National Diet Library

Information about the NDL's general information, services, collections, projects. Issued six times a year.

• NDL Newsletter

News from national libraries in the Asia and Oceania region.
The NDL edits the newsletter on behalf of the members of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO).

• CDNLAO Newsletter

This page will provide bibliographic information of books on Japan in Western languages newly acquired by the NDL. It will be updated every three month.

• Books on Japan

Proceedings of Symposiums held at the NDL are available.

• Proceedings

You can read "Biblos." (In Japanese)

• BIBUROSU-Biblos

You can read the Annual Reports that summarize the NDL activities of each fiscal year. (In Japanese)

• Annual Report of the National Diet Library

Monthly publication containing articles on background and key points of national policy issues and related information of foreign countries (Japanese only)

• Reference

Leaflets explaining briefly background, history, topics of national political issues of major concern (Japanese only)

• Research and Information -ISSUE BRIEF-

Quarterly publication carrying descriptions of legislation trends in other countries and Japanese translations of foreign laws, accompanied by monthly supplementary issues with the latest information in brief (Japanese only)

• Foreign Legislation

Investigation reports and information on specific themes (Most issues are in Japanese; a few are in English.)

• Research Materials Series

Some of the back numbers of “Reference Service and Bibliography” are available.(In Japanese)

• Reference Service and Bibliography

A bulletin on library and information science edited by the NDL. Full text of back issues after 1989 and current issue are available. (Most articles are in Japanese; a few are in English.)

• Current Awareness

An e-mail magazine on library and information science. You can subscribe to the newsletter on this page. Back issues are available. (In Japanese)

• Current Awareness-E

A series of research reports on library and library science conducted by the National Diet Library. Texts can be downloaded. (Most issues are in Japanese; a few are in English.)

• NDL Research Report

A series of research articles on library and library science or presentations in symposia or seminars conducted by the National Diet Library. Texts can be downloaded. (In Japanese)

• NDL Library Science Series