Information Literacy Resources: Japanese Electronic Resources

CJK E-Resource Training Session
--Japanese Electronic Resources--

1-3 p.m., October 6, 2005, Library Electronic Conference Room (Rm. 274), University of California, San Diego

Instructors: Sanae Isozumi, UCSD and Toshie Marra, UCLA

* Indicates resources available by subscription.
(Website links to this page: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/EastAsia/T3.html)

1.  How to Find Books and Serials Held at Libraries

Melvyl
http://melvyl.cdlib.org
A union catalog of UC campuses, California State Library, Center for Research Libraries, and more. Maintained by California Digital Library.

Worldcat*
A union catalog of over 9,000 OCLC member institutions from 80+ countries worldwide, including many public libraries.

RLIN Bibliographic Database - Eureka*
A union catalog of over 150 RLG member institutions from North America and beyond, consisting of research libraries, archives, museums, and others. Includes records supplied by vendors such as Toshokan Ryutsu Center (Japanese imprints published since 1997).

NDL OPAC
http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index_e.html
Online catalog of the National Diet Library, Japan.

WebcatPlus
http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp
A union catalog of over 1,000 National Institute of Informatics (NII) NACSIS-CAT member institutions from Japan and beyond. Includes records supplied by vendors and publishers and provides contents information for books published since 1986.  Handout: Inter-Library Loan (ILL)/Document Delivery (DD) From Japanese Libraries

Handout: Inter-Library Loan (ILL)/Document Delivery (DD) From Japanese
Libraries

2. How to Find Journal/Magazine Articles

MagazinePlus*
Provided by Nichigai Associates. Indexes to journal articles since 1975 (NDL Japanese  Periodicals Index); popular Japanese magazines since 1980; and essays in festschrift, conference papers, and books, annuals, and research reports published by research organizations between 1945 and 2003.

雑誌記事索引 NDL Japanese Periodicals Index http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index.html
Indexes to 15,712 academic periodicals covering all subjects since 1948 to present (9,692 current; 6062 ceased), mostly in Japanese and some English journals published in Japan.

論文情報ナビゲーター CiNii: Citation Information by NII
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/cinii/servlet/CiNiiTop?USELANG=en#
CiNii is part of GeNii (http://ge.nii.ac.jp). CiNii is a bibliographic information system for scholarly journal articles, with which a user can a) search article citations originally from various databases including NDL Journal Periodicals Index since 1948, covering ca. 17,000 journal titles; b) view photographic image of the full-text articles for ca. 1,500
journal titles; c) trace articles that were referred to in the article, and trace articles that cite the article, covering ca. 1,200 titles.

占領期雑誌記事情報データベース
http://www.prangedb.jp/
Created by the Institute of 20th Century Media/ Committee for the Preservation of Magazines Published during the Occupation. As of March 2005, the database covers 10,980 magazine titles out of 13,800 published between 1945 and 1949 and included in the Prange Collection, University of Maryland, originally belonged to the Civil Censorship Detachment, a unit within GHQ.

明治・大正・昭和前期雑誌記事索引集成
http://www.libro-koseisha.co.jp/top01/main01.html
Provides an author index to a print publication Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa zenki zasshi kiji sakuin shūsei, which reproduces various periodical indexes originally published during the Meiji period (1868-1912) through 1948, covering humanities and social sciences, as well as specialized areas such as hygiene, urban problems, and youths and women labors. UCLA provides Taishō, Shōwa zenki zasshi kiji sakuin shūsei, Jinbun kagaku hen for use on site.

大宅壮一文庫雑誌記事索引検索*
http://www.oya-bunko.com/
Created by the Ōya Sōichi Library. The database covers ca. 400 popular Japanese magazines published since 1988. Copy service of articles is also available for a fee. Besides the online index, Ōya Sōichi Bunko zasshi kiji sakuin sōmokuroku 大宅壮一文庫雑誌記事索引総目録, printed indexes to the Ōya Sōichi Library, is available covering magazines published between 1888 and 1995.

3. How to Find Newspaper Articles

テーマ別調べ方--新聞 NDL’s Guide to Japanese Newspapers
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/theme/theme_bunrui_13.html
Comprehensive list of Japanese newspaper related resources mainly prepared for users of NDL’s newspaper collection. Helpful to locate newspaper titles and their holdings in Japan.  Useful links to many online newspaper sites, both major and local newspapers.

毎日フォトバンク  Mainichi Photo Bank
http://photobank.mainichi.co.jp/
This is the largest digital photographic archive in Japan having 120,000 photographs from prewar period and ca. 80,000 photographs and tables since 1998. Provides free word search capabilities. Photos are accompanied by information on date and place taken and size of image. There is no indication about the date that photos appeared in papers.

