JapanKnowledgeAccess via Asia Portal and NIAS.
"Fully searchable and browsable databases including English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries, Encyclopedia Nipponica and Encyclopedia of Japan, articles published in a weekly magazine Ekonomisuto, collection of Tōyō bunko series and other visual and sound databases. Also includes Jitsu – online kanji dictionary/reference tool for the meaning of the Chinese characters."
Nikkei Telecom21Access through Asia Portal and NIAS.
"Nikkei Telecom21 is a group of comprehensive business database services. The service consists of:
News: Real-Time Nikkei newswire service (Japanese and English)
Full Text Article Search: Nikkei’s 4 main newspapers and news (Japanese and English)
Market & Economic Indicators: Stock Indices, exchange rates, bond pricing and other economic indicators (Japanese)
Company Search: Company profiles and financial information (Japanese)
Who’s Who Search: Personnel information in business (Japanese)."
Repositories - Japan
IRBD – Institutional Repository Database"IRDB collects and provides meta data to a wide range of material in Japanese academic repositories, including theses, journal articles, books, conference papers, research reports, software, etc."
CiNii - Citation Information by National Institute of Informatics (Nii), Japan.Via Asia Portal. "CiNii incorporates a number of databases, providing search facilities for academic periodicals published by universities, academic societies etc, with citation links to 17 million articles of which 4 millions are in fulltext. If the fulltext is available there is a direct link to it.
For articles which are not available in full-text via CiNii there is a bibliographic download function which simplifies ordering of article copies from the National Diet Library. NDL delivers articles copies against a fee, but registration as an institution is necessary. For more information please contact ilb@nias.ku.dk.
In Japanese and English."
JACAR - Japan Center for Asian Historical Records"JACAR is a digital database testifying to Japan's historical relations in Asia as well as elsewhere. This site provides access to official documents—dating from the Meiji era through 1945—of the Japanese Cabinet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Army and Navy. In an effort to share history as it has been documented, JACAR's archives showcase the original records, including full images of the documents, all in digitized form, on an unprecedented scale."
JAIRO – Japanese Institutional Repositories OnlineVia Asia Portal. "JAIRO is an abbreviation of Japanese Institutional Repositories Online.
In JAIRO academic information (journal articles, theses or dissertations, departmental bulletin papers, research papers, etc.) accumulated in Japanese institutional repositories can be searched for cross-sectionally."
Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library Asian Resources Room: JapaneseOpen Access.
"The National Diet Library (NDL) is the only national library in Japan. It was established in 1948 by the National Diet Library Law, based on Article 130 of the National Diet Law, "The National Diet Library shall be established in the Diet by a separate law, in order to assist Diet Members in their study and research". The law declares the ideal of the library's establishment in its preamble: The National Diet Library is hereby established as a result of the firm conviction that truth makes us free and with the object of contributing to international peace and the democratization of Japan as promised in our Constitution."
The World and Japan database projectOpen Access.
"The World and Japan database project consists of four under construction databases funded by grants-in-aid from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Monbukagakusho) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Nihongakujutsushinkoukai).
*Interface in English, Japanese, Chinese and content in English and Japanese"
"The INKSLIB, initiated in 2008, aims to create an arena where Korean Studies librarians can exchange and share information on landscape of Korean Studies library service and its latest trend, and contribute to development of Korean Studies by supporting librarians."
Korean Women’s Development Institute KWDI"Since the establishment in 1983, Korean Women’s Development Institute has been a leading government funded women’s research institute under the Prime Minister’s Office.
As a leading women’s policy Think-tank, KWDI has been researching on comprehensive issues in South Korea’s women’s policy. And by providing informations on women’s policy, women’s development, and research, KWDI has been contributing to women’s participation in the society, welfare and family and further development of South Korea. "
Some freely available e-resources within Korean Studies
List of free resources compiled by NoBas (Nordic Baltic association for Asian Studies), including historical sources, literature, library catalogues, reference sources, news archives and film archives.
