Find books, articles, journals etc.
Selected resources
Access library resources when you are not on campus.
For remote access to Asahi shinbun, Japan Times and Yomidasu, you have to use UiO VPN, UiO Programkiosk or Remote Desktop.
Databases (Japanese, Asian)
- CiNii Research - cross search several types of academic materials
- IRDB - Japanese Institutional Repositories Online (JSTOR til 3.31.2019)
- J-Stage - Japane Science and Technology Information Aggregator
- Bibliography of Asian Studies(BAS)
Newspapers
- AsahiShimbun Cross-Search - Asahi database (via NoBAS)
- Yomidasu - Japanese News paper database (via NoBAS)
- Mainichi shinbun - via PressPeader at UiO. Choose "Japan".
- Japan Times (current issues) has problem to access. You can search in Factiva. If you need to hjelp, send e-mail to me.
- Japan Times Archives - from 1897 (via NoBAS)
- Factiva - Dow Jones Factiva. Choose Japanese language and search in Japanese original letters
- Historic newpapers published in China - Newpapers and journals under Japanese occupation in China 新京日日新聞, 北支, 滿洲日報, 臺灣日日新報
Databases for Japanese resources
- Andla - cross search for digital archives by univeristies and museums so on. Only in Japanese.
- Cultural Japan - cross search of Japanese materials by museums, libraries etc . around the world.
- Finding moving images - Japanese moving images (NCC)
- Geospatial Information Authority (GSI) of Japan 国土地理院 - an article about this.
- Japan Search - “national, integrated and cross-sectoral portal website”
- Japan center for Asian historical records (JACAR)
- Japan Past & Present - hub and repository for Japanese studies.
- National Diet Library Digital Collections - full text books from Meiji era
- NHK Great East Japan Earthquake Archive
- International Historical Statistics - population, worker, agriculture, prices, education, etc.
- Statistics bureau, Japan
- Catalogue of holdings in East Asian languages at the Berlin State Library
Interdisciplinary databases
- IBSS-International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
- ICPSR Inter-University Consortium for political and social science
- Literature Online
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
- MLA
Japanese e-books portal KinoDen (Due to restructuring this database might be inaccessible 2024)
Book search
Oria - The library's main catalogue. (containing books, articles and other resources)
Journal on Japan
- In western Languages: Printed Journals on the 1st floor. Book Shelfs 495 (East Asia) and 950 (Asia). Many journals articles are available via Library catalogue.
- In Japanese Language: There are printed journals on the 4th floor (Mesaninen).
Reference works
Suggest a purchase
You are welcome to suggest additions to our collection (books, journals etc).
Dewey nummbers
Selected Dewey no. for Japanese studies with links to Library catalogue.
Japanese transcriptions
- Monumenta Nipponica Style Sheet
Use this as support for your papers - Web NDL Authorities
Check Japanese names - Viaf Virtual International Authority File
Check names with transcriptions
Library courses
- Handout from the Library course The Book pyramid
Exhibition
Female film directors from Japan: A gendered society in transition. Book Exhibition May 9th-May 26th 2016