Japanese Electronic Resources

Since 2008, the Asian Division has been acquiring Japanese e-resources. The databases listed below are continuing subscriptions and can only be accessed from the Asian Reading Room.

BookPLUS: Catalog containing bibliographic information for nearly 2 million books published in Japan. [Search in Japanese only]

JapanKnowledge: Japan knowledge contains various reference sources, including dictionaries (Japanese, English and multi-languages), encyclopedias (Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopdeia of Japan, Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, etc. [Interface: Japanese only; search in Japanese & English]

Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan : Contains hard data and full text on Japanese politics, government, economics and corporate behavior, as well as information on Japanese art, culture, and history. As of 2008, consolidated into JapanKnowledge. [Interface: Japanese only; search in Japanese & English]

MagazinePLUS: Japanese index to over 4 million articles in 8,500 journals and magazines covering medicine, science, law, humanities, popular culture, business and social sciences. [Search in Japanese only]

Sho no Jiten File (????) : Comprehensive database of Japanese national and local prizes and awards in science, arts, music, literature and culture. It contains records of more than 3,000 prizes/awards information with a total of 200,000 recipient's biography records. [Search in Japanese only]