FAQ
Subscribed Database
J. JSTOR ■Electronic Journals
Remote Access: NO
You can access articles in back numbers of major scholarly journals.
Each title contains full text from the first issue to 3-5 years ago, and recent volumes are not included.
Some titles can be accessed from Nichibunken (by the SOKENDAI contract) and some titles that cannot.
For journals other than contract collections, a free personal account allows access to 6 articles every 30 days (downloading is not allowed).
K. KinoDen (Kinokuniya Digital Library)
Remote Access: OK
※Referrer authentication support
KinoDen is a digital library service provided by Kinokuniya Book Store mainly for academic ebooks.
Currenltly, following books are available:
- Shin nihon koten bungaku taikei (1. Manyōshū - 45. Heike Monogatari)
- Nihonjin no kaigai katsudō ni kansuru rekishiteki chōsa (all volumes)
- Heisei saigaishi jiten (A cyclopedic chronological table of disaster in the Heisei era) (2009-2018, index)
- Kindai nihon jimmei roku e-BOOK fukkoku sousho
- Related biographical dictionary (" Jiten gaikokujin no mita nihon ", " Umi o koeta nihon jinmei jiten ", " Jiten kindai nihon no senkusha ")
- The Mainichi graphic ( 1948-1958 )
*Books may be downloaded.
* After using a book, be sure to click the Exit button.
* After using a book, be sure to click the Exit button.
*If “waiting to view” appears, it means the book is in use. Wait a while and then try again.
Below services are also available:
- Preview of unpurchased titles
- Full-text search (including unpurchased titles)
- Purchase request of ebooks
・Remote access via referer authentication is also available. After logging in OPAC, you can use the database from outside the center. Please refer to " 電子ブックのリモートアクセス（リファラ認証） " (in Japanese) for more information.
・If you use the ebook reader app bREADER Cloud you will have access to titles without going through the Nichibunken Network. (You will have access via PCs, tablets, and smartphones. First open “KinoDen” from the Nichibunken Network and then register an account from the link at the top right of the screen.)
KinoDen app start guide [PDF] (in Japanese)
K. Kusuda Collection: Sato Eisaku Papers
カテゴリ:
Search for e-books
Remote Access: OK
Consists of over 4,000 unpublished documents from the highest level of government, left by Kusuda Minoru, chief secretary to Sato Eisaku, the longest-serving prime minister (1964–1972) in postwar Japan. Dealing with a wide range of topics from diplomatic relations to domestic issues, they are essentially “Sato Eisaku documents,” including those classified as Top Secret.
The first phase, "Sato Eisaku Prime Minister's Office Documents," consists mainly of PM's Office materials from the Sato administration period, while the second phase consists mainly of supplementary documents from the first phase and subsequent documents from the Fukuda administration period to the Takeshita administration period.
L. Link (Springer) ■Electronic Journals・E-Books
Remote Access: NO
Access the text of all of about 2,000 electronic journals and 60,000 electronic books published by Springer.
L. LION BOLT (Legal Search Service)
Remote Access: OK
Lion Bolt is a legal document search database offered by Sapiens Inc. It contains over 4,000 full-text searchable titles (one million pages) including authoritative basic books in various fields of law, commentaries, lawmaker interpretations, old and newly published books, and journals.
Note: Not compatible with Internet Explorer.
To use the database, please enter the following login ID (email address).
Login ID: riyou*nichibun.ac.jp (Replace * with @)
Note: Simultaneous accesses unlimited.
M. MAGAZINEPLUS
Remote Access: NO
One of Japan’s largest databases for journal article search. Covering works that could not be included in CiNii, it includes 14,000 annual reports, essay collections, collections of papers from symposiums and academic conferences, and so forth, for a total of 600,000 titles. The database as a whole contains about 30,000 periodical titles and 9,800,000 separate articles.
Using the Service
Nichigai Associates
M. Maisaku [Mainichi Shimbun archive]
Remote Access: OK
The digital archive of the Mainichi shimbun national daily newspaper (Japanese). The site allows searching for Mainichi Shimbun articles from the newspaper’s founding in 1872 to the present (up to previous day).
- Archives for not only the edition published by the head office in Tokyo but branch and local editions as well from the first issue in 1872.
- Search for scans of pages from the first issue in 1872 to 1999.
- Perusal using Flash format of digital reduced-size edition 1989–1999.
- Weekly magazine Ekonomisuto [Economist] articles and pages (PDF).
- Archive of The Mainichi English-language news site articles.
Other databases, including “Mainichi yoron sāchi” [Mainichi Public Opinion Search] and “Mainichi Shimbun Shashi” [The History of the Mainichi Shimbun].
Using the Service
*This database can be accessed by only one person at a time; be sure to click the Logout button to end your session.
M. Maruzen eBook Library
Remote Access: OK ※Referrer authentication supported
Platform for making available ebooks specializing in academic information through Maruzen Yushodo.
* Currently, the full text of only the Chikyu no Arukikata series is available for reading.
* Requests may be made to purchase eBooks
See the “Request” button on the List of Works page. To purchase, click and fill in the required items
See the “Request” button on the List of Works page. To purchase, click and fill in the required items
* To download items, your email address containing the domain name @nichibun.ac.jp and a verification code which is to be sent to the email address are required.
■Remote access via referrer authentication:
You can access from outside by logging into OPAC. For details, see "Remote access to e-books (referrer authentication)."
You can access from outside by logging into OPAC. For details, see "Remote access to e-books (referrer authentication)."
■ Regarding remote access (access from outside Nichibunken):
- The registration procedure can only be completed from a computer within Nichibunken.
- Press the “Account” button at the upper right of the top page and complete the registration procedure.
- Applicants may register only with their ID containing the domain name @nichibun.ac.jp.
M. Mita Bungaku Online
カテゴリ:
Search for magazines
Remote Access: OK
Contains a total of 397 issues of the literary journal Mita bungaku from the inaugural issue in 1910 to immediately before the end of World War II, together with some 36,000 digital images and about 17,000 records. Offers access not only to literary works and articles but advertisements within the journal as well. Authors and bibliographical details are also accessible.
N. Nihon Shinrei Digital Archive
Contains "Nihon Shinrei", a phantom organ of "Nihon Shinrei Gakkai", one of the largest psychotherapy organization in the Meiji and Taisho eras. ( from 1915 to 1939, about 700 issues )
Searchable by publication date, headline, author, etc. More than 20,000 articles are available.