Journal and Magazine Indexes

• Asahi Shinbun Kikuzo II: 朝日新聞聞蔵II　Includes full-texts of the Asahi Newspaper from 1945 to present and Aera アエラ (monthly magazine), Shukan Asahi 週刊朝日 from 1984 to present. Also it includes Chiezo 知恵蔵 current issue.
• CiNii : Citation Information by NII NII 論文情報ナビゲータ
  Japanese scholarly journal indexes and abstracts are available. Include Zasshi kiji sakuin search. Many full text articles from Daigaku Kiyo (大学紀要）are available in pdf. Can search holding institutions. Can save your bibliographic information in three different formats.
• JSTOR 
  Comprehensive archives of important scholarly journal literature.
• BAS : Bibliography of Asian Studies 
  Bibliography of Asian Studies database published since'71.
• Zasshi Kiji Sakuin 雑誌記事索引 (National Diet Library)
• Lexis/Nexis 
  Full text newspapers and magazines including the Japan Times, Daily Yomiuri, Daily Mainichi.
• EBSCO host 
  Over 4,800 full-text journals.
• 占領期雑誌記事情報データベース NDL site
  占領期新聞・雑誌情報データベース The Institute of 20th Century site
  Prange Collection University of Maryland. Title level search via the National Diet Library.　The most comprehensive collection in the world of print publications issued in Japan during the immediate post-World War II years, 1945-1949.
• Nichigai Web Services : MAGAZINEPLUS 
  Japanese journal/magazine index. ( English Search Guides for Nichigai Services )
• Digital Dissertations - Dissertation Abstracts online 
  Proquest digital dissertation database. Includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and masters work of authors from 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. Citations for dissertations from 1980 forward include abstracts, and from 1997 on full-text is available for over 100,000 titles deposited with UMI.
• Koseisha 皓星社データベース
• J-STAGE : Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic journals.
  科学技術情報発信・流通総合システム ( Japanese / English )
• NDL's WARP(Web Archiving) Project Search site for online Japanese journals and web pages
• Nihon no Bijutsu
  Translation of titles of each issue created by Ohio State University

Catalogs

Union Catalogs

• Nacsis Webcat
  Japanese university union catalog.
• Webcat Plus
  Japanese university library union catalog + new publications.
• GIF participating institutions in Japan: UHM Library is a member of the Global Information Framework Initiative. The UHM Library can borrow books from the member institutions in Japan. Click here to see who are the members in Japan.
• Japanese GIF Holding Finder: Enables you to find out which holding institutions are GIF members. UHM Library can borrow books and receive documents from GIF members in Japan.
• NII JAIRO site (Japanese/English) : Japanese Institutional Repositories Online site. It enables you to search all the institutional repositories sites in Japan.
• OCLC Worldcat 
  Union list of the world resources.
• Kokubungaku Kenkyu Shiryokan Nihon Kotenseki Sogo Mokuroku
  Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books
• UK Japanese Union Catalog
• OCLC Free Search
  Search for an item in libraries near you.
• Art Libraries' Consortium
  Search for an item in major art museum libraries in Japan.

Publishers' Catalogs

• 想-IMAGINE Book Search
  Search across multi-book information sites. Find books on related subjects.
• Books.or.jp
  Over 530,000 books in print in Japan.
• Google Books Japan Googleブック検索（ベータ版） many full texts are available.

Catalogs of Individual Institutions

• National Diet Library 国立国会図書館
  
• 日本国内図書館 OPAC List (OPAC list for libraries in Japan)
  
• Waseda University (WINE) 早稲田大学　
  
• Keio University 慶応大学　
  
• Kanazawa Institute of Technology 金沢工業大学　
  
• University of Tokyo OPAC 東京大学