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List of data providers and their corresponding Application Programming Interface (API)
The following table lists the latest data providers and their corresponding Application Programming Interface (API) and data provider IDs (see (2) List of data providers and IDs" in 2 Common Items" in this document).
Table 1 List of data providers and their corresponding Application Programming Interface (API) Data provider name Data provider ID Repository No. API for search API for harvest NDL Periodical Index zassaku R000000004 Yes Yes NDL Periodical Index (Online) zassaku-online R000000004 No Yes Shinsho Map shinsho R000000005 Yes No Collaborative Reference Database refkyo R000000006 Yes No Current Awareness awareness R000000007 Yes No Aozora Bunko aozora R000000014 Yes Yes J-STAGE jstage R000000016 Yes Yes CiNii Articles cinii R000000024 Yes No Institutional Repositories DataBase(IRDB)(Institutional Repository) jairo R000000025 Yes No The Japan P.E.N. Club Digital Library penclub R000000030 Yes No Image database of Nara Women's University narajo R000000032 Yes Yes Electronic exhibitions of the NDL webcont R000000033 Yes Yes Digital Library of Ibaraki Prefectural Library ibaraki R000000034 Yes Yes NARA regional historical materials catalog nara-tiiki R000000038 Yes Yes Nara Prefectural Library and Information Center (Furusato digitized books Drawing Exhibition Gallery) nara-book R000000039 Yes Yes Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan (Image) artm-1 R000000040 No No Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan (No image) artm-2 R000000041 No No Rare Books Collection / University of Tsukuba Library tsukuba R000000046 Yes Yes
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Data provider name
Data provider ID
Repository No.
API for search
API for harvest
Online catalog of reading room of
material related to Okinawa war
(digitalized)
okinawa-1
R000000047
Yes
Yes
Online catalog of reading room of
material related to Okinawa war
(not digitalized)
okinawa-2
R000000048
Yes
Yes
Rare material gallery of
ISHIKAWA prefectural library
ishikawa
R000000049
Yes
Yes
KOTENSEKI SOGO
DATABASE(Japanese & Chinese
Classics) (Waseda University
Library)
waseda
R000000050
Yes
Yes
suisan R000000051 Yes Yes Eichi no Mori WEB (Miyagi Prefectural Library) miyagi R000000054 Yes Yes Special Collections of Hiroshima Central City Library hiroshima-c R000000055 Yes Yes Digital gallery of Japanese and Chinese Materials of Mie Prefectural Library mie-p R000000056 Yes Yes Digital library of Sapporo Municipal Central Library sapporo R000000058 Yes Yes Northern Materials Digital library of Hokkaido Prefectural Library hokkaido R000000059 Yes Yes Digital library of Tokushima Prefectural Library tokushima R000000061 Yes Yes OSAKA PREFECTURAL LIBRARY OSAKA e- COLLECTION osaka-n R000000062 Yes Yes Local Material Images of Okayama Municipal Central Library okayamashi R000000065 Yes Yes Digital Library of Fukuoka Prefectural Library hukuoka R000000067 Yes Yes Map Images of Tottori Prefectural Library tottori R000000068 Yes Yes RESEARCH NAVI research R000000184 Yes No Digital library of Saitama Prefectural Library saitama R000000185 Yes Yes Collection of pictorial postcard of Nagoya (Nagoya City Tsuruma Central Library) nagoyashi R000000186 Yes Yes Chiba Digital Archive chiba R000000187 Yes Yes
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Data provider name
Data provider ID
Repository No.
