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The Exciting World of Japanese Web Resources: What Is Available and How to Obtain Them

The Exciting World of Japanese Web Resources: What Is Available and How to Obtain Them. Dawn Lawson NCC Faculty Forum, Tucson 22 October 2009. Lots to Cover. Types of Resources Which Are Free, Which Require a Paid Subscription and License Agreement How to Negotiate a License

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The Exciting World of Japanese Web Resources: What Is Available and How to Obtain Them

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  1. The Exciting World of Japanese Web Resources:What Is Available and How to Obtain Them Dawn Lawson NCC Faculty Forum, Tucson 22 October 2009

  2. 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

  3. Types of Resources • Newspapers • Reference Works • Indexes to Journal Articles • Institutional Repositories • Digital Libraries • Library Catalogs • And Much More. . .

  4. Major Online Newspaper Packages (Require Paid Subscription) • Kikuzo II (The Asahi shinbun Plus) • Yomidas Bunshokan (The Yomiuri shinbun Plus) • Nikkei Telecom 21

  5. Kikuzo II • Full-text search of articles from the Asahi shinbun (1985-today) • Keyword access to earlier articles (1945-1984) • AERA (1988-) and Shūkan Asahi (2000-) • Chiezō current vocabulary dictionary • More content to be added in 2010

  6. 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 yōgo, current vocabulary dictionary

  7. 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, who’s who directories, market data, statistics • Japanese newswire headlines

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Types of Subscriptions • Single institution license with subscription agent or vendor • Consortial license • Individual license (some already available; NCC is advocating for more)

  14. Our Recommendations • Contact the agent or vendor to express interest and ask questions • Speak to your library’s licensing librarian about requesting a free trial • Contact the DRC with additional questions or concerns

  15. 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

  16. Questions, Comments? • Let us know how we can help you!

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