JapanKnowledge : chishiki tansaku saito = Japan knowledge : encyclopedias, dictionaries and databases.

A selection of major dictionaries and encyclopaedias, as well as databases for weekly journals and books etc., now including Kokushi daijiten, literally "Great Dictionary of National History", a large, general history dictionary of Japan.

Includes dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English); the Nihon daihyakka zensho (Nipponica), a full text 30 vol. encyclopedia; two dictionaries of current words: Imidas and Gendai yōgo no kiso chishiki; a dictionary of scientific terms: Kagaku gijutsu ryakugo jiten; a biographical dictionary: Nihon jinmei daijiten; the JK Who's Who; the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan; a news database (NNA) that covers Asia and the European Union; a full-text journal: Shūkan ekonomisuto; Edo-Tōkyō kasane chizu (map); full-text of books in the Tōyō bunko series; chronologies (world history, Japan by period, Japan by prefecture, science, culture, society, daily life, social movements, economics and for individuals); a database of video (TV, news) recordings from 1908 to 2005; database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; URL database; books in print database; sound library; music library. In JK select series, Jitsū (character dictionary compiled by Shirakawa Shizuka) and Nihon rekishi chimei taikei are available.