East Asian Studies Resources

You can search for OWU resources using the tools below. As always, contact us if you're not finding what you need.

For help finding good resources for East Asian Studies, here are a few helpful hints:

• Focus on the adjectives and nouns in your topic.
  • 'Asian literature' or 'Japanese authors authors' are stronger searches than just 'literature'.
• Get specific if you have a specific topic
  • Writing about Haruki Murakami? Search for 'Haruki Murakami' specifically.
• Like, get really specific, we mean
  • What are you writing about Haruki Murakami?
    • If you want to read Márquez's own work, an author search for 'Murakami, Haruki' is likely your best bet.
    • But if you want to read about his history, you'd do a keyword search for 'Haruki Murakami biography' or 'Haruki Murakami history'
    • And if you want criticism of his work, you'd try 'Haruki Murakami criticism' or 'Haruki Murakami interpretation'.
• You can ever get specific about the kind of sources you want.
  • In OWU Search, you can look on the side of the screen for 'Content Types' and click 'book/ebook' or 'academic article', and then 'Apply Filter'.

To find books, you can use OWUSearch, our library catalog. OWUSearch doesn't just search for physical books, but also lets you search for ebooks, journal articles, and even allows you to search for books at other schools, which you can order for free.