戦前期新聞経済記事文庫  Newspaper Article in Digital Version
http://www.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/sinbun/index.html
This is the digital version of newspaper clippings collection developed by Kobe University.  The subject focus is on economy, business and industries. It covers from the late Meiji period to the prewar era (1943.) Includes major newspapers published in Osaka and Kobe areas, and articles from local newspapers and colonial papers.

戦前日本在住朝鮮人関係新聞記事検索データベース
http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mizna/shinbun/
Provided by Professor Naoki Mizuno at the Institute Research for Humanities, Kyoto University. This is the index database to newspaper articles related to Korean nationals living in Japan that were published in Japan and Korea during the prewar period.

4. How to Find Japanese Web Sites

Dnavi
http://dnavi.ndl.go.jp/
Created by NDL. This is a database of databases. It is a discovering tool for academic research resources on the Internet. The search results provide bibliographic data and links to the database sites. Approximately 9,000 debases on the Internet can be searched by keywords and subjects.  Created by NDL. This is a database of databases. It is a discovering tool for academic research resources on the Internet. The search results provide bibliographic data and links to the database sites. Approximately 9,000 debases on the Internet can be searched by keywords and subjects.

PAIR (Portal to Asian Internet Resources)
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/PAIR/
This is a portal site to Asian resources on the Internet selected by librarians. It catalogs over 6,000 resources in the area of humanities and social sciences and provides their annotations.

大学Webサイト資源検索
http://ju.nii.ac.jp
This is an index database on university scholarly resources and research results that are available in digital format. Currently ca. 6,000 data are collected.

Ariadne: Resources for Arts and Humanities
http://ariadne.jp/
An extensive collection of links to relevant sites particularly in the field of arts and humanities. The resources are classified in 21 subcategories.

WARP ( Web Archiving Project)
http://warp.ndl.go.jp/
The site to archive websites and electronic journals to preserve as useful information resources for national cultural assets. Mainly websites produced by government agencies (national and local levels), universities, various fields of corporate bodies and international and cultural event sites are archived.

Wayback Machine
http://www.archive.org/
The largest internet archive site online.

5. Reference/Research

JapanKnowledge*
Provides an easy access to a variety of Japanese reference sources including encyclopedias and dictionaries, we well as to full text of the monographic series Tōyō Bunko (Heibonsha), and the weekly magazine Shūkan ekonomisuto.

Rikai
http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl
Created by Todd David Rudick, a software engineer in Tokyo, utilizing the resources made available by Jim Breen and his EDICT Project. This is a program for learning Japanese, which provides readings and definitions of Chinese characters in English.

Academic Research Database Repository
http://ge.nii.ac.jp (click "NII-DBR")
A repository of 25 databases of various contents, originally created by Japanese academic societies, researchers, and libraries (ca. 1.2 million records), which is available from GeNii.  Includes 博士論文書誌データベース Doctoral Dissertation Bibliographic Database, which is provided by the National Diet Library.

Kaken
http://seika.nii.ac.jp/
A database of the research projects funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT, 文部科学省) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, 日本学術振興会). Covers the research topics funded for 1997-2005 and the research results for 1985-2002.

研究開発支援総合ディレクトリReaD: Directory Database of Research and Development Activities
http://read.jst.go.jp/EN/
Maintained by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. ReaD provides information on research institutes, researchers, research projects, and research resources in Japan.

Academic Society Home Village
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/index-e.html
Provides links to home pages of individual academic societies in Japan. Supported by the National Institute of Informatics.

6. Subject Specific Resources:
Archaeology/Art
文化遺産オンライン Cultural Heritage Online
http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/jp/index.html
The database is compiled in cooperation with museums and related organizations in Japan
under the auspices of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications. It contains brief explanations and images of cultural assets. You can
browse by time periods, object categories, and geographical regions.

博物館・美術館ネットワーク Museum-net
http://www.museum-net.com/
A collection of links to various museums in Japan.

Buddhism/Religion/Philosophy
インド学仏教学論文データベース Indian and Buddhist Studies Treatise Database (INBUDS)
http://www.inbuds.net/eng/index.html
A bibliographic database offered by the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies. Covers articles from academic bulletins, collected research essays, etc. since 1952.  花園大学国際禅学研究所 International Research Institute of Zen Buddhism,

Hanazono University
http://iriz.hanazono.ac.jp/index.ja.html
Several databases including Zenseki Dētabēsu are available, from which many texts of Zen Buddhism are offered for download.

