4. Finding Articles: Indexes to Journals and Periodicals
This section provides links to and information about online and CD-ROM indexes for Japanese journals and scholarly periodical literature on Japanese studies.
Please also see the entry on Taiwan jihō 臺灣時報 (1898-1945) for full text of a Japanese-language periodical from colonial Taiwan.
CiNii (NII 論文情報ナビゲーター) (Harvard ID/PIN required)
CiNii (NII Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) (Harvard ID/PIN required)
Citation searching of Japanese academic journals with limited free full text. Both Japanese and English interfaces are available. Lists of journals and publications included for indexing, with information about the terms for full text, are available in Japanese and English. Coverage is strongest for science, but there is a growing amount of social science and humanities content. Citations exported in Bib Tex can be imported into Refworks. For help with Refworks, please see Using Refworks at Harvard.
More full text is available for immediate download - sometimes for free, and sometimes at a reduced rate - if you register for a site license individual user ID サイトライセンス個人ID申請へ with credit card payment and are accessing the database via Harvard's subscription. Harvard affiliates may also contact Kuniko Yamada McVey, the Librarian for the Japanese Collection at Harvard-Yenching, or the Harvard-Yenching Library reference desk to request such materials through Interlibrary Loan.
A free version of CiNii is also available with Japanese and English interfaces.
Zasshi kiji sakuin 雑誌記事索引
Most comprehensive online periodicals index, going back to 1948. Created and maintained by the National Diet Library. Please note that this site is regularly down from 2 to 5 pm (Eastern Standard Time).
Nichigai MagazinePlus 日外マガジンプラス (Harvard ID/PIN required)
Indexes 14,000 periodicals published in Japan after World War II and 6000 volumes of collected works. Periodicals include scholarly titles from the National Diet Library’s Zasshi kiji sakuin 雑誌記事索引, 1975- ; popular magazines indexed in Jānaru indekkusu ジャーナルインデックス, 1981- ; 1300 Japanese economic and business magazines, 1981-1995; and 60 overseas business magazines, 1984- . Areas covered include the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology. The Gakkai nenpō ronbunshū 学会年報論文書 file indexes articles in university annuals in the social sciences and humanities, essays in commemorative works, conference papers, and books published by research organizations, 1945-1992; and annuals, research reports and books published by scholarly associations, 1945-1995.
Koseisha Database 皓星社 明治・大正・昭和前期雑誌記事索引
Access aid to journal indexes from 1868 to 1945. The indexes themselves are shelved in
the Harvard-Yenching Library reading room (Ref (J) AI19.J3 M43-M46).
Prange Database 占領期雑誌記事データベース
Index to journals and newspapers published during the Occupation (1945-1949). The Prange
collection is held at the University of Maryland. Harvard-Yenching has
a copy of the entire collection of journals and newspapers on microfilm and microfiche. For newspapers
in the Prange collection, a title list may be requested at the reference
or circulation desks or from the Japanese Collection. A list of databases and finding aids for using the collection is available on the Prange collection website.
Note: When registering to use the Prange database,
the name field (お名前) must be filled in
using characters or katakana; the Furigana field （フリガナ）
must use katakana (e.g. Mary Smith should be written as マリースミス).
Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies東洋学文献類目
Harvard-Yenching Ref (J) DS5 .T69x (1934 - )
Monographs and journal articles on East Asian studies in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Western-languages. See the fuller description on contents and use of the online version under Resources by Subject - East Asian Studies.
Bibliography
of Asian Studies (Harvard ID/PIN required)
Coverage 1971 - present
Citation index for Western-language journal articles, edited collections
and older monographs (pre-1992).
CD-ROM Materials
The following CD-ROMs may be used on the Japanese research workstation in the Harvard-Yenching Library reading room. Please request them at the circulation or reference desk by call number.
Fūzoku gahō 風俗画報
Harvard-Yenching Library: CD-ROM (J) CD-ROM J-0017
Searching and full text of the journal of social life and customs, 1889-1916. (Harvard-Yenching also has a few original copies and some reprints of the 1890s issues; see call number J 4150.31 7254).
"Shufu no tomo" kensaku shisutemu, Taishō hen 「主婦の友」検索システム 大正編
Harvard-Yenching Library: CDROM (J) CD-ROM J-0013
Keyword searching for the Taishō edition (1917 to 1926) of the women's journal,
主婦の友. Provides citations only; no full text. (Harvard-Yenching also holds some print copies of this journal from the post-war period (1948-1951); the call number is J 8241 0434).
Taiyō 太陽
Harvard-Yenching Library: CD-ROM (J) CD-ROM J-0018
Keyword searching of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century journal of politics, commerce, science, and literature. Harvard-Yenching Library has incomplete holdings of the original issues (call number: Harvard Depository J 9210 47).
