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The number of bibliographic records publicly available in Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts has surpassed 1,000,000.
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National Museum of Asian Art Renews Partnership With National Institute of Japanese Literature, Expands Digital Access to Rare Books
Search Books and Journals in NIJL
- Database of Academic Papers in Japanese Literature and Archival Studies
- The database offers a collection of scholarly papers, written in Japanese, on Japanese literature (from 1888 to the present) or archival studies.
- NIJL OPAC
- A catalog of books and periodicals (serial publications) since the Meiji era held by the NIJL.
Search Pre-Modern Japanese Books
- Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts
- The database contains bibliographic information and high-resolution images of Japanese manuscripts and prints before Edo period, held by NIJL and many other institutions and owners at home and overseas.
Search Historical Documents
- Archival Holdings on Japanese History
- Archival Holdings on Japanese History
Database of overview and catalog of the NIJL historical materials (archives), focused on historical materials from the old collections.
- Archival Holdings on Japanese History
- Database of the Fondo Mario Marega
- The database contains a catalog of Father Mario Marega’s images and the other historical materials regarding Japanese Christian (KIRISHITAN) from the Vatican Library.
Directory of Research Institutes
- Directory of Overseas Collection of Old and Rare Japanese Books, Other Print Materials and Manuscripts
- An English (with some Japanese) listing of the contact addresses, viewable collections, and so on for in- stitutions outside Japan that hold Japanese Classics.
Cooperative Services
- nihuBridge
- Portal site for sharing and utilizing various research resources published by the National Institutes for the Humanities and collaborative organizations.
- JAPAN SEARCH
- A national platform for aggregating metadata of digital resources of various fields.
- CiNii Research
- A database service which can be searched with academic information of articles, Books, Journals & Dissertations.
- Web NDL Authorities
- A service that allows users to search and download authoritative data produced by NDL.
- JapanKnowledge
- Online dictionary and encyclopedia search site. Contracts may be required for use.