Japanese Studies Research Guide: Find Articles
Online Indexes for Journal Articles
- CiNii ResearchCiNii Articles is now integrated into a renamed platform, CiNii Research.
- J-StageJ-STAGE is a platform for scholarly publications in Japan. It is developed and managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
While CiNii Research focused more on journals and publications from universities and research institutions, J-Stage offers access to publications from academic societies. Some journals may have a moving wall. - NDL Search (国立国会図書館サーチ)About NDL Search
NDL Search allows you to search for materials and digital materials held by the National Diet Library as well as collections of libraries nationwide.
Updated: 9/20/2024
- Zasshi kiji sakuin shusei detabesu : Meiji kara genzai made sogo zasshi kara chishi made = The complete database for Japanese magazines and periodicals from the Meiji era to the present. This link opens in a new windowIndex to periodical articles published in Japanese, including those in former Japanese colonies, and including local periodicals not present in many other indexes. Coverage is from 1868 onwards. Merges data from various composite periodical indexes by Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan.
- Web OYA-bunko This link opens in a new windowWebOya indexes periodicals held by the Ōya Sōichi bunko, a private library in Tokyo with a comprehensive collection of popular journals reflecting popular culture in Japan. Provides basic and advanced Boolean searching, as well as classified searches by personal names, occupation, subject, and keyword. Indexes 400 titles including 110,000 personal name and 7,000 subject headings. Coverage: 1988- present.
- 20-seiki media joho detabesu This link opens in a new windowAn article-level index to the magazines and a portion of the newspapers in the Gordon W. Prange Collection. All of the publications date from the early years of the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949, and constitute the files of the Civil Censorship Detachment. The database was created under the supervision of Professor Taketoshi Yamamoto and is administered by Bunsei Shoin.
- Kokubungaku Ronbun Mokuroku Database (国文学論文目録データベース)Periodical article index to Kokubungaku Nenkan. Provides citations to journal articles and books with subjects related to Japanese literature
- Bibliographic Database of Research on Japanese Language and Japanese Language Education (日本語研究・日本語教育文献データベース)This database indexes research material related to the Japanese language and Japanese language education. Includes the data in the Japanese Language Studies Annual Survey and Bibliography 『国語年鑑』and the Japanese Language Education Annual Survey『日本語教育年鑑』which were published by NINJAL, and contains searchable articles and books on these topics published in 1950 onwards. New data is being added subsequently.
Updated: 12/6/2019
Decoding Volume/Issue Number Information (第〇巻△号 or 通巻号◇ ...)
Japanese periodicals often bear two sets of volume/issue numbers: a combination of volume & issue (第〇巻△号), and/or a whole number (通巻号数).
CiNii citation often uses the former and North American Library catalogs often go with the latter.
The NDL biblographic records often carry both numbers.
eg) 袖珍サイズの「英和対訳袖珍辞書」を発見
三好 彰 日本古書通信 75 (10), 4-7, 2010-10
CiNii Research: 75 (10) Volume 75, issue 10
CLIO Holding Information for the same periodical title.
It can be easier to check the volume information for an item via Pick-Up Request screen.
NDL Holding Information includes both volume & issue, and whole number.
Obtaining Journal Articles in Print
Not everything is available online. If it is not available online, try the following step to find a needed journal volume/issue in print.
- Go to CLIO (Columbia Library Information Online) and search with the journal title or ISSN if available.
- If the journal is found in our collection, check if the necessary issue is available as well as its location. When it is located offsite, you may request a copy of the article, by clicking the “offsite” button and filling in the "Electronic" form.
- If the journal is not held by Columbia, go to the ILL (interlibrary loan) page. Select "Article" form to submit your request. In addition to required information, provide additional information such as volume number, ISSN, OCLC no., link to a NDL bibliographic record, etc. as much as possible.
Please note: Columbia can request document delivery service with the National Diet Library in Japan. We can request jorunal and magazine articles, book chapters, etc. via NDL's Remote Photoduplication Service to Columbia users. Please read Information about Copyright page carefully to understand the definition of "a part of a work" and limits what you can request with them.Delivery will be sent from Japan BY POST.
Periodical Back Number Files Available in KinoDen 🔓
- Bijutsu sekai 美術世界 1-25
- Chiiki zasshi "Yanaka, Nezu, Sendagi" 地域雑誌「谷中・根津・千駄木」
- Katei zasshi 復刻版 家庭雑誌 明治36年1号-明治40年6号
- Kingu キング 復刻版 1（1927年1月号）- 8（1927年8月号）
- Okinawa gurafu オキナワグラフ 1958年10月号-1985年新春特大号
- Tokyo pack 東京パック 第1巻 (明治38年4月)-第8巻 第13号 (明治45年5月)
- VAN Sogo fushi zasshi VAN 綜合諷刺雑誌 Vol.1-Vol.4
Periodical Back Number Files and Indexes Available in Maruzen eBook Library 🔓
Journals/Magazines in Other Databases 🔓
- Japan Knowledge Lib 🔓Japan Knowledge Lib includes the following journal and magazine back number titles:
● "Taiyo"『太陽』 明治28-昭和3
● "Bungei kurabu"『文芸倶楽部』
● "Koyukai zasshi" 第一高等学校『校友会雑誌』
● "Fuzoku gaho"『風俗画報』
● "Bijutsu shinpo"『美術新報』
● "Bungei shunju"『文藝春秋』アーカイブズ (創刊号から昭和50年（1975）12月号までの全623巻)
● "Toyo keizai shinpo"『東洋経済新報／週刊東洋経済』アーカイブズ (明治28年（1895）11月から平成27年（2015）12月) - Asahi Cross Search 朝日新聞クロスサーチ 🔓Kikuzo includes the following magazines:
● Aera = アエラ
● Shukan Asahi 週刊朝日
● Asahi gurafu アサヒグラフ 1923-1956 - Nikkei Telecom 日経テレコン 🔓Nikkei Telecom 21 includes the latest issue of the following titles:
●『日経ビジネス』
●『週刊東洋経済』
●『週刊ダイヤモンド』
●『週刊エコノミスト』
●『プレジデント』
●『週刊金融財政事情』 - Mita bungaku (三田文學) via J-DAC 🔓Online edition includes issues from 1901 (明治34) to 1950 (昭和25).
Academic Society Journals
Search and visit websites of the individual academic societies, conferences, etc. Occassionally they post article PDFs on their website. Those resources may not be linked to index databases mentioned above.
eg) 公開シンポジウム「人文科学とデータベース」発表論文集 archived on their symposium website: https://www.jinbun-db.com/symposium/archives
No full-text link indication on NDL SEARCH result list.
CiNii Research doesn't index all the issues.
Some societies may also provide you options to become an individual member and obtain access to the articles or purchase the articles directly from them.
Gakkai meikan/学会名鑑 from Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi/日本学術会議 (Science Council of Japan), Nihon Gakujutsu Kyoryoku Zaidan/日本学術協力財団 (Japan Science Support Foundation) and Kagaku Gijutsu Shinko Kiko/科学技術振興機構 (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
As of March 3, 2020, 2,051 academic societies are listed in the directory. Entries include information about society journals.
For more about this database, visit this site. Starr Library also holds 2001-2003 and 2004-2006 editions of this directory.