Use Interlibrary Loan to request books not owned in the Five Colleges. Please allow at least two weeks for delivery (books may come more quickly, especially from in-state).

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Five College Library Catalog - Note that subject searching isn't always straightforward. Try a KEYWORDS ANYWHERE search to find a few relevant titles, for example: heian diaries. Then click on the subject headings on those records to conduct a more comprehensive subject search.

Another strategy is to look up one of your texts or reserve readings. Then click on the subject headings on those records to conduct a more comprehensive subject search. For example, look up Women and Class in Japanese History.

Here are some phrases that will work for SUBJECT BEGINS WITH searches in the online catalog:

• Buddhist nuns - Japan - History
• Customary law - Japan
• Divorce - Japan - history
• Domestic relations - Japan
• Feminism - Japan - history
• Japan - court and courtiers
• Japanese diaries - Heian period, 794-1185
• Japanese diaries - women authors
• Law - Japan - history
• Marriage - Japan
• Prostitution - Japan
• Sex - Religious aspects - Buddhism
• Sex role - Japan - history
• Samurai - Japan - family relationships
• Women authors, Japanese - Heian period, 794-1185 - diaries
• Women in Buddhism - Japan - history
• Women - Japan - economic conditions
• Women -- Employment - Japan - history
• Women - Japan - history
• Women - Japan - social conditions
• Women - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Requesting an Item - Use the Request Item button in the library catalog to request delivery of books from the other Five Colleges.