Database

Lots of materials on academic research, including academic publications, articles and e-journals.

Contents of more than 25,000 international periodicals of many types.

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

    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

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）

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

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.

Materials in British Library

Online edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

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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.