Domestic Databases

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Database of tables of contents, headlines, advertisements and so on from 13,787 magazines and newspapers owned by Gordon W. Prange Collection (Maryland University in the U.S.).

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The portal site provided by National Institute of Informatics. It enables you to cross search the databases of literature information of each academic discipline and ancient documents provided by National Institute of Informatics(NII).

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This database provides the full text of publications about developing countries/areas’ economical/political/social problems published by Institute of Developing Economies (JETRO). It contains the full texts of 494 books such as “Kenkyu Sousho”, “Ajiken Sensho”, “Jouhou Bunseki Report”, “Asia wo miru me”, etc. published after 1990.

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Database of materials such as historical documents, precious letters, memoranda, newsletters and so on.
1. “The Savings and Loan Crisis: Loss of Public Trust and the Federal Bailout, 1989-1993”
2. “Hollywood, Moral Censorship, and the Motion Picture Production Code, 1927-1968”
3. “European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: German Colonies in Asia and the Pacific: From Colonialism to Japanese Mandates, 1910-1929”
4. “19th Century English-Language Journals from the Far East”
5. “The Observer: News for the American Soldier in Vietnam, 1962-1973”
6. “Country Intelligence Reports on Japan 1941-1947. State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research Reports.”
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Database of survey research information of the contents written below.
Accounting standards/application guidelines/business handling reports (detailed consideration process, the main points of proceedings, materials, etc.)/open drafts/arrangements of points of discussions/IASB/SAC/detailed consideration process (liaison countries conference)/various systems about company accounting/company finance
Please come to Ikebukuro library  B1F counter, and then the counter staff will search instead of you.

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Database of “Yearbook of Asian Affairs” (from 1970 until the latest issue) published by Institute of Developing Economies (JETRO). About the important topics of Asia after 1969 and 22 countries 1 area in Asia & Central Asia & Russia Far East area, the full text  search and the download of the chief economic indicators by country and year are available.

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bookplus is one of the biggest book database in Japan provided by NICHIGAI ASSOCIATES, INC. It provides not only book titles, authors and publishers but table of contents, summaries, and story lines.

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Business Archives Online provides business reports of about 10000 Japanese main companies from 1877 until 1950 (around the revision of the Commercial Code). It contains prospectuses of about 2000 companies in 1945-1954 and security reports of about 2400 companies in 1961 – 1985.

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The e-book collection of Cambridge University Press. This database covers all the fields of human science, social science, natural science and medicine and searches all the titles by full-text, key words and contents. The titles Rikkyo University purchased can be viewed in full text as PDF files.

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The newspaper article database of “Chunichi Shimbun” and “Tokyo Shimbun”.
■Chunichi Shimbun
“Chunichi Shimbun” contains almost all the articles of more than 20 local editions (Aichi prefecture, Gifu prefecture and Mie prefecture).
April 1987-: the last edition (the local edition)
April 1989-: Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Shiga, Fukui, Nagano
January 1995-: All the area versions of Mie
April 1995-: All the area versions of Gifu
January 1996-: All the area versions of Aichi
■Tokyo Shimbun
“Tokyo Shimbun” is a local edition of the metropolitan area.
April 1997-: the last edition (Tokyo)
April 2009-: All the area versions of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gumma, Tochigi, the eastern part of Shizuoka

Chuokeizai Database Library contains 4 online journals (“企業会計(Kigyou Kaikei)”, “税務弘報(Zeimu Kouhou)”, “経理情報(Keiri Jouhou)” and “ビジネス法務(Business Houmu)”), 会計全書(Kaikei Zensho) online and 会計学(Kaikeigaku) library. This database searches past journal articles focused on accounting/tax service/legal works and the latest laws/standards of accounting/tax service.

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This is the academic information database service of articles, books, journals and so on, provided by National Institute of Informatics (NII). READ isn’t compatible with some services.
■CiNii Articles:
Database of academic article information such as academic society journals, university research bulletins and the National Diet Library’s Japanese periodicals indexes.
■CiNii Books:
CiNii Books provides information of books and journals owned by university libraries all over Japan.
■CiNii Dissertations:
CiNii Dissertations provides dissertations written at Japanese universities. The dissertations opened to the National Diet Library’s digital collection or university repositories can be viewed in full text.

