Use the Classic Catalog to search for materials (print or digital) held by or available through Washington University Libraries. Word(s), Title and Author searches accept search words in Japanese characters or Romanized Japanese.
* Note that libraries in North America use a specific, standardized set of rules for Romanizing Japanese (based on the modified Hepburn system). See the Romanization tab of this box for more information.
Use WorldCat.org to search for books held at libraries participating in WorldCat. Most of the WorldCat libraries are academic/research libraries in the U.S. and Canada. (Some libraries from Europe and Asia also participate). See the next tab (Understanding WorldCat search results) and the ILL page of this guide for more instructions on requesting materials not held at Washington University Libraries.
* Note that libraries in North America use a specific, standardized set of rules for Romanizing Japanese (based on the modified Hepburn system). See the Romanization tab of this box for more information.
Switching to Advanced Search gives you more options.
A WorldCat record page displays which libraries own the item. If you are searching from on-campus locations (or set your location appropriately) and the Washington University Libraries have a copy of the item, the local holding is always shown on top. If there is no local holding, you can still borrow the item from other libraries through interlibrary loan (ILL). (See the ILL page for more information and instructions).
To always display this set of useful ILL links on WorldCat record pages, use the proxied link.
Below are Japanese Romanization tables adopted from http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/japanese.pdf. Follow the link above for the full set of Romanization and word division rules.
Some notable differences between library Romanization and "everyday" Romanization: