Research Guides: EALC 335: Japanese Modernism Across Media (HC/BMC): Home

Getting Started

This library guide is meant to help you with your assignments for EALC 335:

introduce you to some resources on Japanese modernism in various forms of media,
help with your final assignment
help you locate Japanese related materials in the Special Collections at Haverford College
and help you locate materials for about Japanese tourist photography and historical/cultural background resources.

Use the tabs on the left to help navigate to the sections most helpful for you.

NOTE: due to COVID-19, we are highlighting materials available online.

Using Resources When off Campus

1) Accessing the Libraries' Digital Resources

If you start at this course research guide or the Tripod library catalog, you will be prompted to sign in and authenticate through the Off-campus Access page (Option A below) when you click on an online resource link .

If you plan to work in-depth on a research paper when you are off campus, use VPN software (Option B). Once you authenticate, you can then connect to resources (with Haverford subscriptions) on the open Web as well as use URLS you have already saved or those sent by faculty and librarians.

A) Off-campus Access through Tripod

Bryn Mawr https://login.proxy.brynmawr.edu/login

Haverford https://ezproxy.haverford.edu/login
Use your email user name (no @haverford.edu) and password to log on. You will need to navigate through Tripod, rather than typing URLs in the search box for your entire session. The proxy prefix has to remain in your URL in order to access digital materials to which Haverford subscribes.

B) Download VPN software from Campus IT Services

Bryn Mawr https://techdocs.blogs.brynmawr.edu/1019 Go to Using the VPN with personal computers (Windows) or Using the VPN with Apple computers

Haverford: https://iitskb.sites.haverford.edu/knowledge-base/installing-the-vpn-client/
When you log into VPN with your email user name (do not add @ brynmawr or haverford.edu) and password, all the subscriptions in Tripod will work even when you go through the Web rather than Tripod. It is simpler to do in-depth research with VPN rather than the library proxy.

2. Requesting Resources that are not Available Online in Tripod

Bryn Mawr users can request journal articles and essays through the Articles and Interlibrary Loan Services on this page.

They can request online materials using the form on this page.

Haverford Libraries will fulfill student, faculty, and staff requests for materials by providing digital copies of items when possible. Use these forms linked from Tripod and the libraries' homepage to request the titles you need:

Articles

Books or DVDs

Course Reserve Materials [Faculty]

3. Accessing Resources Made Freely available by Publishers

Bryn Mawr: Library Resources during COVID-19

Haverford: Free Access during Covid-19

Librarians are updating these lists regularly as more resources become available.

Online Photography reference books

The Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography by Michael R. Peres (Editor)
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ISBN: 1136101829
Publication Date: 2014-06-20
Defining photography is impossible. Revealing it is another matter, and that's what The Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography does, with each turn of the page. History: The technical origins and evolution of photography are half of the story. The other half consists of the ways that cultural forces have transformed photography into a constellation of practices more diverse than any other mode of representation. Photographers can tell a more in-depth story through a photo like Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" than a journalist ever could with the written word alone. Major themes and practitioners: Over 25 entries, many with supporting illustrations, examine the figures, trends, and ideas that have contributed most heavily to the history and current state of photography. Contemporary issues: The issues influencing photography today are more complex than at any other time in its history. Questions of ethics, desire, perception, digitization, and commercialization all vie for attention. Hear what the experts have to say about crucial issues such as whether or not the images we take today will last the test of time, and if so, how? When material is covered this skillfully, "concise" is no compromise. The Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography is packed with useful information, compelling ideas, and - best of all - pure pleasure.
The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography by Michael R. Peres (Editor)
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ISBN: 1136106146
Publication Date: 2013-05-29
This comprehensive treatise, featuring the history and historical processes of photography, contemporary applications, and the new and evolving digital technologies, will provide the most accurate technical synopsis of the current, as well as early worlds of photography ever compiled. This Encyclopedia, produced by a team of world renown practicing experts, shares in highly detailed descriptions, the core concepts and facts relative to anything photographic. This Fourth edition of the Focal Encyclopedia serves as the definitive reference for students and practitioners of photography worldwide, expanding on the award winning 3rd edition. In addition to Michael Peres (Editor in Chief), the editors are: Franziska Frey (Digital Photography), J. Tomas Lopez (Contemporary Issues), David Malin (Photography in Science), Mark Osterman (Process Historian), Grant Romer (History and the Evolution of Photography), Nancy M. Stuart (Major Themes and Photographers of the 20th Century), and Scott Williams (Photographic Materials and Process Essentials)
The Photography Handbook by Terence Wright
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ISBN: 1315013045
Publication Date: 2013-09-13
Revised and updated, this second edition of The Photography Handbookprovides an introduction to the principles of photographic practice and theory and offers guidelines for the systematic study of photographic media. Including a new chapter on the ethics of photojournalism, and an expanded chapter on digital photography, as well as a new section on research in photography, The Photography Handbookincludes: new case studies of the war photographer James Nachtwey photographic representations of Marilyn Monroe and Adolf Hitler an analysis of photographic theory and the 'Bert is Evil' website an introduction to conceptual skills necessary for photography the historical background and rationale for photographic representation the camera as a documentary tool interviews with editors, photographers, picture editors and readers the effect of new technologies on photographic practice and an exploration of the shift from analogue to digital imagery over seventy images. Each chapter now ends with a useful summary of its key points, and equip the reader with a vocabulary for photographic phenomena and help develop visual awareness and visual literacy. The Photography Handbookwill enable students to familiarize themselves with current theoretical viewpoints and to evolve critical frameworks for their own photographic practice.

OXFORD HANDBOOKS ONLINE
All of Oxford University Press's Handbooks are available to Haverford students. Once you have authenticated, search for a topic in the search box and scroll through the results.

Develop your literature review

Literature reviews are a particularly useful kind of article when doing research. They address the issues involved in a particular question and the debates among scholars. They map out the intellectual terrain succinctly and give you the major landmarks in terms of key authors and significant titles.

The Oxford Bibliographies Online provides literature reviews for a variety of fields including Asian Studies (they specify the following subject areas: Chinese Studies, Buddhism, International Relations, etc. You can take a look at their subjects and complete a few searches to find what you are interested in). There are also Art History bibliographies. The essays take the form of an annotated bibliography. It gives you the benefit of expert advice when identifying what to read for your research.

Relevant articles that might interest you:

History of Photography by Kelley Wilder
Early Modern European Encounters with Buddhism by Frank Usarski

EALC 335: Japanese Modernism Across Media (HC/BMC)

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Resources Available During COVID-19

Getting Started

Using Resources When off Campus

Online Photography reference books

Develop your literature review