ListOfSearchTargetArchives

List of search target archives 　As of Feb 2010

	Name [Provider]	Summary	Amount of metadata	Frequency of updates within PORTA(estimate)
1	Aozora Bunko [Aozora Bunko]	Aozora Bunko is an internet digital library run by Mr. Michio Tomita and other members for free. It digitalizes and provides works, where the copyrights have expired, following 50 years after the writers' death.	About 7,800 items	Bimonthly（even-numbered）
2	ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE (ARG) - BLOG [ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE]	Blog by ACADEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE, a famous mail magazine about academic information resources.	About 5,000 items	Twice a week
3	Selections from the digital archive of Akita Prefectural Library [Akita Prefectural Library]	Selections from the digital archive of the Akita Prefectural Library that includes rare materials from the Akita Prefectural Library. 秋田県立図書館所蔵貴重資料、郷土雑誌の紹介、秋田県内機関貴重資料、名勝案内による秋田の昔の旅	About 300 items	Next update is unfixed.
4	Index from collections of the Akita Prefectural Library [Akita Prefectural Library]	This is index data provided by the Akita Prefectural Library. Search target includes 郷土関係雑誌記事索引、秋田県関係人物文献索引、秋田魁新報記事見出し検索	About 250,000 items	Next update is unfixed.
5	Asian Historical Records Database [Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, National Archives of Japan]	Digital archive that provides images of original documents from the Cabinet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Army, and the Navy, which illustrate the various relationships between Japan and other Asian countries in the modern era.	About 17,400,000 pieces (Image materials)	Not required (Cross Search)
6	Rare material gallery and Regional material library of ISHIKAWA prefectural library [Ishikawa Prefectural Library]	Rare material gallery provides images of rare books collection held by Ishikawa prefectural library. Regional material library provides online materials about Ishikawa prefecture like public documents.	About 400 items	Next update is unfixed.
7	Digital Library of Ibaraki Prefectural Library [Ibaraki Prefectural Library]	Digital library of Ibaraki Prefectural Library that includes rare materials from the library.	26 items	Next update is unfixed.
8	Eichi no Mori WEB (Miyagi Prefectural Library) [Miyagi Prefectural Library]	Miyagi Prefectural Library has more than 60,000 rare books and old materials like "Date Bunko" and "Aoyagi Bunko". Eichi no Mori WEB (Miyagi Prefectural Library) provides images digitized from some of them via the internet.	159 items	Next update is unfixed.
9	Online catalogue of reading room of material related to Okinawa war [Reading room of material related to Okinawa war]	This online catalogue includes official documents of the national and local public agencies collected by Cabinet Office, materials held by National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and U.S Marine Corps Historical Center, and other materials about the battle of Okinawa. (NOTICE -- This target was subdivided into two sections at PORTA, according to the presence or absence of image data.)	About 3,300 items	Next update is unfixed.
10	Digital archive of the Kyushu University [Kyushu University]	Kyushu University Digital Archives provides multimedia database of historical materials, especially held by Kyushu University, related with Kyushu area, foreign affairs, industrials and culture from Edo period.	About 160 items	Next update is unfixed.
11	Kyoto University Research Information Repository [Kyoto University]	Institutional repository which provides results of research (papers, reports, etc.) produced in Kyoto University and digital library which exhibits digitized precious materials of Kyoto University Library and each faculty.	Thesises : About 20,000 items Rare materials : About 3,400 items （About 440,000 images）	Monthly
12	Keio Historical Photograph Database [Keio University Library]	This database provides digitized old photographs and albums about Keio University.	Old photographs and albums about 1,500 items	Next update is unfixed.
13	Digital Gallery of Keio University Library [Keio University Library]	This site provides images dititized from some of the rare books and special collections that belong to the Keio University Library with descriptions provided by researchers. The digitized images include outcome from collaborative projects with the Digital Archive Research Center (DARC) and the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA) Digital Library Project.	Rare books and special collections about 2,700 items	Next update is unfixed.
