Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress

Asian Studies / Japan


Asian American Drama ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Brings together more than 250 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information.

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BookPLUS ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Catalog containing bibliographic information for nearly 2 million books published in Japan.

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Database on Developed Countries
Demographic indicators (in French) for developed countries (EU, Japan and North America) including tables for Natalité, Fécondité; Nuptialité, Divortialité; Mortalité; and Mouvement de la population.

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Digital Clendening
Include hundreds of images taken from a collection of rare medical texts in the Clendening Library.

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Digital National Security Archive ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
DNSA contains primary documents central to United States foreign and military policy since 1945 obtained by the National Security Archive.

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Directory of Japanese Scientific Periodicals
The Directory of Japanese Scientific Periodicals Database covers serials on science and technology edited and published by organizations operating in Japan.

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Encyclopedia of Taiwan ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The Encyclopedia of Taiwan covers the history, geography, local customs, politics, economics, sociology, laws and culture of the island from the Tang Dynasty to the Japanese occupation period.

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FreePatentsOnline.com
Search for US Patents, US Applications, and European patents, or browse by patent number, to access the full text of US patents from number 4,000,000 onwards.

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Human Rights Library
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than fourteen thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments.

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Humanities E-Book ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
ACLS Humanities E-Book Project contains hundreds of full text works of major importance in history, area studies, and the humanities.

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IndexCat
The Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General’s Office (Index-Catalogue) is a bibliography for materials covering the history of medicine, history of science, and clinical research.

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Intellectual Property Digital Library Database
Provides access to intellectual property data, including patents and trademarks, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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J-STORE
Provides the research results of Japanese universities, national research institutes, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and other research institutions that are capable of being licensed for application.

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Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator
J-STAGE contains the full text of scientific and technical journals and bulletins of academic societies published in Japan.

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JapanKnowledge ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Japan knowledge contains various reference sources, including dictionaries (Japanese, English and multi-languages), encyclopedias (Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopdeia of Japan, Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.

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Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains hard data and full text on Japanese politics, government, economics and corporate behavior, as well as information on Japanese art, culture, and history.

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MagazinePLUS ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Japanese index to over 4 million articles in 8,500 journals and magazines covering medicine, science, law, humanities, popular culture, business and social sciences.

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National Institute of Informatics
NII contains resources to locate scientific information resources in and outside Japan.

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National Technical Information Service Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
NTIS contains nearly 3 million scientific and technical reports on US government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.

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Science Links Japan
Contains English - language citations and abstracts for documents published in Japan covering all fields of science, technology, and medicine.

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Sho no Jiten File (賞の事典) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Comprehensive database of Japanese national and local prizes and awards in science, arts, music, literature and culture.

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Sidney D. Gamble Photographs
Archive of photographs depicting Chinese urban and rural life, public events, architecture, religious statuary, and the countryside during the early part of the 20th century.

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History Online Exhibits
The museum exhibitions explore major themes in American history and culture, from the War of Independence to the present day.

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Southeast Asian Serial Index
Indexes major academic and current affairs journals covering Southeast Asia published in a range of countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, and The Netherlands.

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Superconductivity Papers Database
Search over 70,000 articles in the areas of High Tc, C60 related, Organic Conductors, Non-Oxide Superconductors including the conventional superconductors, Oxide Conductors, and Theory (new field since September 1997).

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United States Patent and Trademark Office
The US Patent and Trademark Office databases provide extensive information on patents and trademarks.

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World Wide Science : Global Science Gateway
Searches an array of databases found in over a dozen science portals with only one query.

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