Since January 2003, the "National Union Catalog of Braille and Recorded Books" (Japanese only, https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp) has been available on the NDL-OPAC. By consulting this catalog on the Internet, anyone can search 270,000 bibliographic data of recorded academic literature taperecorded by the NDL and of the Braille and recorded books made by the other public libraries or institutions that offer information services for the visually handicapped. 

Users can search materials by their title or author, their form as Braille books, Braille in floppy disks, sound recordings on cassette tapes and sound recordings in DAISY, the holding institution and the ISBN number of their original format.

The data in this catalog are updated once a month.

Registered institutions for the NDL's interlibrary loan service of materials such as recorded academic literature made by the NDL can apply for this service through the NDL-OPAC on the web. An ID number and a password are necessary for this service. Application by fax or mail is still acceptable. 

Please access "The Union Catalog of the Books in Braille or Audio in Japan" from our website:
 
 

Top page (Japanese)

Shiryo no kensaku Toshokan-in no page Sogo-mokuroku Shikaku-shogaisha eno toshokan service  (Library Services for the Blind)

NDL-OPAC Tenji-tosho rokuon-tosho zenkoku sogo mokuroku (National Union Catalog of Braille and Recorded Books)

In addition, since January 31, on the page of Shikaku-shogaisha eno toshokan service (Library Services for the Blind), we have started to publish a monthly "Accession List of Braille and Recorded Books", which provides bibliographic data newly added into this union catalog during the previous three months. "Materials in process of reformatting" which provides information on materials being reformed by the NDL and other participant public libraries is also available. (Both of them are in Japanese only.)

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2. "National Union Catalog of Newspapers" open to everyone

Since the middle of February 2003, the NDL has opened to the general public the "Union Catalog of Newspapers in Japan" (Japanese only, http://sinbun.ndl.go.jp), which was previously available only for participant institutions. Please access this catalog on our website:
 

Top page (Japanese)

Shiryo no kensaku

Sogo-mokuroku

Zenkoku-shinbun-sogo-mokuroku-database (The National Union Catalog of Newspapers)

Included materials

Newspapers in Japanese and Western languages except Russian, which are in following forms: original paper, microform, reduced edition, reprinted edition, duplicated edition and digital edition.

 Participant institutions

Approximately 1,300 institutions including public libraries, university libraries, libraries in local governments or assemblies, special libraries, newspaper publishers and broadcasting stations.

 Characteristics

• Users can certify bibliographic records of newspapers.
• Users can find which institution holds the materials they want.
• Users can list all the newspapers held by each institution.
• Users can obtain information such as address, contact information, and availability of public service (reading, copying, or reference) of holding institutions.