Databases

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Category Guide
A [EBSCOhost]

Includes 500 journals published from 1691 to 1820.

Campus R Social Sciences
[EBSCOhost]

Includes more than 1000 journals published from 1821 to 1837.

Campus R Social Sciences
[EBSCOhost]

Includes 500 journals published from 1691 to 1820.

Campus R Social Sciences
[EBSCOhost]

Includes more than 1,100 journals published from 1853 to 1865.

Campus R Social Sciences
[EBSCOhost]

Includes more than 2,500 journals published from 1866 to 1877.

Campus R Social Sciences
(ASP) [EBSCOhost]

Full-text access to over 3,100 journals and abstracts for 8,500+ titles, focusing on peer-reviewed research across sciences and other diverse fields.

Campus R Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
e‑Journals
Terms of Use
Guide
[Sheet]
[NII-REO]

Over 36,000 early American publications: Nearly all books and pamphlets from 1639-1800.

Series I: Evans, 1639-1800

Campus R General
[Gale]

George H.W. Bush Diplomatic Records: Featuring content on Bosnia and the Former Yugoslavia.

Campus R Social Sciences System Requirements

Asahi Shimbun Archive (1879-present): Includes Chiezo encyclopedia and biographical database.

Campus R 2 Newspapers
Reference Works & eBooks
Biography
System Requirements
Guide
Terms of Use
B (provided by School of Law)

Features approximately 110 major journals and 500 handbooks from C.H. Beck, including commentaries on the Civil, Criminal, Commercial, and Corporate Codes.

Campus Social Sciences Guide
[J-DAC]

Primary sources on modern Japanese enterprises. Includes licensed content such as business reports, prospectuses, early-period securities reports, and documents related to the Deconcentration Law.

Campus R Social Sciences System Requirements
Guide

Full-text access to over 80 articles related to Biology and Environmental Science.

Campus R Science & Technology
[Web of Science]

Biomedical & Life Sciences: Pre-clinical research, experimental studies, and measurement methods (1926-present).

Campus R Science & Technology Details
[Web of Science]

Scholarly Book Citation Search (2005-present).

Campus R General Details

E-books and E-Journal published by Brill.

Campus R General
C [Cambridge Core]

Full-text access to over 200 multidisciplinary journals (1997-present).

Campus R General
[Asahi Shimbun Cross‑Search]

Database of statesmen, economic experts, bureaucracies, scholars and journalists, etc.

Campus R 2 Reference Works & eBooks System Requirements
Guide
Terms of Use

Database for Chunichi Shimbun (from April 1987) and Tokyo Shimbun (from April 1997). Some issues of all local editions for Tokai region, as well as of predecessor publications, are available for searching and viewing.

Campus 1 Newspapers Guide
Terms of Use
[NII]

Japan's largest scholarly information search service, including research papers, books, research data, researchers, and research projects registered in Japan's public infrastructure.

Open R General [Sheet]
(Chinese Academic Literature Online Service) (provided by School of Letters)
A comprehensive academic information database in China.

Full-text access limited to licensed subjects only.

Campus R 3 General Arts & Humanities [Sheet]
[EBSCOhost]

Bibliography of controlled clinical trials from the Cochrane Collaboration and other providers.

Campus R Science & Technology Guide
[EBSCOhost]

Clinically focused Q&A summaries.

Campus R Science & Technology Guide
[EBSCOhost]

Full-text articles and research protocols focusing on medical effectiveness.

Campus R Science & Technology Guide
[EBSCOhost]

Bibliography of publications on controlled clinical trial methodologies.

Campus R Science & Technology Guide
[Web of Science]

Conference Proceedings (1995-present).

Campus R General Social Sciences Details
[Web of Science]

Latest synthetic methods reported in leading organic chemistry journals: Includes reaction diagrams and essential reaction conditions (1995-present).

Campus R Science & Technology Details
[Web of Science]

Global Academic TOCs & Bibliography: Includes selected websites and scholarly documents (1998-present).

Campus R General
D (provided by School of Law)

Cross-linked databases for statutes, case law, and legal literature.

Law 1 General
[Web of Science]

Research Data Citation Index: Links to statistics, genetic data, and more cited in scholarly works (1995-present).

Campus R General Details
[Gale]

Includes intelligence studies, policy papers, diplomatic correspondence, cabinet meeting minutes, briefing materials, and domestic surveillance and military reports.

