Database

    Cross Search of 
    following Databases

     • CiNii Books
      Materials in university libraries 
      in Japan
  
     • CiNii Dissertations
      Dissertations in National Diet 
      Library and university libraries 
      in Japan
     
     • IRDB
      Institutional Repositories 
      Database
 
     • KAKEN
      Grant-in-Aid 
      for Scientific Research

   ※ CiNii Research 
        Incorporated Databases

Materials in university libraries in Japan

Materials in U.S. Library of Congress

About 60 kinds of dictionaries and series. One of the nation’s largest online dictionary sites.

Britannica dictionary in Spanish

The databases operated by the National Institute for Japanese Literature have been reorganized on April 1, 2023 as follows.
Chart: NIJL Databases New URLs（Links）

Articles in the Asahi Newspaper in and after 1945. Chiezo or modern Japanese dictionary is also included.

Digital Collections in NDL. Some hard-to-get materials are viewable in the library.
Applications for this should be made at check-out counter.

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

User's guide ( PDF )

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)

Materials in Kansaigaidai University library and journals issued by Kansaigaidai University.

Information about materials in more than 70,000 libraries around the world.

Over 480 million research results in every field, articles written in the Meiji era, theses by Nobel Prize winners, and other materials can be viewed in full text.

More than 6,000 journals in over 150 academic fields are viewable. The New York Times (1980-latest) is also available in full text.

Britannica dictionary in French

Materials in Linguistics, Sociology, Politics, International Relations, Music, Gender, and many other fields.

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).

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

More than 7,000 periodicals and newspapers.

Materials in British Library