Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Japanese

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Online Resources for Teaching and Learning
Japanese

• Japanese Pedagogy Workshop 2008
• April 19, 2008
• Hiroyuki N. Good
• Japanese Bibliographer
• East Asian Library
• University Library System
• University of Pittsburgh
• hng2_at_pitt.edu

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Teaching Tool 1

• CAMTASIA STUDIO
• (30 days free
  trial)
• www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp?CMPKgoogleCStmhome
  
• For Record Screen

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Teaching Tool 2

• Recording YouTube
• By RealPlayer v.11
• (Freeware)
• www.real.com/
• http//youtube.com/

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Teaching Tool 3

• By
• Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute,
  Urawa
• http//momiji.jpf.go.jp/kyozai/English/index.php

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Learning Tool-Japanese Newspapers 1

• Asahi.com titles and some of full texts in
  Asahi.com
• http//www.asahi.com/index.html
• Yomiuri Online full texts last six months
• http//www.yomiuri.co.jp/
• ??jp full texts and photos last two months
• http//mainichi.jp/

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Learning Tool-Japanese Newspapers 2

• Nikkei Net
• http//www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/
• ?? goo Nikkei 4 major newspapers last one year
• http//nikkei.goo.ne.jp/nkg/fnews_detail_top.jsp?
  
• MCS?????? full texts last six months
• http//sankei.jp.msn.com/top.htm

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Learning Tool-Japanese Newspapers 3

• National Diet Library(???????)
• -Search Guide-Guide for Search by Theme-??
• http//www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html
• Pressnet ??????
• link of member newspapers and news agencies
• http//www.pressnet.or.jp/

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Learning Tool-Article 1

• CiNii http//ci.nii.ac.jp/en
• 2.8 million full text articles (PDF), 11 million
  records
• Growing number of research bulletins of
  universities
• Include Japanese Periodical Index of NDL
• Weak Points
• 70 of records are from natural science journals
• Some articles are charged fee, fixed and pay per
  article.
• More hits by Japanese search term than English
  one
• For ILL request NII NACSIS-CAT ID (NCID) and
  Citation information in notes area

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Learning Tool-Article 2

• Japanese Periodical Index of National Diet
  Library (NDL) ?????? (Zassaku)
• http//www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html
• From 1948 to present
• Update weekly
• Weak Point
• Not accessible between 330 PM-5 PM (Mon.-Sat),
  11 AM-5 PM (Sun.) Eastern time
• For ILL request NDL and Article ID No. in notes
  area

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Learning Tool-Article 3

• JSTOR http//www.jstor.org/
• Full texts, 1-5 years gap before articles become
  available online (archive mission)
• J-STAGE http//www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/
• 456 e-journals mainly for scientific studies

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Learning Tool-Article 4

• Commercial databases
• Meiji, Taisho, Showa zenki zasshi kiji sakuin
• (??????????????)
• http//www.libro-koseisha.co.jp/
• MagazinePlus Zassaku popular magazines
• http//www.nichigai.co.jp/database/mag-plus.html
  
• Web OYA-Bunko popular magazines
• http//www.oya-bunko.or.jp/
• Ichushi (???) Web medical magazines
• http//www.jamas.or.jp/

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Learning Tool-Database Link

• JuNii http//www.nii.ac.jp/irp/list/
• Dnavi http//dnavi.ndl.go.jp/bnnv/servlet/bnnv_use
  r_top.jsp
• Porta http//porta.ndl.go.jp/portal/dt
• Tokyo Metropolitan Library http//metro.tokyo.opac
  .jp/tml/tpic/
• J-guide http//jguide.stanford.edu/

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Make Students Ask Questions to

• Japanese Information Center of
• University of Pittsburgh
• http//www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/eal/Service
  s-JIP.htm
• pjic_at_library.pitt.edu

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• Question?