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Session 3: Electronic Resources (II)
Accessing commercial databases
Instructor: Yoko Hirose, Nichigai Associates
WHAT IS MAGAZINEPLUS?
#1 NDL Zasshi kiji sakuin (nicknamed “Zassaku”)
#2 Journal Index (nicknamed “Janaru”)
#3 JOINT
#4 Gakkai nenpo, kenkyu hokoku ronbun soran
#5 Ronbunshu naiyo saimoku soran
#6 KSK SCANNER
WHAT IS MAGAZINEPLUS?
#1 Zassaku
#2 Janaru
Indexes to articles in
Japanese periodicals
#3 JOINT
#4 Gakkai nenpo
#5 Ronbunshu
#6 KSK
Indexes to contents
of books
An index of articles in
overseas newspapers
and journals
When searching...
#1 Zassaku
Possible to limit
#2 Janaru
#3 JOINT
#4 Gakkai nenpo
Possible to limit
#5 Ronbunshu
Possible to limit
#6 KSK
Current awareness from “Zassaku” and
“Journal Index” .
It refers to the most recent articles
updated, but not necessarily published.
Can limit to “Zassaku” and
“Gakkainenpo Ronbunshu”
A complete title list of MagazinePlus
http://www.nichigai.co.jp/
database/mgz/top.html
Zasshi kiji sakuin (Zassaku)
producer: the National Diet Library
9,396 Japanese language journals ,and 102
Western language journals
Time span: 1975
- the present
Subject coverage:
The humanities and social sciences, science
and technology, medical science, including
pharmacology.
Updating: Twice a month
The breakdown
science
and technology
-----37%
medical science,
pharmacology
-----5%
humanities
and social sciences
-----58%
The complete title list of Zassaku
http://www.ndl.go.jp/ndl_frm_1.html
Journal Index(Janaru)
producer: Nichigai Associates,Inc.
165 periodicals published in Japan
Time span:1981
Coverage:
- the present
Weekly and monthly opinion magazines, business
oriented magazines, and publications dealing
with specific interests, such as computing,
politics, science, sports, or fashion.
Updating: Every week.
A complete title list of Janaru
http://www.nichigai.co.jp/web_service/
support/j_index1.html
Janaru is useful in same ways.
•Important keywords are manually assigned by
indexers.
•Some articles which can not be found in Zassaku
are available.
•The retrieval results of Janaru and Zassaku
often differ even when searching by the same
title or the same date of issue .

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