The topic of this webseminar is how to search for Japan-related materials in Japanese and/or western languages that are available in Germany. The overview includes the CrossAsia Search, Cinii Research and the German Union Catalogue of Serials (Zeitschriftendatenbank, ZDB). In addition services such as the special inter-library-loan system called „Blauer Leihverkehr „, the possibility of acquisition requests and the access to Japan-related databases will be introduced. The course is aimed at users who have no or little experience with CrossAsia.