10 Nov 2005

Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies (ejcjs)
www.japanesestudies.org.uk, UK
Self-description: "The 'electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies' is a journal in the social sciences that is dedicated to publishing academic research and scholarly writing on all issues related to contemporary Japanese society, economy, politics, and culture. The journal [est. Dec 2000 - ed.]adopts a multi-disciplinary stance in the hope that it will contribute to a deeper and broader understanding of Japan and the Japanese people as an integral part of global 21st century life [...W]e encourage submissions in all areas of sociology, economics, political science, and cultural studies that have contemporary Japan as their principal area of focus but that also relate Japan to broader developments elsewhere in the world. Contributions are posted as and when we receive, review, and edit them."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Table of Contents (by year and by subject area); * Articles (from 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005); * Discussion Papers (from 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005); * Reviews (books and films); * Conference and Seminar Papers (from ICAS 2, 2002 and Kenkyu 2001 conferences); * ejcjs Bulletin (events, conferences, and academic publishing in the field of Japanese studies); * ejcjs News (the latest on the online Visitors, Publications, Site Additions, news from Editorial Board Members, Positions Available); * Web Links (Academic Institutions and Related Organisations (Japanese Universities, Japanese University Research Institutes, Japanese Research Institutes and Research Organisations, Science and Technology in Japan, Other Countries' University Research Institutes, Other Research Institutes and Research Organisations, Academic Associations, Foundations, Societies), Academic Literature (Academic Journals, Libraries and Library Consortia, Literature Search Engines, Book Shops, Publishers), Data, Media, and Information Sources (Data Sources, Japanese Media, Other Media, Reference Sources, Employment Information, Conference News, Getting Published, Photograph Data Banks, Miscellaneous Information Sources, Japan Discussion Pages, Japan Homepages), Government and Politics (Japanese Central Government Organisations, Japanese Local Government, Japanese Political Apparatus, Japanese Political Parties, Japanese Semi-Governmental and Other Related Organisations, Japanese Politics Related Web Sites, Other Countries' Governmental Organisations, International Organisations), Business and Economy (Japanese Central Government Organisations, Japanese Representative Organisations, Other Business and Economy Related Organisations, Japanese Company and Other Related Web Sites, Research Institutes, International Organisations), Search Engines, Gateways, and Interesting Sites (Search Engines to Japanese Sites, Gateways to Japanese Sites, Travel, Sports, Interesting Sites)); * Information for Authors; * Editorial Board; * Copyright and Disclaimers; * Register for ejcjs News; * Index of Contributions; * Search the Web; * Search ejcjs.
A magnificent online resource - ed.
URL http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000