Databases・Electronic Journals
The Library provides access to the following databases.
Please ask the Library staff in using these databases.
- AIR_J
- Online databases of Artst-in-Residence programs in Japan.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies (in-library use)
- 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 chapters can be searched for.
- CiNii Articles
- Enables to search academic journals and research bulletins in Japan, and grants access to the full texts of papers.
- J-STAGE
- Enables to search and browse electronic journals issued by Japanese academic institutions and other contents on the web.
- Japan Knowledge (in-library use)
- Provides full articles from the “Encyclopedia of Japan” and other basic encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Also contains the full texts of “Toyo Bunko” - The Japan Times Archives (in-library use)
- Enables to search the full text of The Japan Times.
- Japanese Film Database
- Enables search for information on Japanese films by title, cast, crew, or film industry related company name. It is managed in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and UNIJAPAN.
- Japanese Literature in Translation Search
- Covers Japanese literary works translated into other languages.
- Kusuda Collection: Sato Eisaku Papers (in-library use / only available in Japanese)
- Unreleased documents of Prime Minister's Office, left by Minoru Kusuda, Chief Secretary who supported the Eisaku Sato administration (1964-1972), including the top classified documents regarding not only foreign affairs but also domestic affairs.
- National Diet Library Digital Collections (in-library use)
- Enables to search and view a variety of digitized resources collected and stored by the National Diet Library of Japan.
- NDL Search (National Diet Library Search)
- Provides access to books, articles, papers and digital materials held at the National Diet Library and other libraries in Japan.
- Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei Full-text Database (in-library use)
- Japanese literature collection (556 works) originally published by Iwanami Shoten, full-text and searchable by keyword.
- Performing Arts Network Japan
- Provides information about the performing arts scene in Japan.
- ProQuest Research Library (in-library use)
- Provides one-stop access to more than 6,600 journals, trade publications, and magazines, covering over 150 academic disciplines.
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