API for search
API for harvest
Yamagata Prefectural Library
Digital Library
yamagatashi
R000000189
Yes
Yes
Ihatov Iwate digital library (Iwate
Prefectural Library)
iwate
R000000190
Yes
Yes
Web gallery of Kawasaki-City
Library
kawasakishi
R000000191
Yes
Yes
Collection Database of Nara
National Museum
nara-m
R000000192
No
No
Digital Archive of Kanagawa
Prefectural Library
kanagawa
R000000193
Yes
Yes
Gallery of rare pictures and books
of Toyama Prefectural Library
toyama
R000000194
Yes
Yes
Materials about Gifu prefecture &
Maps of Gifu Prefectural Library
gifu
R000000195
Yes
Yes
Yokohama's Memory (Yokohama
City Central Library)
yokohama
R000000196
Yes
Yes
Miyada Village Internet Museum
miyada
R000000198
Yes
Yes
Digital Library of Shizuoka
Prefectural Central Library
shizuoka
R000000199
Yes
Yes
Digital archive and gallery of
Hakodate City Central Library
hakodate
R000000202
Yes
Yes
Rare Books Digital Archive of
Miyazaki Prefectural Library
miyazaki
R000000204
Yes
Yes
Ohmi Digital Historical Road of
Shiga Prefectural Library
shiga
R000000205
Yes
Yes
Echigo Sado Digital Library of
Niigata Prefectural Library and
Archives
niigata
R000000206
Yes
Yes
Public Libraries Catalog
iss-yunika
R100000001
Yes
No
NDL Online
iss-ndl-opac
R100000002
Yes
Yes
NDL newly acquired bibliographic
data ()
iss-ndl-opac-inprocess
R100000002
No
Yes
Japanese National Bibliography
()
iss-ndl-opac-national
R100000002
No
Yes
Union Catalog Database of
Children's Literature
iss-jido-somoku
R100000004
Yes
No
Index to Laws & Regulations in
early Meiji Japan
hourei-meiji
R100000031
Yes
Yes
Website of the House of
Representatives
syugiin
R100000034
No
No
Website of the House of
Councillors
sangiin
R100000035
No
No
Website of the Judge Impeachment
Court
saiban-dangai
R100000036
No
No
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Data provider name
Data provider ID
Repository No.
API for search
API for harvest
Website of the Judge Indictment
Committee
saiban-sotsui
R100000037
No
No
Online Catalog of Sapie Library
sapie
R100000038
Yes
No
NDL Digital Collections
ndl-dl
R100000039
Yes
Yes
NDL Digital Collections (Online
publications)
ndl-dl-online
R100000040
Yes
Yes
Japan Atomic Energy Agency's
Library Catalog
jaea
R100000046
Yes
Yes
National Union Catalog of Braille
& Recorded Books in Japan
tenroku
R100000049
Yes
No
kinkan R100000067 No No
ndl-dl-daisy
R100000073
Yes
Yes
Union Catalog of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries Research
Insititute's Libraries
nosui
R100000074
Yes
Yes
Okinawa Prefectural Library
"Valuable Materials Digital
Archive"
okinawa-rare-digital
R100000075
Yes
Yes
JapanKnowledge
japanknowledge
R100000076
No
No
AKITA PREFECTURAL
LIBRARY DIGITAL ARCHIVE
akita-digital-archive
R100000085
Yes
Yes
Tokyo Metropolitan Library Edo-
Tokyo Digital Collections
tokyo-metro-da
R100000086
Yes
No
Komazawa University Electronic
unique collections
komazawa-univ
R100000087
Yes
Yes
NWEC Women's Digital Archive
System
nwec-womens-da
R100000088
Yes
No
Yamanashi Digital Archive
Yamanashi Prefectural Library
yamanashi-da
R100000089
Yes
Yes
Digital Library System for
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries
nosui-library-da
R100000090
Yes
Yes
Kyusyu University Collections
kyudai
R100000092
Yes
Yes
Cultural Heritage Online
bunkaisan
R100000093
Yes
Yes
Digital Archive System ADEAC
adeac
R100000094
Yes
Yes
ColBase
colbase
R100000095
Yes
Yes
R100000096 Yes Yes
R100000097
R100000098
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Data provider name
Data provider ID
Repository No.
