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Welcome to the Guide to Open-Access Resources! <\/strong><\/h3>\nThis page is the home to lists of open-access resources of a variety of topics that are listed in the tabs above. Please use them to conduct your research or simply to get to know more about Japan. Some of them are available only in Japanese, but others are in English, as well.<\/strong><\/p>\nJapanese Culture<\/strong><\/p>\nStudio Ghibli Wallpapers<\/a><\/strong>
\nIt offers wallpapers that you can use for web based meetings that include online classroom. If you like Studio Ghibli and their films or characters, use them for your zoom virtual background!<\/p>\nCultural Japan<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis webpage provides digital resources for an overview of Japanese culture including ones that are traditional such as Kabuki and literature but also ones that are contemporary. This is a great resource to know more about Japanese cultures in general. More than a million items are collected for this platform to inspire novel applicaitons. Available in English.<\/p>\nModern Japan<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis webpage, provided by the same organization as to the one listed above, gives good insights on contemporary Japan, or Japan of today. It introduces various subjects including pop music, films, and politics. Available in English.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nLibrary Reference and Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\nNCC Japan<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe National Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) provides a number of research guides and information on doing Japanese library research, both in Japan and elsewhere.<\/p>\nCollaborative Reference Database \u30ec\u30d5\u30a1\u30ec\u30f3\u30b9\u5354\u540c\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis is rather more an academic and scholarly resource that provides databases and archives from the National Diet Library with answers to reference inquiries on a variety of topics.<\/p>\nNDL Research Navi<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis is an amazing webpage full of reference sources on topics ranging from humanities and economics to politics, science, and education.<\/p>\nNDL Dissertations<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis article describes how to find and use dissertations in Japan, particularly at the National Diet Library, but also using CiNii Dissertations.<\/p>\nGuide to Research Access in Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives<\/strong><\/a>
\nNCC’s comprehensive guide to doing research in Japan, covering a large number and variety of institutions there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBasic Dictionary and Encyclopedia<\/strong><\/p>\nKotobank \u30b3\u30c8\u30d0\u30f3\u30af<\/strong><\/a>
\nKotobank is a free service that searches across many dictionaries and encyclopedias, good for looking up definitions, basic biographical and historical information, literature, people, places, and events.<\/p>\n
Japanese Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n Studio Ghibli Wallpapers<\/a><\/strong> Cultural Japan<\/strong><\/a> Modern Japan<\/strong><\/a> Library Reference and Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n NCC Japan<\/strong><\/a> Collaborative Reference Database \u30ec\u30d5\u30a1\u30ec\u30f3\u30b9\u5354\u540c\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9<\/strong><\/a> NDL Research Navi<\/strong><\/a> NDL Dissertations<\/strong><\/a> Guide to Research Access in Japanese Museums, Libraries, and Archives<\/strong><\/a> Basic Dictionary and Encyclopedia<\/strong><\/p>\n Kotobank \u30b3\u30c8\u30d0\u30f3\u30af<\/strong><\/a>
\nIt offers wallpapers that you can use for web based meetings that include online classroom. If you like Studio Ghibli and their films or characters, use them for your zoom virtual background!<\/p>\n
\nThis webpage provides digital resources for an overview of Japanese culture including ones that are traditional such as Kabuki and literature but also ones that are contemporary. This is a great resource to know more about Japanese cultures in general. More than a million items are collected for this platform to inspire novel applicaitons. Available in English.<\/p>\n
\nThis webpage, provided by the same organization as to the one listed above, gives good insights on contemporary Japan, or Japan of today. It introduces various subjects including pop music, films, and politics. Available in English.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nThe National Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) provides a number of research guides and information on doing Japanese library research, both in Japan and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\nThis is rather more an academic and scholarly resource that provides databases and archives from the National Diet Library with answers to reference inquiries on a variety of topics.<\/p>\n
\nThis is an amazing webpage full of reference sources on topics ranging from humanities and economics to politics, science, and education.<\/p>\n
\nThis article describes how to find and use dissertations in Japan, particularly at the National Diet Library, but also using CiNii Dissertations.<\/p>\n
\nNCC’s comprehensive guide to doing research in Japan, covering a large number and variety of institutions there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nKotobank is a free service that searches across many dictionaries and encyclopedias, good for looking up definitions, basic biographical and historical information, literature, people, places, and events.<\/p>\n