■判例体系 (Hanrei Taikei) : Database of Japan code published after the Meiji era, which were reviewed, classified and sorted.
■現行法規 (Genkou Houki) : Japanese current laws and regulations were compiled in this legal database.
■法律判例文献情報 (Houritsu Hanrei Bunken Jouhou) : Database of about 1300 legal books, legal journals, and legal signed articles carried by major newspapers.

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The database contains provisions before and after revision of laws and regulations (tax service and accounting). It provides about  2,800 laws, notices and materials related tax and auditing.
ID/PW are required for Off-Campus. Please contact the library counter.

“Shashin Tokuhou” was a sheet of news handout (main content was photos) distributed daily by “Doumei Tsushinsha”, a nation policy news agency. It was printed 100,000 sheets a day, mainly distributed to schools, factories, mines, forestries, stores and put up as a wall newspaper.

Online manual is on the “HELP” of the menu “Other” after logging in.

Database of Japanese listed companies’ financial statements, financial data and earnings briefings. Rikkyo University doesn’t have contract for earnings briefings flash and financial analysis information. For access to listed companies’ information in Asia, please use “eol Asia One” on the upper right of the screen after log in.

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Database of the first historical records of the whole industrial policy’s various actual conditions before and after the war and the research materials in history of international trade and industry compiled by related institutions.
Rikkyo University Library has contracted for:
– First materials: Materials given by Shinji Yoshino, Yoji Minobe, Yoshiteru Kogane and Kingo Tsuji
– Related compiled materials: “Nikkan Tsusansho Kouhou” Jan. 1949-Dec. 1968.

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Database of domestic medical articles produced by Japan Medical Abstracts Society (JAMAS). This database enables you to search periodicals of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and related fields and about 5000 journals’ article information published in Japan. Please conrtact the library counter for ID/PW.

The online version of “International Affairs”, monthly journals published by The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). The documents obtained permission by copyright owners can be viewed in full text.
– International affairs important chronologies (from 1945 until two months before)
– International affairs important documents (1990-）, etc.

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JAIRO enables you to cross search academic information stored in the domestic academic institutions’ repositories.

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Database of dictionaries and encyclopedias. This database searches about 50 contents such as 大日本百科事典,ニッポニカ(Dai Nihon Hyakka Jiten,Nipponica), English-Japanese dictionaries, Japanese-English dictionaries, English-English dictionaries, etc. It also contains web based 日本近代文学館(Nihon Kindai Bungaku Kan).

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J-STAGE searches publications of academic associations provided by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

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Database of 河北新報(Kahoku Shimpo) articles after August 1991. It covers Tohoku area information and international & domestic news.

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Kanpou Information Search Service is the internet search service of Kanpou, the Official Gazette (original, extra, government procurement, data, indexes).
How to use :
Students) Please contact the library counter and the counter staff will search instead of you.
Faculties and staffs) Please get your ID at the library counter.

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KIKUZOU II Visual contains The Asahi Shimbun (after 1985）, reduced-size editions (Meiji-Showa:1879-1989), AERA(The first issue-) and Shukan Asahi ( after APRIL 2004). It also contains”Chiezo”, “Jinbutsu database” and “Asahi Shimbun Rekishi Shashin Archive”.

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Kenkyusha’s online dictionary search service. It contains Kenkyusha’s New English-Japanese Dictionary sixth edition and Kenkyusha’s New Japanese-English Dictionary fifth edition for the extensive demands of English business and English learning.

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Database of “国史大辞典(Kokushi Daijiten)” (Total 15 volumes, total 17 books), the biggest Japanese historical encyclopedia published by “吉川弘文館(Yoshikawa kobunkan) in between 1979 and 1997. Besides about 54000 entry words of the book version, about 4000 crossheads can be searched.

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A comprehensive law information system was improved for law school and was strengthened from the viewpoint of information and functions. Consequently LLI comprehensive Law Information System was completed. In addition to an enormous amount of full texts precedents, it contains comments carried on major law journals (HANREI TIMES, Jurist, etc…), law journals such as Supreme courts precedents explanations and dissertations, exegeses and articles carried on literatures.