全国寺院の検索 Buddha World
http://www.kotobuki-p.co.jp/kensaku/index.htm
A directory of famous Buddhist temples in Japan. Links to web sites or provides concise information on the temple including brief history and treasures they have inherited. You can browse by temple names, sects, or geographic locations.

神道基本用語集 Basic Terms of Shinto
http://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/index.html
A web version of the revised booklet published in 1985 (the original edition was published in 1958), originally compiled by the Shinto Committee for the IXth International Congress for the History of Religions. Provided by Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University.

哲学・倫理学・宗教学関係国内リンク集  Philosophy/Ethics/Religious Studies WWW List in Japan
http://philosophy.onweb.to/links/
A collection of various web resources, provided by Prof. Kiyonori Nagasaki, Yamaguchi Kenritsu University.

Education
教育系電子資料ナビゲイションシステム  Etopia
http://library.u-gakugei.ac.jp/etopia/index.html
Portal sites that includes information related to education.

History
国立公文書館アジア歴史資料センター
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, National Archives of Japan
http://www.jacar.go.jp/asia_en/index_en.html
A digital archive of modern historical records related to Asia held by the National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Library of the National Institute for Defense Studies, National Defense Agency. The collection covers from the middle of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. A plug-in software is required to view the images.

国立公文書デジタルアーカイブ・システム
National Archives of Japan Digital Archive
http://www.digital.archives.go.jp/index_e.html
Provides access to the descriptions and digitized images of the historical records preserved by the National Archives of Japan. Keyword and layered search options are available. Some Important Cultural Properties and other materials of historical importance held at the National Archives of Japan are viewable at the Digital Gallery.

東京大学史料編纂所データベース
Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo
http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cgi-bin/ships/std_m_anc.pl
The Japanese page of the site includes a number of useful databases such as the index to Dai Nihon shiryō , and full text search databases of Dai Nihon komonjo, Dai Nihon  kokiroku, and Heian ibun.

国際日本文化研究センター（日文研）データベース Nichibunken Databases
http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/database_e.html
The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) provides a variety of useful databases related to Japanese studies, including full-texts, graphic images, biographical data, bibliographical data, directories, and indexes, which cover a wide range of subjects including art, geography, history, literature, and social sciences.

Japanese Historical Maps, East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley
http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan/
Represented in this online collection are over 600 images of maps and books from the Japanese Historical Map Collection of Japan and the world which was acquired by the University of California from the Mitsui family in 1949, and is housed on the Berkeley campus in the East Asian Library.

Language / Literature
近代デジタルライブラリー
http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/index.html
Collection of full text works published during Meiji era. Currently, 59,900 titles out of 16 million titles published in Meiji era and owned by NDL are digitalized. Need to install the special viewer that is downloadable at the site to read and use available functions in fullest.

青空文庫
http://www.aozora.gr.jp/
Electronic texts site for large collection of Japanese literary works, listed by title and name
of author.

東洋文庫 ( via JapanKnowledge)*
http://na.jkn21.com/
The Toyo Bunko is the largest Asian studies library in Japan. Heibonsha version of Toyo Bunko is digitized and available to read in PDF format via JapanKnowledge. Currently, it includes 586 titles and provides full text search capability.

日本語テキストイニシアチブ  Japanese Text Initiative
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/
Under a collaborative effort by the two institutions, a number of texts of classical and modern Japanese literature have become available on the Web with keyword search capabilities. Some texts are accompanied by English translations as well.

国立国語研究所
http://www.kokken.go.jp/
Provides research reports and reference tools on Japanese language studies. Also provides
information on Japanese as a second language.

みんなの教材サイト
http://momiji.jpf.go.jp/kyozai/index.php
This site is organized by Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Urawa and offers language teaching materials and information that Japanese language instructors can use to organize lessons. Need to register to use the resources on the site.

Selected Links by Yoshiko Kubota and Hisae Kato
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ncc/JSIST2004/bookmark.htm
Recommended sites by Japanese language instructors at the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Urawa. Full of useful resources for language teaching.

Library and Information Science
テーマ別調べ方案内
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/theme.html
Introduces subject reference tools and related organizations. They are categorized based on the NDL's unique reference collection organized by subject theme. The keyword search is provided to search the site.

文献探索ページ  （実践女子大学）
http://www.jissen.ac.jp/library/frame/index.htm
Offers links that are useful to locate library materials. The information offered is not limited to Japanese language materials.

インターネット学術情報インデックス  (東大)
http://resource.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/iri/url_search.cgi
Index to scholarly resources on the Internet. Keyword and subject browse search are provided.  Currently covers 3,900 sites

参考図書紹介
http://refsys.ndl.go.jp/biblio.nsf
Provides bibliographic information and contents of reference publications issued for the last 3 months in Japan. Also, offers the list of reference publication by subject categories for entire reference books received by NDL since April of 1995.

