UNdata. Replacing the United Nations Common Database (UNCDB), the UNdata can be used to search and download a rich array of national and international statistics collected by the UN system. Its FAQ page provides additional information about this resource. What do you think of this resource?
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Digital Silk Roade. This Digital Silk Road Project hosted at NII includes several interesting resources: Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books on Silk Road (in western languages) Digital Maps of Old Beijing Silk Road Maps
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Access Japanese search interface here. Access English interface here. Developed by the National Institute of Informatics (NII) of Japan, this portal provides access to some important reference databases: CiNii (for papers and theses), Webcat Plus (for books), NII-DBR (for subject indexes and bibliographies, such as Japanese Sociological Bibliography), and JAIRO (for content in Japanese institutional [...]
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Access here. Flash is required. “Legendary movie director, Kurosawa Akira’s materials can now be seen for the first time in the Kurosawa Digital Archive. Totaling 27,431 items, the archive contains scripts, production notes and photos, scenes of which are from masterpieces such as “The Seven Samurai.” Ryukoku University helped to digitize the materials.” – Kenneth [...]
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Access the NDL-OPAC here. In addition to find bibliographic records of the NDL holdings, it also provides links to digital copies of over 100,000 volumes of books published prior to 1912. NDL-OPAC provides access to Zasshi Kiji Sakuin, the Japanese Periodical Index, as well. NDL also provides a whole host of online resources (see the [...]
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Ming Pao Vancouver Community News Archive. “The Ming Pao Daily News database will be launched this Thursday, April 30. It represents the collaboration between the Asian Library, UBC, a Chinese news group and a family foundation which is dedicated to the furthering of Chinese culture in Canada. The archival database of community news in Chinese [...]
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Access here. University of Tokyo Library provides web access to a number of digitized materials, including 電子版霞亭文庫 (a collection of 1,159 Edo-period novels and dramas), 電子版黒木文庫 (a collection of 3000 theater illustrations), and its rare books.
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Access here . It includes a digital archiving system, which provides a searchable catalog for Naikaku bunko 內閣文庫 and 公文書. Its digital gallery showcases digital images of a number of documents, maps, and other types of materials.
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Japanese TV Drama Database テレビドラマデータベース. It provides production information of over 27,000 Japanese TV dramas produced since 1940. What do you think of this resource?
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