Databases by Title (A-Z)

Japan Search(National Diet Library)
Japan Search is a platform that allows you search, browse, and utilize metadata of contents in various fields owned by Japan, such as books, official documents, cultural properties, art, humanities, natural history / science and engineering, academic assets, broadcast programs, and movies. Under the policy of the Digital Archive Japan Promotion Committee and the Working-level Review Committee, the National Diet Library of Japan operates the system with the cooperation of various organizations. You can search for content held by institutions such as libraries, museums, art galleries, archives, universities, research institutes, government offices, and local governments.
General Fields
Arts
History
Languages
Literature
Books
Government documents
Images
Open access
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J-GLOBAL (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
This is a portal site for science and technology / academic information provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). On this site, you can find bibliographic information of major academic resources in Japan and overseas, researcher information, research projects and their results funded by competitive funds such as scientific research funds, public gazettes and patent gazettes of patents, and research conducted in Japan. You can search for the names and locations of domestic research institutes, such as the theme of the subject and the executing agency, and research resources such as databases provided by universities and research institutes in Japan and overseas, as well as scientific and technological terms, information on chemical substances, and genes.
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General Fields
Agriculture & food
Chemistry
Geography
Mathematics
Medicine & Helth Care
Physics & Astronomy
Science & technology
Chemical substances & reactions
Conference Proceedings
Documents
Journal articles
Statistical data
Open access
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nihuBridge (National Institutes for the Humanities)
nihuBridge is a portal site for sharing and utilizing various research resources published by the National Institutes for the Humanities and collaborative organizations.

General Fields
Arts
Geography
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Sociology
Books
Images
Journal articles
Open access
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NDL Search (National Diet Library)
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.
General Fields
Books
Documents
Images
Open access
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Japan Knowledge Lib (NetAdvance)
Some articles on this website are available only in Japanese. If necessary, please use the browser’s automatic translation function.

This is a comprehensive full-text database of dictionaries and encyclopedias in Japan. The database contains over 70 dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the “Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho”, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”, and the Dictionary of the Japanese Language, and dictionaries in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and more.

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General Fields
Chemistry
Economics
Geography
History
Mathematics
Physics & Astronomy
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Journal articles
Statistical data
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