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Expanded access to online resources during COVID-19

posted : 2022/05/02  図書館  Category:All

(Update: July 7, 2023)
All of supports have finished up to June 30, 2023.
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To support remote teaching and research during the COVID-19, many publishers and content providers offer free access to their online resources. Available contents for HU members are as follows.

＊You can search for available e-journals and e-books at HU from following online catalogues.

 Provider  Details of contents   Resources  Expiration  Access conditions from off-campus
 n/a
 JSTOR		 2,800 ejournals JSTOR 30 Jun. 2023 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 JSTOR		 19th Century British Pamphlets, Global Plants, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa,World Heritage Sites: Africa Primary Sources 30 Jun. 2023 VPN Connection Required


The resources for which trial access has ended are as follows.
 Provider  Details of contents   Resources  Expiration  Access conditions from off-campus
 n/a
 Wiley		 Over 21,000 ebooks Wiley Online Library 8 May 2022 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 EBSCO		 600 e-books Harvard Business Publishing Collection 31 May. 2020
 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 Taylor & Francis		 Over 140,000 ebooks Taylor & Francis ebooks 27 Jun. 2020
 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 ProQuest 		 Over 20,000 ejournals  ProQuest Central  30 Jun. 2020 
 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 ProQuest		 2.25 million dissertations ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global 30 Jun. 2020 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 ProQuest		 Over 180,000 ebooks Ebook Central 30 Jun. 2020 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 ProQuest		 Over 60,000 video materials Academic Video Online  30 Jun. 2020 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 Oxford University Press		 Over 30,000 academic and Introductory ebooks, handbook and reference databases
 University Press Scholarship Online (including OSO)

 Oxford English Dictionary Online

 Oxford Research Encyclopedias
 
Oxford Handbooks Online
 
Very Short Introductions Online		 30 Jun. 2020 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 Oxford University Press		 1,400 medical ebooks & manual of style
 Oxford Medicine Online

 AMA Manual of Style

 19 Jul. 2020 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 Oxford University Press		 357 ejournals 
 Oxford Journals Collection 24 Jul. 2020 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 De Gruyter 
 75,000 e-books published from 1650 to 2016 De Gruyter 30 Jun. 2020
 31 Jul. 2020		 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 EBSCO		 Over 17,500 ejournals Academic Search Ultimate
 Business Source Ultimate
 Humanities Source Ultimate
 Sociology Source Ultimate
 Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate		 2 Aug. 2020 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 Thieme		 3 ejournals & Full-text resource for methods in synthetic organic chemistry (More information)
 Thieme Connect（Synthesis, Synlett, Synfacts）

 Science of Synthesis
 20 Aug. 2020 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 Bentham Science		 130 ejournals [Accessible period:2000-2020] Bentham Science Publishers 31 Aug. 2020 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 JSTOR		 32,000 ebooks JSTOR 30 Jun. 2020
 31 Aug.2020		 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 ASME		 31 ejournals American Society for Mechanical Engineers journals 9 Dec. 2020 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 JSTOR		 Over 2.5 million images of museum collections and photo archives around the world Artstor Digital Library 30 Jun. 2021 VPN Connection Required
 n/a
 EBSCOhost　		 Over 10,000 Japanese ebooks EBSCOhost ebooks 25 Aug. 2021
 25 Sep. 2021		 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 EBSCOhost		 Over 180,000　ebooks Academic Collection 25 Aug. 2021
 25 Sep. 2021		 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 EBSCOhost		 550 ebooks on leadership, strategy, innovation and management Harvard Business Review Press Collection 25 Aug. 2021
 25 Sep. 2021		 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
 n/a
 Maruzen-Yushodo  
 Over 100,000 Japanese & English ebooks Maruzen eBook Library
 26 Mar. 2022 VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
　n/a：Not available


[More Information]
Complimentary Expanded Access Specifics Sheet by ICOLC (International Coalition of Library Consortia) 
*Open Access contents are only available for HU members. Please refer to column Scope Limitations.

Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by WHO

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Integration of CiNii Articles into CiNii Research

posted : 2022/04/19  図書館  Category:All
The integration of CiNii Articles into CiNii Research has been completed on April 18, 2022. (Added 2022.4.19) 

The National Institute of Informatics has notified us that the integration of CiNii Articles into CiNii Research will be postponed. Please click here for the upcoming schedule. (Added 2022.3.30) 

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CiNii Articles, a bibliographic database provided by the National Institute of Informatics for searching articles published in Japan, will be integrated into CiNii Research on April 1, 2022.
With this integration, the "Articles(JPN)" tab of the OPAC search has been changed to "CiNii Research".

CiNii Research allows you to cross-search not only journal articles, but also research data, holdings at universities and other institutions, doctoral dissertations, and KAKEN research project information.