Campus R Social Sciences Search Guide
[Web of Science]

Patent and citation information in the fields of Chemistry, Electrical, Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering (1995-present).

Campus R Science & Technology Details
[Yomidas]

Database in profiles and biographies.

Campus 1 Biography
E (EEBO) [NII-REO]

Includes approx. 130,000 titles published in English or the UK from 1475 to 1700.

Campus R General

Features over 10,000 Japanese titles and millions of foreign-language books. Full-text access is available for purchased titles. You can preview unpurchased titles for 5 minutes and submit purchase requests.

Note:The preview function may not work on Safari (Mac) or on iPads and iPhones.Please use another device or Google Chrome on a Mac.

Campus R per volume 1 Reference Works & eBooks Details
Guide
Guide
Terms of Use
[Sheet]
[Request to Purchase]

Database in general reference.

Campus R General Guide
Guide
Terms of Use
[Sheet]

[EBSCOhost]
Comprehensive economics database compiled by the American Economic Association.

Campus R 4 Social Sciences Guide
on campus only

Guide
Guide
[Sheet]
[NII-REO]

Online full-text access to "The Eighteenth Century" microfilm collection, covering 18th-century British and English-language publications.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks

Full-text access to approx. 120 business and economics journals.

Campus R Social Sciences
[Gale]

Documents the emergence of those concerns from different aspects of conservation and environmental public policy in North America in the modern era.

Campus R Social Sciences Search Guide
(provided by Economic Research Center)

Corporate Database: Profiles, financials, and securities reports for all listed Japanese companies.

Campus R 1 Social Sciences
[EBSCOhost]

Database for education-related resources, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Campus R Social Sciences [Sheet]
Guide
[Web of Science]

Identify influential individuals, organizations, papers, and journals in each research field, as well as emerging research trends.

Campus R Research Trends [Guide]
G

E-books for Reference published by Gale group.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks System Requirements
Details
Terms of Use
[Guide]
[TKC] (provided by School of Law)

Provides search and full-text access to the annual law reviews ("Gakkai Kaiko") featured in the December issues of "Horitsu Jiho."

Campus R 5 Social Sciences
H

A collaborative digitization project for books and journals, centered on U.S. university libraries. Some titles are available for full-text viewing.

Open General Guide
[TKC] (provided by School of Law)

Provides search and full-text access to articles published in the special extraordinary volumes of "Horitsu Jiho" focusing on the annual retrospective and outlook of case law.

Campus R 5 Social Sciences
(provided by School of Law)

Includes major legal periodicals from their inaugural issues. Also provides the Federal Register, U.S. case law, and UK cases and bills.

School of Law members only R Social Sciences

Full-text access to approx. 350 journals in Life Sciences.

Campus R Science & Technology
[Hein Online] (provided by School of Law)

A database of legislative histories, articles, and documents on U.S. bankruptcy law, dating back to the late 1700s.

School of Law members only R Social Sciences
[Hein Online] (provided by School of Law)

A full-text database of books and journal articles on the history of international law, covering the 17th to the 20th centuries.

School of Law members only R Social Sciences
[J-DAC]

Database in social sciences.

Campus R Social Sciences System Requirements
[Contract titles]
Guide
(School of Law)

A collaborative database of law journals published by participating universities. Full-text access is available for titles marked with a "PDF" icon.

Campus R 10 Social Sciences
(School of Law)

Search for Japanese Legal periodicals and case annotations index.

Campus R 10 Social Sciences
[TKC] (provided by School of Law)

Provides search and full-text access to articles, research papers, and case reviews published in "Horitsu Jiho."

Campus R 5 Social Sciences

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (1660-2004).

Campus R Social Sciences Details
I (provided by School of Economics)

A data archive that collects, preserves, and provides microdata from social science surveys for secondary analysis.

Campus Social Sciences
Statistics, White papers
Details(School of Economics)
[Japan Medical Abstracts Society]

An online database for Japanese literature in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and related fields, provided by JAMAS.

Campus 10 Science & Technology Terms of Use
Guide
Guide
[Web of Science]

Provides information on new compounds collected from the latest organic chemistry journals. Supports structure searching (1993-present).

Campus R Science & Technology Details

Reference Database covering all fields.

Campus R General
[Hein Online] (provided by School of Law)

Intellectual Property Law Collection: Includes U.S. legislative histories for copyrights and patents, along with scholarly articles and research papers.

