Section V 



SELllCTED RErEHENCES 



1. PRELIMINARY STAT^ENT 



a. Several thouaand publications deal with the various fields of 

 the natural resources of Japan. Most of these are technical in scope; 

 others are generalized and inaccurate; still others include lengthy bihli- 

 ographies. The references with recorded titles constitute a sample of the 

 unclassified literature available in the library of the Natural Resources 

 Section, Mitsubishi Shoji Building. Room 504. Many classified publi- 

 cations are available to authorized personnel. The library number pre- 

 faced by the initials "KRS" is given for each reference. 



b. An exceptionally good library is the Economic Research 

 Council Library, formerly the Mitsubishi Research Library. It contains 

 60,000 volumes, 20,000 of which are in languages other than Japanese. It 

 also contains a wide variety of perlodicalp of recent years. Booka and 

 publications may be used in the reading room of the library. A complete 

 card catalogue index is available to library users. Th? reference for 

 publications in this library is ERG. 



d. Copies of the "Catalogue of Publications in the Natural Re- 

 sources Section Library" are available on request to authorized personnel. 



2. ORIENTATION 



a. "Japan, Its People, Its History, Its Land, Its Work", re- 

 printed from the Encyclopedia Britannica. (Deals with geography, commerce 

 and industry, end other topics, with emphasis on history.) NRS No 1658 



3. GAZETTEERS AND MAPS 



a. "Garettear to Maps of Japan". Scale 1:250,000. published by 

 Army Map Service, Fovember 1944 (Discussion of romaniratlon of Japanese 

 and alphabetical list of place names, with latitude and longituds, eJid 

 index to published maps). NRS No 373. 



b. "Gazetteer to Maps of C'^ntral Honshu". Scale 1:50,000, 

 published by Army Map Service, April 1945. NRS No 1786. 



c. "Gazetteer to Maps of Northern Honshu. Scale 1:50,000, 

 published by Army Map Service, May 1S45. NHS No 374. 



d. "Gazetteer to Maps of Kyusnu" . Scale 1:50,000, published by 

 Army Map Service, Second Edition, July 1945. HES No 375. 



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