Database

Title

The Japan Times Archives
Access
Category Newspapers
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access 1
Content to be searched

The oldest English-language newspaper in Japan. 
*New content is added every year.

These archives are useful for following research:

  • East Asia Geopolitics
  • History
  • Politics/History of Japan
  • Japanology
  • Military History
  • Media History/Journalism
  • Newspapers Research
Title

Oxford Journals Online Archive Collection

(-1995)
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access -
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Journals issued in 1995 and before by Oxford University Press. You can read the oldest, issued in 1849, and other great articles over five fields, such as Medical Science, Science, Social Science, Law, and Humanities.
Title

National Diet Library
NDL-Search
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Category Books
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Off campus
Concurrent access -
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NDL Search allows you to search for materials and digital materials held by the National Diet Library,
You can request for browsing or copying, and use a variety of other services.
You can also search for materials held by libraries in Japan with which has data linked.
Title

Britannica Online
French
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Britannica dictionary in French
Title

University of California Press
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

The following journal is accessible.
Title

The Wall Street Journal(WSJ)
Access
Category Newspapers
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Off campus
Concurrent access 100
Content to be searched

Online edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

  • You need to create an account to use this website (click here)
    (register only with a Gaidai email address)
Title

Yomidas
Access
Category Newspapers
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access 2
Content to be searched

About 1,500 million articles in the Yomiuri Newspaper from the first issue in 1874 to the latest.

User's guide ( PDF )

 
Title

MLA International Bibliography
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Materials in the fields of Literature, Linguistics, and Ethnology. Searches can be made among 240 million international publications.
Title

Nexis Uni
(Up-graded LexisNexis Academic)
Access
Category Newspapers
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Articles in newspapers, journals, business and law information. Mainly in English. Full text (some of them are only abstracts) can be accessible.
Title

Oxford English Dictionary Online
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Oxford English Dictionary
Title

Kenkyusha Online Dictionary
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access 5
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17 kinds of Kenkyusha dictionaries and Daijirin dictionary.
Title

ERIC
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Materials for education collected by the Educational Resources Information Center in the US.
Title

WorldCat Articles
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Off campus
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Information on collections or services in more than 10,000 libraries around the world.
Title

Business Source Premier
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Materials in business, such as marketing, management, financing, and many others. Full texts of over 2,300 journals are accessible.
Title

Britannica Online
English
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Britannica dictionary in English
Title

Britannica Online Japan
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Encyclopedia Britannica, International yearbook, and modern terms dictionary
Title

British Library
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Category Books
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Off campus
Concurrent access -
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Materials in British Library
Title

PressReader
Access
Category Newspapers
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access 3
Content to be searched

More than 7,000 periodicals and newspapers.
Title

JSTOR Arts & Sciences I - IX
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Back issues of e-Journals. Full text can be searched. References by authors, titles, and diagrams are available.
Title

Nikkei BP Academic
Access
Category Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Journals issued by Nikkei BP, announcements made by companies, governments, and municipalities. Journals can be displayed only in text or PDF (There are some exceptions).