The Library provides access to the following databases.
Although they are available in the library, items marked with O are freely available on the internet.
Please ask the Library staff in using these databases.

= Japan Knowledge

Provides full articles from the “Encyclopedia of Japan” and other basic encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Also contains the full texts of “Toyo Bunko”

= Bibliography of Asian Studies Online

Contains more than 500,000 records on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. Western-language monographs, articles, and book chapeters can be searched for.

= CiNii (Citation Information)

Enables to search academic journals and research bulletins in Japan, and grants access to the full texts of papers.

= Index to periodicals (in Japanese) 

Provides access to Japanese periodical articles held at the National Diet Library.

O Japanese Literature in Translation Search

Covers Japanese literary works translated into other languages.

O Artist in Residence

Lists artist-in-residence programs in Japan and elesewhere.

O Performing Arts Network Japan

Provides information about the performing arts scene in Japan.
* Databases on newspaper articles and persons are searched by the Library staff.

O Electronic Journals

20 titles of English jounals can be accessed online within the Library.
*For access from the outside, only the title list is available.

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