オンライン書店BK1
http://www.bk1.co.jp/
Commercial online book store. The online catalog provides book reviews, brief annotation and background information on authors as well as bibliographic data. Offer services to take orders from overseas customers.

Jcross: 図 書館と本の情報サイト
http://www.jcross.com/index.html
Maintained by Braintech Inc. The site offers comprehensive links to libraries and books in Japan. Cross search of more than 200 library databases and 40 antiquarian book store catalogs are available.

Performing Arts and Films
キネマ旬報全映画作品データベース Kinejun All Movie Database
http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun/index.cgi
A database of 37,000 Japanese and foreign movies shown in Japan from 1950 to 2000, and selected movies from 2001 to 2003. Provides information such as production date, names of directors, staff, and actors, annotation, and story. You can search by keywords, movie titles, names of directors and actors.

日本映画データベースJapanese Movie Database
http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/
A database of ca. 76,000 individuals and 34,000 titles of Japanese movies since 1899.  Revision of some data may be made by anyone.

Political Science
電子政府の総合窓口
http://www.e-gov.go.jp/
Gateway site to locate the government related information. The website facilitates to utilize a variety of information made available at home pages of government agencies of Japan. Provides keyword search capabilities.

統計データ・ポータルサイト  Portal Site of Statistical Data in Japan
http://portal.stat.go.jp/Pubstat/top.html
Official statistics made available by the Japanese government, classified by subject. Also
features a site map of statistical data provided by other ministries and agencies in Japan.

総務省統計局サイト  The Statistical Bureau site
http://www.stat.go.jp/index.htm
In addition to the official statistics made available by the Japanese government, the Internet versions of publications such as Japan Statistical Yearbook and Monthly Statistics of Japan are available.

Guide to Official Statistics in Japan
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index/official/index.htm
This is the Internet version of "Guide to Official Statistics in Japan," compiled by the Statistical Standards Department, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. This publication aims to provide overall information about official statistics of Japan that may be useful to overseas statistics producers and users.

国会会議録
http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/
Compiled by the National Diet Library. The website provides access to the minutes of the
Diet since May 20, 1947. Full text search can be done to limited parts of the documents.
Minutes of the Imperial Diet are also available.

官報
http://www.gov-book.or.jp/kanpou/index.html
Japanese government's official gazettes. The latest week of gazette can be viewed in full text. The tables of contents since July 3, 1996 are currently searchable. Includes summary of new statutes, edicts, and treaties; official announcements; personnel transfers among government offices; diet calendar and public notices on bidding results etc.

日本法令索引
http://hourei.ndl.go.jp/SearchSys/
Japanese constitution, laws, government and ministerial ordinances, etc. can be searched.  Also, abolished and amended laws are searchable. Bills that passed since the 1st diet session ( 1947) can be searched.

白書一覧 (Gioss net)
http://www.gioss.or.jp/clip/hakusyo4.htm
Lists up white papers published by various government agencies and provides links to the full text or summary versions of them. Also provides links to an English version of respective white papers. (if exists)

近現代日本政治関係人物文献目録    
http://refsys.ndl.go.jp/hito.nsf/Internet?OpenFrameset
Compiled by National Diet Library. Provides bibliographies for persons who are accomplished in the field of politics since 1868. The catalog can be searched by names. Currently, it holds 45,000 entries.

調査と情報 – Issues Brief
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/publication/issue_index.html
This is a collection of booklets that discuss important political topics and brief the background of issues and raises concerns to be discussed further. The site carries copies from January 2003.

Sociology
労働政策研究・研修機構 Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training
http://www.jil.go.jp/index.htm
Provides labor economic indicators and recent statistical survey reports. Some of the reports issued by the institute are available in PDF format. Offers several databases related to labor topics. The English page side carries a fairly good amount of information.

法政大学大原社会問題研究所 Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University
http://oohara.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/index.html
Links to websites of labor and social movements, the full text of "Labor Year Book" and the bibliography of English books and articles about industrial relations in Japan. Also includes online exhibit of over 3,000 posters of labor and social movements in the pre and post war Japan.

社会学文献情報データベース Bibliography of Japanese Sociology Database
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jss/db/
Compiled by the Japan Sociological Society. Contains bibliographic information of sociological literature either written by Japanese researchers or published in Japan.  Approximately, 76,000 records have been collected.

Chinese Studies
東洋学文献類目 Toyogaku Bunken Ruimoku: Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies (CHINA3)
http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/db/CHINA3/
Compiled by the Documentation and Information Center for Chinese Studies, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. The database covers books and articles in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and English, published since 1981.