Kanda University of International Studies Library

ONLINE DATABASE

Following databases are available in KUIS.

Dictionary
&
Encyclopedia Books Newspapers Magazines
&
Journals Other

[Dictionary & Encyclopedia]
Database
Service name Language Number of Access Line Contents and Source
(refer to help of each databases for details)

Japan Knowledge
Japanese

1
Encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases（Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words, Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese / Japanese-English dictionaries, Economist [Japanese] etc.）
Click the login button, [ログイン（法人）], before you use, and click the logout, [ログアウト], when you finish.

Nikkoku Online
Japanese

1
A web-based version of the dictionary of Japanese language "Nippon Kokugo Daijiten" (2nd ed.).
Click the login button, [ログイン（法人）], before you use, and click the logout, [ログアウト], when you finish.

Britannica Online Japan Japanese Unrestricted Encyclopaedia Britannica in Japanese.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online English Unrestricted　 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopaedia etc.

**[Dictionary & Encyclopedia]**
Database Service name	Language	Number of Access Line	Contents and Source (refer to help of each databases for details)
Japan Knowledge	Japanese	1	Encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases（Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words, Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese / Japanese-English dictionaries, Economist [Japanese] etc.） Click the login button, [ログイン（法人）], before you use, and click the logout, [ログアウト], when you finish.
Nikkoku Online	Japanese	1	A web-based version of the dictionary of Japanese language "Nippon Kokugo Daijiten" (2nd ed.). Click the login button, [ログイン（法人）], before you use, and click the logout, [ログアウト], when you finish.
Britannica Online Japan	Japanese	Unrestricted	Encyclopaedia Britannica in Japanese.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online	English	Unrestricted	Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopaedia etc.

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[Books]
Database
Service name Language Number of Access Line Contents and Source
(refer to help of each databases for details)

the National Institute of Informatics academic content portal (NII) Japanese
English Unrestricted GeNii is an academic content portal which provids services related to provision of academic paper information, book information, etc.

　
Search for the best books Japanese
English Unrestricted This database enables search books and journals to find out which university libraries, etc. have holdings.

Japan Knowledge Japanese
1
Encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases（Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words, Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese / Japanese-English dictionaries, Economist [Japanese] etc.）
When you finish, click the logout button.

**[Books]**
Database Service name	Language	Number of Access Line	Contents and Source (refer to help of each databases for details)
the National Institute of Informatics academic content portal (NII)	Japanese English	Unrestricted	GeNii is an academic content portal which provids services related to provision of academic paper information, book information, etc.
	Search for the best books	Japanese English	Unrestricted	This database enables search books and journals to find out which university libraries, etc. have holdings.
Japan Knowledge	Japanese	1	Encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases（Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words, Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese / Japanese-English dictionaries, Economist [Japanese] etc.） When you finish, click the logout button.

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[Newspapers]
Database
Service name Language Number of Access Line Contents and Source
(refer to help of each databases for details)

Asahi Shimbun
Kikuzo II Visual Japanese 1

Full text database of Asahi Shimbun, AERA, Shukan Asahi and Chiezo. (detail)
Click the login button, [ログイン to 聞蔵II], before you use, and click the logout button when you finish.

Yomiuri Shimbun
Yomidas Bunshokan Japanese
English 1 Full text database of the Yomiuri Shimbun and Daily Yomiuri from 1990. Jimbutsu database and some dictionaries are also available.
When you finish, click the logout button.

NEW
NIKKEI TELECOM 21 Japanese
English 1 Full text database of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the Nikkei Sangyou Shimbun, Nikkei MJ, Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun, Nikkei?DH Japn Report, Nikkei Major Article, and The Nikkei Weekly.
This dabatase contains a lot of corporate profiles in Japan, too.
When you finish, click the logout button.

