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1-2. Scope of searches (Mina Search Help)
List of databases in the scope of searches
You can integratedly search the following databases using Mina Search.
Please select database from the pull-down menu of the “database” in the “Advanced Search” page to limit your search to each database.
※Number of data is as of January, 2024.
| No. | Name | Repository No. | Explanation | Number of available data (Round numbers) | What you can do in the Mina Search |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Diet Library Digital Collections | R100000039 | The NDL Digital Collections enables you to search and browse a variety of digital materials and online publications digitized or acquired by the NDL. | 4,000,000 | The Mina Search enables you to search (a)digitized materials with full-text data, (b)online publications and (c) the NDL Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion). Please see the following （a） to （c）. |
| (a) | Full-text data | The full-text data used in Mina Search has been generated from digitized images available in the NDL Digital Collections using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. | 2,470,000 | Users and libraries registered to the Data Transmission Services for Persons with Print Disabilities can login to the Mina Search and download the full-text data. | |
| (b) | Online publications | ・Online publications (annual reports, year books, directories, promotional magazines, bulletins, journal articles, etc.) collected by the NDL ・Materials collected based on the e-legal deposit of online publications. ・The NDL's own publications. | 1,400,000 | You can move to the NDL Digital Collections webpage to browse the PDF, Word files, etc.・Online publications (annual reports, year books, directories, promotional magazines, bulletins, journal articles, etc.) collected by the NDL※Some materials are available only at the NDL. | |
| (c) | The NDL Historical Recordings Collection (Rekion) | Archive of historical recordings of music and speeches that were recorded on 78 rpm or metal discs and were produced in Japan between 1900 and 1950. | 48,000 | You can move to the NDL Digital Collections webpage and play some recordings. Part of recordings are available only at the NDL/Rekion partner libraries. You can also listen to these recordings at the Rekion partner libraries. | |
| 2 | Online Catalog of Sapie Library | R100000038 | You can search data for persons with print disabilities produced or stored by institutions of information service for visually impaired persons in Japan. This catalogue contains about 400,000 items of braille and DAISY data and about 420,000 bibliographic data. Registered users of the Sapie Library can download these braille and DAISY data. | 820,000 | You can search data, move to the Sapie Library webpage to check details. |
| 3 | Union Catalog of Materials for Persons with Disabilities in Japan | R100000049 | You can search bibliographic data and collection information of the materials produced or being produced by the public libraries in Japan. | 115,000 | You can search and check the collection information and the contact information of holding libraries. |
| 4 | National Diet Library Catalog | R100000002 | You can search materials for persons with disabilities held by the NDL such as braiile materials, large print books, enlarged copy books, cassette tape, DAISY and so on. | 100,000 | You can search data, move to the NDL search to check the collection information. |
| 5 | Digital Material for Persons with Print Disabilities | R100000073 | It contains materials for persons with print disabilities produced by the NDL or collected from other institutions in Japan or abroad. | 42,000 | Registered users or libraries of the Data Transmission Service for Persons with Print Disabilities can download data. Registered users can also streaming-play DAISY audio and DAISY audio & text. |
| 6 | Aozora Bunko | R000000014 | Aozora Bunko is the digital library providing literary works that copyright protection has expired before the change of the Copyright law in 2018. | 17,000 | You can search data and move to the Aozora Bunko website to browse materials. |
| 7 | Public Libraries Catalog | R100000001 | You can search materials for persons with disabilities held by public libraries in Japan and the NDL. | 9,000 | You can search data, check the holding libraries, move to the catalog of the holding library to check details. |
| 8 | Japan Publication Registry Office (JRPO) | R100000137 | JPRO is the system managed by the Japan Publishing Organization for Information Infrastructure Development (JPO). It delivers publishing information to bookstores and wholesale book dealers. | 4,000 | In the Mina Search, you can search information of audiobooks (about 4,600 items) and e-books (about 100 items) contained in the “Books” database of the publishing database managed by the JRPO. You can search data, move to the Books webpage to check bookstores that you can buy materials. |
| 9 | CiNii Research | R100000136 | CiNii Research is the service managed by the National Institute of Informatics that enables users to search academic information of Japan at once. | 1,000 | In the Mina Search, you can search materials for persons with disabilities contained in the CiNii Research. Users can search data, and move to the CiNii Research webpage to check details. |
| 10 | National Institute of Informatics Accessible Metadata Database for Persons with Print Disabilities | R100000141 | This is the system managed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the NII. You can integratedly search materials digitized for persons with print disabilities by universities. | 300 | You can search data, and move to the webpage of the National Institute of Informatics Accessible Metadata Database for Persons with Print Disabilities to check details. |