General Databases & Indexes: Japanese
- 国立国会図書館リサーチナビTheme-based topic searches
- WebCat Plus
Allows you to search for books on a particular topic. Offered by Japan's National Institute for Informatics.
Article Indexes
- CiNii ArticlesCinii provides bibliographic information for articles published in Japanese journals from the 1950s to present. Use your keywords to locate particular articles that are relevant to your subject. Although many articles are available in full text （本文あり）, several are only accessible in print. You can check the library catalogue to see if we have the print or talk to your librarian (Tomoko).
- Web OYA-bunko This link opens in a new windowWeb OYA-bunko indexes serial publications held by Ōya Sōichi Bunko, a periodical library in Tokyo with a comprehensive collection of approximately 12,000 popular journals. Coverage: 1988-present. Not full-text.
- Zasshi kiji sakuin shusei 雑誌記事索引集成"The Complete Database for Japanese Magazines and Periodicals from the Meiji Era to the Present." This article index provides citation information for articles published from the Meiji period on. The database includes the full National Diet Library periodicals index (Zasshi kiji sakuin), but is especially useful for those looking for resources published before 1948.
Databases
- JapanKnowledge Lib (in Japanese) This link opens in a new windowCollection of Japanese reference resources such as translation dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also includes the full-text e-versions of Shin Nihon koten bungaku zenshū and select Tōyō bunko works.
Book Indexes
- Cinii BooksIncludes records from academic libraries across Japan. Information listed can be used for InterLibrary Loan requests from Japan.
- Waseda University Catalogue (WINE)Provides in-depth information such as table of content details from Waseda University's extensive library collection.
Resources: English
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new windowContains nearly 800,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
- JSTOR Collection This link opens in a new windowIn addition to fully-searchable journal backfiles, also includes current issues for some titles as well as collections of primary-source documents such as their '19th century British pamphlets'.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowOnline access to a comprehensive selection of important journals and ebooks in the humanities and social sciences.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowIncludes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
Newspapers
- Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search 朝日新聞クロスサーチFull-text access to Asahi shinbun 朝日新聞 (1879-present), Shūkan Asahi 週刊朝日 (1985-present), and AERA (1985-present). Also includes the Historical Photo Archive (coverage 1930s-1945) and Asahi gurafu アサヒ・グラフ (1923-1945), a pictorial magazine.
- FactivaOffers full-text access to 35,000+ global news and information sources from 200 countries in 26 languages.Includes recent issues of Mainichi shinbun 毎日新聞, Sankei shinbun 産経新聞, Yomiuri shinbun 読売新聞, and other Japanese language news sources.
Watch a 5-minute video on how to find Japanese newspapers in Factiva.
- Nexis UniProvides access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources. Includes Japanese web news coverage for the last 90 days.
- Yomidas (Yomiuri Database Service) ヨミダスFull-text access to Yomiuri Shinbun 読売新聞 (1874-present). Also includes Daily Yomiuri / The Japan News, an English language daily published by Yomiuri (1989-present).