Japanese Studies Databases: Books & Articles

CiNii enables the user to to search both academic journals published by academic societies and research bulletins published by universities, and then to follow up on references to discover documents referenced by the document found, and documents referencing the document found; it also enables access to the full text of open access documents.

The search function enables users to search using modern language for historical words. In addition, each search provides information about university library holdings. Records from the print index compiled by Kōseisha are still being added.

Includes filmographies, bibliographies, biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, yearbooks, film criticism, film histories, photos/posters/programs, periodicals, ephemera.

Authority file provides the "authorized" version of a name. "Search through authority file" retrieves materials by same author in different spellings automatically. This is particularly useful for the names of foreigners which may have several renderings into katakana.

The unit is the work rather than the publication, so short stories are listed by title rather than anthology. Based on three printed works, Japanese Literature in Foreign Languages 1945-1995, Japanese Literature Today (both Japan P.E.N. Club) and Index Translationum Cumulative Index since 1979 (UNESCO).