Hiroshima University Library provides access to research databases. They contain academic research materials such as peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, newspaper articles, dictionaries, encyclopedias, statistical data and so on.
Databases provided by the library can be accessed via the campus network. When using via on-campus WiFi, please connect to "HU-CUP 10-50". It cannot be used via "eduroam".
How to access research databases from off-campus, please refer to this page.
Web of Science is a global citation database that can be searched highly reliable literature, mainly peer-reviewed journals published after 1900. It can also be used as a performance evaluation tool such as the number of citations of papers and Journal Impact Factor.
SciVal provides access to the research performance of over 20,500 research institutions and their associated researchers from more than 230 nations worldwide. SciVal enables you to visualize research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyze research trends.
*User registration and sign-in are required to use this service. Click on "Create account" to register as a user. When you register, you need to access the site via the campus network. If you wish to access it from off-campus, please use a VPN service.
*If you already have a Scopus, ScienceDirect, or Mendeley account, you do not need to register as a new user. You can sign in by entering the same account.
EBSCOhost is a online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. >Support
Available databases
Academic Search Complete Business Source Complete EconLit with Full Text eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) Essay and General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson) MLA International Bibliography CINAHL APA PsycArticles APA PsycInfo TOC Premier MLA Directory of Periodicals MEDLINE Regional Business News ERIC
*There is an app for smartphones or tablets. After downloading it, select "HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY" from "Find My Library" to start using it. When using from off-campus, you will be required to log in with your student or staff ID and PW.
From April 1, 2021, SciFinder will be upgraded to SciFinder-n. The URL of the site will be changed to "https://scifinder-n.cas.org/", but the SciFinder Username and PW will continue to be available in SciFinder-n.
*The previous version of Scifinder will be available from here until March 31, 2022.
A research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. >More information
You can use the same Username and password as before.
When accessing from off-campus, SciFinder-n can be used only by entering the ID / PW until April 3, 2022. However, access via VPN service is required for new account registration. (Posted on: 2022.2.8)
PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally.
-Keep all your references and reference-related materials in a searchable personal library.
-Use your references in word-processing documents to create formatted citations and bibliographies or independent reference lists. >Training Resources
*HU members can use the version of EndNote basic available as part of the Web of Science, which has thousands of styles and hundreds of filters and connection files.
[How to use it?]
To use this version, you must be logged in to EndNote basicon the campus network. When accessing from off-campus,please use the VPN service or single sign-on.
The validity period of this version is 12months from the last login. You can use this version on the off-campus networkas long as it is valid. Please note that you will be required to log in on thecampus network at least once before it expires.
Free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
*HU members can use the Institutional Edition, which is an upgraded version of the free version.
[How to use it?]
To use this version, you must be logged in to Mendeley on the campus network. When accessing from off-campus, please use the VPN service or single sign-on.
The validity period of this version is 12months from the last login. You can use this version on the off-campus network as long as it is valid. Please note that you will be required to log in on the campus network at least once before it expires.
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. >More information >Support
APA PsycArticles®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
The APA PsycInfo® database, American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
A full-text database of German law containing laws, books (handbooks, commentals), journal articles, case law, and administrative documents. *Access from off-campus is prohibited.
Law
Books Government documents Journal articles Laws & Court Decisions
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. >More information >Support
Business & Management
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
Fast, bottom-line answers to the most commonly-asked clinical questions, based on comprehensive and expertanalysis of the medical literature. Includes the full text of Cochrane's regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of health care.
The Current Index to Statistics (CIS) is a bibliographic index of publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. It includes data from approximately 160 core journals, 1,200 additional journals in related fields, and 11,000 books. The bulk of the content in CIS is from 1975-2017.
A portal site for searching and browsing digital archives (publications, photos, videos, audio, artworks, etc.) held by libraries, museums, etc. in the U.S.
From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this incomparable collection now contains more than 146,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Libraries possessing this collection find they are able to fulfill the most exhaustive research requirements of graduate scholars in many subject areas, including English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.
