Research Help
Finding Japanese Books
- SummonSummon is a search engine that provides a general starting point to find the majority of UBC Library's collections - including books, ebooks, scholarly journals and articles, newspaper articles, dissertations and theses, videos, images, maps, manuscripts, music scores, digitized items and more.
- WorldCatThe world's largest library catalogue, containing records from OCLC member libraries from around the world, including the National Diet Library and Keio and Waseda University libraries.
Generally, use this site to locate a book for InterLibrary Loan request. - NDL Search 国立国会図書館サーチSearch for materials and digital content from the National Diet Library. Users can also access search results from prefectural and government-designated city libraries. Additionally, digital content offered by public, academic, and specialized libraries is available for searching.
Finding Japanese Journals at UBC
To find Japanese journals held at UBC, consult the UBC Library catalogue, and use the "Journal Title (begins with)" index as you see below.
Do not use the "Journal Titles" search tab in the Library home page or the Search Collections: Journals page because not all Japanese journals are discoverable in these portals.
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InterLibrary Loans (ILL) from Japan
First check Worldcat to see if the work is held by a North American institution or NDL. If it is held by NDL, then fill out the ILL form and in the "comments" box mark down the ISSN and NDL article record ID if it's a journal article, listed on the right hand column if it's through CiNii. If you are requesting a book, please include the ISBN, and record ID.