14	Kobe University Library Newspaper Article [Kobe University]	The archive provides newspaper-clippings data focused on economy of commerce from the end of Meiji to the prewar period, created by Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration.	Newspaper-clippings data: About 210,000 items	Not required (Cross Search)
15	National Archives of Japan Digital Archive [National Archives of Japan]	A Digital archive system that provides a bibliography database of governmental and old documents, that are historically important. It also enables people to browse high quality digital images of important cultural assets, or large-sized pictures.	Bibliography of governmental documents: 620,000 items (Image materials that describe postwar reform in Japan: 1,650,000 pieces) Bibliography of Japanese and Chinese materials: 480,000 records	Not required (Cross Search)
16	KOTENSEKI SOGO DATABASE(Japanese & Chinese Classics) (Waseda University Library) [Waseda University Library]	KOTENSEKI SOGO DATABASE is a public database containing catalogue, research materials and images of the classics owned by Waseda University Library. This database provides about 300,000 items in all fields, including 2 items designated as National Treasures and 5 sets (over 200 items) as Important Cultural Assets, with detailed bibliographic information and clear color images. (NOTICE -- PORTA can't search all data of this archive now, and will update as data becomes available.)	About 3,600 items	Updating.
17	CiNii [National Institute of Informatics]	CiNii is a database service for searching of information on academic articles published in academic society journals or university research bulletins, or articles included in the NDL's Japanese Periodicals Index Database. In PORTA, academic society journals and university research bulletins can be serched with CiNii.	Articles and research bulletins about 3,900,000 items	Bimonthly
18	Digital library of Sapporo Municipal Central Library [Sapporo Municipal Central Library]	Digital library of Sapporo Municipal Central Library provides images of digitized rare materials from the late Edo period to the Meiji period that belong to the library, via the internet. Old materials, rare books, old maps, manuscripts, and nishiki-e pictures mainly about Hokkaido are available.	About 500 titles	Weekly
19	Digital library of Shimane Prefectural Library [Shimane Prefectural Library]	Digital library of Shimane Prefectural Library provides images digitized from maps and architect's blueprints in Edo period and maps in Meiji period that belong to the library.	About 230 titles	Next update is unfixed.
20	JAIRO [National Institute of Informatics]	JAIRO is a IR portal for crossover searching academic information (journal articles, theses or dissertations, departmental bulletin papers, research papers, etc.) accumulated in Japan.	Academic information about 700,000 contents	Weekly
21	J-STAGE [Japan Science and Technology Agency]	J-STAGE is an electronic journal site for Japan's academic societies. It provides article linking with the following websites and services such as ChemPort, PubMed and CrossRef, through JST Link Center. It offers not only electronic journal release system, but also electronic journal production support from submission to judgement for the societies. (NOTICE -- Only about 200 journals of J-STAGE are searchable by using PORTA, and RSS feeds about them are not available, by agreement.)	About 25,000 items	Next update is unfixed.
22	Shinsho Map [Association Press]	Shinsho map is a new navigation system that provides related booklists, abstracts, indexes, and reading guides for approximately 1000 items.	Approximately 1,000 items	Twice a month
23	Digital archive of books material of Fisheries Research Agency [Fisheries Research Agency]	About 170 thousand rare materials, including Saigyo-do Bunko donated by Keizo Shibusawa, transfered to National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency, in 1993. As the first step to offer them on the Internet, Digital archive of books material of Fisheries Research Agency provides 15 titles, 40 materials.	15 titles	Next update is unfixed.
24	Directory of Open Access Journal in Japan [Jissen Women's University Library]	Directory of Open Access Journal in Japan provides access to open access journals in Japan.	About 12,000 items	Next update is unfixed.
25	Rare Books Collection / University of Tsukuba Library [University of Tsukuba Library]	The archive provides images of rare books collection held by University of Tsukuba Library from TULIPS which offers digitized rare books, bulletins and dissertations.	About 10,000 items	Annually
26	Digital Okayama Encyclopedia [Okayama Prefectural Library]	A Digital library system of local information that enables people to search, browse, and listen to various content provided by libraries, institutions, or personnel in the Okayama prefecture.	Local information network: About 78,000 items Reference database: About 3,000 records	Not required (Cross Search)
27	Digital library of Tokushima Prefectural Library [Tokushima Prefectural Library]	Digital library of Tokushima Prefectural Library provides images digitized from some of the old maps, Awanokuni collections and Publications of the Awa Society that belong to the library.	About 100 titles	Next update is unfixed.
28	Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan [Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art]	Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan searches holding lists of 4 national museums. (NOTICE -- This target was subdivided into two sections at PORTA, according to the presence or absence of image data.)	About 33,000 items	Next update is unfixed.
29	奈良県立図書情報館　ふるさとデジタル化書籍＋絵図展示ギャラリー [奈良県立図書情報館]	Archives that provide digitlized books and pictures held by [奈良県立図書情報館].	260 itmes	Next update is unfixed.
30	奈良県地域史料目録 [奈良県立図書情報館]	Index of studies, reproductions and catalogues of historical materials, related with Nara area.	About 5,800 items	Weekly
31	Image database of Nara Women's University [Nara Women's University]	This site provides digitalized images of books held by Nara Women's University and images of rare materials related with Nara area held by temples and shrines.	1,042 items	Next update is unfixed.
32	The Japan P.E.N. Club Digital Library [The Japan P.E.N. Club]	Digital library that provides Japanese literary works from the Meiji Restoration period (including the end of the Edo era) to the present. Copyrighted works are also available with the consent of the author, the author's heirs, and the publisher.	About 740 items	Annually
33	Agriculture Library Information system - WebOPAC（Journals） [Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Information Technology Center]	Union catalog of the journals held by the examination research institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Bibliographic and location information are provided.	About 57,000 titles	Not required (Cross Search)
34	Agriculture Library Information system - WebOPAC（Books） [Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Information Technology Center]	Union catalog of the books held by the examination research institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Bibliographic and location information are provided.	About 895,000 titles	Not required (Cross Search)
35	Special Collections of Hiroshima Central City Library [Hiroshima Central City Library]	Special Collections of Hiroshima Central City Library comprises the Hiroshima literature room on the web and the Web Gallery that contains Asano collections and other rare materials.	About 270 items	Next update is unfixed.
36	List of digital archive sites of Governments [Cabinet Secretariat]	Digital Archives of Governments provide the list of archived materials held by governments, independent administrative entities, Committees, and the Supreme Court.	137 items	None
37	HERMES-IR (Special Collections) [Hitotsubashi University]	Collection of digitized historic materials in the Hitotsubashi University Institutional Repository, HERMES-IR. Consists of the Burt Franklin Collection, Banknotes and Coins (German Papiermark etc.), Pre-World War II Asia in Photos, etc.	About 5,000 items	Monthly
38	Northern Materials Digital library of Hokkaido Prefectural Library [Hokkaido Prefectural Library]	Northern Materials Digital library of Hokkaido Prefectural Library provides images of digitized rare materials, old maps, collections that belong to the library, via the internet. It is intended to give better access to the materials and to preserve the originals in good condition.	About 1,700 items	Weekly
39	hon.jp [hon.jp Inc.]	hon.jp is e-book search engine run by hon.jp Inc.. It searches the online bookstores and provides access to e-books.	About 125,000 titles	Not required (Cross Search)
40	Digital gallery of Japanese and Chinese Materials of Mie Prefectural Library [Mie Prefectural Library]	Digital gallery of Japanese and Chinese Materials of Mie Prefectural Library is the contents of local material section of the library. Digitized images of 13 rare materials are available.	13 titles	Next update is unfixed.
