bibliographic database
A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, p ...
service for material in Japanese academic libraries, especially focusing on
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
works and English works published in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. The database was founded in April 2005 and is maintained by the
National Institute of Informatics
The is a Japanese research institute located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. NII was established in April 2000 for the purpose of advancing the study of informatics. This institute also works on creating systems to facilitate the spread of scienti ...
National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...
of Japan,
institutional repositories
An institutional repository is an archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution. Academics also utilize their IRs for archiving published work ...
, and other organizations.
The database contains more than 22 million articles from more than 3,600 publications. A typical month (in 2012) saw more than 30 million accesses from 2.2 million unique visitors, and is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind in Japan. Although the database is multidisciplinary, the largest portion of the queries it receives is in the humanities and social sciences field, perhaps because CiNii is the only database that covers Japanese scholarly works in this field (as opposed to the natural, formal, and medical sciences which benefit from other databases).
Database identifiers
The database assigns a unique identifier, ''NII Article ID'' (NAID), to each of its journal article entries. A different identifier, ''NII Citation ID'' (NCID or 書誌ID) aka ''NACSIS-CAT Record ID'', is used for books.
NCID examples
* for the 1951 Little, Brown edition and of ''
The Catcher in the Rye
''The Catcher in the Rye'' is an American novel by J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form from 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst ...
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* for the 2010 Penguin edition of ''The Catcher in the Rye''
* for a 1952 edition of ''Kiken na nenrei'' (), for a 1964 edition of ''Rai-mugi batake de tsukamaete'' (), and for a 2003 edition of ''Kyatchā in za rai'' (), all three being Japanese translations of ''The Catcher in the Rye''
* for a 1997 edition of ''Mai tian li de shou wang zhe'' (麦田里的守望者), a Chinese translation of ''The Catcher in the Rye''.
Identifiers are also assigned to authors of books, and of journal articles, in two separate series (so an author may have a different identifier value in each). For example, Shinsaku Kimoto i DA00432173 for books an 9000002393144 for journal articles.
See also
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J-STAGE J-STAGE (Japan Science Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic) is an electronic journal platform for Japanese academic journals, administered by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
It “supports the submission of manuscripts, pee ...
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List of academic databases and search engines
This article contains a representative list of notable databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, institutional repositories, archives, or other collections of scientific and ...