誌記事索引集成データベース)
Consists of index data of magazines and periodicals published from the Meiji Era to the present. In addition to the full National Diet Library current periodicals index, the database includes general and local periodicals and academic journals from before World War II. The number of the articles within the database is well over 110 million.

Search English articles by using the following online databases. To access GWU databases, you are required to login.

Academic Search Complete
This academic multi-disciplinary database provides than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition , it offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1887.

Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
Citations to scholarly journal articles and monographs relating to all areas of Asia. Western-language materials. Entries may be browsed by journal title and country of relevance.

Cambridge Journals Online
Mobile version available. Access to most e-journals published by Cambridge University Press.
Emerald Library
Full-text articles from over 130 management journals.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar indexes scholarly publications in a variety of fields. To get links from Google Scholar to GW Libraries full text, even when off campus, go to Google Scholar > Settings > Library Links and add us.

International Political Science Abstracts
Mobile version available.Current indexing and abstracting of the world's leading journals in political science. Simultaneous users: 8
JSTOR
Includes back issues of core scholarly journals in subjects including African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, classics, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics.
Project MUSE
Articles and reviews from peer-reviewed, scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Provides citations to the international periodical literature in political science and its complementary fields.