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． The only database in the world on Buddhist topic in 49 languages
including many kinds and many languages of Buddhist bibliographies and full-texts
  DLBS supplies bibliographies and fulltexts in 49 languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, German, French, Korean and Tibetan.
Worldwide buddhist research databse with 15 forms of media including journals, books, etc.
 
Table1: Quantities of Bibliographies and fulltexts of each language (until 2023/12)
  Chinese Japanese English Korean German French Tibetan Other languages multiple languages total
Quantities of Bibliographies 274,224 133,657 68,194 8,044 3,164 2,582 229 1,428 3,261 494,783
Quantities of fulltexts 63,084 35,045 28,310 7,627 777 1,092 45 837 1,593 138,410


． The most numerous Buddhist fulltexts in our bibliographic database
Containing world-wide 494,783 bibliographic records of scholar work on buddhism
  The database has 494,783 bibliographies and 138,410 fulltexts in total.
The library is expanding access to its collection, around 437 bibliographies and 479 fulltexts per week on average.
 
Table2: Quantities of Bibliographies and fulltexts of each media type (until 2023/12)
Media types
Bibliographies Fulltexts
Journal Artical 371,287 118,960
books 78,467 2,279
book reviews 11,258 8,411
research papers 9,867 1,381
Thesis and Dissertation 7,895 2,501
Proceeding 7,663 2,295
Serial 3,621 1,732
sound recording 915 11
reference book 768 29
online sources 580 431
audiovisuals 447 15
papers 325 42
ebooks 274 223
Others 1,414 100
Total 494,783 138,410


． Bibliographies and fulltexts from the latest, rich, reliable sources
Since 1995, we collect world-wide scholar work on buddhism continuously.
  As a platform for scholars to conduct research and to exchange with each other, DLMBS collects bibliographies and fulltexts from world-wide scholar units, online database and publishing section. DLMBS steadily collects world-wide scholar work on buddhism to assist scholars in doing research and teaching.
．The stable source of Western language document: 216 journals and 13 kinds of general database
．The stable source of Chinese document: 1,179 journals and 13 kinds of general database
．The stable source of Japanese document: 716 journals and 6 kinds of general database
．Integration of Scholar resources :223 international institutes of Buddhist studies and 972 related links.
  Table3: Main sources of Bibliographies and fulltexts
Major media types Major
languages		 Major sources
Journal Artical Chinese Chung-Hwa Buddhist Studies, Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, Satyabhisamaya: A Buddhist Studies Quarterly, Information Management for Buddhist Libraries, Taiwan Journal of Buddhist Studies, Buddhism and Science, Universal Gate Buddhist Journal
Japanese Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Journal of the Graduate School, Taisho University, The Memorials of Records Bukkyo University, Oriental Researches Studies, Journal of the Faculty of Letters of the Komazawa University, Annual Report of Buddhist Research Office in Ryukoku University, etc.
English Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Journal of Oriental Studies, Philosophy East and West, etc.
Others OCLC, EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.
Thesis and Dissertation Chinese China Journal Net、The annual Buddhist Theses and Dissertations directory of Luminary Buddhist Institute in Taiwan area 、Yuan Kuang Buddhist Journal、Successive Research Papers of Fa-kuang Institute of Buddhist Studies、National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan, etc.
English OCLC, EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.
Others OCLC, EBSCO, ProQuest, INBUDS, CiNii, NII-ELS, NDL-OPAC, etc.
Serial Chinese NCL Guide to Periodicals Published in R.O.C. , etc.
Japanese CiNii, INBUDS, NDL-OPAC, NII-ELS, etc.
Others OCLC, EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.
Proceeding Chinese CHUNG-HWA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUDDHISM, Academic Seminar on Humanistic Buddhism and Contemporary Dialogue, International Conference on Dunhuang Studies, National Combined Presentation on Buddhist Papers, Symposium of Confucianism/Buddhism Communication and Philosophy of Culture, etc.
Others OCLC, EBSCO, ProQuest, CiNii, NII-ELS, etc.
Others   Global academic units, large-scale online databases, publishing units、online bookstores, Buddhist groups, E-newsletter

Note: "Others" means books, book reviews, sound recording, online sources, papers, reference book, audiovisuals, ebooks, microfilms and research papers
We welcome scholars to study on us, and we also encourage professors and students to conduct research on us. We assist scholar analysis with our bibliographies and dataflow information!

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