1. Accessing commercial databases Session 3: Electronic Resources (II) Instructor: Yoko Hirose, Nichigai Associates

2. 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

3. #1 Zassaku #2 Janaru #3 JOINT Indexes to articles in Japanese periodicals #4 Gakkai nenpo #5 Ronbunshu Indexes to contents of books #6 KSK An index of articles in overseas newspapers and journals WHAT IS MAGAZINEPLUS?

4. #1 Zassaku #2 Janaru #3 JOINT #4 Gakkai nenpo #5 Ronbunshu #6 KSK Possible to limit When searching...

5. Current awareness from “Zassaku” and “Journal Index”. It refers to the most recent articles updated, but not necessarily published. 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”

6. A complete title list of MagazinePlus http://www.nichigai.co.jp/ database/mgz/top.html

7. 9,396 Japanese language journals,and 102 Western language journals Zasshi kiji sakuin (Zassaku) producer: the National Diet Library Time span: 1975 - the present Subject coverage: The humanities and social sciences, science and technology, medical science, including pharmacology. Updating: Twice a month

8. The breakdown medical science, pharmacology -----5% humanities and social sciences -----58% science and technology -----37%

9. http://www. ndl.go.jp/ndl_frm_1.html The complete title list of Zassaku

10. Journal Index(Janaru) producer: Nichigai Associates,Inc. Time span: 1981 - the present Coverage: 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. 165 periodicals published in Japan

11. A complete title list of Janaru http://www.nichigai.co.jp/web_service/ support/j_index1.html

12. Important keywords are manually assigned by indexers. Janaru is useful in same ways. 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.