School of Law members only R Social Sciences
(ISCN) [Karger]

The international reference book for human cytogenetic and cytogenomic nomenclature.

Campus 1 Science & Technology Details
J

JapanKnowledge: Major Encyclopedias & Biographical Dictionaries.
Note: Kokushi Daijiten Web is hosted as a separate site within JapanKnowledge and is not included in cross‑search.

Campus R 5 Reference Works & eBooks System Requirements
Details
Terms of Use

Academic journals and proceedings published in Japan.

Open General

Provides full-text search for "The Japan Times" articles (Available from 1897 to 2018).

Note: If you encounter connection issues, please try disabling IPv6 in your network settings.

Campus R Newspapers System Requirements
[Web of Science]

Impact Factor Search.

Campus R Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Research Trends
Details
Guide

Videos of lab methods, including the JoVE Journal and JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments.

Campus R Science & Technology Details
*in Japanese
(JIS)

Saving downloaded PDFs is not allowed. Printed copies must be discarded after use (retaining paper copies is not permitted).

Note: Available to Nagoya University members only

Note: Saving downloaded PDF files is not allowed; if you print, you must discard the copies after use (retaining paper copies is not permitted).

Higashiyama 1 Science & Technology [ID/PW]on campus only

Back issues of approx. 850 core journals (Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics, etc.).

Campus R General advanced search
Guide
[Terms of Use]
(provided by School of Law)

German Legal Database: Includes case law, statutes, related journals, and legal literature.

Campus Social Sciences
K

Full-text access to approx. 80 medical and bioscience journals.

Campus R Science & Technology

Search major chemistry resources: Handbook of Chemistry (Kagaku Binran), Encyclopedia of Experimental Chemistry (Jikken Kagaku Koza), and Dictionary of Standard Chemical Terminology.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks Terms of Use
[Web of Science]

Korea Citation Index: Search scholarly papers published in South Korea from 1980 to the present.

Campus R General Details

Archives of major business magazines (Toyo Keizai, Weekly Diamond) and Domei Photo Graphic news photos.

Campus R per volume 4 Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Terms of Use

Includes English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries published by Kenkyusha.

Campus R 10 Reference Works & eBooks Terms of Use

Academic and professional books published by Japanese publishers.
Note: Close the browser after searching.

Campus R per volume 1-3 Reference Works & eBooks Guide
[JapanKnowledge]

Digital edition of Kokushi Daijiten (Great Dictionary of Japanese History), Japan's largest historical encyclopedia, comprising all 15 volumes (17 books).

Campus R 1 Reference Works & eBooks
Arts & Humanities
System Requirements
Details

Biographical dictionary of scholars and researchers from German-speaking countries (included with the print edition).

Campus R Biography
L (provided by School of Law)

Comprehensive database of Japanese case law.

Campus R 10 Social Sciences Guide
[EBSCOhost]

An essential database providing indexes and abstracts for journals in library and information science, as well as technology.

Campus R Social Sciences Details
Guide
Terms of Use
[Sheet]
M [NICHIGAI/Web Service]

Search for Japanese Periodicals Index

Campus 3 General Details
Guide

Database for Mainichi shinbun newspapers, etc.

Campus 1 Newspapers Details

The Making of the Modern World (MOMW)

A collection of classic works on the history of economics and economic history. Includes tens of thousands of Western‑language publications on socio‑economic history from the mid‑15th to the mid‑20th century.

Part.1 - 3[NII-REO]
Note: Subscription ended on March 29, 2024 (Gale).
Campus R Social Sciences
Reference Works & eBooks
Guide:Gale
Academic and professional books published by Japanese publishers. Reference database for dictionaries, encyclopedias, and e‑books.

Note: Click "Exit" (upper right) after reading to ensure access for other users.

Campus R per volume 1-3 Reference Works & eBooks Guide
Guide
Details
[Request to Purchase]
[AMS]

Mathematical Literature (1940-present).

Campus R Science & Technology System Requirements
Guide
Guide(Video)

[EBSCOhost]

[Web of Science]

Biomedicine, natural sciences, anthropology, and related health fields.

Campus R Science & Technology Guide:EBSCO
[Sheet]
(provided by International Economic Policy Research Center)
Global Corporate & Financial Data: Includes annual reports and records of bankrupt/merged/acquired companies.
* For the English manual, see HELP in the database.

