What is CiNii?
Q: What is CiNii?
A: CiNii is a bibliographic database service for things in Japanese academic libraries.
Q: When did the CiNii database start?
A: The CiNii database started in April 2005.
Q: Who maintains the CiNii database?
A: The CiNii database is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics.
Q: What databases does the CiNii service search from?
A: The CiNii service searches from the NII databases [NII Electronic Library Service (NII-ELS) and Citation Database for Japanese Publications (CJP)], and the databases from the National Diet Library of Japan, institutional repositories, and other organizations.
Q: How many articles does the CiNii database have?
A: The CiNii database has more than 15 million articles.
Q: How many publications are included in the CiNii database?
A: The CiNii database has more than 3,600 publications.
Q: What kind of things can be found in the CiNii database?
A: The CiNii database contains bibliographic information for things in Japanese academic libraries such as journal articles, theses, conference papers, and books.
