Searching Zasshi Kiji Sakuin 雑誌記事索引 (Japanese Periodicals

Searching Zasshi Kiji Sakuin 雑誌記事索引 (Japanese Periodicals Index)
Through the NDL-OPAC at the National Diet Library
http://opac.ndl.go.jp
You do not need to login unless you intend to use the online ordering system. Also,
please note the times that the system is down. It is not possible to bookmark a specific
database, you must book mark at this top level (http://opac.ndl.go.jp).
Coverage in Zasshi Kiji Sakuin begins in 1948. New records are added weekly. There are
almost seven million citations from over sixteen thousand journals, although not all are
still in print and not all have been indexed as far back as 1948. If you want to check on
the exact coverage, click on the listing of journals indexed (the blue link under the
button).
There is an English language interface and English help screens, but if you are searching
for Japanese language materials you must use Japanese (not romaji). Also, you should
note that there is no online ordering capability in the English language interface.
To start, click on the index you want to search. In this case, Zasshi Kiji Sakuin is the third
one down on the right hand side. The time default is set to articles published since 2005,
so click on the other boxes if you want to expand the range of your search. There is no
keyword search field, but you can keyword search by typing one or more terms in the 論
題名 rondaimei field. If you want to specify certain date ranges, use Western numbers
(use 1 byte/ASCII numbers).
Search Page
Search fields:
ろんだいめい
論題名
Title of article
ちょしゃ
著者
Author of article
ざっしめい
雑誌名
Title of journal
しゅっぱんしゃ
へんしゃ
出版者・編者 Publisher/editor of journal
刊行年月 Publication date (year, month)
かんごう
巻号
Volume, number of issue
せいきゅうきごう
請求記号 Call number at the National Diet Library
ISSN/ISBN Intl. Standard Serial Number, Intl. Standard Book Number
Buttons:
しょうさいせってい
詳 細 設定
Detailed settings
にゅうりょく
しょうきょ
入 力 消 去
clear screen
けんさく
検索
search
If you don’t know the right kanji, enter the terms in katakana without any spaces
between the words. This is true with names as well as terms in the title field.
If you are searching for articles by Setouchi Jakucho, you would put
her name in the 著者 chosha (author) field. If you are looking for
articles about her, put her name in the rondaimei field.
If you are not happy with your results, modify your search by clicking
on the 絞り込み/再検索 shiborikomi/saikensaku button. Using the
shiborikomi button keeps your initial search terms so you don’t have to
retype them. You can refine by increasing or decreasing the range or
dates by clicking on the date buttons.
Advanced Search Techniques
Browsing articles in a particular journal:
The easiest way to browse a particular journal is to search by the ISSN
number and a particular date range or volume number. For example, if you
know that
This search asks for all articles published in Subaru during the month
of December 2005.
Using boolean logic: and, or
/ serves as a truncation device. For example:
/文学 will retrieve 文学論 and 文学者
文学/ will retrieve 日本文学 and 児童文学
/文学/ will retrieve only 文学
Display/sort options:
刊行年月順 Display in order by date
論題名順 Display in article title order
著者名順 Display in author order
雑誌名順 Display in journal title order
正順
逆順
しぼ
normal order (means most recent first)
reverse order
こ
絞り込み narrow results
最初から検索 start over from beginning
一覧に戻る return to browsing list
Decoding the citation:
記事情報 Article Information
論題 title of article
著者 author
請求記号 call number at NDL
雑誌名 title of journal
出版者・編者 publisher, editor
巻号・年月日 volume(number) (whole number or running no.) [year. month,
day]
ページ
page numbers
ISSN – international standard serial number (essential for ILL)
本文の言語コード language of article
雑誌記事 ID accession number assigned to article