The Dong-A Ilbo Korean Unrestricted A database of Korean newspaper The Dong-A Ilbo.
　　　　1981-Apr/1991: PDF
　　　　May/1991-Feb/16/2000: HTML
　　　　Feb/17/2000- : PDF

Lexis Nexis Academic
*Multilingual interface
　default: Japanese English Unrestricted The database of full-text documents from many kinds of magazines and newspapers in English and Spanish, French, German, etc.
Source list

**[Newspapers]**
Database Service name	Language	Number of Access Line	Contents and Source (refer to help of each databases for details)
Asahi Shimbun Kikuzo II Visual	Japanese	1
Full text database of Asahi Shimbun, AERA, Shukan Asahi and Chiezo. (detail) Click the login button, [ログイン to 聞蔵II], before you use, and click the logout button when you finish.
Yomiuri Shimbun Yomidas Bunshokan	Japanese English	1	Full text database of the Yomiuri Shimbun and Daily Yomiuri from 1990. Jimbutsu database and some dictionaries are also available. When you finish, click the logout button.
NEW NIKKEI TELECOM 21	Japanese English	1	Full text database of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the Nikkei Sangyou Shimbun, Nikkei MJ, Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun, Nikkei?DH Japn Report, Nikkei Major Article, and The Nikkei Weekly. This dabatase contains a lot of corporate profiles in Japan, too. When you finish, click the logout button.
The Dong-A Ilbo	Korean	Unrestricted	A database of Korean newspaper The Dong-A Ilbo. 　　　　1981-Apr/1991: PDF 　　　　May/1991-Feb/16/2000: HTML 　　　　Feb/17/2000- : PDF
Lexis Nexis Academic *Multilingual interface 　default: Japanese	English	Unrestricted	The database of full-text documents from many kinds of magazines and newspapers in English and Spanish, French, German, etc. Source list

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[Magazines & Journals]
Database
Service name Language Number of Access Line Contents and Source
(refer to help of each databases for details)

the National Institute of Informatics academic content portal (NII) Japanese
English Unrestricted GeNii is an academic content portal which provids services related to provision of academic paper information, book information, etc.
　
Citation Information by NII Japanese
English Unrestricted This database provides Japanese langague academic paper information, citation information, full text academic papers.
(Source)

Japanese Institutional Repositories Online Japanese
English Unrestricted JAIRO is a service of academic information (journal articles, theses or dissertations, departmental bulletin papers, research papers, etc.) accumulated in Japanese institutional repositories* can be searched for cross-sectionally.
(C urrent IRs in Japan)

Search for the best books Japanese
English Unrestricted This database enables search books and journals to find out which university libraries, etc. have holdings.

KAKEN
Service for disclosing the deliverable of grants-in-aid for scientific research Japanese
English Unrestricted This databse covers research conducted with grants-in-aid for scientific research provided by MEXT or JSPS.

NII-DBR
Academic Research Database Repository Japanese
English Unrestricted This database takes in and publishes specialized databases created by academic institutions and researchers. Those databases can be searched at one time.

MAGAZINEPLUS Japanese 1 The magazine report index of Nichigai Associates, Inc.

Japan Knowledge Japanese 1 Encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases（Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words, Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese / Japanese-English dictionaries, Economist [Japanese] etc.）
When you finish, click the logout button.

EBSCO A-to-Z

English

Unrestricted
This is a serials-finding tool which helps users to find titles from available databases easily. You can see alphabetical title list or search by title name, publisher, and ISSN here in KUIS.
[Links to]
EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite、Lexis Nexis Academic, Cambridge Journals Online (HSS collection), and JSTOR (Language & Literature Collection) and other available online journals

　 EBSCOhost
Academic Search Elite
Click "English Interface" of its top page.

Remote access is available.
*Application form for off-campus access is here.
English

Unrestricted
This database provides full text for more than 2,000 serials. Indexing and abstracts from 3,466 journals are also available.
Title lists

Lexis Nexis Academic
*Multilingual interface
　default: Japanese
English

Unrestricted
The database of full-text documents from many kinds of magazines and newspapers in English and Spanish, French, German, etc.
Source list

JSTOR (Language & Literature Collection)
English

Unrestricted

The 58 titles in this collection span the literary cultures of many different countries, containing articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German.

LLBA(Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts)
English

Unrestricted
This database gives access to abstracts on many aspects of the study of language. Sources: over 1,500 journals, 326,000 records, backfiles to 1973.
Source list

