This webpage introduces search tools (subject bibliographies) chiefly in the Japanese language available mainly in the Tokyo Main Library Humanities Room to find reference resources (books, journal articles, etc.) related to library and museum.

To search for journal articles, please refer to Article Index of Periodicals in Japanese.

Numbers shown in brackets 【　】 indicate the NDL call number for an item.

The [Range] field lists the publication year and period, and format of the selected and cataloged bibliography of interest.

1. Libraries

• "Toshokangaku kankei bunken mokuroku shusei (General list of literature on bibliography and library science). Meiji, Taisho, Showa zenki hen" vol.1, 2 (Kanazawa bunpokaku　2000-2001　【UL1-G7】)
  "Toshokangaku kankei bunken mokuroku shusei (General list of literature on bibliography and library science). Sengo hen (1945-1969)" vol.1, 2, 3 and 4 (Kanazawa bunpokaku　2001-2002　【UL1-G7】)
  [Range] Meiji period-1969. Books, journal articles
  [Order] Classified order
  [Index] Author name ("Meiji, Taisho, Showa zenki hen" : ends of each volume, "Sengo hen" : vol.4)
  [Comments] 'Meiji, Taisho, Showa zenki hen ' is a copy of bibliographies published in "Toshokan kenkyu" , "Shuppan nenkan" , and "Shoseki nenkan" . Vol.1-3 of 'Sengo hen ' are mainly the copies of bibliographies published in "Toshokan zasshi" . 'Sengo hen ' volume 4 is a replica of "Toshokangaku bunken mokuroku" (Nihon Shiritsu Daigaku Kyokai　1971　【UM1-1】). It contains approximately 105,000 bibliographies in total.
• "Toshokan johogaku kenkyu bunken yoran" (Bibliography of library and information science) 1970-1981, 1982-1990 (Nichigai Associates　1983-1993　【UL1-19】)
  "Toshokan johogaku kenkyu bunken yoran (Bibliography of library and information science). 1991-1998" (Nichigai Associates　2008　【UL1-J1】)
  "Toshokan johogaku kenkyu bunken yoran (Bibliography of library and information science). 1999-2006" (Nichigai Associates　2009　【UL1-J3】)
  [Range] 1970-2006. Books, parts of books, journal articles
  [Order] Classified order> Publication year order (volume of 1970-1981 and 1982-1990), Classified order> Author name order (volume of 1991-1998 and 1999-2006)　
  [Index] Item name, author name, organization name, personal name
  *organization name index and personal name index are included only in the volume of 1970-1981.
  [Comments] Volume of 1970-1981 and 1982-1990 are cumulative versions of 'Toshokangaku nenji bunken mokuroku' (in "Toshokan gakkai nenpo" 【Z21-133】, a successor of afore-mentioned "Toshokangaku bunken mokuroku"(Nihon Shiritsu Daigaku Kyokai　1971　【UM1-1】)). Volume of 1991-1998 and 1999-2006 are extracted from BOOKPLUS and MAGAZINEPLUS, pay databases of Nichigai Associates. Approximately a total of 80,000 bibliographies are included.
• Toshio Nakanishi, ed., "Toshokan shuppan dokushoron kihon tosho somokuji sakuin shusei" vol.1, 2 and 3 (Shuppan Bunka Kenkyukai　2001-2003)
  [Range] -2001. Books
  [Order] Alphabetical order in Japanese of book title
  [Index] By item or theme (each is included in volume 3)
• Current Awareness Portal (National Diet Library)
  [Range] "N.D.L. library science series": March 1960-October 2008, "Current Awareness": June 1989-, "NDL research report": August 2003-

2. Archives, Museums

• Zenkoku Rekishi Shiryo Hozon Riyo Kikan Renraku Kyogikai Kanto Bukai, ed., "Monjokangaku bunken mokuroku" (Bibliography of archival science) (Iwata Shoin　2000　【UL1-G5】)
  [Range] -March 1995. Books, parts of books, journal articles
  [Order] Classified order> Publication year order
  [Index] None
  [Comments] Chapters and headings of each bibliography are recorded as 'Notes'.
• "Hakubutsukangaku bunken mokuroku (Bibliography of museum science). 2007 naiyou bunrui hen" (Zenkoku Daigaku Hakubutsukangaku Koza Kyogikai　2007　【UA1-J1】)
  "Hakubutsukangaku bunken mokuroku (Bibliography of museum science). 2007 choshamei bunrui hen" (Zenkoku Daigaku Hakubutsukangaku Koza Kyogikai　2007　【UA1-J2】)
  "Hakubutsukangaku bunken mokuroku (Bibliography of museum science). Choshamei bunrui hen, naiyo bunrui hen" (Zenkoku Daigaku Hakubutsukangaku Koza Kyogikai　2007　【YH233-J98】)
  [Range] Meiji period-March 2006. Books, parts of books, journal articles
  [Index] None
  *searchable by CD-ROM edition (2007　【YH233-J98】) (PDF format)
  [Comments] Each volume records same bibliographies.
• Bibliographical Database of Archival Studies in Japan (National Institute of Japanese Literature)
  [Comments] Approximately 20,000 bibliographies are extracted from "Monjokangaku bunken mokuroku", and "Hakubutsukangaku bunken mokuroku. 2007 naiyo bunrui hen" above. Also chapters and headings are recorded in the database.
• Tokyo Kokuritsu Bunkazai Kenkyujo Bijutsubu, ed., "Nihon Toyo kobijutsu bunken mokuroku: teiki kankobutsu shosai. Showa 11-40" (Bibliography of Japanese and Oriental antiquities: published in periodical publications. 1936-1965) (5th edition　Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan　1997　【K1-G4】)
  Tokyo Kokuritsu Bunkazai Kenkyujo Bijutsubu, ed., "Nihon Toyo kobijutsu bunken mokuroku: teiki kankobutsu shosai. 1966-2000" (Bibliography of Japanese and Oriental antiquities: published in periodical publications. 1966-2000) (Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan　2005　【K1-H12】)
  [Range] Meiji period-2000. Journal articles
  [Order] Subject> By region and age
  [Index] Author name
  [Comments] Journal articles on Japanese and Asian antiques and architecture published in "Year book of Japanese art" (Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan　【Z42-82 et al.】) are recorded. Also, bibliographies on museums are included.
• References on Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
  [Range] Bibliographies on art ("Year book of Japanese art" of the Meiji period-2010, magazines, newspapers, picture records of exhibitions, and newsletter, etc.), bibliographies included in the publications of Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (books, magazines, picture records of exhibitions since 1929, table of contents of "The journal of art studies", "Science for conservation", and bibliographies included in collected works of art (1920s -2000s)
  [Comments] Bibliographies on museums are included.
• "Bigaku bijutsushi kenkyu bunken yoran" (Bibliography of aesthetics and fine arts) 1985-1989, 1990-1994, 1995-1999, 2000-2004, 2005-2009 (Nichigai Associates　1996-2010)
  [Range] 1985-2009. Books, parts of books, journal articles
  [Index] Item name index and author name index
  [Comments] Bibliographies on museums are included.

Related Search Guides

• Subject Bibliography (List of Related Publications) Published in the Japanese Language
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