Library Catalogs
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In Japan
Union catalogs · National library catalogs
- CiNii Books （National Institute of Informatics） University libraries
- WorldCat（OCLC Online Computer Library Center）
- NDL SEARCH （National Diet Library） OPAC. Includes data of NDL Digital Collections, etc.
- Deep Library Special libraries
Materials not included in union catalogs (books and periodicals)
- Keio University KOSMOS Books are not included in CiNii
- Self-Publishing Book Data Search Vanity publications, around 2000-
- Prefectural Public Library OPAC · Inter Library Loan Information Periodicals and collections of municipal libraries are not included in NDL Search
- Yamanote Line Private University Library Consortium Cross-Search Special collections are not included in CiNii
- Yokohama Archives of History
- Ritsumeikan University Library Comprehensive search of e-books and e-journals(including foregin journals)
- Waseda University Library Catalog WINE Books are included in WorldCat but not in CiNii
Materials not included in union catalogs (mainly prewar Japanese periodicals)
- Ikeda Bunko（Hankyu Culture Foundation） Cinema, theater, literature
- Osaka Prefectural Central Library Center for International Children's Literature
- Ohara Institute for Social Research（Hosei University Ohara Institute for Social Research）
- Kagetsu Bunko Periodicals （Ueda City Ueda Library） Special collection
- Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature
- Kyoto International Manga Museum Search the reserved books (closed access materials)
- National Institute of Japanese Literature
- Konko Library List of Periodicals
- Sakata Kokyu Database
- Periodicals （Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties）
- Sanko Library
- Literature List of Young Women's Magazines from the Meiji to the Showa Periods （Kikuyo Town Library） Not included in OPAC
- Showa Women's University Library Special collections (Kindai Bunko, etc.) are not included in CiNii
- Toyo Bunko OPAC
- Naritasan Library for Buddhism
- The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature Included in CiNii, but without direct links to OPAC
- Collection of prewar periodicals （Hakodate City Central Library）
General magazine and women's magazine collections not included in union catalogs
- Ishikawa Takeyoshi Memorial Library, Library of Modern Women's Periodicals
- Osaka University of Arts Library Kasutori magazine (Pulp magazine)
- Oya Soichi Library Union list of periodicals. See catalog booklet for a complete listing.
- Database of Visual Images in Modern Japanese Popular Magazines from the Kasho Museum Collection Late Meiji to early Showa eras
- Collection （Gakushuin Women's College） Takahashi Shintaro Bunko. First issues and women's magazines
- Database of Visual Images in Modern Japanese Popular Magazines from the Kasho Museum Collection Late Meiji to early Showa eras
- Nunokawa Collection(Research Navi) （National Diet Library） Publishing related, first issues. ※Permission is required to use this collection.
- Hokkaido Prefectural Library Popular amusement magazines from 1950's-1970's
Literary coterie magazine and small circulation magazine collections not included in union catalogs
- Sanko Library Literary coterie magazines
- Civic Activity Document Collection and Database （Rikkyo University）
- Japanese today paper moment literary house (Kaizu City library OPAC) Vanity publications and literary coterie magazines
Newspaper collections not included in union catalogs · Union catalogs of newspaper
- Bibliography of Hideo Ono related materials （University of Tokyo） printed broadsides, newspaper colored woodblock prints, prewar newspapers, unofficial newspaper reports etc.
- Nationwide catalog database of newspapers （National Diet Library） ～2021
- Prefectural Public Library OPAC · Inter Library Loan Information Intra-prefectural cross-search links
- The University of Tokyo Meiji Shinbun Zasshi Bunko
Materials not included in union catalogs (sheets; posters, postcards, sample pages, etc.)
- Searching postcards
- Searching posters
- Special Collection Search （Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature） Diaries, scripts, other collections. Registration and reservation are required.
- Tajiro Masuda collection of advertising database （National Institute of Japanese Literature）
Public library catalogs (Tokyo area · Nationwide)
- Calil Local
- General Catalog of Newspapers and Magazines of Municipal Libraries in Tokyo （Tokyo Metropolitan Library）
- Tokyo Metropolitan Library
- Cross-OPAC Search, Tokyo Metropolitan Library Tokyo area
- Prefectural Public Library OPAC · Inter Library Loan Information Intra-prefectural cross-search links
Worldwide
Union catalogs
- CCFr： Catalogue collectif de France
- KVK： Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog Europe and the U.S.
- Library Hub Discover UK national, academic and specialist libraries
- OPAC SBN Italy
- SUDOC Catalogue University libraries in France
- WorldCat
National library catalogs
- Explore the British Library
- General Catalog （Bibliothèque nationale de France）
- Library of Congress Online Catalog
Catalogs of old materials
Materials not contained in library collections
- See Trade Catalogs