Database in social sciences.

Campus R Social Sciences Guide
on campus only
[EBSCOhost]

Bibliographic records for journals in the MLA International Bibliography.

Campus R Publishing Details
Terms of Use
Guide
[Sheet]
[EBSCOhost]

Database for linguistics.

Campus R Publishing Details
Terms of Use
Guide
Guide
[Sheet]
N

Full-text search for dozens of specialist journals published by the Nature Portfolio.

Campus R Science & Technology
(provided by School of Economics)

Full-text database provided by NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research)

Campus R Social Sciences

Search digitized materials from the National Diet Library (NDL), with some titles available for full-text viewing. Restricted materials ("Library Transmission Service") are available at the Central Library.

Open General [for NU]
Guide

Integrated search service of catalogs and digital archives including the National Diet Library, public, university, and specialized libraries, and academic institutes.

Open Reference Works & eBooks
[JapanKnowledge]

Digital edition of Japan's most comprehensive Japanese dictionary (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, 2nd Ed.).

Campus R 5 (combined with JapanKnowledge) Reference Works & eBooks System Requirements
Details

Nikkei BP Magazine Archives: Access to back issues of around 50 titles.

Note: A university‑wide monthly limit applies to the number of article views.

Campus Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Details
Terms of Use
(Nikkei‑Limited Menu)

Article search for the four Nikkei newspapers.

Campus 4 Newspapers Terms of Use
[National Library of Korea]

This service allows users to search and view a variety of resources, collected and stored by the NLK. Central Library is the partner library of the NLK and Partner Library materials can be viewed at NU Central Library.

Campus Social Sciences [for NU]
user guide
O

OECD publications and data, including reports and statistics.

Note: Articles up to 2017 are available.

Campus R Social Sciences
Statistics, White papers
Details
Guide
(provided by School of Law)

A database of 24 official law reports, including the "Supreme Court Case Reports (Criminal Cases)."

Campus R 10 Social Sciences

Keyword search for articles from the Official Gazette of Japan (Kanpo).

Central / Law Social Sciences Details
Terms of Use

A digital platform for e-journals and e-books hosting Oxford University Press.

Campus R Social Sciences

Biographical dictionary of 57,000+ people connected with the UK (off‑campus link available).

Note: For off-campus access, use this link (availability may vary by environment).

Campus R※ 1 Social Sciences Details

Reference database for dictionaries, encyclopedias, and e‑books.

Note: For off-campus access, use this link (availability may vary by environment).

Campus R※ Reference Works & eBooks Details
[Oxford Academic]

Online edition of the Oxford Handbooks series, featuring comprehensive reviews by leading experts across various academic fields.

Campus R General
Reference Works & eBooks
[Oxford Academic]

A medical research portal providing access to Oxford University Press's medical textbooks and handbooks and clinical resources.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks
[Oxford Academic]

Dictionaries, World Encyclopedia, World Maps etc.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks Details
Terms of Use
[Oxford Academic]

Academic E-books issued by Oxford University Press.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks
P (Powder Diffraction File)

X-ray powder diffraction data provided by the ICDD (International Centre for Diffraction Data).

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks on campus only
-PDF2plus
-XSearch
-XViewer
-DDViewer

A collection of major online journals in the humanities and social sciences from Europe and North America, covering the 19th century through 1995.

Campus R Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
e‑Journals

An index of articles from major journals in the humanities and social sciences across Europe and North America (1665-1995).

Campus R Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences

A platform providing e-journals from Japanese publishers, focusing on medicine, pharmacy, and nursing.

Campus R Science & Technology

A collection of gray literature preserved from U.S. government agencies and organizations, including reports, blog posts, videos, and podcasts.

Campus R Social Sciences Guide
[J-DAC]

This database allows you to trace the state of modern and contemporary Japan through original materials. Note: Only contracted content are available. (check on the search tab)

Note: Only contracted content is available (see the Search tab).

Kusuda Minoru Papers (Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's Office Documents)

Tokyo Trial & War Crimes Trial Materials

Yabe Teiji Papers

Records of the Tokyo Army Court‑Martial for the February 26 Incident

Materials on the Postwar Social Security System

Campus R Social Sciences System Requirements
Guide

Full-text access to approx. 20 journals in Mathematics and Statistics.

Campus Science & Technology
Science & Technology

A world-class full-text academic research database that contains a wide range of materials, including academic papers, books, newspaper articles, and dissertations.