*Depending on publisher-specified limits, up to 100 pages of an EBSCO eBook can be printed as a PDF file (per user) from within the eBook viewer. *Simultaneous access limit for each title: 1
General Fields
Books Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
EBSCO Open Dissertations includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations. It is a free database with records for more than 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world. *The Full text may be available by clicking the URL in the Detailed Record. >More information >Support
EconLit with Full Text contains all of the indexing available in EconLit, plus full text for nearly 600 journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo. >More information >Support
Business & Management Economics
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
The largest and most comprehensive online historical archive of its kind and an essential resource for advanced study of the eighteenth century, this collection contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the years 1701 and 1800. >More information (Gale)
General Fields Business & Management Economics Education Geography History Languages Law Literature Music Philosophy Political Science
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. >More information >Support
Essay and General Literature Index, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, is a unique reference database that cites records contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 320 single and multi-authored volumes are indexed annually with more than 20 selected annuals and serial publications. >More information >Support
General Fields
Books Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
The Essential Science Indicators™ database reveals emerging science trends as well as influential individuals, institutions, papers, journals and countries in your field of research. >More infomation >Training Resources
An online, fully searchable facsimile, the Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete run of the London edition of this internationally known daily paper, from its first issue through 2016. Every article, advertisement, and market listing is included—shown both individually and in the context of the full page and issue of the day.
General Fields Business & Management Economics
Newspaper articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
The database containing about 590,000 personal information that remains in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.) from the mythical era to the present day.
[How to search]
Search platform name: World Biographical Information System Online (WBIS)
After clicking BASIC SEARCH, select "German biographical archive" in Limit Search by Biographical Archive and enter the person's name.
* Other archives can only be searched, but full text cannot be used.
This module includes the complete file of House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, also known as Sessional Papers or Blue Books, dating from 1688 through to 1834. This includes: Bills, House of Commons Papers, Command Papers, Reports of Committees, Reports of Commissioners, Accounts >More information(ProQuest)
Business & Management Economics History Law Political Science
Government documents Laws & Court Decisions Parliamentary Papers Statistical data
This module includes the complete file of House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, also known as Sessional Papers or Blue Books, dating from 1801 through to today.
This includes:Bills, House of Commons Papers, Command Papers, Reports of Committees, Reports of Commissioners, Accounts >More information(ProQuest)
Business & Management Economics History Law Political Science
Government documents Parliamentary Papers Statistical data
An e-book full-text database containing textbooks and reading materials that are actually used in the curriculum of elementary, junior high, and high schools in the United States. >More information (MHM)
* There is an application for smartphones and tablets (Android・iOS).
Digital collections based on the microfilm title Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to United States Political Relations with Japan, 1930-1939.
History Political Science
Documents
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
Journal Citation Reports® offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information such as the Journal Impact Factor based on citation data. >More information
A Digital collection of social science literature centered on the history of economics, business history, and social thought from the mid-15th century to 1945, which is owned by Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature (Senate House, University of London) and Kress Library of Business and Economics (Harvard University) .
MathSciNet®is an electronic publication offering access to a carefullymaintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts andbibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciencesliterature.
MEDLINE created by the National Library of Medicine, provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Medicine & Helth Care
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
The MLA Directory of Periodicals, produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), provides detailed information on thousands of journals and book series in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, film, rhetoric and composition, and folklore. >Support
Languages Literature
Books journals
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. >More information >Support
Languages Literature
Books Journal articles Thesis & Dissertations
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD's analysis and data.
Olms Online presents titles with additional information. These are reprints with new introductions, afterwords, notes or indexes added by the editors. Here you will find some 400 volumes with a focus on German language and literature and on philosophy. * Messkatalogen [Book Fair Catalogs] is not available.
*You can download a chapter PDF from the table of contents or download a chapter, page range or single page PDF from the Reader. Chapter downloads require users to sign-in to their Ebook Central account.
*Ebooks that have not been purchased at Hiroshima University can be read free of charge for up to 5 minutes in 24 hours.
*Simultaneous access limit for each title: 1
General Fields
Books Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.Regional Business Newsincorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. >More information >Support
Business & Management Economics
Journal articles Newspaper articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
Sociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers. >More information
Sociology
Books Conference Proceedings Journal articles Thesis & Dissertations Working papers
Off-Campus access: VPN service Off-Campus access: Single sign-on Walk-in user
TOC Premier provides access to the most up-to-date table of contents information for over 24,000 journals. The more than 25 million records in the citation-only database include: records created by EBSCO Publishing offering proprietary data dating back to 1995, with citations for some titles dating back to the 1960's and 1970's; records from the EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS), some of which date back to the early 1980's; and records licensed from British Library Document Supply Centre, covering the entire 26,000 title collection, dating back to 1993.
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