Public Library
Books in general use may be available from a public library or university in your vicinity.
- Kyoto Prefecture Libraries Union Catalog Union catalog database of all public libraries in Kyoto Prefecture.
- Calil Union catalog database all public libraries in Japan.
- NDL Search You can search multiple digital archives in Japan by conducting an integrated search.
Digital Resources
Some material in image data format is freely available to the public on the Internet.
- National Diet Library Digital Collections The NDL Digital Collections enable you to search and view a variety of resources, collected and stored by the National Diet Library of Japan. In some of the Kyoto university libraries, you can use limited-access NDL Digital Collections only available at partner libraries. Please check the ‘About the NDL Digital Collections for partner libraries’ page for details.
- Google Scholar
- Institutional repository
Find Other University Library’s Resources
If the members of the Faculty of Law, LS and the School of Government are planning to visit other libraries, please refer to Using the Other Libraries (Including ILL).
- CiNii Books This database enables you to search for information on academic articles published in Japan.
- CiNii Research You can search for information on books and journals that are held in the libraries of Japan’s universities.
- NDL Search National Diet Library Online Catalog
- DOORS Doshisha Online Retrieval System
- RUNNERS Ritsumeikan Online Public Access Catalog