The Exciting World of Japanese Web Resources: What Is Available
and How to Obtain Them Dawn Lawson NCC Faculty Forum, Tucson 22
October 2009
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Lots to Cover Types of Resources Which Are Free, Which Require
a Paid Subscription and License Agreement How to Negotiate a
License How the NCC Can Help
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Types of Resources Newspapers Reference Works Indexes to
Journal Articles Institutional Repositories Digital Libraries
Library Catalogs And Much More...
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Major Online Newspaper Packages (Require Paid Subscription)
Kikuzo II (The Asahi shinbun Plus) Yomidas Bunshokan (The Yomiuri
shinbun Plus) Nikkei Telecom 21
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Kikuzo II Full-text search of articles from the Asahi shinbun
(1985-today) Keyword access to earlier articles (1945-1984) AERA
(1988-) and Shkan Asahi (2000-) Chiez current vocabulary dictionary
More content to be added in 2010
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Yomidas Bunshokan Full-text search of articles from the Yomiuri
shinbun (1986-today) Access to articles from the English- language
Daily Yomiuri from 1989 to the present Includes biographical
database and Yomidas ygo, current vocabulary dictionary
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Nikkei Telecom 21 Full-text searchable business articles from
60+ newspapers and 50+ magazines Sources include Asahi, Mainichi,
Nikkei, Sankei, Yomiuri, and more Company information, whos who
directories, market data, statistics Japanese newswire
headlines
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Bear in Mind Some Japanese news is available on the open web
Some Japanese newspapers are available in mainstream packages to
which your institution may already subscribe; articles from the
Japan Times,1995-2000, are in ProQuest Central, and 1998-current
are in Lexis-Nexis, e.g.
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Subscription-Based Online Reference: Japan Knowledge Basic
package: Japanese dictionaries, encyclopedias, other content
plus... Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (English) Optional Add-ons:
Nihon kokugo daijiten, Rekishi chimei jiten, full-text literary
journals from Yagi
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Subscription-Based Online Reference: Nichigai Web Services
MagazinePlus Who I, II, III BookPlus Net de Hyakka Others Can mix
and match databases to your needs
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Journal Index: MagazinePlus (By Subscription) Includes Zasshi
kiji sakuin (NDL periodical index) Also indexes scholarly journals
(1945- today), popular magazines (1981- today),other academic
material (festscrifts etc.) Search by keyword, author, title,
journal, date No links to full text
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Journal Index: CiNII Includes Zasshi kiji sakuin (NDL
periodical index) Emphasizes academic information, such as papers
from scholarly societies Searching is free Some results link to
full text, some of which is also free Pay-per-view option
available
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Types of Subscriptions Single institution license with
subscription agent or vendor Consortial license Individual license
(some already available; NCC is advocating for more)
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Our Recommendations Contact the agent or vendor to express
interest and ask questions Speak to your librarys licensing
librarian about requesting a free trial Contact the DRC with
additional questions or concerns
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PORTA: Gateway to Japanese Digital Archives National Diet
Library initiative Cross-searches 47 digital archives, including
two full-text sources (Kindai Digital Library and Aozora Bunko),
the JAIRO institutional repository, CiNII, and bibliographic
records Includes both free and for-fee content
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