To find print and e-books as well as audio-visual materials, journals, and streaming content owned by OU's collection, use the Local Catalog. You can search by title, author, subject, or ISBN. WorldCat is a great resource to find materials held by libraries around the world. OU can often borrow materials from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan.

Want to just browse the shelves? The Bizzell Memorial Library is organized according to the Library of Congress Classification system. Use the Book Locations page to locate these sections in the library.  

Here are some areas that may be useful for Japanese Studies (with Japan specific areas in bold):

• B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION

  • BL, BQ -- Buddhism

  • BL -- Shinto

• D -- WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC.

  • DS -- History of Asia

    • DS801-897 -- Japan

    • DS894.215-897 -- Local history and description

• G -- GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION

  • G​N -- Anthropology

    • GN301-674 Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology​

  • GT -- Manners and customs

• P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

  • P -- Philology. Linguistics

    • P87-96 -- Communication. Mass media

  • PL -- Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania​​

    • PL501-699 -- Japanese language

    • PL700-889 -- Japanese literature

  • PN -- Literature (General)

    • PN1600-3307 -- Drama

    • PN1993-1999 -- Motion pictures

To find books in Japanese, type your search terms into the search bar and then choose Japanese from the Language filter on the left side of the catalog.​

While you can search for books with keywords in Japanese, you may find more success inputting keywords in English, and then using the language filter to limit your results.

Here are some books you may find interesting to read! We'll try to update these with new reads every so often.