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SciVal is available

posted : 2022/04/05  図書館  Category:All
SciVal, a research performance analysis tool provided by Elsevier, is available from April 1, 2022.

◆Access URL: https://www.scival.com

NOTE: 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.

◆About:
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. >More information

Free Trial Access to SciVal (Feb. 1, 2022 - Mar. 31, 2022)

posted : 2022/02/01  図書館  Category:All
Free trial access to SciVal, a research performance analysis tool provided by Elsevier, is available.

◆Trial period: Feb. 1, 2022 - Mar. 31, 2022

◆Access URL: https://www.scival.com

NOTE: 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.

◆About:
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. >More information

10/15/2021-　About opening hours of Hiroshima University Libraries

posted : 2021/10/14  図書館  Category:All
Opening hours will be changed as follows:

From Oct. 15, 2021

〇 Central Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 22:00
  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays : from 10:00 to 20:00
※ la la la cafe (only weekdays) : from 18:15 to 21:30

〇 West Library, East Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 21:00
  Saturdays：from 10：00 to 17：00
  Sundays and holidays : Closed

〇 Kasumi Library
  Weekdays : from 8:45 to 21:00
  Saturdays and Sundays：from 10:00 to 17:00
  holidays : Closed 

〇 Higashi-Senda Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 22:00
  Saturdays and Sundays：from 13:00 to 19:00
  holidays : Closed 

The above schedule may be changed depending on the status of COVID-19 in the future. 

[contact]
Central Library : tosho-fukyu-cent@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
West / East Library : tosho-fukyu-west@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Kasumi Library : tosho-fukyu-hiro@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Higashi-Senda Library : tosho-fukyu-senda@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

07/12/2021- About opening hours of Hiroshima University Libraries

posted : 2021/07/09  図書館  Category:All
Opening hours will be changed as follows:

From Jul. 12, 2021

〇 Central Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 22:00
  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays : from 10:00 to 20:00
※ la la la cafe (only weekdays) : from 18:15 to 21:30

〇 West Library, East Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 21:00
  Saturdays：from 10：00 to 17：00
  Sundays and holidays : Closed

〇 Kasumi Library
  Weekdays : from 8:45 to 21:00
  Saturdays and Sundays：from 10:00 to 17:00
  holidays : Closed 

〇 Higashi-Senda Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 22:00
  Saturdays and Sundays：from 13:00 to 19:00
  holidays : Closed 

The above schedule may be changed depending on the status of COVID-19 in the future. 

[contact]
Central Library : tosho-fukyu-cent@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
West / East Library : tosho-fukyu-west@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Kasumi Library : tosho-fukyu-hiro@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Higashi-Senda Library : tosho-fukyu-senda@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

(Update 11:55)Temporary closing on July 9th

posted : 2021/07/09  図書館  Category:All

Due to heavy rain, We will be changing our opening hours as of today as follows:

Central    12：00-20：00 *
East    08：30-20：00 *
West    12：00-20：00 *
Kasumi    Temporarily closed
Higashi-Senda    Temporarily closed

*Closing time may be moved up depending on circumstances.

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(2021/7/9/ 8:59)
Due to heavy rain, We will be changing our opening hours as of today as follows:

Central    12：00-20：00 *
East    08：30-20：00
West    12：00-20：00 *
Kasumi    12：00-20：00 *
Higashi-Senda    12：00-20：00 *

*The opening hours after noon are also subject to change, and will be decided and posted around 11:00 a.m.

Temporary closing on July 8th

posted : 2021/07/08  図書館  Category:All
(updated 11:57 a.m.)

HU libraries are closed all day on July 8th, due to the weather warnings.

Thank you for your understanding.

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HU Libraries are temporarily closed from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on July 8th, due to the weather warnings in Hiroshima and Higashi-Hiroshima city. We will let you know later whether libraries will be open afternoon or not.

06/21/2021－　About opening hours of Hiroshima University Libraries

posted : 2021/06/18  図書館  Category:All
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, opening hours will be changed as follows:

From Jun. 21, 2021

〇 Central Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 20:00
  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays : from 10:00 to 20:00

〇 West Library, East Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 20:00
  Saturdays：from 10：00 to 17：00
  Sundays and holidays : Closed

〇 Kasumi Library
  Weekdays : from 8:45 to 20:00
  Saturdays and Sundays：from 10:00 to 17:00
  holidays : Closed 

〇 Higashi-Senda Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 20:00
  Saturdays and Sundays：from 13:00 to 19:00
  holidays : Closed 

[contact]
Central Library : tosho-fukyu-cent@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
West / East Library : tosho-fukyu-west@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Kasumi Library : tosho-fukyu-hiro@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Higashi-Senda Library : tosho-fukyu-senda@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp