NDL Search

http://iss.ndl.go.jp/

To be a knowledge gateway in the digital age

1-10-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8924, Japan

Utilizing information of the NDL Search

To be searchable on the NDL Search, it is necessary to implement standard metadata elements and communication protocol so that the NDL Search can harvest or cross-search your metadata. Please contact us from the Online Enquiry Form for details.

NDL Search in the future

Digital Information Department, National Diet Library

NDL Search…

● is going to enhance its navigation aids which allow users to

access diverse information in the preferred way or format.

● is going to increase available information format and

obtaining method by active cooperation with commercial

websites which give useful information (private information

sites, bookselling sites, e-book sites, etc.) in addition to the

NDL, national and public organizations.

● has a future vision of being able to retrieve information

without considering its material type or frame. At a time when

new media continuously emerge, it is one of its big missions to

organize gathered information into knowledge and to provide

rapid and adequate access to more reliable information.

NDL Search aspires to be a knowledge gateway in the digital

age which many people, embracing the general public,

researchers, students, children and people with disabilities, can

use conveniently anytime, even from their home or with

mobile terminals, and continues to upgrade its functions

besides increasing partner organizations.

Enjoy the progressing NDL Search!

To institutions interested in cooperating with the NDL Search

■ Application Programming Interface (API)The NDL Search provides API so that external systems can utilize its functions. For details, please see “API specifications” (Japanese only) available at http://iss.ndl.go.jp/information/api/

■ MetadataThe NDL Search provides RDF (Resource Description Framework) metadata obtainable through API. They are structured according to the DC-NDL (NDL’s original metadata schema based on the Dublin Core) and are output in XML format, which allows using NDL Search metadata in diverse ways.

Further information is available at http://iss.ndl.go.jp/information/metadata/

Users

Accessible anytime, from anywhere, and by anyone

External services・Various web services・Library systems in other　organizations・Academic institutions, etc.

Provided directly by NDL (with its own search screen)

Promoting and expanding cooperation with…・archives, museums, and academic inst i tut ions including universities・various f ields such as educa t i on , med ic ine , publishing, and audio-visual・comme r c i a l w e b s i t e offering useful information and overseas databases in addition to national and public organizations

▶ Adding new functions▶ Expanding searchable databases▶ Structuring gathered information

Accurate access toreliable information

Integrated search service provided

NDL Search

Graphical process model

Provided in mutual complement with other networks

Mutual collaborationvia API

November 2012Recyclable to paper

The search target contains 205 databases, amounting to some 72 million data (as of November 2012).

This dedicated interface enables search limited to holdings of the International Library of Children’s Literature among other targets. It has kid-friendly design and is available inside and outside the ILCL facilities.

URL▶ http://iss.ndl.go.jp/children/top

You can choose one of three search methods: Simple Search, Advanced Search, and Material search for persons with disabilities.

Target scope will expand and the most up-to-date list of covered databases is available at http://iss.ndl.go.jp/information/target/

■ Databases of the NDLNDL-OPAC / Japanese Periodicals Index / NDL Digitized Contents (digitized rare materials, books, journals, newspapers; historical recordings; Internet resources, etc.) / National Union Catalog Network System / National Union Catalog of Newspapers in Japan / Union catalog database of children's literature, etc.

■ Databases of academic research institutionsCiNii, JAIRO [National Institute of Informatics] / J-STAGE [Japan Science and Technology Agency] / nihuINT (Integrated Retrieval System) [National Institutes for the Humanities], etc.

■ Databases of public librariesSelections from the digital archive of the Akita Prefectural Library/ Ihatov Iwate Digital Library / Digital Library of Ibaraki Prefectural Library / Rare Material Gallery and Regional Material Library of Ishikawa Prefectural Library, etc.

■ Databases of university librariesHERMES-IR (Special Collections) [Hitotsubashi University Library] / Kyushu University Museum Digital Archive / Keio Historical Photograph Database / Kobe University Library Newspaper Clipping Collection / Kotenseki Sogo Database Japanese & Chinese Classics [Waseda University Library], etc.

■ Databases of special librariesBattle of Okinawa Document Reading Room / SAPIE library / Digital archive of books material of Fisheries Research Agency / JAEA-OPAC Database / Agriculture Library Information System (ALIS) - WebOPAC (Jornals), etc.

■ Databases of archives and museumse-Museum: National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties of National Museums, Japan / Asian Historical Records Database [Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, National Archives of Japan] / National Archives of Japan Digital Archive / Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan / Nara National Museum Collection Database

■ Databases of other organizationshon.jp / JPO Forthcoming Book Information Center / Aozora Bunko / INTERNET Magazine Back Number Archives [Impress R&D] / collections catalog of the National Library of Korea / Shinsho Map [Association Press] / The Japan P.E.N. Club Digital Library / Miyata Village Internet Museum

International Library of Children’s Literature OPAC for Kids (Japanese only)

Outline of functions Databases covered

NDL Search offers integrated search service for a variety of formats of information owned by the NDL and other institutions, including printed materials, digitized images and sounds.

The NDL Search strives to be the portal of a wealth of knowledge accumulated by institutions in Japan and beyond, as well as the NDL itself.

URL▶ http://iss.ndl.go.jp/

NDL Search…● provides user-friendly search functions.● gives access to various databases from the search results, not merely linking to databases or holding institutions but also showing 　 how to access the information or materials you need if at all possible.● provides its functions and metadata through API (Application Program Interface) to be utilized in various systems and web services.

International Library of Children’s Literature OPAC for Kids

Cute charactersnavigate you.

Top page

Multilingual translation function

Search results/Details page

Interfaces in English, Chinese and Korean are available.You can search for materials written in other languages (English, Chinese and Korean) by the function to translate search keywords and results.

How to get information

Viewing digital contents

Search on other databasesYou can search the CiNii Books, online bookstores and other services for the identical item just by clicking on the link.

● Search results are linked to the NDL-OPAC and the OPAC of public libraries, leading to the libraries which hold the item.● NDL’s single sign-on system allows you to make requests from the NDL-OPAC after logging-in the NDL Search.● You can customize search results by sorting into close-library order, by registering a frequently-accessed library or in some other ways.

Information and materials available on the Internet are direct ly l inked to their content.

Simple search

NDL-OPAC Bibliographic information

Chinese

Search results

Details page

Korean

▶ Connection with external services You can utilize the search results for common web services by, for example, posting them to Twitter or Hatena Bookmark (Japanese social bookmarking service).▶ Rapid information serviceYou can search for forthcoming books and newly acquired materials.

▶ Aids for persons with disabilities “Material search for persons with disabilities” is available. Display with accessibility is compatible with screen readers and has support functions to enlarge character sizes and to reverse monochrome.▶ Screen suitable for the Smartphone, cellular phone, tablet PCYou can use the NDL Search anywhere and anytime with the Smartphone edition (http://iss.ndl.go.jp/sp/) and cellular phone edition (http://iss.ndl.go.jp/mobile/). The PC edition (http://iss.ndl.go.jp/) is usable with tablet PCs.

English

What is National Diet Library Search (NDL Search)?

You can refine search results by material format, database, holding library, year of publication, classification, etc.

Related keywords, authority keywords, scientific technical terms, and associative keywords are displayed, which can give clues when searching again.

Related materials are displayed together.Items with the same title held in more than one l ibrar y are shown in a single group.Items with the same title in different formats (e.g. paperback edition and hardcover) are shown side by side.

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