How To Find Materials
How To Find Materials
| How to Find & Obtain Research Materials (PDF) | Flowchart of how to find and obtain research materials |
| Library webinar “Basic Search for Materials” Slides of the webinar (PDF) Appendix (PDF) |
Handouts of the webinar in October, 2025. Basic explanation on how to find and obtain research materials. |
| Library Webinar Recordings Library Webinar Materials |
GRIPS members only, Microsoft365 login required |
Search for books and journals
| GRIPS OPAC | Find materials at GRIPS Library How to use OPAC |
| E-Journal/E-Book search | Find online journals and e-books |
| Textbook List | Textbook list for the current term |
| CiNii Books | Search collections of university libraries in Japan |
| NDL Search | Search collections of National Diet Library & public libraries in Japan |
Search for articles
| GRIPS Discovery Service | Search GRIPS subscription e-journals, e-books, databases and online open access academic resources all at one time |
| Online Resources | Use databases to search articles |
| Institutional Repository at GRIPS | Search for research outputs of GRIPS Faculty |
Search for doctoral dissertation
| Institutional Repository at GRIPS | Search for dissertations conferred at GRIPS |
| NDLTD（Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations） | Search and browse ETDs(electronic theses and dissertations) worldwide. Go to “Global ETD Search” to search for open access dissertations. |
| Worldcat | Worldcat is the world’s largest database of bibliographic information. In “Advanced search,” you can search dissertations by limiting [Format] to [Thesis/dissertaion]. |
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