Literature

日本語（Japanese）

Japanese literature / Chinese literature / Western literature

Japanese literature

Library catalogs

• RUNNERS Ritsumeikan Online Public Access Catalog　　　Hakuyoso Collection（Modern waka）
• Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature
  ＞ Books and Periodicals Search
  ＞ Special Collection Search　　　Diaries, scripts, other collections. Registration and reservation are required.
• Showa Women's University Library　　　Modern literary magazines
• The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature
• The Museum of Contemporary Japanese Poetry, Tanka, and Haiku　　　Literary coterie magazines, Meiji era-
• Japanese today paper moment literary house （Kaizu City）　　　Vanity publications and literary coterie magazines
• Museum of Haiku Literature Library　　　Books and magazines on haiku
• Yamanashi Prefecture Museum of Literature

Bibliographies and indexes

• Overseas, Tale of Genji and Heian Literature Article Index
• Contents of Complete Works
• National Institute of Japanese Literature Database
  ＞ Database of Research Thesis in Japanese Literature
  ＞ Fragmentary Manuscripts Database of Japan
• Kanbun Database （Nishogakusha University）　　　Japanese kanbun and Chinese classics published in Japan

Bibliographies of translations

• Index Translationum （UNESCO）
• premodern Japanese texts and translations　　　-1600
• Information on Japanese Children's Books Translated and Published in Foreign Languages （National Diet Library）
• Japanese Literature in Translation Search （Japan Foundation）　　　Postwar
• Translation, Tale of Genji and Heian Literature Articles Index

Full-text databases

• Google Books
• J-TEXTS Digital Library of Japanese Literature
• Aozora Bunko
• Database of Modern Haiku （Gendai Haiku Association）　　　Prize-winning works, Meiji era-
• Cross-Referenced Search for Nichibunken Databases　　　Renga, waka, haikai
• Full-text Database of Selection from Early Japanese Books （National Institute of Japanese Literature）　　　Imperial anthologies of Japanese poetry, Japanese history books, etc.
• JapanKnowledge Lib　　　※Subscription database for on-site use only
  ＞ The Complete Collections of Japanese Classical Literature (Shogakukan)
• Full-text Database of Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei （National Institute of Japanese Literature）　　　Iwanami Shoten. Available at institutions of higher education in Japan and worldwide as well as at libraries and other places.
• Association of Haiku Poets & Museum of Haiku Literature Haiku Search　　　Prize-winning works, 2010-
• Full-text Database of Heian Kanshi （Waseda University）
• Yatanavi

Authors

• "Encyclopedia of Children's Literature" electronic version
• List of authors whose copyrights have expired （Aozora Bunko）
• The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature Photo Collection Search
• Haikai ; Haiku Poets of the Edo Era
• Bungakusya Soutairoku

Links etc.

• How to Look for and Find Book Reviews in Japanese (Search Guide) （National Diet Library）
• Literary Museum Database List
• Dictionary of Narrative Elements

Chinese literature

Full-text databases

• Scripta Sinica Database
• Kanseki Repositry
• Database of Tang Poetry （Zhengzhou University）
• National Taiwan Normal University Library Database of Ancient Texts

Western literature

Library catalogs ・ Bibliographies ・ Indexes

• The Internet Speculative Fiction Database　　　Science fiction, fantasy, horror
• Kodaka Nobumitsu Vintage Paperbacks　　　U.S.-based collection, -late 1960s, charge for reading
• Bibliographia Germanistica Japonica （National Institute of Informatics）
• Masahiro Noda Collection　　　Science fiction and fantasy literature, charge for reading

Bibliography of translations

• Index Translationum （UNESCO）
• Japanese Translaton List ameqlist

Full-text databases

• Google Books
• Project Gutenberg

Quotations

• Latin proverbs and locutions
• Wikiquote

Authors

• American Authors on the Web　　　U.S.
• British and Irish Authors on the Web　　　U.K.
• Gale's Literary Index
• The Internet Speculative Fiction Database　　　Science fiction, fantasy, horror
• Writers Directory （British Council）　　　U.K.
• "Encyclopedia of Children's Literature" electronic version

Other

• Dictionary of Narrative Elements