Japanese Studies

Provides full-text access to research and reports on business, government, economic, and social issues from 55 countries.

Indexes to academic journal articles from Japan and provides full-text for over 6,800 journals, primarily in Japanese (warning: coverage may not be complete).

Full text journal articles and other various digital resources produced by Japanese universities, primarily in Japanese.

Print only. Location: YRL Stacks; Current issues in Periodicals Stacks

Print only. Location: YRL Stacks and SRLF

Web version based on the 1985 print edition by Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University.

Provides full text online access to the Cambridge History of Japan.

Also in print. Location: YRL Stacks and College Ref

Location: YRL Ref

Another edition:
BL31 .E56 Powell Library Main Reading Room Reference

English translation of the Shinto Jiten (1994) edited by the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University.

Location: YRL Ref

Location: SRLF

Provides access to basic Japanese reference sources including encyclopedias and dictionaries (e.g., 日本大百科全書, 日本国語大辞典, 國史大辭典, Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.) as well as 東洋文庫 and 新編日本古典文学全集 e-series. Click here for instructional videos.

Location: YRL and College Ref

Location: YRL and College Stacks

Location: YRL and College Stacks

Location: YRL and College Stacks

Full text access to 朝日新聞 (1879-present) and Historical Photo Archive, containing ca. 10,000 pieces of historical photographs taken in Asia and Europe from the 1930s to 1945.

Full text access to 日本経済新聞 (1876/12/2-1956/12/31, and 1981/10-present), 日経産業新聞 (1981/10-present), 日経流通新聞 (1985/10-present), and 日経金融新聞 (1987/10-2008/1) is provided; it also offers English sources such as Nikkei English News, Nikkei Weekly and translations of major articles from the above-mentioned Japanese newspapers, as well as Nikkei Company Profile (30,000 company profiles) and Nikkei Who's Who (20,000 corporate executive profiles).

Full text access to Yomiuri shibun 読売新聞 (1874-present) and Daily Yomiuri (1989-present). The database also provides dictionaries (Japanese/English, English/Japanese, or new words dictionaries) to look up definitions and biographies, just by highlighting any words in the article and clicking dictionary buttons.

Holdings of university libraries in Japan.

Covers holdings of National Diet Library (NDL), public libraries and digital archives of Japan as well as NDL's Japanese Periodical Index.

Citation management software to collect, organize and format all of your citations in one central location. Register at the EndNote website. Guide

Firefox users can use Zotero for collecting, organizing, citing and sharing research sources.