A BEGINNER'S GUIDE HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE SUBJECT OF JAPANESE BIBLIOGRAPHIES. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THREE KINDS OF USERS--(1) THE STUDENT IN SOME DISCIPLINE OF THE HUMANITIES WHO WISHES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON JAPAN AND MAKE USE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE MATERIALS, (2) THE STUDENT OR LIBRARIAN WHO KNOWS NO JAPANESE BUT WISHES INFORMATION ABOUT JAPAN, AND (3) THE STUDENT IN ANY DISCIPLINE WHOSE SPECIAL INTEREST MAY HAVE NOTHING IN PARTICULAR TO DO WITH JAPAN, BUT WHO WISHES TO CONSULT THE WORK DONE IN HIS FIELD BY JAPANESE SCHOLARS. THE INFORMATION ON SUCH SUBJECTS AS STATISTICS, HISTORIOGRAPHY, AND LAW IS LIMITED TO WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO STUDENTS OF THE HUMANITIES OR SOCIAL SCIENCES IN GENERAL. THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1965, 170 PAGES. (TC)