Research Help
Journal Article Indexes
- CiNii ResearchA general, multidisciplinary index for Japanese periodicals and scholarly publications dating back to 1957. Some full-text provided. Includes the National Diet Library's periodical index (雑誌記事索引).
- Zassaku Plus ざっさくプラス"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.
- Web OYA-bunko (Japanese)Web 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. Some coverage of pre-1988 articles available. Not full-text.
- 20-seiki Media Jōhō Dētabēsu 20世紀メディア情報データベースThe database covers newspaper and periodical titles published in Japan during the Occupation period (1945-1949). Those publications are in the Prange Collection, originally belonged to the Civil Censorship Detachment, a unit within GHQ, which covers a wide range of subjects: politics, economics, sociology, education, history, philosophy, religion, art, language, literature, etc.
- Bibliographic Database of Research on Japanese Language and Japanese Language Education 日本語研究・日本語教育文献データベースA database of material related to Japanese language and Japanese language education. The catalogue reflects the data in the Japanese Language Studies Annual Survey and Bibliography 『国語年鑑』and the Japanese Language Education Annual Survey『日本語教育年鑑』which were published by NINJAL, and contains searchable articles and books on these topics published in 1950 onwards. New data is being added subsequently.
- Kokubungaku ronbun mokuroku database 国文学論文目録データベースIndexes Japanese research articles on Japanese literature, language, and Japanese language education. Coverage: 1888-2015 (as of August 2020).
- Tōyōgaku bunken ruimoku kensaku 東洋学文献類目検索 (第 7.4 α版)Indexes monographs and journal articles on Chinese studies published in East Asia and the West. Coverage: 1934-1980 and 2001-present.
For coverage: 1981-2000, see 東洋学文献類目検索 (第 6.10 版).
September 2023 Update: The above two databases seem to be offline. Please use the print copy instead.
eJournals and Institutional Repositories
- J-StageJ-STAGE is an electronic journal platform developed and managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). J-Stage promotes open access and 90+% of articles from journals, conference proceedings, research reports, and others, are free to read.
- IRDB Institutional Repository DataBase 学術機関レポジトリデータベースSearch across Japanese institutional repositories for conference papers, bulletin papers, journal articles, data sets, and others. Provided by the National Institute of Informatics.
- JapanKnowledge Lib (in Japanese) ジャパンナレッジA Japanese multi-purpose database including the following journals.
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- Bungei shunjū archives 文藝春秋アーカイブズ (1923-1950)
- Shūkan Ekonomisuto 週刊エコノミスト (current issues only--from January of the previous year)
- Asahi Shimbun Cross Search 朝日新聞クロスサーチIncludes the following magazine titles:
- Shūkan Asahi 週刊朝日 (1985-present)
- Aera アエラ (1985-present)
- Asahi gurafu アサヒグラフ (1923-1956)
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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