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The NDL provides an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), by which users can search the NDL's entire collection from anywhere in the world in either English<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index_e.html|title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-12-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20091211015702/http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index_e.html |archivedate=2009-12-11 |df= }}</ref> or Japanese.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index.html|title=Archived copy |accessdate=2002-10-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20021002060819/http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index.html |archivedate=2002-10-02 |df= }}</ref> Using OPAC to identify sources and catalog numbers, overseas users may obtain certain materials from the NDL through [[interlibrary loan]].<ref>http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/service/oversea/data_loan.html</ref> In addition, the NDL provides a fee-based reproduction service for scholars residing overseas.<ref>http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/service/oversea/data_copy.html</ref>

One of the most important features of the NDL's website is the {{Nihongo|Digital Library of the Meiji Era| cận đại デジタルライブラリー|Kindai dejitaru raiburarii|lit. Recent Age Digital Library}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/data/endl.html|title=Archived copy |accessdate=2005-10-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013070435/http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/data/endl.html |archivedate=2005-10-13 |df= }}</ref> The Digital Library is the digital descendant of the [[Maruzen Meiji Microfilm]], the product of an ambitious project to microfilm the NDL's entire collection of Meiji era books, a collection of some 60,000 volumes. The digital library contains actual images of these works, which are divided into ten main categories based on [[Nippon Decimal Classification]] (NDC): {{Nihongo|(0) general| tổng ký |sōki}}; {{Nihongo|(1) philosophy| triết học |tetsugaku}}; {{Nihongo|(2) history| lịch sử |rekishi}}; {{Nihongo|(3) social sciences| xã hội khoa học |shakai kagaku}}; {{Nihongo|(4) natural sciences| tự nhiên khoa học |shizen kagaku}}; {{Nihongo|(5) engineering and manufacturing| công học ・ công nghiệp |kōgaku/kōgyō}}; {{Nihongo|(6) industry| sản nghiệp |sangyō}}; {{Nihongo|(7) arts and athletics| vân thuật ・ thể dục |geijutsu/taiiku}}; {{Nihongo|(8) language| ngữ học |gogaku}}; and {{Nihongo|(9) literature| văn học |bungaku}}. The images are not coded, so text searches are not possible; however, Japanese-language searches for the title, author, publisher, subject, and table of contents of the works in the database are possible. Meiji period periodicals are not included in this collection.

The NDL's website also contains the {{Nihongo|Rare Books Image Database| quý trọng thư họa tượng データベース|kichōsho gazō dētabēsu}} a collection of digital images from 37,000 illustrated books published before the Edo Period. Japanese-language searches by title, author, and call-number are possible in this database.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rarebook.ndl.go.jp/pre/servlet/pre_com_menu.jsp|title=Archived copy |accessdate=2005-09-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831222030/http://rarebook.ndl.go.jp/pre/servlet/pre_com_menu.jsp |archivedate=2005-08-31 |df= }}</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051013070435/http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/data/endl.html Digital Library from the Meiji Era (English summary only)]

* [https://archive.is/20021002060819/http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index.html NDL-OPAC Japanese Index]

* [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20091211015702/http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index_e.html NDL-OPAC English Index]