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This journal article information database contains journal article information as well as annual research reports of humanities and sociology published by domestic academic journals after the war and title information of a collection of academic papers.
– Journals with ISSN are linked to Rikkyo University OPAC and Webcat Plus.
– J-STAGE link is link to articles. Access free articles, but except access free articles, can be viewed. (Readers’ numbers are required).

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The article index database of Japanese magazines published in Japan (including ex-colonies). It covers not only national magazines but local magazines from the beginning of the Meiji era from the present.

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The following materials can be searched.
– Mainichi Shimbun article search (headline search: 1872-, headline and body search: 1987-）
– Paper search (1872-1999）
– Online reduced editions (1989-1999）
– Shukan Economist, a Japanese economic weekly magazine (1988-）
– Mainichi Daily News

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“MARR”  is the only monthly journal specialized in M&A in Japan. This database is made up of “articles” and “statistics and data”. Please sontact the library counter for ID/PW.

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Medical Online searches documents in medicine related fields (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing science, medical technology, nutrition, hygiene, health education, etc.) carried in journa published by Japanese academic associations and publishers. Library staffs do search and print the documents. Please contact Niiza library 1F counter or Ikebukuro library B1F counter for browsing and printing.

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Naxos Music Library provides a huge number of recordings focused on classics. 777 labels (Chandos, BIS, Hungaroton, Profil, Hanssler, Marco Polo, Vanguard, VOX, CPO, Alpha, Wergo, etc.) are taking part in. Windows Media Player are required to playback.

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NEEDS-Financial QUEST 2.0 Version searches data for microeconomic analyses such as company finance, stocks, bonds, futures, options, etc… contained in NEEDS (a comprehensive economic data bank of Nikkei Inc.). A special application is automatically installed for the first time. Please access from Internet Explorer.

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NetLibrary is an ebook collection of about 1500 major Japanese and European publishers. They publish reference books (dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, guides, etc.), specialized books on each field, business books, general books, mainly academic books and specialized books. This database provides contracted titles and more than 3500 copyright free Western books.

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(1)”和歌&俳諧ライブラリー(Waka & haikai library), 新編国歌大観(Shinpen kokka taikan)” by “角川学芸出版(Kadokawa Corporation)”
(2)”新編私家集大成(Shinpen shika shutaisei)” by “古典ライブラリー(Koten library, Ltd.)”
(3)”歌書集成(Kasho shusei)” by “古典ライブラリー(Koten library, Ltd.)”
(4)”古典俳文学大系(Koten haibungaku taikei)” by “集英社 (SHUEISHA Inc.)”
(5)辞典ライブラリー(Jiten library) “和歌文学大辞典(Waka bungaku daijiten)” by “古典ライブラリー・新編集(Koten library, Ltd. New edition)”
(6)”歌ことば歌枕大辞典(Utakotoba utamakura daijiten)” by “角川学芸出版(Kadokawa Corporation)”

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Database of article data of about 30 magazines such as “Nikkei Business”, “Nikkei Architecture”, etc. published by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. When the number of reading reaches the limit, users cannot read until the end of the year.

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Nikkei Telecom 21 enables you to cross search 4 Nikkei newspapers (The Nikkei, Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, Nikkei Ryutsu Shimbun, Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun), company information and personnel information. This is the representative business database of Japan.

The online version of “三田文学(Mita Bungaku)”. It contains 397 books from May, 1910 until Oct./Nov. 1944.

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The magazine article index database of Oya Soichi Library (specialized in magazines). Oya Soichi library is well-known for rich contents and a unique angle. This database searches 1,600,000 article indexes taken by about 300 magazines (weekly magazines, general magazines, women’s magazines, etc after 1988) all at once.
*List of magazine collection (in Japanese)

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Database of about 8000 prefectural statistics (about 900,000 images, about 1500000 statistical tables) included in total 1460 reels (from Yushodo Shoten, 1964-1979, microfilm version, “明治年間 府県統計書集成(Meiji nenkan fuken toukeisho shusei)”, “大正年間 府県統計書集成(Taisho nenkan fuken toukeisho shusei)”, “都道府県統計書集成 戦後編(Todoufuken toukeisho shusei sengo hen)”).
■Target year: The first year of the Meiji era (1868-1972)
■Rikkyo University has contract for:
– Showa(Sengo) Kanto Module no. M2
– Showa(Senzen) Kanto Module no. M8
– Taisho Kanto Module no. M14

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The online version of “Rikanenpyo” (Chronological Scientific Tables, launched in 1925), data books which cover all the fields of science compiled by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. This database is made up of Koyomi Section, Tenmon Section, Kisho Section, Butsuri/Kagaku Section, Chigaku Section, Seibutsu Section and Kankyo Section.