**[Magazines & Journals]**
Database Service name	Language	Number of Access Line	Contents and Source (refer to help of each databases for details)
the National Institute of Informatics academic content portal (NII)	Japanese English	Unrestricted	GeNii is an academic content portal which provids services related to provision of academic paper information, book information, etc.
	Citation Information by NII	Japanese English	Unrestricted	This database provides Japanese langague academic paper information, citation information, full text academic papers. (Source)
Japanese Institutional Repositories Online	Japanese English	Unrestricted	JAIRO is a service of academic information (journal articles, theses or dissertations, departmental bulletin papers, research papers, etc.) accumulated in Japanese institutional repositories* can be searched for cross-sectionally. (C urrent IRs in Japan)
Search for the best books	Japanese English	Unrestricted	This database enables search books and journals to find out which university libraries, etc. have holdings.
KAKEN Service for disclosing the deliverable of grants-in-aid for scientific research	Japanese English	Unrestricted	This databse covers research conducted with grants-in-aid for scientific research provided by MEXT or JSPS.
NII-DBR Academic Research Database Repository	Japanese English	Unrestricted	This database takes in and publishes specialized databases created by academic institutions and researchers. Those databases can be searched at one time.
MAGAZINEPLUS	Japanese	1	The magazine report index of Nichigai Associates, Inc.
Japan Knowledge	Japanese	1	Encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases（Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words, Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese / Japanese-English dictionaries, Economist [Japanese] etc.） When you finish, click the logout button.
EBSCO A-to-Z	English	Unrestricted	This is a serials-finding tool which helps users to find titles from available databases easily. You can see alphabetical title list or search by title name, publisher, and ISSN here in KUIS. [Links to] EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite、Lexis Nexis Academic, Cambridge Journals Online (HSS collection), and JSTOR (Language & Literature Collection) and other available online journals
	EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite Click "English Interface" of its top page. Remote access is available. *Application form for off-campus access is here.	English	Unrestricted	This database provides full text for more than 2,000 serials. Indexing and abstracts from 3,466 journals are also available. Title lists
Lexis Nexis Academic *Multilingual interface 　default: Japanese	English	Unrestricted	The database of full-text documents from many kinds of magazines and newspapers in English and Spanish, French, German, etc. Source list
JSTOR (Language & Literature Collection)	English	Unrestricted	The 58 titles in this collection span the literary cultures of many different countries, containing articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German.
LLBA(Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts)	English	Unrestricted	This database gives access to abstracts on many aspects of the study of language. Sources: over 1,500 journals, 326,000 records, backfiles to 1973. Source list

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[Other]
Database
Service name Language Number of Access Line Contents and Source
(refer to help of each databases for details)

the National Institute of Informatics academic content portal (NII) Japanese
English Unrestricted GeNii is an academic content portal which provids services related to provision of academic paper information, book information, etc.

　 KAKEN
Service for disclosing the deliverable of grants-in-aid for scientific research Japanese
English Unrestricted This databse covers research conducted with grants-in-aid for scientific research provided by MEXT or JSPS.

NII-DBR
Academic Research Database Repository Japanese
English Unrestricted This database takes in and publishes specialized databases created by academic institutions and researchers. Those databases can be searched at one time.

Asian Affiars Database
Japanese

Unrestricted
This database shows us full text of Year Books of Asian Affairs.(1970-latest). The last 5 issues are accessible through KUIS LAN only.

NEW
NIKKEI TELECOM 21 Japanese
English 1 Full text database of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the Nikkei Sangyou Shimbun, Nikkei MJ, Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun, Nikkei?DH Japn Report, Nikkei Major Article, and The Nikkei Weekly.
This dabatase contains a lot of corporate profiles in Japan, too.
When you finish, click the logout button.

**[Other]**
Database Service name	Language	Number of Access Line	Contents and Source (refer to help of each databases for details)
the National Institute of Informatics academic content portal (NII)	Japanese English	Unrestricted	GeNii is an academic content portal which provids services related to provision of academic paper information, book information, etc.
	KAKEN Service for disclosing the deliverable of grants-in-aid for scientific research	Japanese English	Unrestricted	This databse covers research conducted with grants-in-aid for scientific research provided by MEXT or JSPS.
NII-DBR Academic Research Database Repository	Japanese English	Unrestricted	This database takes in and publishes specialized databases created by academic institutions and researchers. Those databases can be searched at one time.
Asian Affiars Database	Japanese	Unrestricted	This database shows us full text of Year Books of Asian Affairs.(1970-latest). The last 5 issues are accessible through KUIS LAN only.
NEW NIKKEI TELECOM 21	Japanese English	1	Full text database of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the Nikkei Sangyou Shimbun, Nikkei MJ, Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun, Nikkei?DH Japn Report, Nikkei Major Article, and The Nikkei Weekly. This dabatase contains a lot of corporate profiles in Japan, too. When you finish, click the logout button.

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