Key Databases
Articles & Materiales
All Subjects
| CiNii Research | Japanese articles |
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| NDL Online | Japanese articles and library materials available at the National Diet Library, Japan. |
| Web of Science | Journal articles |
| Scopus | Journal articles |
| Google Scholar | Journal articles |
| HathiTrust Digital Library | Digital preservation repository providing a collection of books and journals digitized from libraries around the world. |
| JDreamIII | Articles (mainly in Japanese) of science and technology, medicine and pharmacology. The interface is only in Japanese. |
Life Science
| PubMed | Articles in medical and life sciences written in foreign language. |
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| Medical Online | Articles in medical science written in Japanese. |
Agriculture Science
| AgriKnowledge | Articles and information on agricultural science and technology of Japan. |
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| AGRIS | Articles and information on agricultural science and technology of Japan. Produced by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). |
| AGRICOLA | Articles, books, serials, and other materials on all aspects of agriculture. Produced by the National Agricultural Library. |
| Biodiversity Heritage Library | Open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. |
Farming
| Rūraru Denshi Toshokan | Full-text access to the electronic versions of books published by Rural Culture Association Japan. (in Japanese) |
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Marine Science
| Encyclopedia of Ocean Science (2nd edition) | Electronic version is available from Science Direct. |
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Environmental Economics
| EconLit | Index database of economics literature from journals, books and othe materials. Produced by American Economic Association. |
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| GreenFILE | Well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. |
| Handbook of Agricultural Economics | Electronic version is available from Science Direct. |
| Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics | Electronic version is available from Science Direct. |
Statistics, White Papers
| Statistics: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Statistics, publications and information released by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries including report on results of national censuses. |
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| e-Stat: Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan | Official statistics of Japan |
| e-Gov Japan: As the official web portal of Government of Japan | White paper and annual reports of japanese government ministries and Agencies. |
| OECD.Stat | Data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member countries |
| FAOSTAT | Links to various statistical databases of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). |
| OECDiLibrary (-2013) | Full-text publications and statistical data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). |
| Online version of the white papers held in Agricultural Library
*A guide to English version: Research Navi (National Diet Library) |
・White Paper on Local Public Finance
1953-current |
・White Paper on the Oceans and Ocean Policy in Japan
2004-current |
| ・Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and Biodiversity in Japan
1969-current |
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| ・Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance
1954-current |
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| ・White Paper on the National Lifestyle
1986-1989 1990-2008 |
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| ・White Paper on the Labour Economy
2004-current |
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| ・Annual Report on Forest and Forestry in Japan
1964-current | |
| ・White Paper on Fisheries
1996-current | |
| ・Annual Report on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas in Japan
1961-current | |
| ・White Paper on Land
2008-current |
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| ・White Paper on International Economy and Trade
1949-2004 2001-2011 2012-current |
Newspapers
| Asahi Shimbun Cross Search | Full text/full page image of the Asahi Shimbun from 1879 to present. |
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| Yomiuri Shimbun (Yomidas Rekishikan) | Full text/full page image of the Yomiuri Shimbun from 1874 to present. |
| Kahoku Shimpo (Kahoku Shimpo Database) | Full text/full page image of the Kahoku Shimpo from 1991 to present. (in Japanese) |
| Nikkei Shimbun (Nikkei Telecom 21) | Full text of the Nikkei Shimbun from 1949 to present. (in Japanese) *ID/Password (On-Campus) |
| Mainichi Shimbun (Maisaku) | Full text/full page image of the Mainichi Shimbun from 1872 to present. (in Japanese) |
| The Wall Street Journal | Full-text of the Wall Street Journal newspaper from 1984 to present. |
Research Data
Life Science
| National Bioscience Database Center | Links to various life science databases and research tools. |
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| Integbio Database Catalog | Browse and search for description and metadata of various life science databases. |
| Life Science Database Cross Search | Cross search system for various life science databases including entries of literature and patents, as well as molecular data. |
| Genome Analysis Tools | Links to genome analysis tools. (in Japanese) |
Food science
| Food Composition Database | Browse and search for food compositional data based on Standard tables of food composition in Japan. (in Japanese) |
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Microbiology
| Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria | Online version of Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. |
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Chemistry
| SciFinder-n | Database of chemical substances, reactions, and journal literature in chemistry and related sciences. Provided by CAS.
*User Registration / Database Manual |
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| Japan Chemical Substance Dictionary | Organic compound dictionary database prepared by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). |
| Kagakusho Shiryōkan | Online version of chemical reference books and textbooks which compiled by The Chemical Society of Japan. (in Japanese) |
Marine Science
| OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System) | Integrated database of the world’s ocean biodiversity and biogeographic data. |
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Videos
| JoVE (Journal of Visualised Experiments) | Online video journal that combines high-quality video demonstrations of experiments with a detailed text protocol. *Accessible sections: Biology |
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| Rūraru Denshi Toshokan: Video | Online practical videos about farming. (in Japanese) |
Others
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
| JapanKnowledge Lib | Encyclopedia, dictionaries, reference compilations, and periodical resources in Japan. |
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| Life Science Dictionary | Japanese-English / English-Japanese dictionary of life science. |
Thesauruses
| MeSH | Controlled vocabulary of biomedical terms used for indexing articles for PubMed. |
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| JST Thesaurus Map | Japanese technological term thesaurus provided by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). (in Japanese) |
| Thesaurus for Medical and Health-related Terms | Japanese biomedical term thesaurus based on MeSH. (in Japanese) |
| Life Science Dictionary Thesaurus | Japanese life science term thesaurus. |
| CAB Thesaurus | Controlled vocabulary terms for the applied life sciences and agriculture. |
| AGROVOC Multilingual Thesaurus | FAO's multilingual agricultural thesaurus. |
| NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary | Agricultural term thesaurus and glossary. |
Subject Guides
| Research Navi: Sangyō jōhō gaido | An overview of research resources to explore markets, industries and companies in Japan. (in Japanese) |
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| Research Navi: Nōgyō no shirabekata | A guide to resources about agriculture in Japan. (in Japanese) |
| Research Navi: Nōrinsuisan ni kansuru tōkei | A guide to statistics of agriculture, forestry and fishries in Japan. (in Japanese) |