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Database of research/educational achievements by Rikkyo University.

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■Tokyo headquarter morning paper, the evening final edition : from September 7, 1992 – *Tokyo headquarter the evening edition was ceased on March 30, 2002.
■Osaka headquarter morning paper, the evening final edition : from December 15, 1998 –

The online version of Song Yuan Print Collection from The Seikado Bunko.Rikkyo university has contract for as follows:
44 宋版　史部　東都事略　～　追補254　宋版　史部　圖經、追補253　宋版　史部　 致堂先生讀史管見
223 元版　集部　箋註陶淵明集　～　230 元版　集部　晦庵先生朱文公文集

Database searching information for analyses of companies and industries and provided by UZABASE, Inc. It contains data of all Japanese listed/unlisted companies and overseas major listed companies. The trends of industries and numerical information can be downloaded as MS Word, Excel or PDF files.

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“Taiwan nichinichi shimpo” is a representative Japanese newspaper of Taiwan in Japan. This database contains from 1898 (launched) until 1944 (ceased).

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TKC Law Library provides one of the biggest general legal information database in Japan “LEX/DB Internet”, covering “precedents” ” law” “precedent commentary”. It also contains legal information by legal publishing houses.

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For the members of Law School. Please contact Ikebukuro library for ID/PW.

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The digitized collection of Japanese oldest economic journal “Toyo Keizai Shimpo (Current “Shukan Toyo Keizai”).
■Contracted collection: The first term (Nov. 1894, the first issue – Dec. 1945)
■Off-campus remote access: Maruzen ebook Library’s account registration is required. If you forget your password, once delete your account and register again.
■How to delete your account:
(1)From on campus terminal, access Maruzen eBook Library and click the “アカウント(account)” button.
(2)Type in recognition ID and your name and then click “利用規約に同意して次へ(agree with the terms of use and next)”.
(3)Click “いいえ(No)”on the screen opened.

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Database of journals and company information published in “Shukan Toyo Keizai”, “Kaisha Shikihou”, “Shushoku Shikihou”, etc. by TOYO KEIZAI INC.

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The web version of the area database “Minryoku” (after 1989) issued by the Asahi Shimbun Company. It contains basic resident registers, the censuses of manufactures, the censuses of commerce, municipality financial situation surveys, Minryoku composite indexes, etc.

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Webcat Plus has a function to search books related to the specific theme by associative searching. It also searches by index/outline information or characters.

Weekly Diamond Archives Plus searches the articles of “Weekly Diamond” from the first issue (1913) until the present (only the articles over three months after the release).

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whoplus enables you to cross search “Jinbutsu Jouhou Database (WHO)”, “Jinbutsu Reference Jiten”, “Jiten Kindai Nihon no Senkusha”, “Chosho・Chosha Jouhou”, “Nichigai Sentei Koushiki URL Shu”, etc. provided by Nichigai Associates, Inc. It has links to literature database. To reach the maximum number of browsing detailed information, this service may be stopped until the end of the year.

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■The Heisei era(平成) : From September 1986 until the latest issue. The articles from December 2008 have the clipping images (not all).
■The Meiji, the Taisho and the Showa era(明治・大正・昭和) : From 1874 (the first issue) until 1989
■The Japan News (The Daily Yomiuri until March 2013) : From 1989.  The articles from August 2011 have links between English articles and Japanese articles.
■Who’s Who today : Personal data of about 26,000 key persons in Japan and overseas (including the deceased).

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Yuhikaku YDC 1000 is the e-book database and enables you to browse legal classics via the Internet. It mainly contains Yuhikaku’s classics which may be referred to many times for researches and writings.
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