41	Rare Books Image Database [National Diet Library]	This is NDL's archive that provides access to rare materials published before the Edo era with distinctive features. These rare materials include Japanese and Chinese classics, Nishiki-E, pictures, and important cultural assets.	About 950 items (49,000 pieces)	Quarterly
42	Digital Library from the Meiji Era [National Diet Library]	This is NDL's archive that provides access to the image data of indexes and the text of NDL's books published in the Meiji and Taisho era.	148,000 items	Monthly (Every third Tuesday)
43	Digital Library of Children's Literature [International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library]	This site provides digitalized images of Children's books held by International Library of Children's Literature (mostly published before Showa 30's).	About 1,700 titles	Not required (Cross Search)
44	Sample from Rare Books Image [National Diet Library]	Sample data of rare books created for use by PORTA. Sample data includes 8 items with a total of 20 pieces.	8 items (20 pieces)	None
45	Electronic exhibitions of the NDL [National Diet Library]	These are Electronic exhibitions of the NDL's unique collections with easy-to-understand explanations.	About 2,700 items	Next update is unfixed.
46	NDL Catalog (Japanese Books & Magazines) [National Diet Library]	This is a catalog of NDL's holdings. Japanese books and magazines can be searched within PORTA. ※PORTA provides a search function only. Application of NDL-OPAC through the search results is not available. If you wish to apply, please refer to the top page of NDL-OPAC.	Japanese books 3,550,000 items Japanese magazines 130,000 items	Weekly
47	NDL Japanese Periodicals Index [National Diet Library]	Metadata of NDL's periodicals indexes are available. ※PORTA provides a search function only. Application of NDL-OPAC through the search results is not available. If you wish to apply, please refer to the top page of NDL-OPAC.	About 8,440,000 items	Weekly
48	NDL catalog of the Gordon W. Prange Collection (Magazines & Newspapers) [National Diet Library]	The bibliography data from the Gordon W. Prange Collection (Magazines and Newspapers) held in microfilm format in NDL. Bibliography of magazines and newspapers kept in microfilm format can be searched by PORTA. ※Gordon W. Prange Collection is not equipped with a system that allows users to jump from the search results of PORTA directly to the collection. As a temporary solution, PORTA provides access to NDL's homepage for the Guide for search of Gordon W. Prange Collection. ■About the “発行部数”（Number of Publish）■ 　In the detailed information of search results, the approximate number published is shown based on the following classification of 1-8. 　　　　　　1: ～100　copies 　　　　　　2: ～500　copies 　　　　　　3: ～1,000　copies 　　　　　　4: ～4,000　copies 　　　　　　5:～10,000　copies 　　　　　　6:～50,000　copies 　　　　　　7:　50,000　copies～ 　　　　　　8:Unknown	Magazines 14,000 items Newspapers 18,000 items	None
49	Union Catalog Database of Children's Literature [International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library]	The Union Catalog Database of Children's Literature is a unified catalog that helps to search bibliography information of children's books and related materials that are held within institutions collecting children's books nation wide.	Books: 693,006 items Periodicals: 14,520 titles	Not required (Cross Search)
50	Dnavi [National Diet Library]	Search system that navigates users to external databases. Dnavi collects bibliography metadata from databases currently existing in the internet and provides search functions to allow the user access to suitable databases through this system.	Approximately 13,000 items	Weekly (Every Thursday）
51	WARP [National Diet Library]	WARP is a system that collects, maintains, and provides information from electronic journals and websites of governmental and cooperating organizations.	About 4,300 titles	Not required (Cross Search)
52	Current Awareness [National Diet Library]	This website introduces new trends in libraries, both within this nation and abroad. It provides information regarding the research and activities of libraries and information studies.	CA: About 1600 items CA-E: About 650 items	Twice a month
53	Collaborative Reference Database [National Diet Library]	Reference cases, data retrieval manuals, special collections, and profiles of participating libraries are accumulated in NDL's database with the collaboration of the public, university and special libraries. Reference data is provided to the public through the internet.	About 24,000 records	3 times in a week