Campus R General
Guide

Global Dissertation Index (Mainly North America).

Note: Self-pay for full-text purchase.

Campus R Dissertations terms & conditions

Approximately 900,000 extensive and specialized eBooks. Full-text browsing and downloading are available for purchased titles only. You can also request to purchase books you are interested in.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks Guide
Guide
[Request to Purchase]

Database in science and technology.

Campus R
for Full-Text Links
Science & Technology [Sheet]
R (UNIT 1)

FEMA Primary Sources: Comprehensive crisis management data covering all disasters, from natural hazards to terrorism.

Campus Social Sciences

Chronological Scientific Tables (1925-Present).

Campus R Statistics, White papers

Routledge (Humanities/Social Sciences) & CRC Press (Science/Engineering) E-books.

Campus R General Guide
S [Web of Science]

Open-access journals from Latin America, Portugal, Spain, and South Africa, covering sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Available via the Web of Science platform (1997-present).

Campus General Details

Search approx. 2,100 Elsevier academic journals.

Campus R General System Requirements
Terms of Use
Guide

Full-text search for approx. 90 journals published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Campus R Science & Technology

Research analytics tool powered by Scopus.

Campus R Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Details(URA) on campus only
Guide

Bibliographic & citation database across STEM, social sciences, and humanities.

Campus R General Guide
(School of Law)

Offers rapid expert commentary on major case law across 16 legal fields within 3 months of publication, with seamless links to full-text judgements on "LEX/DB Internet."

Campus R 10 Social Sciences
[J-DAC] (provided by School of Letters)

Contracted Content

Rare Magazine Collection (1950s-1970s)
Cross-search 400+ rare adult culture and entertainment magazines.

Campus R Arts & Humanities Guide

Full-text search approx. 1300 journals published by Springer.

Campus R General Guide
(provided by School of Law)

A premier statutory database based on "Genko Nippon Hoki," the authoritative collection of Japanese laws compiled by the Ministry of Justice.

Campus R 10 Social Sciences
(SDGO)

SDG Digital Content Collection: Covers all 17 goals. Includes research papers, videos, presentations, and educational resources.

Campus R Social Sciences Guide
T

Full-text search of approx. 140 journals published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge.

Campus R General Guide

Academic e-book platform: Humanities, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering.

Campus R General Guide
[Gale]

Full-text archive of The Times (London): 200 years of articles from 1785 to 1985.

Campus R Newspapers System Requirements
Details
Terms of Use
U

A collection of 7 journals published by Japanese biological societies.

Campus R Science & Technology

Search bibliographic data for pre-modern Japanese books held in Japan and overseas.

Open General
Arts & Humanities
[Oxford Academic]
A platform providing e-books from multiple university presses.

Note: Access is limited to subscribed titles only.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks
V (VSI) [Oxford Academic]

Oxford University Press's introductory series: Accessible guides to complex topics for beginners.

Campus R Reference Works & eBooks

Early American & British-American Historical Records.

Campus R Social Sciences Guide

Interactive 3D Anatomy & Physiology (Human Body).

PC Access

Campus R Science & Technology System Requirements
Details
Guide
W

Search global multidisciplinary journals and track citation data.
EndNote Online is also available here.

Campus R General Details
Guide
FAQ
[Sheet]

Search for popular Japanese magazines: Weeklies, monthly journals, and women's lifestyle titles.

Campus R 1 General Details
Guide
FAQ
(provided by School of Law)

Japanese Legal Database: Laws, precedents, legal literature, and news.

Campus R Social Sciences
(Westlaw Classic) (provided by School of Law)

International legal info: Focus on US, UK, Canada, and the EU.

Campus R Social Sciences

Contract Title:

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI)

The Archives of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (RGS) Part 1

The Archives of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (RGS) Part 2

Campus R General Guide

Full-text access to over 1,000 journals published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Campus R General Guide(Video)
[Hein Online] (provided by School of Law)

Current constitution for every country, historical documents and related articles.

School of Law members only R Social Sciences
Y

Archive of The Yomiuri Shimbun (1874-present), The Japan News, and a biographical database.

Campus 1 Newspapers
Z [Web of Science]

Zoological Literature & Taxonomy (1995-present).

Campus R Science & Technology Details
(Zassaku Plus)

Japanese Magazine Articles: National & Regional (Since 1868).

Campus 1 General