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Possibility of the temporary closing on September 20th, 2022

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed on September 20th, 2022. Because a typhoon is approaching Hiroshima Prefecture, and it seems to cause a damage. If the libraries are closed, we will let you know on our website before opening time.

(Opened 12:00- )Temporary closing on July 19th

(Update 10:45 a.m.)

We are changing our opening hours as of today as follows:
Central    12:00-22:00
East    12:00-21:00 *
West    12:00-21:00
Kasumi    12:00-21:00
Higashi-Senda    12:00-22:00

*Information Media Center (at East Library) is opened 8:30-21:00.

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(2022/7/19/ 8:15)

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

Central    12:00-22:00 *1
East    12:00-21:00 *1*2
West    12:00-21:00 *1
Kasumi    12:00-21:00 *1
Higashi-Senda    12:00-22:00 *1

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

*2) Information Media Center (at East Library) is opened 8:30-21:00.

(Restoration) 06/20/2022 15:30- Kasumi Library will be closed

updated: 8:45 a.m. 06/21/2022)
Power is back on now.

Kasumi Library will be opend from 9 a.m. 06/21/2022.

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Due to the power outage, Kasumi Library will be closed as follows.

 20 June 2022, 15:30 - 21 June 2022, in the morning.

The library will announce on the library website when it will be open.

Free Trial Access to "DynaMed" (Jun. 9, 2022 - Sep. 30, 2022)


Free trial access is available to "DynaMed"

 ◆Trial period: Jun. 9, 2022 - Sep. 30, 2022

 ◆Access URL::https://auth.dynamed.com/
 # Access is required from the campus network.
 Please use the VPN service when accessing from off-campus.

 ◆how to use:
  ●DynaMed- Tutorial

  ●DynaMedCreating a Personal User Account - Tutorial
   ※When you create a personal account in DynaMed, you have access to clinical content from any device at any time.

  ●DynaMed Mobile App - Tutorial
  
 ◆Inquiry:
  Kasumi Library tosho-fukyu-hiro@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Some services temporary unavailable on June 21st

This maintenance has completed.
2022/6/21 10:30
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Due to system maintenance, some of our services will be unavailable from 8:45 to 11:30 on Tuesday, June 21st.

Unavailable:
・OPAC search
・User menu
・Webpage of "dc.lib-, harp.lib-, opac.lib-"
Auto Lib at Central library


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Library Information Planning Group
E-mail: tosho-kikku-jyoho@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Expanded access to online resources during COVID-19


(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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