API for search
API for harvest
R100000099
R100000100
R100000101
R100000102
R100000103
R100000104
R100000105
R100000106
R100000107
R100000108
R100000109
R100000110
R100000111
R100000112
R100000113
R100000114
R100000115
R100000118
R100000119
R100000120
R100000121
R100000122
R100000123
R100000124
R100000125
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- This table does not list the Cross search-type data providers, with which an application programming interface (API) is not provided.
- The data provider of the NDL newly acquired bibliographic data is NDL Online, but separately from NDL Online, the data provider ID (iss-ndl-opac-inprocess) is also available so that newly acquired bibliographic data can be the searched. Note that the returned value in response to a request with the data provider ID (iss-ndl-opac) of NDL Online specified does not include the data of newly acquired bibliographic data.
- The data provider of the Japanese national bibliography is NDL Online, but separately from NDL Online, the data provider ID (iss-ndl-opac-national) is also available so that Japanese national bibliography can be the searched.
- "Yes" in the "API for search" column indicates that search is possible in SRU and OpenSearch.
API for search: SRU and OpenSearch API for harvest: OAI-PMH
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The following table shows the data provider groups (see (3) Data provider groups" in 2 Common Items" in
this document) and their corresponding data providers.
Table 2 Data provider groups and their corresponding data providers Data provider name Data provider group ID digitalcontents catalogue site reference science humanities library child ndl
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Institutional Repositories DataBase(IRDB)(Institutional Repository) Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
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Data provider name
Data provider group ID
digitalcontents
catalogue
site
reference
science humanities library
child
ndl
Yes
Yes Yes
Rare material gallery of ISHIKAWA prefectural library Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
OSAKA PREFECTURAL LIBRARY OSAKA e- COLLECTION Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Chiba Digital Archive Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
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Data provider name
Data provider group ID
digitalcontents
catalogu
e
site
reference
scienc
e
humanitie
s
librar
y
child
ndl
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Data provider name
Data provider group ID
digitalcontents
catalogue
site
reference
science humanities library
chil
d
ndl
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Union Catalog of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Insititute's Libraries
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Tokyo Metropolitan Library Edo- Tokyo Digital Collections Yes
Yes Yes
Komazawa University Electronic unique collections Yes
Yes Yes
NWEC Women's Digital Archive System Yes
Yes Yes
Yamanashi
Digital
Archive
Yamanashi Prefectural Library
Yes
Yes Yes
Digital Library System for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Kyusyu University
Yes
Yes Yes
Cultural Heritage Online Yes
Yes Yes
Digital Archive System ADEAC Yes
Yes Yes Yes
ColBase Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Data provider name
Data provider group ID
digitalcontents
catalogue
site
reference
science humanities library
chil
d
ndl
- This table shows neither the data providers with which an application programming interface (API) is not provided, nor the data providers that can be search by only OpenURL.
- The data provider of the NDL newly acquired bibliographic data is NDL Online, but separately from
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NDL Online, the data provider ID (iss-ndl-opac-inprocess) is also available so that newly acquired
bibliographic data can be the searched. Note that the returned value in response to a request with the data
provider ID (iss-ndl-opac) of NDL Online specified does not include the data of newly acquired
bibliographic data.
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Data provider name Data provider ID API for harvest Date of deletion Digital Library from the Meiji Era kindai Yes September 13, 2012 HERMES-IR(Special Collections) hermes Yes September 26, 2013 Selections from the digital archive of the Akita Prefectural Library akita-dl Yes March 20,2014 Index from collections of the Akita Prefectural Library akita-kiji Yes March 20,2014 Dnavi dnavi Yes March 31,2014 The Kyushu University Museum Digital Archive kyushu Yes July 17,2014 NDL-HP carring publication iss-ndl-hp-docs Yes December 11,2014 Digital Gallery of Keio University Library keio-g Yes June 20,2019 Keio Historical Photograph Database keio-p Yes June 20,2019 Union Catalog of Newspapers iss-shinbun Yes June 24,2021