#  E-Resources 

 



\*Harvard ID required \*\*Fee based###    
**Newspapers**

   
**[Asahi Shimbun: Kikuzo II Visual](http://database.asahi.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/index.shtml)\*** 1879-present **[Mainichi Shimbun: Maisaku](https://dbs-g-search-or-jp.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/WMAI/IPCU/WMAI_ipcu_menu.html)\*** 1872-present **[Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Nikkei Telecom](http://www.nikkeiamerica.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/telecom21/ip.aspx)\*** 1876-present **[Yomiuri Shimbun: Yomidas Rekishikan](https://database-yomiuri-co-jp.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/rekishikan/)\*** 1874-present###  **Journals**

 **[CiNii Artic](https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ja)[les](https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ja)** A bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries, especially focusing on Japanese works and English works published in Japan. **[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.co.jp/schhp?hl=ja)** A freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.###  **Dictionaries/ Language Resources**

   
****[Bun-ken](https://rider-store.jp/bun-ken/)\*\***** Japanese editing tool that is used by professional writers and companies. **[Eijiro](https://www.alc.co.jp/)** One of the most popular English Japanese dictionaries on the Internet. **[Enno](https://enno.jp/)** A free Japanese editing tool that picks up grammatical or typographical errors. **[Mojinavi](https://mojinavi.com/tegaki)** A hand-writing recognition tool. Draw a kanji in the box with the mouse, then the computer will recognize it. **[Pocketalk](https://www.pocketalk.net/)\*\*** A portable instant voice translator that is able to handle 63 languages. It offers AI-powered translation and comes with its own data SIM.  **[Text to speech reader](https://www.textfromtospeech.com/ja/text-to-voice/)** Free web based text to speech service. **[Weblio](https://ejje.weblio.jp/)** A free integrated bilingual dictionary for Japanese-speaking sites that can perform a bulk search on a variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossaries.###  **E-books**

 **[Aozora Bunko](https://www.aozora.gr.jp/)** A Japanese digital library that contains over 15,000 works of Japanese-language fiction and non-fiction. **[Google Books](https://books.google.co.jp/)** It searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text, and stored in its digital database. **[JapanKnowledge](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094854050203941/catalog)\*** Over 80 titles of essential reference books and multi-volume sets are available online. **[Manga Bang](https://manga-bang.com/)** One of the most popular comic websites that contains many free cartoons. **[Manga Zero](https://manga-zero.com/)** More than 1000 popular cartoons for free. **[National Diet Library Digital Collections](https://dl.ndl.go.jp/?__lang=en)** Gateways of digitized books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials by the National Diet Library and by other institutes.###  **Others**

 **[researchmap](https://researchmap.jp/)** An information sharing platform for researchers that enables users to create personalized websites, manage their research information, and network and collaborate with other researchers.